Waking up from the blearing sound of my alarm, I blinked away the haziness looming over my sight.

It was still nightfall, but I had to be early.

Getting out of bed I made my way to the bathroom, stripping out my clothes and switching on the shower.

I allowed the hot water to beat down my body, immediately enveloping me in warmness as my sore muscles begin to ease.

After, I began to brush my teeth, allowing the hot steam lingering in the room to cloud my thoughts.

Kill a NewBorn. Come back. Keep training.

Nothing else should be on my mind.
But my stomach begins to feel light, filled with fluttering butterflies as I remember the kiss.

Dammit!
Why the fuck did I do that !
Fucking PureBlood. He probably manipulated me!

The palpitations in my stomach were overcome by comfort as I remember my reconciled friendship with Kai; bringing a smile to my face as I reminisce our heart to heart under the moonlight.

Wiping the towel over my body, the droplets of water disappearing as I clothe myself in underwear; quickly blow drying my hair and tying it into a simple ponytail, I made my way back to my room for the rest of my clothes.

How did I get myself in-between both a NewBorn and PureBlood!
The fucking irony!

Ranting in my head, I was completely oblivious of a dark figure sitting on my bed. Pulling trousers over my legs, I jolted in surprise as I quickly bought the towel to cover my nearly naked chest.

Dawn begins to creep through the curtains as beams of sun rays spike through the windows like sharp lasers.

The sunlight flashed against his frame, showing his figure more clearly.

"Kai! Dammit you scared me!" I whispered harshly, not trying to wake up Jasmine who was now shifting on her bed.

Securely wrapping the towel around my chest, I approached Kai who was still silent.

I noticed his hands balled into fists as they grab my bedsheets besides him. His head was faced down as the veins in his hands begin to pop out.

"Kai?" I whispered, crouching down in front of him.

His eyes met mine but they were filled with crimson.

He begins to pant, and his bloody eyes were brimmed in tears as they stared back at me.

"H-help me.." His voice was rough and dry.

Without thinking, I grabbed his hand and pulled him into the bathroom, away from a sleeping Jasmine.

I shut the door and switched the lights on.

His features more prominent, I noticed the beads of sweat that dotted his forehead. He was in agonizing pain as he begins to clutch his throat with his hands.

"Shit! Kai, what's wrong? What can I do?"

"I- I need b-blood.. The b-blood tablets d-don't work on m-me."

His voice came rough and broken as they leave his dried up throat. Clasping his eyes shut, I watched as a single tear escapes from his grasp.

He can't come on the mission in this way.
And he's my friend now! I can't watch him suffer, he's got no one else. No one else knows about his condition!
Fuck!!

"What can I do to help?! Tell me!"

"B-blood.." He ignored my question, pleading for the substance that will calm his crave.

His red deadly eyes twinkled with sadness and desperation. He threw his head back, dragging his trembling hand through his hair and over his face.

His ragged physique emphasized as he leans against the door, beginning to slide down until he sits. Bringing his legs to his chest, he rests his elbows on his knees whilst tugging on his tight curls.

I crouch down before him, my heart swelling in sympathy as I watch him suffer silently.

"Kai. Drink my blood."
I decided. Leaning closer to him, I bring my bare chest closer to him, with my neck exposed as I tilt my head to the side.

"What? No! I didn't come here to feed on you Annie! What do you take me for?!" His said in a hoarse voice as his eyes dart open to look at me furiously. His fractured voice had underlying hints of hurt and sadness as his rufous orbs ruefully search my own.

"It's okay Kai. I want you to." I whispered softly, closing my eyes as I cradled Kai's head closer to my exposed neck.

He continued to whimper, "Please don't Annie. I rather die."

"Shh Kai, I don't want you to. Not when I finally got you back. Now drink."

Irony can indeed be a funny concept. It's a lesson taught to the most stubborn beings that may think things always should go their way, when in reality, life is unpredictable.

Life has a funny way of punishing people.
One day you may succumb to the very thing you hate. One day you will walk willingly towards the very thing you have been running from.

Thoughts ran through my mind, becoming my very own mind maze. Searching through each twist and turn, just to be return to the beginning.

I wasn't going anywhere. I was stuck.

