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Aly
In a matter of seconds, my vision goes fuzzy around the edges, black encroaching until I can’t see anymore. One second I’m consumed in my grief for Anna, the next, her fangs are ripping into my neck.
My ears ring and throat burns like fire as I go in and out of consciousness on the floor as her weight is ripped off my body.
Hands press down on my neck. There’s shouting but I can’t make out the words, the voices sound like my mates. I almost think I hear a crash but my ears are ringing too loud to tell. The agony is so intense I can’t focus on anything else.
Slowly, I regain consciousness and the anguish recedes to the point where I can concentrate on my surroundings. I can finally hear and see what’s going on.
Nic is kneeling above me, shouting orders at the others as he heals me. His hands press down on my neck. Jeremy, Jay and Kiran have a screaming Anna pinned to the floor. Jax is on my other side, brushing hair off my face and whispering soothing words. I can feel Bailey’s fur against my arm.
“What happened?” I croak, gaining Nic’s attention.
He stares down at me with relief and anger swirling in his eyes. His lips are thin as he takes in my features.
When he doesn’t say anything, Jax supplies, “you look better, his healing mixed with your own means you’re going to be okay.”
Neither of them have removed their hands from me but the others are still stuck holding Anna back.
“She’s hurting herself to get over there,” Jay yells from across the room.
Nic’s eyes grow dark, and he tenses, ready to eliminate the threat if it means keeping me safe. He has a tight control over himself but it’s being tested.
I raise my hand and grab his arm, trying to hold his focus on me. “Please,” I beg.
A war rages behind his eyes but eventually some anger leaves him, and he leans down closer to me.
“Just knock her out,” Jax suggest.
Nic hesitates then moves away, towards Anna and I’m a little nervous about what he’s going to do. But in the end, I trust him. Even if she is acting like the enemy right now, he knows how important Anna is to me.
He mutters a spell and Anna slumps down to the ground, unconscious. Jay, Jeremy and Kiran set her down, laying her out comfortably on the floor. They take a few cautious steps back from her body and when she doesn’t move they all come straight to me, looking me over and examining my neck.
“I’m fine, but why did Anna attack me like that?” I ask.
“She’s a new vampire, she could be starving and volatile,” Jay says.
“But she didn’t go for us, just Aly. If she was thirsty, our blood would be equally tempting,” Kiran points out.
So, she was after me specifically, that’s not good. A thirsty vampire we could handle, not one who is targeting me for some reason.
“Why though?” I ask.
Everyone is lost in thought as they try to think of why Anna would do this.
“She can’t be in her right mind, Anna would never hurt Aly on purpose,” Nic adds.
He and Jeremy are standing over me protectively while we talk. I’m glad Nic is at least acknowledging that Anna would never do this.
“That’s it! Anna would never do this in her right mind because she’s not in her right mind! She’s sired,” Jax declares.
Sired? Anna is sired by that evil man? Oh, hell the fuck no!
“How do we fix it?” I demand, looking at them for a resolution.
No one answers me, all giving me looks of pity, like there is no way to stop things. We are not leaving her like this.
