Protection

Chapter 3

POV Vanessa

I back up against the wall. Elijah walks closer towards me. I can't go anywhere. He stands in front of me and touches my face. I shiver at his touch. I tried to run away but I am to slow and he grabs me. He picks me up bridal style. I hit his chest. 

"Niall!" I yell as we crash into the window.

Elijah lands on the ground with me still in his arms. I look at him and he smirks at me. He then starts to run into the woods. I close my eyes knowing that I will probably die tonight.

POV Niall

I suddenly wake up. I look around and realize that I am in Vanessa's room. I then remembered someone screaming my name. I looked down at the bed and realized Vanessa was gone. The window was broken and it smelled different in the room. I sniffed a bit more and realized a wolf has been through here! But it smelled familiar. I took another deep breath, Elijah.

I get off the bed and head to my room. I change my clothes. I catch something as I pass the mirror. I go back to the mirror and I can see that my eyes are red and my fangs are out. I look at my arms and see burn marks slowly healing. 

"I hate what I am," I say to myself.

But I then begin to think of Vanessa. I have to save her. I leave the castle and head to the woods. I use my super speed and followed Elijah's scent. In human form, wolves run at a normal speed. I was running and I had finally caught up with them. I could see Vanessa trying to escape his grasp. I then pushed Elijah. Elijah and Vanessa both fell to the ground. Elijah immediately turned into a wolf and headed towards me. 

I made a ring of fire around us. He was much bigger than the last time the lads and I had fought him. We began our battle throwing each other around. Before I had left the house I brought a knife with me. He couldn't do anything because he was backed into a corner. Either be killed by me or burned by the flames. I jump at Elijah and stab him on the back. He lets out a whimper. He starts to bleed more. He then began to howl. 

I could then hear several howls in response to his. Suddenly out of nowhere three more wolves appear out of the darkness. I then headed to Elijah who had turned back to his human form. I was about to kill him when suddenly another wolf pushed me to the ground. I struggled to get free and the wolf took advantage of the situation and bit my torso. I could feel its teeth as it pierced my body. The wolf then lifted me with me still in its jaws. The wolf then threw me against a tree. I looked up and could only see the moon. I could hear Vanessa screaming my name. My vision began to turn blurry.

"Vanessa," I muttered before being consumed by the darkness.

POV Vanessa

"Niall!" I yell as I see him thrown against a tree. 

I started to run to him. I put his head on my lap. I looked at his face and started crying. I then looked up and saw that the wolves were gone. Elijah was gone. Suddenly Zayn appeared in front of us with Liam. 

"What happened?!" Liam exclaimed.

"Elijah," I say above a whisper.

Niall was bleeding a lot. It doesn't make it better that he still hasn't recovered from his injury yesterday.

"We have to get back fast," I say as I look up at Zayn. 

He holds out his hand. I take it and hold Niall's hand. We are then transported back to Niall's room. Zayn lifts him to the bed. Then Zayn and Liam leave the room to find Louis and Harry. 

"Stay here," they say in unison as they leave the room. 

So much is going through my mind. Niall is hurt. He was bitten he could die. I don't want him to die. I then remembered what Zayn said about me. I have to be the reincarnation of Mary. My blood could heal Niall. I looked at Niall, his skin was paler than usual. There was blood all over the sheets. I then spotted the knife on his belt. I grabbed it and looked at my wrist. I hesitated at first but then I sliced my wrist. Blood began to trickle down my arm.