My weakness and my crave for family had ultimately become my downfall. It had been my starting point, beginning the bloody hatred and thirsty revenge against the brutes that destroyed my past. And thus, my end point.

I never had memories of a mother or a father. My family was created the moment I was adopted by Mike Cross. The moment my eyes laid on Jasmine, Kai and Ryder. They became my family.

They filled the void hidden deep within my core, filling it with memories, warmth and love that will forever be my will to live. My will to keep fighting within this god-forsaken world where demons are hidden in the shadows and looming over us right under our noses.

Family was my weakness.

My scattered thoughts were pushed behind as I felt a sharp puncture, stab within my neck.

Stinging ruthlessly, Kai's teeth sinked within my skin; as though his lips were an ignition that sparked my skin into flames, he was the match and I was drowned in fuel.

My eyes flutter close as they submit to the darkness, the forbidden sin, of allowing the beast to rupture my innocence.

Kai's hands grip my shoulders hungrily as my towel involuntarily drop to the floor. Gasps of pain exhaled from my throat as Kai spins us around, slamming me against the door.

His strong arms slither around my small waist, tightening their grip as though he were squeezing the remaining blood within me.

He begins to suck on my bare skin, causing my head to roll back as his arms kept their support. Licking the aching agony emitting from my neck, his warmth eased the pain.

His wet tongue stroked my neck, clashing with the burning impale as his fangs stay latched within my skin.

"K-Kai, it hurts.." My groans came out barely as whispers as my arms painfully lift to hold his shoulders. I opened my eyes to be welcomed with trickles of red blood spilling down my chest.

An uncontrolled whimper rumbled from my throat at the sight. Panic begins to take over as I noticed Kai not budging from his position.

His wet mouth stays attached to my neck, suddenly becoming numb as my heads begins to feel light. My eyes roll back as my body falls weak, supported only by Kai's strong arms.

Noticing my change in demeanor, Kai slowly removes his teeth from my neck, exhaling delightfully as he holds me tightly around him.

Gasping for air, he looks back down at me with his familiar hazel eyes. His chest heaving heavily as he moves his hands to be pressed against the door instead, entrapping me between them as I fall lean back exhausted.

"I'm sorry Annie. I'm so sorry. I didn't want to do it, it just happened! I can't believe it.."

Silencing his rambling, I cupped his cold face. His icy touch immediately sending shivers over my body as I rubbed small circles over his cheekbone.

"Shh, I basically gave you my blood on a silver plater. Don't blame yourself, I wanted this. If it means helping you, I would do it a thousand times more."

His breathing begins to soften as his tense body begin to warm under my touch. Resting his forehead on mine, our breathing begin to sync and my eyes bore into his own.

They glistened enchantedly, like a heavenly meadow after a morning shower; beads of droplets perching on the thin grass as the crack of dawn creeps from the horizon. Rays of sunlight reflecting from the water, giving it a shimmering effect as the sun begins to rise.

KNOCK KNOCK

"Hey Annie? You in there?! Are you fucking masturbating or something? Why you groaning so damn much!"

My eyes widen in horror as Jasmine's voice boomed through the door. Kai quickly moves a few inches away from me with the same horrific expression etched on his face.

Why does her mouth not have a fucking filter!!

"She's been like that from the moment she was born!" He whispered as he lips upturn in an amused expression.

Wait.

"Did you just hear my thoughts??!!" I scowled him, pushing him off of me but immediately regretting as a dull ache invades my neck and shoulder.

"Shit! Annie your neck!" Completely ignoring my question, he averts his attention to my neck; following his gaze I looked at the dark purple bruise with blood seeping out.

"Dammit! How am I meant to cover that?!" I gasped, wiping the blood over my chest.

I looked back at Kai whose eyes were now fixated somewhere else.

"Hey! My eyes are here!" I scoffed, clicking my fingers to catch his attention.

He snickered mischievously as his eyes met mine, "I know exactly what you can say.."

"What?"

"It's a hickey."

"Hic- are you out of your damn mind? Does drinking blood make you high or something?!" I whispered the last sentence harshly, making sure Jasmine wouldn't hear from the other side.

