Chapter 35: Chapter 35

It has been two days since Alex was given the necessary herbs and vervain. He hasn't even woken yet. I have been crying my eyes out nonstop while holding his hand at his bedside and praying that he wakes up soon. I just sat near him.

"He will be fine. Get some sleep, Katy. You haven't slept since last night-" I just looked at David with blank face.

"Whether you like it or not, I am taking you down to eat. All we have to do is wait and hope. So, don't starve to death Katy." He said harshly before slamming the door shut .

He's not going to die. When will he wake up? I looked outside the window, staring at the dark grey clouds pouring rain. It was relaxing and somehow calm me down. All I can do is have wait -

A groan pulled me from my thoughts and I turned to look at Alex, who was now struggling to sit up. I helped him as he let out another groan, holding on his already bandaged bare chest before hissing in pain. I feel relieved as I just look at him, grateful to god that he was alive .

"What happened?"

"You got stabbed by Terry and-" I wanted to finish but I couldn't . His hands reach out to graze my cheeks, making my heart beat loudly against my chest.

"You're a mess." He mumbled while looking at my smudged mascara and messed up strands of hair that was sticking out . "But still beautiful though." He added when a tear fell down from my cheeks. Without warning, I threw myself at him and he let out a painful groan but I couldn't help it. I wanted to hold him so badly.

"I was so worried, I thought yo-you died..." I cried while sobbing and tightening the grip I had around his neck as he went silent for a while before his hands wrapped around my waist securely.

"I'm fine, Rina."

"No, you're not...I-I thought you we-were really dea-"

"Shh, hey, it's okay now, stop crying." He said in a soothing voice, brushing my hair with his fingers and I only cried harder, burying my face inside his neck and swallowing the lump in my throat.

"I-I'm so-sorry, it's all my-my fault..." I trailed away, sobbing and sniffing at the same time.

"It wasn't your fault, Rina, we both know that. Now stop crying and -" he stopped when another sob escaped my throat and my heart dropped when he removed my hands away from him gently. I wanted to hold onto him forever and never let go.

"Relax. I am fine, I'm not dead," He stated firmly. " Now,Go take a bath, you'll feel a lot better." The thought of hot water washing down my body made me feel relaxed but I hesitantly shook my head.

"I'll stay here, you have to eat...or drink, or whatever." I suggested and Alex simple raised a brow at me before shaking his head.

"Rina, go. I'll stay here, I promise." He said with a nod and I gave him a long look before getting up from the bed and slowly making my way out of the room hesitantly.

After taking a long and hot shower, I wore a wollen t shirt and girls shorts. I looked outside the window to see it's still raining. The weather only seemed to be getting better and better. I hurried out of the room and sprinted inside Alex's room, and stopped when I saw everyone around his bed, including Elena. I pressed my lips together into a thin line before making my way towards them.

"You're not getting any better, you need to heal faster before it gets worse." James said but Alex simply shook his head in annoyance.

"It's fine, I am not in the mood to-"

"You can drink from me ,Alex. Human blood can heal you faster" Elena said, taking a step forward and I flinched a little before looking at Alex, who was surprisingly staring at me now too.

" I'm fine," He raised his voice a little and was about to get up but stopped to hiss in pain, his face scrunching up in pain before he laid on the bed again. "Fucking hell." He muttered under his breath as hos brothers start to convince him to do as they say.

"You can have my blood," I blurted out without even thinking and everyone looked at me in shock. "Just-just get better..." I trailed away . Alex furrowed his eyebrows together before shaking his head.

"No."

"But I'm just-"

"I said, no, Rina." He cut me sharply, his eyes piercing into mine and I blinked away the tears before taking a step forward.

"No, I want to give you my blood. It can heal you, right? Why are you refusing ?" I argued as he frowned.

" You can't tll me what to do, Rina, keep that in mind." He emphasized each word as I tried to remain calm.

"Everyone can go now, I'll be down for dinner tonight." Alex mumbled before turning around and burying himself inside the sheets. Everyone went out while David urged me to come out. But I didn't listen. I went to his bed and sat on it .

"Come on, Rina." He grumbled, tossing the sheets and sitting up straight again.

"No, I'm not leaving till you drink my blood and get better. I'm not letting you die on me."

" I'm not dying, Rina. I'm healing and I'm doing fine."

"Yeah that's exactly what your brothers said." I huffed and turned towards the dressing table. "If you're not going to drink,then I will make you! " I muttered impatiently and walk to the dressing table, looking through the drawers. I found a small pocket knife inside it.

"What are you looking at" he stopped when I walked over to him with the knife .

"Can you drink from wrist? "

"What the fuck, Rina! Put the damn knife down, right now!" he snapped and lunged to grab it but hissed in pain, clutching his chest painfully before he could even get off the bed.

"No, this is for you." I hesitated and about to slit my wrist when Alex practically jumped from the bed and charged towards me as I backed away. Alex grabbed the knife forcefully with one of his hands, while the other was still covering his chest as he took deep breaths, trying to calm down and ease the pain , which made me feel bad.

"What the fuck is wrong with you?!" he yelled, his eyes growing a shade darker as he took a step forward and out of instinct, I took one back.

