I sat back down, my stomach starting to settle now that it was empty. Surely, I can’t be sick again after throwing up already. That thought was soon proven wrong when Reid walked over, placing the plate in front of me. He had cooked bacon and eggs, toast, and fried tomatoes. I stared at it, not wanting to be anywhere near it. I knew the consequences of eating, I could feel it already in the back of my throat, threatening to come up at any moment. I could already taste the bile coming back up. Reid grew annoyed, his fist coming down on the table next to me, making me jump. The wood creaking and cracking up the centre from the force. I was quite surprised it actually didn’t break and split down the middle. Looking up, Reid was glaring at me. If looks could kill I would have been turned to ash with the way he is glaring at me, the venom in his words made my heart sink to someplace deep and dark.
“Fucking eat, or I will force-feed it to you.” I didn’t want to know what that entailed, so I picked up a piece of toast and tore off a bit. Chewing slowly before trying to swallow, as soon as it touched my tongue, I heaved and ran for the sink. Only just making it in time and throwing up yet again in the kitchen sink. Reid was at my side in an instant gripping my arm making sure I didn’t run off.
“Is this your plan to starve the baby to death?” How could he think that? I felt like slapping him. I have no intentions of harming it. I didn’t ask for this. If I could eat I would.
“No, it’s the food,” I choked out.
“There nothing wrong with it, you will eat whether you want to or not, one way or another Aria, so fucking choose.” I shook my head, rinsing my mouth again. I could feel my anger start to bubble. How could he think I would deliberately starve myself? I know I need to eat, but food right now is something I won’t be able to keep down. Then it clicked. This baby doesn’t want food, it’s a Hybrid and Hybrids need blood. Just thinking of the rich, soothing taste of blood made my mouth water and brought my need to feed to the forefront of my mind wrapping around my senses.
I could hear the soft beating of Reid’s heart and a fast fluttering of another heartbeat. I looked around my fangs protruding painfully. Where was it coming from? No one was in the kitchen with us. I realised, it was the only thing that made sense. I knew it wasn’t my own. Mine was in sync with it, feeling it pushing the blood throughout my body. This one was faster and softer, the beating not nearly as loud. I looked down at the bump. The soft thrumming was coming from inside me, the life living within me.
I looked at Reid, shocked at what I could hear. How had I not noticed it before?
“I hear it.” My words coming out distorted while my bloodlust takes over, my fangs getting in the way of my tongue.
“Hear what?” I looked down and placed my hands on my stomach. Reid’s eyes followed my hands, watching.
“I can hear it.” I whispered. Reid figuring out what I was talking about. Placed his hand over mine. Like he could suddenly feel it, although we both knew that was a couple of weeks off yet. Zane stepped into the kitchen, before realising, he walked in on something. He froze and went to turn around, but it was too late. My senses were already overloaded, his heartbeat just adding to the pressure snapping the control I had left. I lunged at him, the sound of his heart beating becoming too much.
Grabbing him by the shoulders, I bit into the tender flesh of his neck. Zane’s blood filled my mouth. I could feel my eyes change as my vision turned red as I drank greedily. Starving and rabid, I had no control, but in this moment, I didn’t want control. I just wanted blood and was willing to do anything for it. Zane tried to fight me off, but I was stronger, his hands pushing and yanking more of an annoyance, a distraction but not strong enough to fight me off. Shoving him into the wall and biting down harder this time into his shoulder, I had him where I wanted him pinned to the wall with no escape. It all happened so quickly not even Reid had time to react. I could feel Reid’s hand wrap around my shoulders and yank me back, forcing me to let go of Zane. My teeth ripping away taking his flesh with me. I spun around quickly to fend off Reid. Only for his intoxicating scent to hit me, his scent filling my nose, as I breathed deeply my eyes fluttering closed, a growl tearing out of me vibrating through every cell in my body.
Zane’s blood was nothing compared to Reid’s. I craved Reid’s blood. Zane’s was sweet but bitter compared to the taste of Reids. Opening my eyes, I advance on Reid. I jump at him wrapping my legs around his waist, my arms wrapping around his shoulders, as I sink my teeth into him, drinking so fast I couldn’t swallow fast enough, his blood running down my chin and neck. I could feel Reid trying to pull away, fighting me off. It was only when I heard her agonised scream ring in my ears that I stopped. The sheer pain in that one scream tearing through my heart and shattering my soul. All her fear and pain flooding me through the Pack link as she screamed out for her mate. Forcing myself trying to override the need to feed, I turned to find Zane slumped on the floor next to the kitchen door. Christine clutched onto his shirt, tears staining her face as sobs wracked her entire body.
Her wailing as she clutched his shirt, trying to wake him. Wendy and Mitch ran in. Wendy’s hands going to her mouth trying to hide her shock as Mitch ran to Christine pulling her out of the way before leaning down and placing his hand on his neck which wasn’t healing just spilling out his life’s blood onto the tile. Zane’s face drained of life as his skin started to lose its colour. Reid shoved me out of the way trying to get to his best friend and Beta. Then I see Amber and Lily step into the kitchen, Ambers screams shatter me as she runs trying to get to her father, only for Christine to grab her shielding her eyes away from her father’s limp body bleeding out on the floor. What have I done?