My head was burning. It felt like someone had lighted a fire in it. My entire body was aching. I did not know death was so painful. Every time I tried to move, there would be a sharp pain in the side of my stomach and neck and knees. I struggled to breathe properly too.
Blessedly, Blake was wiping my head and body with a cool cloth. I swear I felt like my insides were eating me. It felt like they were getting squeezed and expanded, vibrating within. I felt sticky, probably due to the fact that I was sweating so much. My eyes were the worse part. It felt like a layer of film was forming on it, it felt like my lenses were becoming thinner rapidly.
The bite felt like acid, and I moaned wanting to die. The pain was so unbearable. I opened my eyes to look at Blake. I felt my heart slowing and my energy depleting. After miserable hours, or it could have been days, I was near the end of it. My heart seemed to shift a bit in the chest, the pain spreading, that I could barely speak. I lifted a hand to touch Blake’s wet face for the last time, “I love you” I croaked out. My heart seemed to suddenly hollow out like someone one pushed a cookie cutter into dough and removed a part. I plunged into darkness.
There was no smell, my smelling senses seemed to have been clogged up. I did not need to breathe. I felt trapped in my body. I tried to move but the pain was now more intense than ever. The heat seemed to have gone off. I looked up at the ceiling, seeing everything blur and in black and white. I could not remember who I was or anything.
I stood up, feeling as if someone was trying to weigh me down with a stone. My legs felt heavy like lead and my ankles could not hold up themselves. My arm that had been could not be moved at all. Just then I heard something.
A girl was standing a distance away looking at me. My brain immediately came alive. I could see her clearly in colour, especially her pulse beating in her throat. I would not describe it as hunger, but at that moment I started running to her. I needed her flesh, I wanted to feel alive. If I ate it, I could be. I could see the pulses flowing all over her body, fresh sweet blood. She screamed as I sank my teeth into her neck, enjoying the warmth of the salty blood run through my lips. I bit more, she tasted good. She tasted like life. As I drank her blood, I felt rejuvenated, like it was water to me and I found I could breathe a bit.
“Step away, Cassie!” a man’s voice shouted. I regained a sense of who I was. I was eating Nuru! I was so disgusted with myself! I could not stop though, the more I wanted to pull away, the more I ate and she was not enough. Her blood seemed to be drying fast probably because she was dead. I needed fresh blood to survive, to breathe. My neck was really uncomfortable as if someone had twisted it unsuccessfully. I did not care about Blake, I just wanted to finish this one off in front of me before it went stale and I felt dead again but he was beginning to annoy me.
I stopped up, fed up that my prey had gone cold. I turned around to look at him. Memories of Blake flashed through me, of how he taught me to drive, how to kill, how to kiss. I did not have a heart anymore but still I felt pain. I could not register why it was important for him to live though so I charged at him. He was fresh, warm, and perfect for me to feel alive, like I could live. His pulses moved unsteadily and I opened my mouth in anticipation. He was going to be easy to eat. As I got closer though and grabbed his arm, the feel of his skin stopped me, a moment. My mouth opened and closed but I could not do it.
My brain froze hard suddenly, squeezing and releasing, and I forgot about him, who he was and I wanted to eat him. I was about to bite him when he shoved a knife in between my eyes. My breath stopped and for a moment more, I was human again. I could recall everything, who I was, how much I loved him and knew that this chaotic life was finally ending. I could see Blake’s teary face as I fell to the ground. I smiled sadly. Thank you Blake. I am so sorry.
The End
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