Ravenous

23

We were sitting together, as we all had a glass of blood in our hands. It was a little past breakfast, and most of us slept in. The vampires that weren't residing in the coven house have went back to their homes. The ones that were still here, didn't really leave their room and requested blood bags to be taken to them.

I was sitting with my favorite ones anyways. Except I wouldn't say that Claire was a favorite.

"You know... it seems you have attracted a certain someone last night" Jayden teased me.

We were in what they preferred to call it "their game room".

It had a flat screen TV and they would be huddled here on the various sofas, to play video games or to just hang out. They liked it best when it was the inner circle of Hayes siblings.

"Who?" I asked, raising an eyebrow at him.

"Daniel" he replied back.

"Oh?" I replied back.

I was aware that Gabriel was staring at Jayden now, and although he maintained a poker face, his eyes didn't. I wondered if I should tease him a little.

Mia seemed to think it was a good idea.

"Which one is Daniel?" she asked.

"He's the hot English dude" Sophia replied.

"Oh... that Daniel. Damn your lucky Sage. He is absolutely mouth-watering" Mia said, and I laughed.

"He asked for your contact number" Jayden said.

"I don't like Daniel, he's a womanizer" muttered Aiden, who received a glare from Mia.

"It's not his fault that women are drawn to him. He's such a gentleman" Sophia crooned.

"What did you tell him?" I asked, and Gabriel's eyes snapped from Jayden to me really quickly.

"I said I'll ask you first" he said.

"Hmm... is he single?" I asked.

"Are you considering him?" Claire asked. She seemed to be pleased that my attention was elsewhere and not on the man next to her. I wanted to punch her, but I resisted and smiled.

"Well... I'm single... and if he's single. Why not? He was a good dancer. Maybe he'll take me dancing" I said, trying my best not to look at Gabriel who was glaring at me now.

"Should I give him your number?" Jayden asks.

"Sure, why not?" I say. It was then that the sound of glass breaking surprised us all. The glass in Gabriel's hand was shattered, and he was covered in blood. One from his glass and the other from the open gash in his palm.

"Gabriel" Claire gasped, she reached out to him, but he shrugged her off.

"Don't touch me" he said, and I winced at how cruel he was towards her. She dropped her hands and it was apparent that he hurt her.

"Are you going to whore yourself around the coven now?" he asks me, his tone harsh.

"Excuse me?" I ask, widening my eyes.

"You heard me!" he snaps.

"It's none of your goddamn business! How dare you call me a whore!" I yell.

We both stand up, facing one another, inches separating us. We were glaring at one another. I had to ignore the smell of his blood as it dripped.

"It's my business when you sleep around and create conflict between the coven members" he snaps.

"Gabriel" Mia gasps, not believing that her older brother was saying such demeaning things to me.

"Dude, relax" Oliver says, as he tries to calm Gabriel down.

"No, it's not! It's up to me to decide whether I want to fuck anyone or not!" I snap, and he inches closer, his eyes were now darker that I ever seen them. Everyone in the room was now on their nerves. They knew that Gabriel was strong and it put them on edge that he might hurt me.

"I dare you to repeat that again" he says, his tone so low.

"Which part" I say.

"Tell me one more time that you'll fuck anyone you want" he retorts, his eyes challenging me.

"I'll f..." but I don't have time to finish. He reaches out and grabs my neck by his bloody hand.

"I'm going to kill whoever even tries to get close to you" he bellows.

Ethan and Jayden jump up and try to help Oliver to untangle his hand from my neck. He wasn't squeezing it hard. Yet the contact of our skin, and his warm blood, made everyone else disappear. Did he feel it too? I think he did, because his heart was beating frantically now.

Aiden was holding my back trying to push me away from him. The girls stood speechless as they watched everything unfold. Claire was still sitting, shocked with how Gabriel was acting.

"Let her go" Mitchel shouts. When did he come into the room?

"No" snaps Gabriel, his eyes still glaring into mine.

"Gabriel, you're going to hurt her" Everly says next, softer than Mitchel.

"He's not hurting me" I whisper. I felt my eyes glass over and a single tear falls down my face, and another follows. One of them fell on his hand that was holding me.

His anger dissolved when he saw my tears.

He let go immediately, and I saw a lifetime of pain in his eyes. He took a step back, now breathing very hard.

"Gabriel, walk out" Mitchel says now, with less force.

I didn't want him to leave but I had zero willpower right now as he ran out of the room. I fell on my knees and the girls rushed towards me. I cried, for the first time, I cried in front of someone.

"Oliver, go after him and make sure he doesn't do anything stupid" Mitchel says, and Oliver nods and runs after his older brother.

"Sage, are you okay?" Everly asks, as she sits down next to me.

I shake my head. I needed to wash myself, because his blood on my skin feels like acid.