Beating hearts

Chapter 43

"So, you're not going to...take it?" Zac asks, trying to find the less disgusting way of saying it, like it was a pill and not a human organ.

Her eyes warm, "you know I can't, I can't hurt anymore innocent people."

His eyes water as he turns from her not wanting her to see him cry. He looks at the jar sitting on the counter, "I can't lose her again," he says to himself as he picks the jar up and twists the lid off, he empties the heart out into the palm of his hands. Never in his life would he have expected this outcome, he never would have thought he would be holding a human heart in his hands, wanting his girlfriend to consume it, so that she could live. It was cold and sticky, he felt bile rise up into his throat.

"I'm sorry," Ara says.

He felt the blood trickle down his hand as he turned to face her. "I'm sorry to." he says before grabbing the back of Her head and forcing the heart into her mouth.

Ara pushes him away, sending him flying into the wall, the plaster breaking behind him.

"Why would you do that?" She screams, spitting the heart onto the floor. Her blue eyes of anger and confusion, turn pitch black as she looks back down at the heart, falling to her knees. With no control left in her, she shovels the heart into her mouth, chewing intensely. After it's all gone, she looks over at Zac "what you have done to me?" she says, her mouth oozing blood.

Color returns to her flesh and hair, she glows with immortality and beauty. " I need more" she says rushing to the door and ripping it off its henges.

Zac continues to lie on the floor. Realizing what he has done. And what he has created.

Ara runs out of her apartment building onto the sidewalk.

"Are you alright," a woman asks running up beside her after noticing all the blood on her face.

Ara turns to the lady, her mouth opening twice it's normal size as she let out a demonic scream. She's gone in a flash running down the street, faster than a human, faster than a car, the hunger in her burning and longing for more. Until a familiar scent comes to her, musty cologne. She stops in her tracks, when the voice of her father comes to her ears, across the street at a coffee truck, she ducks behind a tree, watching him. Anger swarms her body, he is with a woman laughing and holding her hand. a tiny growl escapes Aras lips. The woman is blonde and blue eyed, just like her mother. They grab their coffee from the vendor and head down the sidewalk, she follows closely behind, but makes sure that they can't see her, they continue to laugh and hold hands as they make their way up to a little house. they both enter, and close the door behind them, Ara marches up the pathway, anger filling her heart. She knocks on the door. Caleb opens it with a big grin on his face, but the smile fades.

"Ara, oh my god are you okay?" He says with worry.

"No, not really." She smiles.

He motions for her to come in,

"Sit down," he says "are you hurt?"

"Not anymore," she says refusing to sit.

"How did you find me?" He asks.

"I followed you, you and your "friend" she says looking over at the woman.

"Oh, Ara, this is Andy. Andy this is my daughter Ara."

She looks surprised. " oh" she smiles "you didn't tell me you had a daughter,"

"Really, he didn't?" Ara says looking over at him, as he stands There not knowing what to say. "Well, that shouldn't surprise me, you haven't been our father in quite some time,"

"Our?" Andy asks

"Yes," he says. "I have two daughters, but one passed away."

Ara laughs showing her bloody teeth. "Actually, we've both passed away, you see I died a few nights ago, but unlike my sister, I didn't stay dead."

Caleb frowns with arched eyebrows "Ara what are you talking about?"

"Maybe we Should get you some help?" Andy says picking up the phone, but Ara is at her side within the second. She rips the phone away from her crumbling it into bits.

"I'm not the one who needs help." She says picking Andy up by the throat and lifting her to the ceiling.

Calebs eyes grow wide.

"Ara!" He yells

"Relax," She smiles, "I'm just teasing," she says lowering Andy back to the ground. "That's not how I kill people," she flings her hand through Andy's chest, as her Caleb screams out in terror.

She rips her heart out with a smile.

Caleb sprints to the door but Ara gets there before him.

"Where are you going daddy, didn't you miss me?" She says with black eyes.

"What, what's happened to you?" His fear consuming him.

"I was murdered," she says picking him up and throwing him across the floor.

"You might not wanna watch this part," she opens her mouth wide and crams Andy's heart in, chewing with delight. He looks away in horror.

"Geez calm down, I can hear your heart beating, you're going to have a heart attack, and I can't get my revenge on you if your already dead," she says walking over to him.

"I don't understand," he shakes.

"Everyone around you dies, and I'm going to keep that tradition alive, every time you try and move on and be happy, every time you try to get close to someone, I'm going to kill them. And don't even think about taking the easy way out, because if you die before I'm ready for you to die, I'll just bring you back, to be like me."

"Why?" He cries.

"Because I blame you. For everything,"

Ara stands and walks toward the door, she stops and turns back toward him, by the way you're going to be a grandfather," she says rubbing her belly.

She frowns.

"Don't worry, I'll name it after you, right before I rip it's little head off," she smiles before walking out the door.