"I-I just want to help!" I shot back, tears glistening in my eyes as I glared at him.

"You want to help? Do as I say and fuck off?" he hissed sharply. "And don't ever do something like this again." He finished, leaning his face closer to mine. I glared at him before turning around and leave. Just as I opened the door, a hand slammed it shut from behind and I didn't even to face him anymore.

"I'm sorry, alright, can we please-"

"No, I'm sorry for caring. I didn't think it would bother you." I say sharply as he let out a sigh and leaning closer to me as I backed myself to door.

"It's not that I don't want you to care. I'm happy you do but you really need to stop acting without thinking. You keep doing dumb shit all the time." I raised my eyebrow at him as he was holding back a smirk or grin which pricked my nerves. I made a face and he simply shrugged in response before backing away.

"Now go downstairs. I'll be right behind you. We still have to eat." He said, letting out a painful groan as he stood up straight . I've never seen him in so much pain before. I decided to listen to him and leave him alone for now and gave him a small smile before leaving, not really happy with the thought that he refused to let me help him but then again, I can't force him to drink my blood either. That was his choice.

After a few hours of roaming and pacing around my room, I finally made my way downstairs to the dinner room and a few butlers greeted me as I entered the room. Everyone was now gathered at the table, including Alex and I made my way as well, taking my usual seat.

"As I was saying, we need to go out tonight and find him. He can't have something so powerful in his hands. He'll come back for all of us." James said out loud and I stopped to look at him.

"That's true, unless we go and find him now, there's no way we're ever getting it back."

"They have the upper hand now, Alex."

"Alright, we're leaving in an hour." Alex finally agreed and my jaws hung open at his words.

"Wait, you're hurt, why are you leaving already?" I questioned, almost jumping up from my seat but managed to hold myself back.

"He's fine now and he'll heal in time. We don't have the time to wait around and do nothing while they have the soul reaper dagger that could kill us all. You saw what it did to Alex, Katy." Danny said, giving me a hard look . I shook my head hesitantly, looking at Alex, who gave me a blank look before going silent.

"Like I said, we're leaving in an hour." He said firmly . I could feel anger boiling inside of me as I tried to calm myself down. For once, why can't he just listen to me? He could rest for a day even and go, that's fine. But it's not even been 2 weeks since he's been stabbed and his wound isn't getting any better so why?

"I'll excuse myself." I mumbled, standing up and leaving the room, ignoring Alex who keep calling my name.

I stuffed my face onto the pillow and sighed in desperation. I guess I was just scared that he was going to die. Why is it bothering me so much?

"Hey, you there?" Alex asked as he opened the door of my room and I mentally groaned .

"Leave me alone." I said bitterly, recalling everything he said to me today . He sighed and I threw the pillow to a side to look at him. He was wearing a black long sleeved t-shirt with a pair of normal black jeans, as if he was ready to go out and I couldn't help but get a bit disappointed at the sight.

"So you're leaving?" I asked as he sit down next to me on the bed before nodding.

"I'm only doing it because I have to." He responded with a sigh as I turned away.

"You can leave then." I finally mumbled, lying down on the bed and gasped when he towered over me, pressing both his hands on either side of my neck.

"No." he replied shortly .

"Are you going to drink my blood then?"

"No-"

"Alex, just do it. You would have done it before in a heartbeat so why not now? Just do it." I stated impatiently and I watched him flinch a little before closing his face to mine.

"I said, no," he whispered, resting his lower arm on the bed and using his other hand to touch my cheeks. "I wouldn't say no to a kiss though." He brushed his thumb on my lips and my eyes widened at his words.

"I'll let you kiss me if you stay tonight." I decided finally and a soft groan escaped his lips before he started to get up but I wrapped my legs around his torso before he could and pulled him back in as he stared at me in surprise.

"Are you sure you don't want to?" I blinked innocently . I know this will not work on him but if it's going to make him stay and supposedly save his life tonight, then yeah, I'll gladly use it.

"Yes." His voice was barely above a whisper now and I gave him my best pout before shrugging it off.

"Fine then." I started to push him away but he didn't even budge from the spot and instead, his eyes bore into mine before they landed on my lips and the next thing I knew, his lips on top of mine. I wrapped an arm around his neck as he cupped the side of my cheeks, savoring every moment as the kiss turned from passionate to a more rough one. I held back a moan as he tugged on my bottom lip and I heard him let out a groan in pain before pulling away, my breath coming out in a short gasp as he did.

"It hurts so fucking much but at the same time this feels so good, I can't stop." He breathed and I was about to ask him to rest instead when he connected his lips onto mine again and this time, he was more demanding. His tongue brushed against my bottom lip but I didn't allow him, earning a soft growl from him as he pulled away and moved onto my jawline, placing multiple wet kisses on them. I suppressed a moan but it eventually slipped out when he reached down to my neck, tugging and biting on my soft spot seductively, making the butterflies in my stomach go on a rampage. Before I knew it, he had started to lick all over my neck, sending goosebumps to rise all over my body and I held onto his neck tightly as he whispered the words that had my heart racing ten time faster than before.

"Can I?" he breathed in my ears, biting my earlobes before moving back down to my neck, something sharp suddenly grazing against my skin and I gulped softly before going silent.

"Yes."