the better brother || mattia polibio x alejandro rosario

chapter 27

skylars pov

"she's what?" i shout. "did mattia do this?"

alejandro nods slowly.

"what happens if she doesn't drink human blood?" i ask.

"then she.. then she dies," he answers.

my mind immediately goes to connor. how am i going to explain this thing to him? i literally couldn't.

mattia's pov

the sun was going down again, so i made my way to the mystic falls grill to get a drink.

i see chloes mom, the sheriff sitting a couple seats away from me on the phone so i use my super hearing to eavesdrop.

"logan do you have the Diamond's compass?" she asks. "good, use it and kill any vampire you see."

so she knows about us. the sheriff ends the call and resumes drinking. i needed her off my track so she can't suspect me.

"hey sheriff." i take a seat next to her. "i'm mattia salvatore."

"salvatore.. any relations to Zane Salvatore?"

i give her a big smile. "well yes, Zanes my uncle."

"small world," she says. "can you tell him to answer my calls? he hasn't been at any of the council meetings."

Zane was a part of the council? "oh Zane went out of town and i'm not sure if he'll be back," i lie, knowing i killed him.

"damn it," she whispers.

"if this is about the vervain..."

she looks at me. "you know about vampires?"

"i'm a salvatore," i remind her. "of course i know."

she gives me an approving smile. "mattia, would you like to join the council? take Zane's place now that he's gone?"

"oh sheriff i would love to." i shake her hand.

"please mattia, call me Liz," she tells me.

"well Liz, i'd be happy to be apart of the anti vampire club," i joke.

ava's pov

"hi ava," connor says walking into his bedroom with a cup of water.

i was sitting in his bed, miserable and in pain.

"i got you some water in case you get thirsty when you wake up later," he tells me and puts it on his nightstand.

"thank you," i mumble.

connor takes a seat next to me. "ava i'm worried about you. what did you take?"

"i know you think i'm on drugs right now but i'm not, i promise," i said sincerely.

"okay," he nods. "i believe you. just get some rest okay?"

he gives a hug and i rest on the crook of his neck. everything was fine, until i suddenly had the urge to bite into his neck and suck every last drop.

"no," i shout and run out the room.

"ava," i hear him calling me.

i ignore him and run out of the house.

skylars pov

"ava," i hear connor shout upstairs.

"connor?" i say. "what happened? where's ava?"

"i don't know," he answers. "she was fine one minute and then she just dipped."

"what?" alejandro cuts in. "skylar she can't be alone right now, who knows what she'll do."

"i know, i know," i tell him. "let's just split up and find her?"

"i'll check the grill," said blake.

"i'll stay here in case she comes back," connor says.

alejandro grabs his car keys. "i'm gonna go to the woods. it's dark out right now she might be hiding there."

alejandros pov

when i get to the woods i close my eyes  and try to use my super hearing to locate ava.

i heard her cries and follow the direction it was coming from.

after walking for a while, i saw ava at the cemetery, sitting and leaning against the stone wall with tears down her face.

"why did he do this to me?" ava asks as i approach her.

"i don't have the answer to mattia's actions," i reply. "he's just an asshole."

"my entire body is on fire," she tells me. "what will happen if i don't drink human blood?"

"your body will shut down." i take a seat next to her. "you'll just slowly disappear."

"so i'll die is what you're saying."

"it's for the better.." i say. "you don't want this life ava. the need to kill others just to survive— to hurt the ones you love? trust me. it's not worth it."

"but you haven't hurt skylar," she brings up.

"i fight the need for it every. single. day," i sigh. "i've had 100 years of practice— it took me so long to start drinking animal blood."

"i can't believe i wanted to hurt connor," she whispers. "i don't want that."

"then don't." i place my hand on her knee. "don't live like me."

ava stares at me and then nods. "okay, i won't complete the transition."

i smile. "let me take you home. spend your last moments with blake and connor? how's that sound?"

"id like that," she smiles.

i stand up and offer my hand out to pull her up when i heard a gunshot.

i look down at my chest and saw blood appearing and noticed it was a wooden bullet.

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