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Chapter 3

Chances.

" I don't- " , I paused. " I don't understand " , I finish shaking my head. " I can help you, Ezekiel " , he said quietly. " I can give you what you need to not feel any ounce of pain anymore " , Adonis says. " Let me do that for you, please " , he put his hand out in front of me and stared at it. I looked back up in his eyes skeptical if I should accept his offer. I mean I don't know who the fuck this man is and have no idea what he's talking about doing to me but he was extremely captivating. I was drawn deeply to him and I couldn't break free from the grasp his aura had on me for nothing inside this world. Hearing him say he had something to cure my cancer made me even more intrigued. I'd do just about anything for the leukemia kiss my ass and kick rocks. I want to live a full life and there's much more to the world I want to see. Leukemia took over my life right when I was beginning to start my life. It so unfair. I want to make more companionships with new people and make business decisions. I want more for myself. I lift my shaking hand and slowly place it into his. A smirk grows on his face as he helps me get up from the floor. " I promise to take care of you, Ezekiel. All you have to is listen to everything I tell you and do as I say " , he says to me. I nod my head before dusting my pants off. " So like do you know people how has connections for cures? " , I questioned and I got a laugh as a response. I arched my eyebrow wondering what the fuck was so damn funny. " Eh, it's something like that " , he said hanging his head down. I bent down to pick up my phone off the floor and asked " what do you mean, something like tha- " , but I was interrupted. A wave of pain shot me through my neck when Adonis through his face into the crook of my neck. I tried to scream but nothing could come out. My ears carried a screeching sound that could burst my drums in any second. Trying my hardest to push him off of my body, I felt myself growing weaker and my body feeling drained. Gasping for air, I was let go and immediately felt my body make contact with the floor. Still begging to breathe an amount of decent air, my eyes trailed to Adonis. He was hunched over with his hands on his knees, looked to be catching his breath. " Wh-wha- di- what " , not being able to finish my words due to the wound's damage on my neck, I put pressure on it to keep it from bleeding out even more. Adonis looked over at me finally and laughed to himself. " No need for that ", he said referring to me put pressure on my neck. " It won't be needed " , he finished licking the assess blood off the bottom of his lip. I groaned from the pain and looked up at the ceiling.

I did not think that this would be the way I would die. I thought that more than likely I would die in my apartment one day and my parents would call the cops for a wellness check due to me not responding to their calls or texts. I thought maybe it would've been in my sleep, maybe on a random Sunday but not like this. Now, I wish I didn't get snappy on the phone with my mom earlier. I should've been more nice to her. Maybe she was right to question me going by myself tonight because if I had someone with me, I'm sure I wouldn't be in this predicament now. I felt so stupid and gullible. I don't know what the fuck I was thinking following him up here but to be honest it's like my feet were moving in their own and I couldn't put a stop to them. I snapped out of my thoughts making eye contact with Adonis as he was now standing over me. He fiddled with his wrist then turned it to face me. I felt something wet droplets hit my cheek, chin and lips. One droplet landed right on the tip of my tongue and I fought the urge to taste it but that's one fight that I can add to my list that I have lost. Once the taste settled onto my buds, I immediately felt as if I was dying of thirst and how I feened for more. I directed my mouth towards where the droplets were falling and that's when Adonis squatted next to me bringing his wrist closer to my mouth. I reached up and grabbed his wrist bringing it to my mouth sucking it as hard as I could. I twirled my tongue graciously against the slit where the blood was coming from with my eyes closed, lost purely into how good it taste. A throaty moan brought me back to reality opening my eyes and immediately placing them on Adonis. He had his head thrown back with his bottom lip between his teeth. Moving my mouth from his wrist, I pushed Adonis as hard as I could but then I was immediately hit with a great wave of pain. I screamed to the top of my lungs not caring if anyone heard me. The music from the club was still going but my screams were earsplitting so if anybody heard me I wouldn't be surprised. This pain was far much worse than that time when I had my first real symptoms of leukemia. I groaned and breathed harshly wishing it would stop eventually but it didn't. It was getting worse. Adonis laid out on the floor catching his breath until he leaned up on his shoulders looking my way. " WHAT THE FUCK IS HAPPENING?! " , I screamed. Adonis finally perked up on his feet and made his way to me once again. " I'm giving you what you asked for, Ezekiel " , he said calmly. I swung at his leg but he moved out the way in time avoiding me making impact. " I'm going to fucking kill you.... IM GOING TO FUCKING KILL YOU!!! " , I yelled. " Trust..... " , he paused. " We'll have plenty of time together for you to try to do so " , he promised. Suddenly, the pain discontinued and the room grew quiet. I laid still while a wave of various sensations took over my body all at once. First, it was my breathing. I felt as if the urge to breathe in air was not necessarily needed though I didn't feel my chest burning when I did not. My vision was more crystallized meaning I could literally see the tiniest dust particles on the floor laying in front of me. I didn't feel the aches in my back as I did just a few minute ago and my body didn't feel as tense as it usually does.

I lifted myself up from the floor with any assistance from my hands or arms. I met Adonis' eyes again glancing up at his body. We stared at one another and he then extended his hand out to me. I took it and he lifted me up knocking me into him. We were very close to each other's faces for a second until I backed up from him wanting my own space. " How do you feel, Ezekiel?" , he questioned. I looked around the room and begin to wonder around. I noticed that everything looked so much more clear than before and the movement of the room was entrancing. I stopped moving when I heard footsteps outside of the door. I slowly turned to the door and sniffed one time and could smell the sweetest flowing through whoever was behind the door veins. Adonis noticed and lifted his hand up but I was rushing to the door before he could even say anything. He stopped me and held my shoulders. " Hey, what did I tell you? Didn't I tell you listen to me and do as I say? " , he asked. " What the fuck did you do to me? Why am I feeling like this?! " , I grabbed him by his shirt and threw him into the wall. " TELL ME!!! WHAT DID YOU DO?!! " , I shouted in his face but he just laughed as if I was a joke to him. " You should be thanking me. I saved your life " , he said with a smirk. " You changed me... you cha- " , I stuttered. I thought on everything that just happened and what he did to me from him biting me, me drinking his blood and the pain after. " No, no, no, no, no.... " , I repeated. I let him go feeling defeated and confused. " You aren't real. You aren't fucking real! Tell me it's a fucking joke!!! " , I yelled. " You were just about to leap out of this door because you smelled someone's blood outside it. What do you call that, huh? " , Adonis questions. I begin to breathe heavy not believing what the fuck was happening. Ive always read stories, saw movies and how things like this happened. On how the beings were originated in Romania or in other foreign countries but to see one, to become in in just a matter of minutes is throwing me off. I was not expecting to run into this situation when I got it. I didn't even get to listen to my favorite band like I planned because I was drawn into this. I feel tricked and trapped. Technically, I was dead and there was no way I could explain how my leukemia randomly went into remission.