Born to Kill

Seven (Part 1)

Collins

The surface was right there. I claw against the water for a breath, but something holds me back. I can't hold back. I try to thrash my leg but the grip doesn't loosen. I look down, trying to see what's holding me, but I can't see it. My feet are visible and the imprint of the hand holding me, but there's nothing there. I try to claw towards the surface. The full moon laying right above me. Finally, I'm released and I rise.

I open my eyes, take a huge breath in. Above me lays a light, that almost looks like a full moon.

I lay there, gasping for breath, staring at the light, it being the only thing illuminating the room. I don't feel the regular pressure of my wolf on my mind, telling me I'm injected with wolfsbane or something that's just keeping her away from me, because none of my other senses are gone. I check my surroundings. I'm laying on a hospital bed in a dark, what seems to be empty room. An IV is inserted into my left arm, I follow the tube with my eyes, but it leads into the darkness. I look to my other side, where a soft dripping of what sounds like water hitting the floor is coming from.

Already, the ticking of the water is driving me crazy. It's dripping at the exact same speed, a second inbetween each plop. I look back up at the light, and I feel something. A burning in my chest, that is spreading throughout my body. My body ignites into flames, but not like when I touch Alex.

Alex.

The thought of him subsides the pain for a minute. I try to move, but my legs and arms are restrained to the bed. I thrash against them, the pain becoming unbearable. I raise my stomachs into the air, trying to pull free. I scream as there's another explosion of heat and pain through my body. I feel as though I've been thrown into fire, and there's no escape. I'm just to sit in the flames, and wait for what's going to happen, to happen. I look to me skin, expecting to see burns, but my skin is perfectly clear. A shot of heat runs up my spinal cord, up my neck and explodes in my head. I scream from the pain. I think of Alex, remembering the momentary relief it gave me. I think of something cold and it seems to also do the trick.

I don't understand! Why is it so hot!! What is with this heat-

And it clicks for me. I'm going through Heat. Something every unmated, virgin wolf goes through on every full moon of knowing and meeting their mate. Explaining why the idea of Alex calmed me down.

Pain and heat continues to course through my body. But I don't understand. It's not a full moon tonight. There was one next month- how long have I been out for? A month? Is that why I'm experiencing it now?

I heard the sound of a sliding door open, and light eliminates the room, covering only me on the bed. I hear a howl echo through my room, and I recognize it as Alex's. I want to scream for him, but pain courses through me and I scream, and it was blood curdling glass shattering loud. I hear another howl, but I can tell by the way he sounds that he's furious.

The door shuts, cutting off his howl, and the pain begins to become unbearable again. I thrash against the bed. "Beautiful, isn't it?" A girls voice says. I groan against the pain. I turn toward her, where the door came from. Her voice is familiar and its nagging at me, but I can't focus in the slightest. I thrash, hoping I'll find a spot I'm comfortable in. "It's powered by the full moon you know. It's replicates it." She continues. I don't hear foot steps, and I can't smell her, meaning she's probably not coming closer. "That's why you're feeling this. That's why it hurts."

I finally hear her step closer. She walks closer and steps into the light, but a shadow is still cast over her so I can't clearly see her. "And you'll go through this every night until I get what I want." She says.