Vampire Sister

Chapter 33

"Nooooooo!!!!!!!!!" I screamed. Tristan appeared out of nowhere and jumped on Paul right before he could shoot. But he still shot. 'It must have missed her.' I said to myself and turned to Katie exactly when she fell to the ground. I hunched over her limp body and said, actually, more like yell, "Katie? No, this can't be happening. Wake up! Come on!" A single tear escaped my eye. Carla and Adam must have heard me because they came rushing to the basement. As soon as Adam saw that Katie was hurt, he lifted her easily and exited the basement. I wasn't crying. I wasn't angry. I was paralysed. Carla kept murmuring some assuring words into my ear while Tristan was constantly yelling and fighting with his dad. I realised I was doing nothing, so I got up and said, "Tristan, there's no use in arguing with the one who's responsible, when the past is the past." Multiple tears started rolling down my cheeks at the end of that sentence. I walked out of the basement and moved into Tristan's room. I sat on his bed and let all the emotions out of myself. She is a vampire, right? Then how the hell did she collapse? Will she heal by herself? Or will she never? Someone entered the room, bringing me out of my thoughts. It was Tracy.

"Don't worry. It was nothing. She'll be fine." she said. Somehow, I wasn't convinced with her answer. But still I nodded and asked, "Why did he shoot her?"

"I'm so sorry about that. I think it's because she's a vam.." she stopped. She came to say vampire? So she already knows about it? How?

"She's a vampire. I know, Tracy. So tell me the truth."

She looked down and said, "She was shot with silver infused with vampire blood. That's potent venom to vampires. But since Tristan jumped over him, he shot her in the leg. In the wrong artery, to be precise. I'm sorry, but the poison will not exit her body until it reaches her heart."

My heart skipped a beat. I never thought I would say this but I asked, "How long does she have? Be frank."

"She has 2 weeks, probably 3."

The words slowly entered my ear. It pained me to hear that she was in such a worse situation. We may have stayed apart for almost 6 years but I loved her. She was my sister after all.

"Is there anything that can save her?" My voice broke as I asked this question.

"The only thing that can save her is her sotíras' blood. And I'm extremely sorry that you don't know who that is. I'll leave you to it." And she left. I controlled my tears and started processing everything when the door opened again. This time, it was Tristan.

"Before you say anything, I just want to say that, I'm sorry. For everything." he said.

"Tristan, none of this was your fault. In fact if you hadn't been there, the situation would have been much worse. So, thank you."

"I heard that only her sotíras' blood can save her. We'll find them. We will."

"Yeah, we will."

"Oh, and I got something out of that murderer." I knew who he was referring to.

"Tristan, he's still your dad."

"Yeah, the man who hurt your sister. Anyways, he said that the sotíras would leave a clue to who they are, if they cannot be present there while the vampire wakes up."

"That's it! We just need to work the clue out and voila! We find Katie's sotíras. I'm gonna go ask her right now." I started to leave the room but Tristan stopped me and said, "Wait, you're loading too much on yourself. Take a breath, Kyra. Stop for a moment. If this continues, you're gonna get mad."

"Tristan, that's fine. I don't matter right now. Katie does."

"What? You don't matter? Of course you do! Kyra, you matter. To me." he said as he took my face in his hands. I met his eyes and found comfort. He slowly pressed his mouth onto mine and I went still. He what? My heart was in my mouth. I pulled away after a few seconds and my cheeks were blood red. What the hell just happened? I noticed that he was looking down and straightening his hair. I had nothing to do so I looked down too. My feet never stood in the same place for more than a second. That level of awkwardness was just way too much for me.