inhale. ➳ h.s. au [DISCONTINUED]

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- Grace -

We ran down the long halls and stopped when we reached the other lords, "What's going on, Zayn?" Harry asked with anger in his voice.

Alright, Styles. Calm down, this was bound to happen eventually.

"Shut it, Grace." I jumped a bit from his harsh words and looked at the floor, "I'm not sure, one second we were perfectly fine and the next we were under attack. This castle is too strong for the humans, but there aren't just humans out there. There are scamps, sirs, and even some of your soldiers trying to break in. It's only a matter of time until the doors break down and they all come flooding it." Zayn explained it with calmness and it made me feel safe a bit but at the same time, i couldn't breathe.

There were about four or five clicks of shoes running to us and i looked up seeing all the lords blood slaves and Mags. They all hugged me tightly and i hugged back, "Oh my god! Louis, we were in the kitchen eating some food and suddenly a wall blew up and vampires came flooding in! We didn't know what to do!" The lords looked at each other and Zayn started shouting, "Niall, get all the girls to the secret passageway! Louis, get medicial equipment and follow Niall! Liam, Harry, and myself will hold off the vampires until we can no longer fight!" I screamed and Harry looked at me with wide eyes.

"No! I won't leave without Harry! I almost died and spent an entire month away from him! What if something bad happens?!" They all looked at me and Zayn growled lowly, "You were supposed to be nothing but a blood bank so shut up and go with the others before i make you what you were supposed to be." I froze and Perrie's eyes widened.

"Zayn, that was horrible!" She shouted and grabbed my hand, we started running and Harry shouted. "Wait!" He ran to me and kissed me softly before clipping my pendant around my neck, "I'll be seeing you soon." He smiled down at me and Niall threw me over his shoulder before running away.

"I love you, Grace!" Harry shouted before i couldn't see him anymore.

Oh no..

"Niall, put me down! I can run." He obeyed me and i grabbed onto Eleanor and Perrie's and while Eleanor grabbed onto Sophia's and Niall grabbed onto Perrie's. Niall pulled us down the halls until we reached his room, "Alright. When we enter the passageway you cannot breathe a word about it or someone will end up dying." We all nodded and he opened his bedroom door. We quickly walked in and Niall closed his door, he pulled all his furniture in front of the door and started feeling around the walls.

"Feel for a very, very small switch!" He shouted and we all started searching the walls but none of us could find it. I began to panic, "Niall, it's not here!" I shouted and he growled.

"Keep looking!" And we all kept searching and searching until, "I found it!" Sophia shouted and flicked the switch. A loud bang was heard and then the wall next to her disappeared revealing a long dark hall that looked like it led to nothing.

"W-Who's first?" I said quietly and everyone pushed me in, i stumbled a bit but caught my balance and started walking. They followed close behind and i heard another loud bang, Niall closed the door. He whispered, "Alright, this passageway is impossible to find so it should be safe."

"Should?!' I whispered loudly and he shushed me, "Yes, it should be safe." I groaned softly and felt around. "I can't even see anything.." I whispered and my hands touched something very cold and hard as a rock.

"Wait, i think i found something. Anyone has a light source?" I asked and Niall pulled out a flashlight, he shined it on whatever i was touching and i screamed once i saw the face i never wanted to see.

Evan.

- Harry -

"Zayn, behind you!" I gripped a vampires throat and slammed him into the ground, Zayn swung his arm around and his hand went through a vampires chest. Liam decided to go and help Louis while Zayn and myself fought the vampires off.

"Goddamn it!" I looked over and Zayn had four or five vampires on him, i flashed over to him and pried them all off. "We need to go!" I shouted at him and he nodded in agreement, we both flashed out of the area and in almost a second we were in front of the exit of the passageway.

"Shouldn't they be out by now?" I said while taking in a deep breath, "I'm not sure. We haven't used this passageway in a good while so it could be longer than we remember." Zayn said and sat on the grass. I sat next to him and ran my fingers through my hair, "She's fine, Harry. Don't worry, Niall is with them and he's a skilled vampire."

"If i had gone with them instead t-"

"All of us would have died. Including the girls in there. Harry, don't be hard on yourself about these things. We'll figure something out." Zayn said before patting my shoulder. I sighed and we both waited.

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It was now dark outside and i was on the verge of ripping the door off of the exit and running in there.

"Zayn.." i groaned and he frowned, "E-Everything's fine.." He whispered more to himself than me.

Shit! Perrie's in there too!

I stood up and walked to the door, Zayn stood up and placed his hand on my shoulder. "Don't." I growled lowly before i heard two or three screams coming from the passagway. My eyes widened and i ripped the door off it's hinges. "Help us!" I heard a high pitched sound and an extremely loud scream.

I looked at Zayn and he gulped, "I'm going, whether you like it or not." i said before bolting into the passageway. I looked around and mumbled, "Why is it so goddamn dark?!"

"Ha-" I froze when i heard the soft, yet familiar voice. "Grace!" i shouted and bolted towards her voice. I could hear her heart beating faster as i was getting closer and closer, but i stopped once i couldn't hear it anymore.

I couldn't hear anything, but silence.

"Harry.." i heard someone behind me and i turned around, squinting my eyes to see Zayn. "I can't hear anything anymore.. Not even the girls' heartbeats." He said quietly and we looked around.

"Not again!" i shouted and my fist collided with the stone wall, a huge hole was now in the wall from my fist but who cares? I just lost Grace, AGAIN.