CHAPTER TWENTY ONE

He let go of Arielle and walked up to his sister. She was warmer now

“She is going to be okay but she needs rest. She should be awake tomorrow morning but she will be extremely weak” Sally said
“How do you know so much about these things?” Damian asked her
“Because I tried to bring back someone I lost. I had an elder sister and I almost got my mom killed trying to bring her back. Starting to think I made a mistake” she said
“Why?” Arielle asked
“Why I feel it was a mistake? Well, I chose my Mom over my elder sister and now my mom is dead. Either ways, my mom was supposed to die. Maybe if I had chosen my elder sister, I wouldn’t be alone” she said
“You are not alone. You’ve got dad and Mom. Mist importantly, you’ve got me. You have a whole new family and family stick together” Damian said as he held her shoulder

She looked at him and smiled. She was glad that he was warming up to her. Alex kissed his sister’s forehead

“I am so sorry. I don’t know if I can ever make it up to you”
“She is your sister. She wouldn’t stay mad for so long” Arielle said
“I hope so. I don’t think I can ever forgive myself”
“You didn’t know. It is not your fault. Don’t blame yourself for this. If you knew that she was the price to pay, I am a hundred percent certain that you wouldn’t have done it so don’t blame yourself. When she wakes up, you can apologize to her and talk things out” Damian’s mother said
“Right now, she needs to rest and we all do. She should be up tomorrow morning and we can all talk to her” Sally said. “Damian, you should..”
“No. I am not leaving this room till she wakes up. I don’t care if she needs to be alone. I am not letting her out of my sight” he said
“Alright then. We would let you get some rest” his mother said

Alex stayed behind and took one last look at his sister before going with Arielle. Damian sighed when everybody had left and fell to his knees. A tear slipped from his eyes and he sniffed. He was so scared. He thought she was going to die. His life shattered in minutes and he realized how much he needed her. They had a perfect evening. They had dinner and she was so beautiful. They had talked all through the ride home and he enjoyed every bit of it. He never wanted to live without her. He suddenly valued her presence more than he did before. He got out of his tux and got into something more comfortable.

“Stop staring at me like that!” he remembered her saying earlier in the evening

He took a deep breath and let it out before laying beside her. He got under the duvet and covered her up, sleeping as close as he could beside her. He woke up to her turning

“Hey, what happened?” she asked
“It is not my story to tell. What’s wrong?”
“I just think I need something to eat” she said

She tried to get up and that was a mistake. She felt like she was being forced back to bed and being held there. Damian pulled up the sleeve of his shirt and gave his arm to her

“I am not feeding off you!”
“I wasn’t giving you a choice”
“I can hurt you”
“And I don’t care about that either. You need to feed and there is no way I am letting you feed on a human. You will kill them without knowing and the guilt will eat you up from inside. Feed on me. I’m a hybrid. I will heal faster than humans would”
“Just give me something from the stash” she said weakly
“You need fresh blood Anna. Stop being so stubborn”
“Are you sure?” she asked Damian

She looked at him and he nodded. Her eyes glowed and her fangs came out. It went into his wrist and she drank directly from it. She laid attention to his heartbeat. Once she heard it falter, she was going to stop. It did falter, she drank on until she started to feel her strength seep back into her body. She heard him groan and she stopped. She looked at him. He looked pale

“Don’t stop” he said weakly
“I have to. I’ve had enough for one night. I think you should rest”
“You don’t have to stop. I will be fine even if you drain me completely. It will take an hour or two but I’d be fine in the end. You need the strength. You would continue to feel weak if you don’t feed”
“Then I will feed on someone else, not you!”

She said as she sped out of the room and left the house. She knew he couldn’t stop her, even if he tried to. She fed carefully, controlling her hunger till she was done. She fed on anyone she saw, making sure she killed no one. When she was done, she headed back home. She wasn’t hungry anymore but she was weak. She saw Damian in the living room, waiting for her. He felt equally as weak as she did but he could tell that it was the effect of the bond they shared. He was this weak because she was. He carried her back to his room and covered her up before falling asleep beside her. He woke up when the sun was high in the sky. He felt better. He looked to his side and saw that she was still asleep. She looked better than before. Her skin was no longer pale. It had more color than it did the night before. He decided to take a shower before she woke up. He was still in the bathroom when there was a light knock on the door. Whoever it was could wait, so he thought, not until he heard the front door open. Her scent filled the room, Odette. He grabbed his towel and threw it wrapped it around his waist before coming out of the bathroom.

“Oh wow, I haven’t seen that in a while” she said
“Odette, why are you here so early?” he asked her
“What do you mean? I sent you a text that you have to take me out today”
“I am sorry. I haven’t checked my phone in a while. Can you wait outside so we can talk when I’m dressed?”
“When the hell did that start?”
“Odette, I am not the same person that left, for obvious reasons” He said, motioning to Anna who was still asleep.
“Why is this prostitute still on your bed? Do you know what your mother would say if she finds out that you brought a woman home?” Odette asked
“I will have to ask you to leave if you do not stop disrespecting her!”
“Why are you defending her? Who is she?”
“She is my girlfriend Odette and the sooner you can accept that, the sooner we can all move in front this. This will be the last time you disrespect her or call her any degrading name. Please, I will really like to get on with my day and no! I am not hanging out with you. I need to be here for her”
“You can’t be serious? Her? You just met her. What? How many months have you been together? Two, three or four? I have been in your life way longer than that and you’re canceling out plans because of her?”
“I don’t care if you were born with me Odette and no, I didn’t make plans with you. You made the plans and gave me a position in it. That is not how planning works. You don’t make plans and fix me in it without my consent or opinion. It doesn’t work that way. You are my friend Odette but she is my girl”
“And I am supposed to what? Congratulate you on your newly acquired whore?” she said
“You know what? I think I’ve had enough of you and your bitchy attitude. Leave my room. When I am done with what I’m doing here, I will come attend to you and I have no plans to hang out with you until you start to respect my girlfriend!”

Odette rolled her eyes and walked out of his room. She was unbelievable. He loved her like a sister and she was being unreasonable

“I heard most of that” Anna said, without opening her eyes
“I am so sorry you did. She didn’t mean any of what she said” Damian said
“She did. She meant all of it but it’s fine, I mean, jealousy can be a bad thing sometimes” she said
“Jealousy? Odette has no reason to be jealous of me” Damian said
“Not of you”
“Of you?” Damian asked
“She obviously feels something for you. You might see her as another younger sister but she doesn’t see you that way. She is interested in you, Damian!” Anna said as she sat up