Infected Blood

Chapter Six

A long howl brought me out of my trance, it sounded a good distance away but it still sent chills down my spine and I immediately knew where it was coming from.

Tiago's pack.

Ignoring it, I put my feet in the water but it stung me and I yelped out, "what the f**k?" I looked at my feet and my skin was bleeding.

Is water harmful to me in this state?

That can't be, water is my best friend!

I reached down but the water stung me again and my body was quickly pulled away, I frowned at my bloody skin and that's when I heard a snarl- not one I've heard before.

The snarl didn't take my breath away and somehow I knew it wasn't Tiago.

Slowly turning my head, my eyes locked face to face with the wolf that stood directly behind me. He was inches from my body and I felt frozen in my spot. His piercing black eyes watched me closely and his fur was white with a weird symbol on his forehead, the symbol was with black fur, which confused me. Who is he? A demon wolf? Has he come to take me to hell?

The wolf lunged at my neck, his teeth sinking into my skin pulled me out of my trance and I screamed from the pain it put me in. I felt liquid run down my chest and tried prying him off but my efforts were to no avail.

I used all my strength to shift my hand, shoving my nails straight first into his chest and he jumped away. Somehow it didn't cause pain for him because he growled and went to jump at me again- however, this time he was tackled.

Why wasn't my poison affecting him? Am I no longer a threat because of my state?

My arms were too weak to hold myself up so I collapsed, placing my hand over my neck and trying to heal but nothing was changing except for my energy.

Watching the two wolves fight was hard enough, the other one was much bigger- it made the white one look small. The one that saved me was brown, his legs fading into a black halfway down and his muzzle was black, his tail even faded into a black but the rest of his body was brown- it was almost ombré like.

The white wolf was on the ground in seconds, motionless. The other wolf sniffed its body then ran, stopping after gaining ten feet between us and he lifted his head over to look at me. Those aqua blue eyes melted my heart... it was Tiago.

He scanned me but his eyes stopped on my neck, his fur stood up and he rushed over to my side. His muzzle nudged and sniffed me, low whines emitting from his chest and he stood behind me- nudging for me to get up, but I couldn't.

His teeth gently grabbed my shirt and pulled, helping me sit up but as soon as I did my body shut down and I hit the ground like a sack of rocks.

••••••

I woke up on a bed with different clothes, feeling drained and I lifted myself up. My heart skipped a beat when I saw my hands.

They were just like my legs, bluish-green with scales ever so slightly coming through. My finger nails were halfway through the shift and I was panicking- my entire body was almost discolored and changing. I jumped out of the bed and stumbled, regaining myself and looking in the mirror.

My neck was healed and the same as the rest of my body, my face was slightly discolored but no scales were visible yet. My left eye was completely red, and right eye was half red half emerald green, both were foggy around the iris' and I noticed my hair was pretty much green with black highlights now.

I gasped, almost breaking down on the spot but the door opened and I sucked in my shaky breaths.

It was the Alpha, staring at me without any expression as he seemed to analyze my new appearance. He was seeing a part of my true form and I felt so bare, I knew he was questioning why I was doing this but he wasn't talking. I sensed it.

He tells me to leave but pulls me back when I do...

He made his way over to me, getting a better look at my appearance and slowly touching my face. His hand grazed over my neck where my wound was and made it's way back to my face, his eyes stared at mine and he didn't have any expression. His hands over my scales made me shiver, the warmth made the pain subside.

What does he want from me?

I couldn't tell what he was thinking and I hated it, my body was in flames because of how turned on he made me. The urge was worse than ever and I just didn't have the strength to hold it back anymore.

As I was about to give in and kiss him, he moved away and I faltered without his warm touch.

"You have little time left," he stated, blankly with his back turned and I swallowed the lump in my throat. How did he know? Did he torture it out of my brother? "Our bond- it fades with your life."

My mouth opened to object and twist it around but I shut up. He would know if he's dying, and we both know I'm the one who's dying- not him. Thing is, he doesn't seem to care one bit... now that hurts.

