Chains Of Blood

Chapter Nine

Maia crawled away into the corner of her bedroom. "Jonathan, your sister is dead, how are you not reacting to this?". "I didn't grow up with her, I grew up with you, so I don't feel much", her brother said. "I need to find out who my real mother was", she said. "I doubt that would be possible, she is dead and the only person who would know is father himself", Jonathan said. "True, so what I'm supposed to give up", she yelled. He nodded. "Maia you are still my half-sister", he said softly. "I'm half", she said. "It's just the other stuff I saw...", her voice faded in almost whisper. "It's okay, Maia", Jonathan said quickly.

"I'm going out, I need fresh air", she got up to her feet and stumbled over, her brother catching her. "I'm fine...", she said, standing up. She grabbed her leather jacket and her keys and walked out her apartment and ran to the park. She saw William sitting by himself on the swings. "What's wrong, Will?", she asked him. "Nothing, I'm not feeling to well", he said, while coughing. "Okay", she said, she put her hand against his fore head, his skin was hot as a fireplace. "Jesus, Will, your burning up", she said worried. "There is something else you need to know, I don't know if it connected but...", he said quietly. "Will, please you are scaring me", she whispered but she was concerned for her best friend. Will pulled up his T-Shirt to reveal a bite mark on the side of his torso. It was red, bruised and dried blood covered that side of his body. "Will, no", she cried out, "How long?". "This morning, blood was on my bed and I had bin the bed sheets so parents don't find out, it must of happened while I was sleeping", William explained. Maia who was almost in tears said "This is my fault, I should of never got you involved, first Jordan, now you...", "...Shit, this is not fair, oh fuck". "Maia, just take me to your brother and he can sort something out", he said. William was leaning on Maia as they both walked home, they both made it to her apartment after ten minutes. "Jonathan, it'a William, he's been infected", she said why rushing into the door. Jonathan was laying William on the kitchen table and Maia pulled of his shirt. "It's infected, he said this morning", Maia screamed. "Maia get me the wooden box in my room, its underneath my bed", Jonathan said both calmly and quickly. She nodded and rushed her brother's room and grabbed the box and rushed back to her brother. "I need to inject him, with demon blood, Maia", her brother said. "No it will kill him", she screamed at him. "We have no choice, the poison is spreading, he will die in fifteen minutes if we don't do anything", her brother explains? "Maia, its only a weaker solution so it won't turn him".

"Just do it", William said. Jonathan jabbed the needle into the wound and William passed out on the table. Maia checked his pulse, he was fine, he was still breathing. William woke up and jumped off the table, the wound was healed the mark was gone. "Will, don't scare me like that again", she jumped towards him, hugging him. "Maia, I know you love me but I can't breath", he said, losing his breath. She moved away ad she put Jonathan's equipment away. "So what do we do now?", William added. "You are staying away from me, I can't get you killed", she explained. "I'm in the eye of this now, so you can't keep me away", William added on. Maia was hesitating, "I don't know what to say". "Don't say anything", William added. William leaned forward to kiss Maia knowing what he was doing was wrong. Maia kissed him back, their  lips locking for moments and moments on end. Then they tore away from each other. "Will, I have a girlfriend", she said. "I know, I wanted to do that since the day I saw you", William said passionately. They both ran into Maia's room, "Okay, I'm in a relationship, I love Lacey, but I also love you", she said. "Wow, I was not expecting this", William added. "Shut up, can we pretend this never happened", she said sounding hurt. He nodded. "I'm going to go home, I have a football game in Florida I won't be back for a month, you will be okay, right", he said. "I will be fine", she said. William walked out the apartment. "Wow, little sister, you had a eventful day", Jonathan came in the room. "Don't call me, 'little sister', its creepy the way you say it", she snarled back. "Are you hungry?", he asked. "Yes I am", she said. She rushed into the kitchen opening a bag of blood and drinking it from a glass bottle. Blood was all around her mouth. "Enjoyed it", her brother said. "Does it matter, this is what I have to live on now, if I like it or not", she said, angrily.

"You don't have to speak to me like that", her brother added. "It doesn't make a difference that we half siblings, does it", she said. "No, it doesn't, you will always be sister", he said. Maia smiled, then rolled her eyes, "Yeah, Jonathan your getting soft". He laughed, he never really laughed.

"Maia, I have a night shift today, so I won't be back until 8 o'clock in morning", her brother said, softly. "Okay, I'm going to bed, its 9 o'clock", she said, in the same tone as her brother. He came towards her and hugged her, then she walked out the door. She ran towards the kitchen window and saw Jonathan drive home.

A cold gust of wind came in the room, Maia shivered, her teeth where chattering. She turned around quickly and saw Sebastian, he was smiled grimly.