inhale. ➳ h.s. au [DISCONTINUED]

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I choked out a scream as the white snake turned to ashes, I ran towards Harry and he caught me in his arms. "Goddamn it." He murmured and tightened his arms around me, "You're safe, Grace." He whispered and I sniffed.

Liam let out a shaky breath as Vanity's body was now ash, the silver stake laying in the ashes. "She's not dead, Harry. You know she's not." Liam said softly and Harry sighed, "I-I need to talk to all of you. The lords, I mean." He sounded nervous as the other lords nodded.

All of us girls went inside the house, sitting in the living room. Not having a thing to do was like having a needle stab you multiple times. It hurt.

We all made small talk from time to time but that wasn't really helping anything. I heard loud yelling from outside and I tensed up almost immediately, "Wow.." Eleanor breathed out and I nodded slowly. "I've never heard them all yelling at each other. This is the first." Perrie exclaimed with a frown and I sighed, looking down at my hands in my lap.

"I think, it's my fault." I murmured and they all looked at me, "Why would it be your fault, Grace? You haven't done anything." Sophia piped up and I shook my head. "I'm like a curse for everyone here. Nothing bad was happening until I was.. Well, until I was born. My blood type just isn't normal and it seems like everyone wants to kill me for it." They all stared at me with saddened eyes.

I made a decision during that small speech.

I'm running away from everyone, I'm a curse. I truly am.

The front door suddenly opened and we all stood up, watching as the five lords stepped in. They all looked.. Sad? I don't blame them.

Niall cleared his throat, "We've made a rather harsh decision."

"It wasn't easy." Liam said softly and I locked eyes with Harry as his filled with tears, he looked down at the floor with his hands in his pockets. He sniffed, "But it's for the best." He spoke just as soft as Liam.

"So.. Here it is." Louis piped up and I looked at Zayn, "We've decided that we're going to give Grace to the wolves-"

"What?!" I shouted as my blood began to boil with pure hatred towards all of them. The hatred that was still there from them being vampires.

Everything was coming back to me. My old self.

"You can't possibly be serious! They would rip her to shreds!" Perrie and Eleanor shouted in unison as they stood next to me, "It's better than getting the five lads who're trying to protect you! So shut the fuck up and sit down!" Harry snapped at them and we all flinched from his loudness. Well, the girls did and myself.

I started shaking my head as the girls sat down, tears slightly blurring my vision. "So, you're the one who thought of this, am I right? There's no other way to keep yourselves safe and keep them safe, right? That's why I'm going to be practically dragged to those bloodthirsty wolves? Wow.. And just for once, I actually thought you loved me." I yelled at all five of them, but the last bit was at Harry.

I yanked off my necklace and threw it at Harry, "Hope you fucking enjoy knowing I'm dead, you piece of shit!" I spat at him as Louis held me back. Tears cascaded down my cheeks as I looked down at the floor, my bangs covering my eyes. "I thought you loved me, but I guess I was wrong. This is why I never wanted to trust vampires." I said that as Louis pulled me into another room.

He sat me on the bed and sped out before returning with a damp washcloth, he padded my face down with it and I let out a shaky breath before sniffing. "How could you?" I said to Louis as I looked up at him, he frowned and sat down next to me.

"We don't want to, we really don't want to but if we want to keep our roles as Lords.. We have to." Louis spoke extremely soft to the point that I almost didn't hear him. He patted his lap and I laid down, my head landing where he patted. He ran his fingers through my hair and I sniffed, the nonstop tears flowing down the side of my face from the position I was in.

"Can't you just try something else?" I asked and Louis sighed, "There is another option, but.. It would mean sacrificing more than just you."

"What would you be sacrificing?"

"All of our lives, including the girls. We'd rather sacrifice one life than nine." He said softly and I nodded, "I wish there was another way, Grace. We all do, especially Harry." I snorted at the mention of his name and buried my face into my hands.

"He truly loves you, Grace."

"I don't believe that."

"Grace, he didn't want to sacrifice you, Zayn barely convinced him."

Zayn.

.. Wait. Why was Zayn only trying to convince him and not the rest of them also?

"Did Zayn convince all of you?" I sat up and locked eyes with Louis before he nodded.

That asshole.