Suddenly, he turned back to me and his eyes burnt holes into mine, "there's nothing," he said, grazing his finger across my jawline, "the tingles are gone, my thoughts of you are slowly dissipating, our bond is dying- you're dying."

He's pretty smart for a wolf...

"Who hurt you?" He demanded, his voice more stern and anger coming through yet I couldn't help but let out a pained laugh that made his left brow raise, he was puzzled at my words.

"You're an i***t," I laughed, he narrowed his eyes at me for the insult, "nobody hurt me but you, Tiago. My kind dies without what you wolves like to call mating. We die in the worst pain imaginable- so I've heard- but we don't mourn. I've already accepted it!"

He looked me over like he was in thought, "fine, I'll do it," he said and I was taken aback.

"Do what?" I choked, knowing exactly what he was talking about.

"Have s*x with you."

"Wha- no! I never said I wanted to f**k you and besides, you hate me! You kick me out but come back bearing hugs when you find out I'm dying. There's no way I'm letting your filthy paws lay on me," I snapped, he growled slightly at another one of my insults. He doesn't seem to appreciate them.

"You're not dying here, I won't let you, since you're my mate I want you very much alive- I decided killing you won't do any good," he stated, eyeing me up and down like I was going to explode any moment now.

"Wow, you actually give a s**t about me?" I gasped, a look of foreign shock but I was internally shocked. He actually cared?

"I don't care about you. I just can't lose you or else I'll go rogue killing everyone, so you must stay alive to keep me sane, doesn't mean we have to be together. That is the only reason I saved you from that rogue earlier! I won't love a serpent- I can't, not after all you cold-blooded freaks have done! I have a pack to lookout for, this has nothing to do with me caring about you. It's about caring for myself and my pack, they will always come first," he continued to look bored, my heart jolted in pain and for some reason my chest tightened. My body stiffened up at my pain, I released a quiet yell and fell to the floor.

My legs molted together- my clothes ripping off- and I no longer had feet, my bottom half was officially shifted and I knew I only had hours left. Why did my legs suddenly shift? Was it because of the pain I experienced? Did that speed up my death for a moment?

What's happening to me?

My breaths were heavy and I tried regaining myself from the pain I just went through, my eyes lifted up to Tiago and he had no expression once more. He just stared at my tail like he was going to skin it off me.

He didn't even care I was in pain?

"There's nothing I can do now," he said, his eyes locked on my tail but it seemed like he was struggling with something, "you've made your bed, now your laying in it. All I can do now is watch you die the way you should've years ago," he said, monotone, before clenching his jaw tightly at me.

Am I really out of a choice?

Maybe this is the dreadful agonizing part I was told about...

I'm really going to die...

Worst part is, he has no sad feelings about it...

Reality kicked in and I burst into tears at the feet of the Alpha, feeling pathetic and scared of what's to come. He didn't care, he never did, so why is this hitting me so hard...

I wanted him to love me.

To care...

I stared at my hands, tears falling onto them as they shifted quicker than they were. I was waiting for death to take me away so I closed my eyes, reopening my eyes when my pain subsided and saw Tiago was no longer in the room with me.

Ouch.

He is so bipolar! What does he possibly want with me? Giving me mixed signals... stupid wolf!

"Why can't you love me? Why are you playing with me? Why can't you look past my species?" I cried, my chest throbbed again and I yelled out. My body hit the floor and I weakly slithered out of the room through the window, falling to the ground even with the height and hurting myself but I continued to leave as quickly as I could.

I couldn't be anywhere near Tiago and his belongings, they were killing me quicker because I've began to grow feelings for him somehow...

When I was about half an hour out I stopped and made myself a place to have my final rest, I knew if I slept I wouldn't wake up.

So I laid down, but a voice jolted me back up.

"Wow! You are a sight for sore eyes, beautiful. I thought I was the only left."

My head turned all over, confusion took over my thoughts as I couldn't find the person but then he came down a tree in his other form and I almost fainted.

He was a serpent.