Nyx
The moment the blood touched my lips…Everything changed.Warm…Sweet…The moment the blood touched my lips…Everything changed.Warm…Sweet…
Addictive…A shiver ran through my entire body as the burning in my throat eased almost instantly. My mind went blank, every thought drowned beneath one terrifying feeling..Addictive…A shiver ran through my entire body as the burning in my throat eased almost instantly. My mind went blank, every thought drowned beneath one terrifying feeling..
More.More.
I grabbed his's wrist without realizing it, pulling him closer. My breathing became uneven. Fast. Desperate.And for a second…I grabbed his's wrist without realizing it, pulling him closer. My breathing became uneven. Fast. Desperate.And for a second…
I forgot who I was. "Slow down." His voice cut through the haze. Cold. Calm. Controlled.I forgot who I was. "Slow down." His voice cut through the haze. Cold. Calm. Controlled.
Unlike me. I tried to stop, but my body refused to listen. The hunger inside me was overwhelming, swallowing every bit of logic I had left. My nails dug into his arm. I heard his heartbeat. Strong. Steady. And somehow… it made everything worse. "Nyx." This time his voice was sharper. A warning. But I couldn't think properly anymore. The thirst kept growing instead of fading. Why isn't it enough…? Panic mixed with hunger, turning into something dangerous. Suddenly, he grabbed my shoulders and forced me away from him. I gasped. Air rushed back into my lungs. Reality crashed into me all at once.Unlike me. I tried to stop, but my body refused to listen. The hunger inside me was overwhelming, swallowing every bit of logic I had left. My nails dug into his arm. I heard his heartbeat. Strong. Steady. And somehow… it made everything worse. "Nyx." This time his voice was sharper. A warning. But I couldn't think properly anymore. The thirst kept growing instead of fading. Why isn't it enough…? Panic mixed with hunger, turning into something dangerous. Suddenly, Adrian grabbed my shoulders and forced me away from him. I gasped. Air rushed back into my lungs. Reality crashed into me all at once.
And then… I saw the blood on my lips.And then… I saw the blood on my lips.
My stomach dropped. "No…" I whispered, stumbling backward. "No, no, no…" My hands started shaking violently. What did I just do?My stomach dropped. "No…" I whispered, stumbling backward. "No, no, no…" My hands started shaking violently. What did I just do?
My chest tightened painfully. I looked at him in horror. "I…I drank your blood…"My chest tightened painfully. I looked athim in horror. "I…I drank your blood…"
The words felt disgusting coming out of my mouth. Monster. That single word echoed inside my head. He wiped the blood from his wrist like it was nothing. "You needed it."The words felt disgusting coming out of my mouth. Monster. That single word echoed inside my head. He wiped the blood from his wrist like it was nothing. "You needed it."
"How are you so calm?!" I snapped, my voice breaking. "I just…I just…" "You survived," he interrupted. His expression didn't change."How are you so calm?!" I snapped, my voice breaking. "I just…I just…" "You survived," he interrupted. His expression didn't change.
Not even slightly. And somehow that irritated me more. "You knew this would happen," I said quietly. Not a question. A realization.Not even slightly. And somehow that irritated me more. "You knew this would happen," I said quietly. Not a question. A realization.
His silence confirmed it. Anger flared inside me. "You knew and you still let this happen to me?!" The room suddenly felt colder. His gaze hardened slightly. "You think I had a choice?" I froze. For the first time, emotion slipped through his calm expression. Frustration. Maybe even guilt. But it disappeared so quickly I almost thought I imagined it. "You were already changing before I found you," he continued. "Your transformation had started." Transformation.His silence confirmed it. Anger flared inside me. "You knew and you still let this happen to me?!" The room suddenly felt colder. His gaze hardened slightly. "You think I had a choice?" I froze. For the first time, emotion slipped through his calm expression. Frustration. Maybe even guilt. But it disappeared so quickly I almost thought I imagined it. "You were already changing before I found you," he continued. "Your transformation had started." Transformation.
The word made me feel sick. "No…" I shook my head slowly. "I'm human." "You were."The word made me feel sick. "No…" I shook my head slowly. "I'm human." "You were."
Silence.Silence.
Heavy.Heavy.
Brutal.Brutal.
I stepped back until my legs hit the edge of the bed behind me. Everything felt unreal.I stepped back until my legs hit the edge of the bed behind me. Everything felt unreal.
Vampires weren't real. None of this was real.Vampires weren't real. None of this was real.
It couldn't be. And yet… I could hear things I shouldn't hear. Smell things I shouldn't smell.It couldn't be. And yet… I could hear things I shouldn't hear. Smell things I shouldn't smell.
Feel his heartbeat from across the room.Feel his heartbeat from across the room.
Fear crawled up my spine. "What's happening to me…?" I whispered. He looked at me for a long moment before answering. "That," he said quietly, "is what we're trying to figure out." Before I could ask what he meant…Fear crawled up my spine. "What's happening to me…?" I whispered. He looked at me for a long moment before answering. "That," he said quietly, "is what we're trying to figure out." Before I could ask what he meant…
A sharp pain suddenly tore through my chest.A sharp pain suddenly tore through my chest.
I cried out, collapsing to my knees. My vision blurred instantly. My fangs extended painfully against my lips.I cried out, collapsing to my knees. My vision blurred instantly. My fangs extended painfully against my lips.
And then…And then…
I heard it.I heard it.
A heartbeat.A heartbeat.
Not Adrian's.Not Adrian's.
Someone outside the room. Human. The hunger returned violently. Stronger than before. My head snapped toward the door.Someone outside the room. Human. The hunger returned violently. Stronger than before. My head snapped toward the door.
And his expression darkened immediately.And his expression darkened immediately.
"Nyx," he said sharply."Nyx," he said sharply.
But it was too late.But it was too late.
Because for the first time…Because for the first time…
The hunger felt stronger than my fear.The hunger felt stronger than my fear.