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“Listen, and feel, and hope, and everything else will come,” I mumble. I peel open an eye, glancing at his uncomfortable, lost face. “Oh, and I need blood.”
“Blood?” he snaps. “Fuck that.”
I don’t give him a chance to stop this. I lean forward, settling my lips against his. He kisses me back with vigor, the pain in my being momentarily forgotten as everything Felix overcomes me.
Then, I pull his lower lip into my mouth, sinking my teeth into the plushness until I feel the skin break, a dribble of blood flowing onto my tongue. He growls at me, coming in for more, but I pull back, bringing my own lower lip into my mouth as I bite down, mixing my blood with his.
Strong, strong blood.
I settle my eyes closed as my soul roars inside of me, wishing, hoping, fucking praying to stay tethered to the surface instead of being pulled into the deep end.
She’s beautiful.
A fucking enigma as she sits on my lap, her black-and-purple hair flowing over her shoulders. She hums, and I don’t just feel it against my chest, no, I feel her essence rolling through every inch of my body. I can feel it in my soul, as if she opened a door that tangled both of ours together in the span of a second. I pinch my lips together as a gasp works through me.
Her skin is paler than normal, a sheen of sweat covering her temples and eyebrows, yet her cheeks are flushed, as if my presence causes her the same confusing emotions that I’m experiencing.
I can feel the vibrations roll through my fingers, her ice-cold ones wrapped in my hot ones. I squeeze so hard the tips of her fingers turn red.
Something travels within her, and though I want to deny it, I can feel the darkness seep through her veins, like a sticky substance that can’t be washed away. She tries, fights for her life, and I can feel the desperation in her as she breathes heavily, her eyes closed, but her lids fluttering.
Suddenly, it’s as if the car is plunged into an icy abyss, my breath pluming out in a fog. I glance around, the rain pelting my windows making the outside nearly indistinguishable.
She lets out a small whimper, and I squeeze her hand harder, wanting to protect her, but knowing whatever it is she needs saving from, isn’t around us, but inside her.
A scream rips from her throat, tearing apart her vocal cords. She’s in pain, excruciating agony as she arches back, her body snapping ramrod straight as her mouth opens.
Blackness, thick, smoky darkness flows from her mouth in swirls as she demands whatever is inside of her leave. My eyes widen as I see it move on its own, filling the airspace of the car around us.
Hazel’s eyes remain closed, and I tense as the black smoke hovers above us. Though impossible, I can feel it watching us, calculating, menacing, overpowering as it lingers in the air.
Then, it’s as if it grows, filling every inch of the car as it shoots closer. It feels as if I’m shot, a thick bullet straight to the chest that has me gasping for air. I try to hold on to Hazel, grappling for any sense of connection I can have with her, but it’s lost, the void between us growing with every passing second, and the darkness around us clouds my mind, pulling me so deep into the black pit of pain that I can do nothing but succumb.
When my eyes fly open, I see nothing around me.
Nothing besides water.
My lips part, and I slap my hand over my mouth before I can gulp in a mouthful of water.
My lungs cry out in a desperate need for air, squeezing inside my chest. I start kicking toward the surface, though a flash of purple catches my eyes, and I glance down, seeing Hazel lying there, her arms floating around her, her eyes settled closed as she rests on the lake floor.
Squeezing my hand around my mouth to the point of pain, I glance up toward the surface, and down toward Hazel, and back again.
Shit.
Kicking my legs powerfully, I race toward the surface of the water. The moment I break free, my hand flies from my face, my body locking up as a heavy downpour pelts my head. I only allow my lungs a moment to breathe before I dart back underwater, my eyes burning as I kick toward the floor. The flash of purple is still there, Hazel still lying helplessly against the ground.
My arms paddle in front of me until I reach her, my arm swooping around her waist as I pull her into my arms. Pressing my shoes into the ground, I push off as hard as I can, swimming up. It feels as if I take forever, my tired limbs along with another body in my arms making me feel slow, lagged.
I gasp in another lungful of air, my fingers going to Hazel’s cheeks as I pinch them, opening her mouth.
“Hazel! Hazel, wake the fuck up!” I roar at her, my legs kicking tirelessly as I attempt to stay above water. “Hazel, you need to wake up!”
I drag my hand down her face, to the side of her neck, pressing my fingers against the skin to check for her pulse.
Heartbeat. Strong.
I roll onto my side, trying to float and swim to shore at the same time. One glance tells me we aren’t near the shore, though. We’re too far away.
