chosen // 5sos vampire

chapter 13

I cursed. Every sound made my over sensitive ears hurt. The vision situation was something I could deal with, but the hunger was getting to be unbearable.

Grace.

I had to survive this, Luke had murmured something under his breath before he left about how this could seriously hurt me if I didn't learn how to quickly block everything out.

The last thing I wanted to do was hurt Grace, but I knew that the blood would make me feel more human. I had seen Luke when he was hungry versus when he had just fed.

I squeezed my eyes shut, holding my head. I slowly stood up, gaining a sense of my boundaries. I was sure that Luke was probably close enough to supervise me- maybe this was a lesson of trust?

The hunger at the this point was driving me insane, how did Luke go through this?

I made it to the bottom of the stairs, rounding the corner to Grace's area. She was still asleep, waiting for me to command her to awaken. 

I couldn't believe the boys were making me fed for the second time alone.  Ashton upsets me so much, these lessons were ridiculous. 

I was stalling I told myself, it's going to get worse. Luke was turning the dial to almost 100%. This was planned, I told myself, I can do this.

I crouched over Grace, whispering in her ear to wake up. Her eyes shot open and she cowered in fear. I probably looked pretty scary by this point.

"Get up," I whispered, "and keep quiet. This hurts me as much as it'll hurt you."

I guided her over to the chair and looked back into her eyes, "You may not move at all. You can squeeze my hand for support, but do not struggle. It'll make it worse. Do you understand?"

She nodded. I couldn't believe I had to seriously do this.

My fingers intertwined with hers as I brought her wrist to my throbbing mouth. I had the self control, it wasn't like I attacked her. Maybe my human feelings of sympathy were restraining me.

I bit into her wrist in one fluid motion as Ashton had taught me and tasted the wonderful liquid. I immediately felt better.

Grace continued to groan and her grip began to loosen. It seemed to happen way too quickly, but  I knew it was time to stop.

My fangs retracted and I brought my own bleeding wrist to her mouth. She had to drink it to heal, the collar offered only some power.

She didn't struggle and swallowed my blood. Her eyes shut and Grace fell into unconsciousness. 

I too shut my eyes, I had done it. Luke and Ashton appeared behind me.

Ashton looked angry, "At your age, the girl should have been dead.  What is your secret?"

I only shrugged. Luke looked worried.

My mate stepped forward, "Ashton, I know what happened."

His eyes cast down to the floor.

What did he do to me?