"You need to leave with Jake. I can't keep you safe here, Bella. Please," Andy pleads, his voice choked with urgency. His eyes are wide with a mix of fear and desperation. He carefully lifts himself off me, his movements cautious, trying to remain hidden from view. I sit up slowly, my body trembling uncontrollably from fear.
"I'm not leaving without you, Andy," I insist, my voice breaking as tears well up in my eyes, spilling down my cheeks.
Without warning, Andy pulls the delicate necklace I once gave him from around his neck. With trembling hands, he places it in my palm, closing my fingers around it to secure it. "Andy, no-" I protest, but my words are cut off as his soft, warm lips meet mine. The kiss is tender but urgent, his hand gently cupping the back of my neck. He pulls away, his eyes brimming with sadness and determination.
"Please, I'll be okay, I promise," he begs, his voice a whisper that barely reaches me. Jake remains hidden nearby, peering around the corner, his gun firing intermittently at anyone who dares come too close as the flashes of gunfire and the sound of bullets pierce through anything in their path.
My heart pounds violently in my chest, each beat echoing the tension of the moment. I nod hesitantly, my resolve wavering but firm. Relief washes over Andy's face instantly as he quickly presses his lips against mine once more, his kiss a desperate plea. He then plants a gentle kiss on my forehead, his touch soft and reassuring.
"I love you," he says, his forehead resting against mine, our eyes closed.
"I love you too"
I knew, deep down I knew.
Something bad happened every October when the blood moon was at its peak. As a child, I was hidden away with my grandma, while the others, my siblings, my cousins and my parents went away with my fathers friends, my aunts and uncles as well. i was the youngest you see.
Some didn't return, I knew that for sure. Despite their pitiful attempts to make me forget about them.
One day my brother didn't return, he was the eldest of us all. Everyone loved him. His name was David. Everyone said he was dead, but I knew he wasn't. It was David for god sakes. He was the strongest and the smartest of us all. He did not just go get himself killed, he was taken from us.
Now I know. I am of age now. I know what comes out from the shadows during a blood moon. The monsters do, ones from your darkest of nightmares, they dress and look like angels but they are far from them. No one should be fooled by them. now I hunt. now I kill those monsters they way they hunt us.
And now I am making it my mission to find my brother and I wasn't gonna wait until the red moon to find him.
•••
"If you want to find your brother you're going to have to talk to the boss. He knows everything about what's going on here. He created us all." The disgusting red eyed man told me.
"Where can I find the boss?" I questioned.
"In prison, for serial rape and homicides on girls like you,"
He was trying to scare me and I was having none of it, in one swift move i held the gun to his head, it was loaded with the finest silver bullets ever, and my family emblem was ingrained into every single one so they know that I've been here. And they know i am coming for them. "His name!" I demanded
"Andrew Dennis Biersack."