Chapter 7
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The next day, we're supposed to go to the nearest town and find a better healer, but...
"She get fever" I heard voices speak around me, but I'm too weak to open my eyes.
My body hurts, my cheek throbbing hard, God, I'm in pain.
Ohok.. ohok...
"She need help fast or..." They spoke again but I don't know what they're talking about, I guess they're talking about me since they surrounding me.
"it take 4 hours to the nearest city, I'm sorry, Alaric, this is the best I can do"
Slowly I hear footsteps before a closed-door meaning they're leaving.
"Umm..." I moan when the pain hit my head again, God, please let me be okay.
"Kiera...."
Huh?
Someone call me...
Who?
I didn't recognize the voice.
"You don't belong to this world but I don't know how to bring you back into your world, I'm sorry" Who speaks? I don't understand what are you talking about "I should've killed you by drain your blood, my beast keep telling me to drink you, but.... I can't, I don't want to be the vampire that I am truly are now"
Alaric...
I remember that voice belongs to that man, my savior...
Yes, I'm not in my bed.
"Al..a..ri..c??" I try to speak but my throat dry and it hard for me to open my mouth.
Then I feel something on my cheek, a hand, he touches me.
Why does he care so much?
We just met...
He could just leave me but he shockingly takes me from the forest and help me.
Why?
"There's only one way"
Am I going to die here in this strange world?
Why this is happening to me?
"Kiera, drink.." huh? What...
What is this smell?
"Open your mouth, Kiera!"
Ugh... What is this...
I try to reject the smell of liquid by the turn my head but Alaric holds my head firmly and puts something in my mouth.
Ugh...
"Good, drink it... It will make you feel better"
Gulp.. gulp... gulp...
I don't know what is it but after one sip, I feel something...
I can move my finger!!!
Slowly I can open my eyes too!!!
Oh WOW....!!!
When I open my eyes, the man himself staring back at me with concern plaster om him, he looks worried.
I don't know what he does, but I feel better.
I guess it's what people in our world said traditional medicine.
"Thank you, Alaric" I whisper softly before let the darkness consume me again but without any pain right now.
I guess I'll be okay now.
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Alaric POV :
What is wrong with me?
First, I snap when I saw someone try to touch the woman, the beast, even though he keeps whining to drink her blood, hate when someone tries to touch her.
Why?
I kill those men in front of her but try to hide how I drink their blood greedily from their gaze, who luckily hide behind the carriage.
That bastard blood is more than enough for a month and I'm thankful for their stupidity to give themselves to me so I could have as much blood as I want.
No one will miss bad guys like them, so I have no regret taking their lives.
It makes everything easier for me because I almost can't help myself when I'm near the woman, who I know is Kiera from her conversation with the wounded human, Burt, who get hurt by a thief when he on his way back home.
Even I resent seeing how Burt smiling and make a friendly gesture toward her.
Especially when she returns the smile, I hate it.
I don't know what happens to me, I guess the beast knows but he keeps silent and demand that we better drink her.
Shit!
This isn't what I plan.
I thought waiting in the forest to kill whoever arrives there is easy and simple.
How come it turns complicated like this?
I hate it!!
Especially when I have to go to the human world and show myself, I know people won't recognize me, but I hate to socialize with humans since the beast will put crazy thoughts about drinking them.
Then we arrived at the small cottage when Burt and his brother stay.
I guess I have to accept it since I can see how the wound on Kiera's feet almost turns blue, I hope it won't get infected.
I know her in pain, but why she could still smile and act kindly to others is beyond me.
They thought that we're a couple and I don't have the energy to correct them, so I said nothing.
Gah... Socialize...
I hate it.
Just kill them if you hate to speak, Alaric. My beast suggests evilly and I know he mocked me right now so I just ignore him.
I'm good at ignoring him and when it becomes too hard, I can hurt myself to hold the guts he had on me.
It works for years so he knows to not push me too far.
At night, when everyone asleep, I sneak out to take a walk around the place, check if it safe enough for them, and see nothing will harm them.
So I sat in front of the house with a weed that gets from the gun people before and smokes it.
Sleep is not my first priority, I could survive without sleeping for weeks since I'm a night creature now so I usually use the time with thinking about everything.
Right now, my mind keeps lingering on the woman inside who keeps grunt and moves in her bed.
I guess it's because of the wound.
And my guess was right when I walk inside to see her burning by fever.
Shit!!
It gets infected.
I try to wipe her sweat with a cold cloth on her head but it keeps burning.
When morning comes, I have to inform the human so they could help me but it seems that the leech venom already spread on her.
She looks in pain and shockingly my beast whimper to see her condition.
What's a wrong beast?
Why are you hurting too?
I try to communicate but he blocks me and didn't say anything.
We already try to give them some medicine but looks like her condition is worsened.
Help her, Alaric...
Huh?
Are you serious, Beast?
Aren't you want her dead?
Now you want me to help her?
Why?
We both know what our blood does to humans...
You are serious?!
Vampire blood is known as a healer for human and beast never once suggest that for anyone, so this is new and shocking!
"Uhmm..."
I watch how Kiera looks pale and if we didn't do anything, she'll definitely death by night.
Should I save her?
"Kiera...." I studying her.
She's beautiful, I admit it with white hair and green eyes that I never saw before, she looks like an angel.
At first, I was surprised to know that she could be the one who is able to cure me, only by her blood, is it because of her feature? her difference?
Why her?
Why this beautiful human-like her able to cure a beast like me?
How?
"You don't belong to this world but I don't know how to bring you back into your world, I'm sorry" I start while getting closer to where she lay weakness on her bed "I should've killed you by drain your blood, my beast keep telling me to drink you, but.... I can't, I don't want to be the vampire that I am truly are now" Thinking to kill you, an innocent human is... not right.
Why?
Why I have this feeling toward a girl that I just meet?
"Al..a..ri..c??" My eyes widened when I hear her whisper softly. She looks in pain and I know that this must be done.
I raise my hand and softly touch her cheek. it's cold, his life almost gone.
And I'm the only one who'd be able to save her.
"There's only one way"
I bite my own hand and let the blood flow before putting it close to her mouth.
"Kiera, drink.."
She abruptly turns her head from my hand in instinct and I have to hold her head.
This is the only way to "Open your mouth, Kiera!" I demand and saw her slowly lick it before start drink it hesitatingly but I am glad to know she swallows it.
I see it disgust her, but a minute later I saw the effects.
Her fingers move...
That's great.
Then she opens her rare green eyes...
That's the thing that captures me, her eyes.
Wow, I never saw something so green and beautiful like those eyes before.
"Thank you, Alaric" She whispers softly with a small smile before falling back asleep.
I guess she said her gratitude.
So Thank you is like Terima Kasih in my language.
What did you do to me and my beast, Kiera?
Who are you?
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