Smoke and the Wolf

Chapter 23

What's on your mind Mercy? Mercedes didn't know how to answer. Bella was still on her mind. Remmy was being Remmy, his cute annoying self. Things seems to be running away from her.

Instead of waking up a few hours later, Bella didn't awake for a few months. Her body was still deathly pale, almost like she was dead, her blonde hair was almost white.

Mercy, you can't forget about your fathers. Bella is family, but you can't forget about everyone else.

Mina. I can't listen to you right now. I would give my life to save her. I would do anything. Suddenly Bella moved her finger, slowly so Mercy didn't know what exactly happened.

Bella's finger twitched, the heart monitor on her sped up. Bella suddenly sat up, her once green eyes were a bright purple, she saw Mercy in the room, her sister. "M... Mercy" Bella coughed, "H-help." Bella collapsed, back into the bed, coughing.

Mercy ran out of the room, running to find her fathers. Instead of both of them, Erik was walking the halls. Waiting for news of his daughter. Praying she will get better. "Dad! Bella. She's awake!" Mercy ran back the way she came, Erik trailing behind. He got to the doorway and started cry. "Bella. My sweet child." He walked closer to her, not noticing her eyes.

Azee was nervous, something was about to happen, and it was going to turn bad. Eventually Roman would get agitated and begin to fuss.

Bella stopped coughing at the voice of her father, "D-dad?" She coughed blood, black blood. She smiled at Erik, happy to see him, but the hunger...oh the hunger, "H-hungry." She coughed more.

Without hesitating, he pulled his shirt away and sat down next to his daughter. "Drink Baby. You need food."

Bella grabbed his shoulders and pulled him closer to her mouth, her fangs coming out, she bit down...hard. Drawing in the blood, once the blood hit her stomach, she threw Erik away with more force than necessary, she started to violently cough up the blood she just drank. She collapsed, the monitor on her flatlined. Bella was dead.

Azee couldn't take it anymore, she settled Roman down in his crib. She made her way down to check on Bella. She arrived to see Erik close to her and she was awake, her eyes were purple in hunger. "Erik, no!" Azee called out, but it was too late. She watched it all as Bella pushed Eric once she fed and fell dead.

Erik got back up on his feet quickly. He felt his neck, which wasn't healing, then looked at the monitor in front of him. His daughter was dead. Just gone. He fell down to his knees. Tears streaming down his face. Mercy snuck a glance at her father's neck and saw that it indeed wasn't healing but instead started grew black lines coming from the bite marks.

Azee saw the infection already spreading. "Doctor, we need you now!" She ordered. She grabbed Mercy and gave her instructions," Go find Vlad and Thierry for me. Hurry."

Vlad felt a pain in his neck as well as the emotions from Erik. He got up from his desk and walked towards the commotion that was happening down the hall. He heard shouting and smelt blood. Fears and emotions on high, all Vlad could do was pray that everything was going to get better.

Oh, how wrong Vlad was.

Mercy ran out of the room towards Thierry. "Uncle Thierry! Where are you!"

Thierry heard his name and poked his head out of his office, "What's wrong??" He asked Mercy.

Tears down her face, "Bella died, and Erik was bite by her and now he isn't healing."

Thierry ran out of his office and down to the hospital ward, he went into the room and saw Bella dead, and Erik who wasn't healing, on the ground crying.