A dark hooded figure stepped into the room from the balcony, and walked toward the bed.
“You’re awake,” he said, and sat on the bed beside her.
He put his hand on her thigh, and Shayna trembled with fear. The only thing going through her mind, was that, Aiden was supposed to protect her from this. She had trusted that he would do that.
“Don’t be scared Shayna.” He whispered to her.
He leaned down toward her and with his soft, but deadly, fingers he gently moved the hair off of her shoulder, exposing her throat. The veins in her neck throbbed with every beat of her heart. Right there. He thought, eyeing the biggest vein of all.
“This won’t hurt too much.” He leaned in even closer to her. “If you don’t fight it.”
Shayna closed her eyes tightly. This is it. She thought. This is how I am going to die. She let out a muffled cry, and tried to imagine Cain’s face, so her mind would be, where she wanted it to be. Aiden’s hand gripped her thigh harder.
Just get it over with! She prayed. She could feel tears escaping her closed eyes.
“Look at me,” Aiden said, grabbing her face under her chin, turning her head toward him. “Open your eyes,” he demanded
Afraid of what would happen if she didn’t, Shayna opened her eyes. She knew she was going to die, but wanted to make it as painless as possible. Shayna looked into Aiden’s eyes. Looks truly were deceiving, and as she looked at his handsome face, she knew how ugly he was inside.
“Why are you doing this Aiden? You’re not a Changeling,” she said. “You don’t need my blood,” her voice was barely a whisper. Her throat burned from the poison he had her inhale.
Aiden’s eyes became red, “I don’t need your blood Shayna,” he hissed, and leaned closer, “I want your blood. Your blood is so unbelievably powerful. The moment I caught scent of you, I knew, I had to have you.
Shayna felt like she would vomit. She had trusted Aiden, and the whole time he had lied to her, and betrayed her, and her father.
Aiden began laughing, “I can’t believe my weak brother was able to resist you for so long,” he said. He looked at Shayna, and pretended to have sad eyes, “He really did love you Shayna, but he killed Roslyn,” Aiden leaned in as close as he could to Shayna, “He won’t be coming back for you Princess,” he said laughing harder. “I made sure of that.”
Shayna spat in Aiden’s face, and slapped him. He grabbed her wrists and held her down on the bed, his red eyes piercing hers.
“It’s time,” he said with a hiss.
He started to lean closer to her neck again, and out of the corner of her eye, she saw movemnet on the balcony. She glanced over, moving only her eyes, and beheld a pair of green and red eyes staring back at her. Her heart started beating faster. She looked back to Aiden hoping he hadn’t noticed her looking at the balcony.
“Cain is going to kill you,” she told Aiden matter of fact.
Aiden laughed in her face, “Shayna, Shayna, you stupid little Halfling, don’t you get it? Cain is dead,” he smiled at her and ran his tounge acrossed his extened canines.
Shayna started squirming under Aiden’s grasp, and finally Cain stepped into the room.
“You forgot one thing brother,” Cain said.
Aiden jerked his head around in Cain’s direction, growling.
Cain held up his hand showing his ring to his brother, “You forgot to take my bloodstone off of me, when you through me off that bluff.”
Aiden growled louder, and Shayna could feel it vibrating in her chest.
“Impossible.” Aiden said. “You’re dead.”
Cain stepped further into the room. “No. You thought you killed a Changeling.” Cain looked at Shayna, lying trapped beneath Aiden’s body, her eyes were full of fear, and hope, “I wasn’t a Changling, when you thought you killed me,” he told Aiden.
There was a knock at the door. Aiden hissed, and turned his head to the door, and Cain took his chance. He lunged at Aiden, knocking him across the bed, and onto the floor on the otherside.
Knock. Knock.
“Shayna, are you in there,” it was Noah.
Shayna couldn’t peel her eyes away from Cain and Aiden fighting, it was like something she thought she would only see in the movies, they viciously growled at each other, and tore chunks of flesh from each others bodies. She feared that the outcome would be bad for both of them. Shayna slowly got off of the bed, and started making her way to the door. Aiden saw her, and growled. His blood red eyes locked in on her like missiles. He managed to slip away from Cain, and made a move for Shayna, grabbing a handful of her hair, and yanking her to him. Shayna screamed. Holding her, with her back to him, Aiden sank his teeth, deep into her neck. He hadn’t got the bulging vein he had hoped for, but he would settle for where he landed.
Cain pulled the platinum dagger out of his boot, and rushed toward Aiden with it, and stuck in deep into the middle of his back. He knew it wouldn’t do any permanent damage, but he had to do whatever her could to make him release Shayna.
Aiden howled in surprise, and pain, and let Shayna’s body fall to the floor. Cain dropped to his knees beside her, and scooped her up into his arms, where she would be safe. The hawk flew out of the open balcony window, just as Noah finally broke through the door. Cain held Shayna.
“I love you. I’m so sorry I let this happen,” Cain told her.
Shayna returned Cain’s hold tighter than ever, and smiled at him. Tears of joy and relief running down her face. Noah stood in the doorway watching the two, and seeing blood on Shayna’s neck, he gasped.
“Is she okay?’ he asked Cain, pointing at Shayna’s neck.
Cain touched the steady trickle of blood on Shayna’s neck, that was running down her collarbone and onto Aunt Mill’s beautiful, elegant dress.
“He didn’t have time to take any blood,” Cain said, “I think he only bit her.
He looked into the ocean of blue diamonds in Shayna’s eyes, and held her face in his hand. He pulled her closer to his face, and leaned her head back. His mouth opened slightly, and he moved in. This is going to be phenominal! He thought, anticipating the kiss to come.
Cain’s bottom lip brushed Shayna’s, and as soon as it did, Shayna’s whole body stiffened, and she began frantically grabbing for Cain. A horrifying scream escaped her lips, and her face twisted, in agonizing pain.
“Shayna!” Noah and Cain both cried out.
Noah ran to the other side of them. He saw that Shayna’s nose was bleeding. His stomach flipped, and he lost the french dinner he and Melina had shared, on the white carpet.
This is it. Shayna thought. I’m turning. She tried to speak but was unable to. She wanted to tell Cain, that she was sorry too. She wanted to tell him that she loved him. Her back arched, and her body started to twist in an unhumanly way.
“Shayna,” his harmonic voice said, “Stay with me Shayna.” she could still feel his cold touch.
“Oh my God,” she heard Noah cry.
“I love you Shayna,” Shayna loved his voice, “I won’t leave you, I promise.”
The sound of Cain’s voice remained with her, and everything else, faded away.
Epilogue
I never realized that being born immortal meant that my mortal self would have to die. When it felt like my heart was being ripped from my chest, I knew that I was dying. The last thing I saw when my heart stopped was Cain’s face. His emerald green eyes were so full of sadness to see me in so much pain. He did come back for me.
It felt like my veins were on fire, and as the fire raced for my heart, I could still hear Cain telling me that he loved me. I‘m going to miss him while I’m gone, but I will return…in a new beginning.
To Be Continued
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