BITTEN (PAUSED)

Soaked t-shirts

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Scarlett's POV:

"Please don't hurt her!" I screamed, my voice croaking as sobs left my throat. My nails dug into the floor below me, gasping for air as I kept my eye on the woman cross from me.

The unfamiliar woman had dark hair and dark eyes, as she wore a tight all black outfit that clung to her curves. Her face was unrecognizable, yet it feels as if I know them from somewhere.

"Aw, you scared i'm gonna hurt her?" The woman says, laughing after her statement. My eyes scanned over to the familiar body she was holding, as I realize shes holding Luna's body.

"Please, do whatever you want with me, just don't hurt her." I say breathlessly, trying to cling onto whatever amount of oxygen is left.

"You know, theres a bigger chance of her getting out of here alive than there is of her actually loving you." The woman says, watching as my face falls.

"She loves me, I know she does." I mutter, tears spilling out of my eyes as crawl closer to the woman.

"A woman who loves you would never put you through this." She says, now staring blankly at me.

"You wouldn't know that, what we have is different." I say to her, struggling to get up from the ground as tears blur my vision.

"Really? Because if she really loves you, you wouldn't have that bullet hole in your leg. Infact, if she really did love you, i'm sure she would've stayed miles away from you. It's for the better." She speaks, sighing as if she were telling the truth.

"She wouldn't do that?" I say, but it comes out as a question, making me reconsider what I said.

"Keep telling yourself that. My advice, leave now. Most people don't get past being her fuck buddy, but the ones who do, they are doomed to die to her." She says, letting out a few subtle chuckles again.

And before I knew it, Luna's body was rising up, making her body more awake than ever.

"Luna" I whisper, laying my body flat on the ground, not being able to move.

"Aw, you poor thing. You really thought I would love you?" She says, sliding a shiny black gun out of her waistband and aiming it at my head.

"Please." I whisper, tears blurring my vision as I look up at the blonde haired woman. As I looked into her eyes, I saw nothing. No guilt, no remorse, not even pain. Her eyes held no emotion toward me whatsoever.

"Luna, please!" I said, making my voice louder, as she flicked off the safety on her gun.

"It's not real." Luna whispers, still with a still look on her face.

"It's not real!" She screamed at me.

"ITS NOT REAL!" I screamed, my head flinging back to life as my eyes flung open. I was in Luna's room.

My heart was beating against my chest, so rapidly that all I could hear was my own heartbeat. My forhead was beaded with sweat, heat taking over my whole body. All I felt was burning, everywhere. In my throat, on my head, in my body. Every single part of me felt like it was lit on fire, about to explode at any moment.

I quickly sat up, pulling the covers off of me as my breathing became faster, and faster, so fast that It didn't even feel like I was breathing. My head pounded, so hard, as if I was going to die.

Maybe I did die.

Maybe Luna did shoot me.

Did I get killed just like my dad did?

"Baby" I heard next to me, my vision blurring up with tears as sobs escaped my burning throat.

"Shh I got you. It's all okay" I heard, before I was pulled into a warm comfort. Strong arms wrapped around me, holding me secure against her chest. Her familiar smell surrounded around me, immediately calming a few of my senses.

"It's okay, everything is okay." She whispers, one of her hands in my hair, while the other was on my waist, holding me closer to her body.

I clung to her t-shirt, quickly soaking up the material with my tears as I leaned into her shoulder, struggling to stable my breathing with the fact I was now sobbing.

My loud sobs soon turned quiet, and after that, my sobs turned into nothing. Luna was still holding me to her chest, her arms wrapped around me, shielding me from the rest of the world.

My cheek laid on her chest, my heartbeat slowing down to its regular pace, as I continued to stare blankly at the wall infront of me.

With my face pressed to Luna's chest, I felt a pounding, a heart beating fast. But, it wasn't me.

It was her.

"Luna?" I say, slightly lifting my head from her chest. I look up to her, to see that shes already looking down at me. Her soft eyes were filled with love, but her face held a worried look.

"What was your dream about?" She asks. I slightly shift myself so that I was now her height, sotting infront of her as I grabbed her hand in mine.

"It was nothing" I reply to her, causing her to furrow her brows at me.

"It was something, you know you can tell me." She says, swiping her thumb across the front of my palm, soothing some of my nerves.

"Luna, seriously, it was nothing." I say, taking a deep breath to try and stabilize myself, feeling my eyelids fill with tears.

"Did I do something?" She asks me, now taking my other hand in hers, intertwining it just like our other pair of hands.

I stayed silent. Maybe if I didn't answer, she would drop the topic. Maybe, she would just think it's a regular nightmare.

But it wasn't.

"Scarlett." She says sternly, causing me to look up into her eyes. My vision blurs as my eyes quickly fill with tears, causing Luna to lift her hand up to my face, wiping away the single tear that fell.

"I don't want to talk about it." I say, taking a deep breath before pushing my emotions deep down into me. She gives me one last look of worry, before letting go of both of my hands, causing the warmth to leave my body entirely.

"Okay" She responds dryly, before she lays back down into the bed. I take a slow deep breath, before laying back down next to her.

I faced my back towards her, causing her to slightly shift on the bed. And as I awaited the warmth of her arms holding me, or a soft kiss on the forehead, it never happened. No soft touches, no goodnight, no "I love you", nothing.

So I fell asleep, being consumed by the silentness of the night, and my new fear of the person I love most.

A/N: Hii, I'm sorry for the late update, things have been very busy rn. But, I can't believe this book is coming to an end soon. Make sure to vote 🩷