Something trips me, and I fall down. Tears were running down my face as my heart broke into a thousand pieces. I could barely see in front with the amount of tears I was shedding. The reality of what almost happened today crashes into me, and I shatter right there on the forest floor.
“Sadie!” Raven screamed my name and rushed towards me. She tries to pull me up, but I remain kneeling on the ground. I didn’t have the energy to move.
Everything I’ve been holding back rushes to the surface, tearing me to pieces in the process. I couldn’t hold back my screams, pain, and anguish.
I hate Alec, and I hate the moon goddess for allowing this to happen to me. How could I move on? How will I move past this? I not only had physical scars but also mental and emotional ones. My heart and soul will always be marred, and it’s all because of Alec and his damn pack. Well, all of them except Him.
“Let it all out, darling; I’m here for you,” Raven whispered while rubbing my back in comfort.
I let go, just like she’d told me. I release the pent-up frustration and anger. I let go of the pain and let it flow out of me. I hold on to Raven as my pain consumes my entire body. My nails dig into her skin as I use her as my anchor to the present.
I cry until there are no more tears. I’m left heaving, feeling as if I were being torn into two and my heart and chest were being crashed. I breathe through my mouth because it’s nearly impossible to breathe through my nose, which was stuffed. “Come on, let’s go home,” she tells me once I’m quiet.
Helping me up, she supported my weight since my legs felt like jelly. She silently leads us home, and all the while I try to pull myself together. I’ve had my cry; it’s now time to wipe my tears, dust myself, and move forward. For the sake of my baby, I needed to move on.
About forty minutes later, we got home.
Raven helps me get on the thin bed.
“Have a rest while I go look for Beth. Maybe she can give you something to relax.” She doesn’t give me a chance to oppose the suggestion before she’s out of the door.
I lay on the bed, staring at the ceiling, trying to imagine what the future held for me and my baby. I was trying to hold on to any kind of hope, but it was hard when I had an enemy like Alec targeting me.
The supernatural community knew of him, and for some reason he was treated like a damn royalty. He could make my life difficult if he chose to, and that’s what scared me.
A noise outside pulls me from my thoughts.
Were Beth and Raven already back?
I slowly got off the bed and stood up on shaky legs. Before I could take another step, the door burst open, and a man I didn’t know rushed in. I don’t get time to react or do anything. First, because I was surprised, and second, because I was still weak. He moves so quickly that he’s nothing but a blur.
A scream tears itself from the depths of my throat as his fangs sink into my neck.
I immediately knew what he was. No one needed to tell me that I’d just been attacked by a vampire.
What are you?
I screamed as his fangs dug deeper into my neck. I felt it as my blood rushed to his mouth because of how hard he was sucking.
I’ve heard how painful it is when a vampire feeds on you. Despite being a werewolf, I preferred the fairy tale version of the feeding, where humans believed that being fed by a vampire was pleasurable. It’s not. It’s fucking painful.
I tried pushing him away, but it did nothing. Not only was he stronger than me, but with every single sip he took, I grew weaker.
He detaches from me and stares at me with something akin to fascination.
“What are you?” he asked, his red eyes searing mine.
I don’t really understand the question. I am a fucking werewolf; that should have been pretty obvious to him, but apparently not.
“Your blood…” he said, holding me upright as I began to sway. “Your blood is different. Nothing I’ve ever tasted before. It’s nectar to my taste buds.”
I tried to stare at him, but my vision was unfocused.
“Maybe I’ll keep you as my personal blood bag because your taste is addictive,” he told me again before attacking me ferociously.
I screamed again. The pain that shot through me was paralyzing. My legs were weakening, and black dots started filling my vision. Seriously, was this how I was going to die?
My hands go to my stomach as I try to stay conscious for my baby’s sake. I keep praying, hoping that Raven and Beth will come back soon.
I was almost losing hope when his body was ripped from me. Before I could collapse to the ground, someone caught me and helped me to the bed.
“Sadie? Stay with me.” It’s Raven’s voice, but it sounds so far away. Like it’s muffled underwater or something.
She whispered something, probably an incantation. Slowly, my vision started to clear. The first thing I noticed was that Raven was quickly mixing something in a glass.
She hands the glass with green liquid in it. “Drink this; it will help replenish your energy and the blood you lost.”
Funny enough, despite the fact that it looked disgusting, it was kind of sweet. I gulp it down, like a man who hasn’t had water for a couple of days. With each sip, I feel myself getting better. The fatigue disappears, and I feel like I’ve been renewed.
“What did you mix in the water?” I asked as I finished the last drop.
“Just a mix of herbs and a renewal spell,” she simply replied, then turned to look behind her.
It was then that I noticed Beth. The vampire knelt before her as if kept down by an invisible force. She wasn’t chanting a spell or anything like that, yet the vampire was completely immobilized.
