“What was that? I could feel it taking you over through the bond.” Tobias asks.
I don’t know how to explain it. “I’m not sure, whatever magic she possesses is dark and light at the same time. It wouldn’t let me go.”
“What do you mean, Theo?” He asks, looking at her then, back at me.
“I don’t know how to explain it. I have drank from witches before, you can taste their element in their blood, but Imogen is different.”
“How?”
“Like, she tastes like all of them combined, like it is too much, overpowering everything. To think I thought she was crazy when she said she wanted to take down the council. But after tasting whatever that is, I have no doubt she could.”
Tobias’ eyes flick to me, and I can see the fear behind them.
“Whatever it is, whatever she is. It isn’t just light but also dark. Like the more she uses her magic, the darker it affects her. It is like teetering on the edge of insanity.”
“That would explain her mood swings then,” Tobias says, sitting up.
“No, it’s more than that, Tobias. It’s addictive. The more power she uses, the more she will let it overtake her. Her magic scares me.” I tell him, honestly. I don’t understand how she is strong enough to not give into it. Can’t understand how she isn’t crazed by it. The malevolence it brings is something I have never felt before. Twisted, dark and so cold.
I can still feel it running rampant, trying to find a way to take over me. She is a newborn vampire with a power I never felt before and being a vampire it is like it is feeding off of her, like a never-ending battery source, only strengthening it.
Now that it is in me, I can feel it trying to feed off me like a leech. Trying to strengthen and take over, making me want to give into the darkest parts of myself. It scares me, knowing I want to let it. But if I feel like this, I can only imagine how she feels.
“So, what should we do?” Tobias asks, feeling my unease through the bond we share.
“I’m not sure, but we can’t let her keep harboring that sort of darkness. She will go insane, Tobias.”
“Does it feel like it lessened, though?”
I think for a second. Her magic did change toward the end, felt purer not as tainted and twisted. “Yes, the darkness left her and went into me. I can feel it moving through me.”
Tobias looks toward me, concern crossing his features. “Can you handle it, Theo?” He asks, and I can feel what he is asking. I have been controlling the darkest parts of me for so long, yet even I feel it tries to taint me the way it does her.
“I’m not sure, maybe in small doses.” I can feel his thoughts running through his head and I know what he wants to ask but doesn’t know how to. “I know what you want Tobias; I can do it, but Imogen may not agree. She will feel the effects of it leaving her and I think she might not want to give up the power it offers.”
“We will see how she is once she wakes up,” he says before walking into the bathroom. I nod, not really liking the idea, but it might be my only choice. I know the sort of power she has will eventually become all-consuming if we don’t find a way to control it.
“She won’t be happy when she wakes up,” I tell him, imagining her anger that will be aimed at us.
Tobias chuckles, nodding his head. “Hopefully, you, taking some of the darkness also took her anger.” He sings out from the bathroom and I hear him turn the shower on.
When he leaves the room, my eyes flick to her face, sleeping blissfully unaware of what just happened and the effect her blood has over me. My gums tear open and my fangs protrude just at the sight of her. Getting up, I walk toward the bathroom, not trusting myself around her. Tobias is in the shower, he opens the door, allowing me to hop in, but his scent is overwhelming with the steam heating the room.
“I need to go, Tobias. I need to try to run it out of my system.” I tell him.
I feel crazed and manic with hunger. Tobias looks at me and I can feel it worries him. He nods his head before leaning out of the shower. I kiss his lips before darting out of the room, needing to get away from them before I feed on Tobias. I know I won’t stop if I do and I won’t risk hurting my mates.
Imogen
Waking up, I stretch my limbs. My body feels stiff like I have been in the same position all night, yet I also feel lighter, and happier than I have in ages. I feel someone move beside me, feeling their warm skin against mine and I know it’s Tobias.
That’s when everything comes crashing back to me. Sitting upright, I look around the room and realize we are in our bed, Theo is nowhere to be seen. I sniff the air, smelling for his scent, yet I find nothing except the smell of Tobias. My gums tingle as I breathe in his scent. Tobias wakes startled and I realize my growl is louder than I thought. He stares at me and smiles, and I feel anger boil up before spewing over and I’m suddenly on top of him.
Smacking into him as I realize, he just watched while Theo drained me of my blood and effectively knocked me out. My fists raining down on him seemed to have no effect on him at first, until I hit him hard in the face, splitting his lip open.
The smell of his blood fills the room and my senses become overloaded, and I realize I’m completely ravenous. I watch the blood trickle down his lip and over his chin. Pinning him down, I lean over him before moving closer, completely entranced at the sight of his blood. I run my tongue over his chin to his lip, licking the blood up.
I hear him groan at the sensation of my tongue, running over his warm flesh. Biting on his lip, realization must dawn on him as he tries shoving me off. My nails dig into his arms as bloodlust takes over and I bite into the flesh of his neck. His blood spilling into my mouth makes me moan as it soothes the burning ache in my throat, promising to extinguish the burning throughout my body.
I growl, pulling his head to the side, and I can feel him trying to get me to let go. He grips my hair pulling my head back and I growl at him. I can feel his blood running down my cheek as bloodlust takes over everything and all I can think about his ripping into his carotid artery.