Cold Hearted | Damon Salvatore

twelve

12. The Descent

Aria sat next to Rose, infront of the fireplace, while Damon bought the older vampire a blood bag.

"I was born in 1450, that makes me 560 years old" Rose informed the couple.

"Well, if you were a bottle of wine--" Damon started.

"So I can die, I've lived long enough" Rose interrupted.

"You're not dying Rose" Aria said, refusing to let Rose die, "There has to be a way to cure you, there just has to be".

"And if you're gonna be maudlin, I'm just gonna kill you myself, just to put me and Aria out of your misery, come on, it's just a little werewolf bite" Damon said, pouring some blood in a glass for Rose.

"Just a little fatal to a vampire werewolf bite" Rose reminded.

"That's according to legend" Aria reminded, "A pretty unreliable source if you ask me".

"Drink up" Damon said, handing Rose the glass of blood, "Blood heals".

Rose grabbed the glass from Damon and slowly took a sip from it, "Yeah" Rose agreed, "It does feel like it's working".

"Well, let me look then" Aria said, removing Rose's cardigan from her shoulder, both Aria and Damon frowned looking at the bite, it hadn't gotten better, it had gotten worse.

"How is it?" Rose asked.

"Uh, definitely better" Damon replied, "Right, Aria?".

"Yeah" Aria replied, trying her best not to burst into tears, "It's getting better", Aria looked towards the entrance of the living room to see a shocked Elena standing there, "Right, Elena?".

"Um, it's not bad" Elena lied, not knowing what else to say.

"Where's Stefan?" Damon whispered to Elena.

"He left, I need you to talk to him" Elena told Damon, "He's convinced he has to find Isobel, but that's gonna upset Elijah".

"I don't think finding your mother is going to upset Elijah" Aria replied, really not caring about Elena's problems, her main and only focus today was Rose.

"Aria's right, I'm with Stefan on this one" Damon said, "But if you and Aria could play nurse for a little while--".

"It's not necessary" Rose interrupted.

"It is necessary" Aria said, "I was already planning on staying with you anyways".

Damon nodded and walked away from trio, while Elena signaled to Aria, indicating they needed to talk alone.

"Is she going to die?" Elena whispered to Aria, after making sure Rose couldn't hear them.

"It seems like it, the wolf bite has caused something like an infection, and with each passing second it seems to be getting worse" Aria answered, "But Damon's gone to confront Jules, the werewolf who bite Rose, we are hoping she has some sort of cure, I'm also going through Grams's grimoires, Bonnie lent them to me, there has to be something somewhere which can save Rose, I can't let her die Elena, I--".