Ryder's POV

Her body thrashed around for hours after I bit her. Her facial features never changed. She looked like she was at peace finally.

At peace with death. Which is scary in itself knowing her heart wouldn't beat again if her body didn't reject my venim.

Her body convulsed every couple of seconds to the point I cried for hours. Jack and Sam moved me out of the room while my beloved thrashed back and forth.

She never cried out, her body took the brunt of the change.

"She will be ok brother. I will be out again looking for clues." Sam said next to me. His hand on my shoulder.

"Thank you. I can't tell you how much it means to me that you were there for her." I whispered.

"You grabbed her from the room and got her out of there. I just made sure no one hurt her too bad." He said smiling and shrugging.

I smiled back as he patted my back one more time and left the makeshift hospital in my house to go back to his own home.

Our college was under the assumption we had a tragic family emergency and needed to take a leave of absence. Because of my families wealth we were able to get away with and keep our spots in the classes to be able to transfer everything next semester.

"Ryder." Nicole whispered as she walked out of Charlotte's room.

I looked up at her and she was smiling. It could only mean one thing.

My love was awake.

I ran to the room to see my beloveds eyes searching the room around her.

"My love." I whispered as her eyes met mine.

"Ryder. What the hell is going on? Why do I feel off and where am I? Is Sam ok?!" She rambled.

I scooped her up in my arms.

"My love everything is ok. I promise. Sam is fine. You were kidnapped and brought to the hospital. I almost...I almost lost you." I began.

"Then why do I feel....like....this?" She asked staring over her body.

"My love. Please don't fucking hate me but I had to bite you and inject you with my venom to be able to save you." He said.

"Oh...well fuck me....so what? I'm a vampire too?" She asked. Her eyes darting around the room to myself, Jack, and Nicole.

I nodded slowly. Terrified of her reaction. Not wanting to lose her after I just got her back.

"Oh ok. Well then what do I do next? Have a blood orgy or something?" She asked nonchalantly, "Cuz....I'm fucking hungry and all I can think about is Nicole's fucking neck and it's creeping me the fuck out." She said breathing loudly at the end.

Nicole laughed out loud. "You wouldn't be able to handle all this whore." Nicole yelled out.

Charlotte laughed loudly.

"Of course love gimme a minute." I ran out of the room quickly and in to the kitchen. In the lower drawers of the fridge sat all of our blood stash we put together every week.

I grabbed a bag for her and a straw for the glass I was giving her. I poured all the blood in to her regular sloth cup that had a fucking sloth hanging on the tree. She uses this damn cup everyday for coffee. Why not transition it to blood?

I sighed as I poured the blood in the cup. A gust of wind past me.

"Hello brother." I said as Scott turned the corner by the island in the middle of the kitchen.

"Hey baby brother. Did Bambi wake up yet?" He asked warily. His eyes darting to the hallway that led to her room.

He sniffed the air cautiously.

"Where is she?" He asked slowly.

"Bambi, isn't much Bambi anymore." I explained slowly.

"Oh dear brother. What the fuck did you do?" He asked turning to face me.

"I would have lost her. Whoever kept her in that fucking place almost killed her. She was bleeding, her wounds infected, she hadn't eaten, and she literally stopped bleeding when we got her here to the room." I explained. My heart clenched at the thought of losing my love.

He nodded in understanding, "Have you told Dad yet?" He asked.

I snorted. "I haven't talked to that fucking dick since the day I graduated high school in the spring. If he really fucking cared then he would have been here." I scoffed.

Scott shook his head, "He's going to be pissed that you didn't come to him first baby brother." Scott stated.

"I don't fucking care. If I would have waited I would have lost her. I almost froze and didn't do it anyway. Any more time would have been a waste. She's mine. I will take care of her." I stated firmly and Scott nodded in response.

"Do you want to see her?" I asked.

"No. It's ok." Scott said adamantly shaking his head.

"She would love to see you man. She needs all of us now more then ever." I explained as I turned to go the room.

I smiled as I saw my baby leaned up against the headboard. Her smile was back. The color in her face was returning and she looked perfect.

"What took so long?" She asked. Her voice rang through me and made me shiver. Once she's at full strength she will feel what I feel. The bond between the two of us since we are soul mates.

Humans feel it but it's nowhere near the level we feel it as vampires. I kiss her forehead and grinned at her.

"I found your cup but couldn't find the lid so I had to get a straw." I explained handing her her cup.

Her face brightened as she saw the sloth cup being brought towards her. Her hesitation with drinking it didn't even show in her face. She slowly took a breath and sucked down the deep red blood in the cup.

"Ugh. It was cold." She said grossed out and I smiled.

"At least you kept it down." I said so proud of my love.

I saw her eyes flicker from my eyeline to behind me.

Her eyes went wide and her face fell slowly.

Everything hit in slow motion. The cup slid from her hands and hit the side of her makeshift hospital bed and it dropped to the floor. It spilled the blood everywhere on the once white carpet. I shot my head straight back to look at her and her face looked petrified.

"No...no...no-no-no..." She started.

"Baby...baby. What the fuck?" I asked my voice getting louder. Her body began to tremble and tears streamed down her cheeks.

And then it was silent for about 3 seconds. Right before an ear splitting scream.

Her scream brought us down to her knees as it penetrated everyone's ear drums.

I couldn't even hear my own yelling as my hands tried to cover my ears to muffle the noise of her scream. The screams vibrated the room around us as stuff flew off the walls, vases full of get well soon flowers crashed on to the floor. Water now mixed on to the carpet with the blood from her cup.

And then as soon as it began it stopped. I looked around as I saw everyone else on their knees and in pain from her screaming. I rushed to her side to see her passed out leaned up against her pillows again.

"What the fuck was that?" Jack asked after a few moments of silence.

"No fucking clue." I whispered.

I turned to check on Scott but he was no longer in the room. It was only Nicole, Jack, and I standing around Charlotte wondering where she gained this power. And what that power meant, and what set her off.