Oblivion

Chapter 26

Val's POV

I was too shocked to respond. I didn't know what to do. I don't even know what happened to Ryan. One minute he was fine and the other he was breathing heavily and now he's lying still. Don't let him sleep. Keil's words rung in my head and I was gripped by an overwhelming fear. I was supposed to keep him awake but I failed in doing so and now I am not even aware of what would be its consequences. Tears were blurring my view and I just hope that Keil would be hear soon.

Even after fifteen minutes there was no sign of Keil. Ryan's lips were getting dry and the color from his face was draining slowly. My mind refused to work properly and I wasn't able to think what to do, to bring him back to consciousness. I can't just sit here and watch him die from starvation. I tried to look around for something which would help me and my eyes fell upon a sharp branch. I went towards it and picked it up. Then an idea popped up in my mind.

Keil would take long to come and I can't let Ryan suffer for so long. So I will give him my own blood so that he can survive. I used the branch to cut my wrist, not too deep but enough to get some blood out. I winced at the sudden jolt of pain but it subsided just as soon so it arrived. I put my blood dripping wrist on Ryan's lips. Nothing happened for quite some time but suddenly an immense pain shot through my wrist. I snapped my head towards it and found that Ryan's teeth were digging in my wrist but his eyes were still snapped shut. He was taking in my blood like some blood thirsty predator. I started to feel dizzy due to the extreme lose of blood. The world was spinning around me and I tried to speak but it came out as a whimper "R-Ryan st-stop."

As soon as the words left my mouth his eyes snapped open but they were of a scary red color. He started to suck in more and more blood, making me feel light. My eyelids became heavy and the pain was unbearable. I tried to stop him again but this time my voice was stuck in my mouth. His eyes were not showing any mercy and for the first time in a while I was frightened by him. I didn't had any energy to fight back and my mind was numb so I let the darkness overpower me and in no time I drifted off.

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Keil's POV

I was running around like a mad man to find something which would help Ryan in satisfying his thirst but it seems like all the animals were in hiding right now. I didn't came across any kind of living being during this whole one hour. I wonder if Ryan was holding on till now. I did warn Valerie, not to let him sleep. However, I didn't mentioned the main reason for him not sleeping, so that she won't get terrified. If he slept during starvation he would drift off to his actual vampire self with no traces of humanity in him. He can even harm Valerie, without giving a second thought. God, I have to go back otherwise something worse can happen. Just hope that Valerie is successful in keeping him conscious till I reach there.

I took a 'U' turn and made my way towards the duo. It took me twenty minutes to reach there even with my vampire speed. When I finally reached there, I was shell shocked to see the sight in front of me. Ryan sucking the life out of Valerie. This is what I was dreading. I can't even comprehend the guilt Ryan would undergo for hurting Valerie, when he will be back in his senses. I rushed towards them to pull him off of Valerie and slammed him into the nearby tree. His eyes were totally different from usual, they were of a dead scary shade of red and black. They weren't the eyes of my best mate, they were the eyes of the blood sucking demon residing in him, who won't even spare his mate, his love, for his thirst.

I glanced at Valerie who was lying lifelessly on the ground. Suddenly, I was thrown away by Ryan and I smacked right into the hard tree trunk. I groaned and stood up to stop Ryan from causing any more damage than he had already done to Valerie. I appeared behind him and flung him towards the tree but before he can hit it, I caught him in midair and slammed him to the ground. There was no showing mercy to him, he maybe my friend but right now he's the vampire who's main priority is to quench his thirst and I bet as soon as he will be back in his senses he would thank me for stopping him from harming his Valerie.

All of a sudden a punch was planted on my face and before i can catch my breath I was crashed onto the ground with Ryan throwing repeated punches on me. I used my all strength to change our positions and soon I was strangling him. I hold his wrists to prevent any more punches and yelled at him "Ryan! Get back to your senses, this instant. She's your mate, not your meal. You will freaking regret it afterwards." With that he stopped struggling but his eyes were still the same. I tried again softly this time "She's your Valerie, Ryan. You don't want to hurt her. I know you can't control your thirst with the demons inside you but you have to, for the sake of your love." He turned his head toward Valerie, who was lying still on the ground and his eyes slowly came back to there original ocean blue color.

I unwrapped my hands from his wrists and got off of him. He rushed towards Valerie and took her in his arms. He looked clueless as to what had happened to her. "Keil what happened to her?" He asked with his voice breaking at the end. I sighed and replied "You just got out of control." He looked devastated on hearing this. First time in thousands of years, I saw tears in his eyes, as he hugged Valerie tightly. After a moment of inspection he asked "What's that?" Eyeing a sharp piece of branch with blood on it. He lifted it and smelled the blood on it, to know from whom it belonged. He lifted his eyes up at me with a guilty look on his pale face and said -

"She cut herself, to feed me!"

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