I lift the towel on the floor, beginning to wipe the smudged blood and covering myself up.

He scoffed, "I don't know, this was my first time.." His eyes trail off as he licks his bloody lips.

"So... are you a fully transitioned NewBorn now?"

"Um.. yeah, kinda. I guess." He mumbled, rubbing the back of his neck.

"Hmm, so how did you hear my thoughts. Ain't that something only PureBreds and PureBloods can do?"

"Um, I-"

"ANASTASIA CROSS ARE YOU IGNORING ME?!"

Shit! I forgot about her.

"No! I'm having a shower!" I called out, gesturing Kai to keep quiet.

With a zipping motion, he shuts his lips but then points to my neck oozing in blood.

"Fuck!" I mouthed, throwing the bloody towel and hiding it in the bath tub.

"I'm coming in! I don't hear the water running!"

"My neck!" I mouthed inaudibly to Kai.

Hearing the doorknob rattling, Kai quickly pulls me towards him and puts his mouth back on my neck as he wraps himself around me.

My skin welcomes his warm mouth as my eyes automatically shut in relief. His tongue flicks across my bare neck, caressing my sore skin before moving towards my collarbone; sucking and nibbling softly, yet greedily. He plants faint kisses along with it, his tender lips stroking fondly as his hands slowly trail up my sides...

The door flung open with Jasmine standing by the entrance.

After cleaning the stains on my neck, Kai lifts his head up to look at his sister with a sheepish smile implanted in his face.

"Hey sis!"

My eyes open to look at Jasmine who now had a shocked guise stamped on her face. Her eyes lingered from Kai to me, before she lifts her finger and points straight at me.

"You just lost me 50 pounds." She gritted out.

Without another word, she whips her head back and leaves the bathroom.

I look back at Kai as he unwrapped his arms around me and we both begin to laugh loudly.

"50 pounds? She betted on you?!"

"Don't even ask." I raised my eyebrows in warning, causing him to lift his hands in surrender.

I walk up to the mirror, looking into my reflecting and immediately taken back by the marks on my chest and neck.

"WHAT THE FUCK KAI!!"

"Shhhhhhhhh why you gotta be so damn loud for?" He stood up, walking up behind me.

"Dammit! Get out! We have a mission and I'm not even dressed! OH MY GOSH, DONT LOOK AT ME!"

Giggling, he turned away beginning to walk outside the bathroom,
"Seriously? You're worrying about me seeing your half naked body now?!"

"Shut up!"

He cackled out loud before closing the door.
Faintly, I could hear a conversation between the twins before the dorm door closed too.

I begin to tilt my head to the side where two punctured holes would be. Instead, they were blended by the purple bruise surrounding it.

From there, scattered bruises were left over my collar, all the way up just above my breasts.

Fucking vampires and their horny selves.

Pressing against the surface of my skin, I noticed how the pain has now gone away.

Weird.

I walked out the bathroom, rushing towards the closet before having to be faced with Jasmine wrath.

Grabbing a black turtleneck, Jasmine grips my hand, pulling me towards her.

She grabs my jaw, pushing it upwards and leaving my neck exposed as she begins to inspect my neck and chest.

"Fuck me... He sucked you off didn't he?"

"Jasmine! Move! I'm going to be late!" I release myself from her grip and pulled the turtleneck over my head.

She scoffed, walking backwards to give me space,
"Yeah.. that was the last of your concern 5 minutes ago."

"We are not going to talk about this. Actually lemme rephrase that, there's nothing to talk about!" I said as I push my arms through the holes and pulled the turtleneck down my stomach.

"So you're telling me that I didn't just see my best friend and brother almost having sex on the bathroom floor?"
Her eyebrows were raised as her eyebrows quirk up to their peak.

I glared at her silently with a threatening expression etched on my face.

"Whatever......sis." She smirked.

My eyebrows pulled into one as I watch her smirk morph into laughter.

"Bye!" I shouted, almost running towards the door.

"BYE SIS!!"

"SHUT UP!"

Ugh.... I feel like I rushed the ending... let me know YOUR HONEST OPINION ON THIS CHAPTER.. be brutal SERIOUSLY!!!!!!!!! I CAN HANDLE IT I PROMISE