Chapter 44. The Change

Two months later....

Daniel's POV

I dragged myself across the tiled floor feeling the heaviness still weighing my heart.

Two months

It's been two months since that day and I still can't forget it. A lot has changed ever since. I also came to know that Kiana had injected strong wolvesbane into Ari's system which had led her to her contemporary death. . .

Kiana. She's dead. But she sure left something to remember her for, more like, curse her for.

My hands clenched into a fist. Only if I wasn't as stupid as I am. Only if I would've saved Ari from getting abducted that day. Things wouldn't have gone this far. . .

These thoughts mulled over in my head as I made my way into the now empty kitchen. The servants and maids must be fast asleep at this hour of night which gives me the perfect chance to grab a drink.

Once in the kitchen, I check my surrounding for confirmation. Finding the coast clear, I head over to the fridge and grab two sachets of blood from the blood sachets conserved for the servants who are vampires. Still holding the sachets, my other hand fishes out a vessel from the cabinets to heat the blood in.

I pour the blood into the vessel, heat it and then pour the entire content into a large glass before heading out of the kitchen after cleaning up the place so no one suspects anything.

Even my footsteps are slow and alert as I head to my room. The moment I'm in front of my room without bumping into any of the wandering servants, I feel like a weight has been lifted off my shoulder but that soon turns into a sigh as I turn the door knob and enter my room. Painful sobs are heard which clenched my heart.

"Ari?" I shut the door behind me and took into the scene on front of me.

There was a dead corpse of a woman--possibly a maid of the mansion--sprawled across the floor, eyes wide open, blood oozing out of her neck. Next to that woman, sat Ari in the puddle of blood, her knees folded up to her chest, her head buried in her hands as she sobbed uncontrollably.

"Daniel, I did it again. I'm sorry. I just couldn't control." The weight in my chest intensified listening to her broken voice.

I know how much she hated all this. My Ari who wouldn't even hurt a fly intentionally had out of instinct killed many people recently which I know must be killing her from inside.

Placing the glass of blood on the night stand, I scooted down next to Ari, moved her hands away from her face and held her face gently, wiping the remnants of blood around her mouth with my hands.

"It's okay, Ari. I know you didn't do it on purpose. I know," I wiped the tears on her soft cheeks but they kept pouring down her eyes.

"But she is dead. She must be having a family. What would I tell to them?" Ari whimpered referring to the maid she just killed.

I pulled her into my embrace, "She doesn't have a family." I tried to console Ari although I have no idea whether the maid was an orphan or had any siblings. The only thing I know is that I've made sure all the maids who visited Ari were the ones seeking black magic, that is, they're all developing black witches but Ari doesn't understand she's saving others by killing the heartless black witches. For her, everyone's innocent. My Ari, what am I going to do with you?

"It still doesn't give me the right to kill her. I'm a horrible person. I should've died instead," she said trying to pull away from my embrace.

I held her firmly, rubbing her back in a comforting way when she struggled to get out of my hold, "No, Ari, you're not. You're a lovely person. And I love you for who you are. Don't you ever talk about dying. Do you know how hard it was for me to see you die? How I felt like dying myself? What will I do without you?"

She relaxed in my hold, still crying, "I love you too. I'm glad you're here. If it weren't for you, I would've died--"

There she goes again.

I clamp my lips over hers stopping her from saying it further. The kiss is slow and drugging before Ari wraps her arms around my neck and pulls me closer thus deepening the kiss into a hot and fiery one.

I know what she's trying to do. She's doing it again by indulging into this. But, no matter how selfish it might seem, I don't mind it one bit.

So, I break the kiss which earns me a whine from Ari but when I stand up and carry her from the floor--bridal style--she rests her head on my chest knowing very well what's happening next. The previous sadness dissipating from her face replaced by a desire filled turquoise eyes--the sudden change in her mood evident. I am well familiar with these mood swings considering I've gone through it myself.

"Where are we going?" Ari asks as I exit out of our room carrying her in my arms and move inside a guest room.

"You don't want doing things in front of a corpse now, do you? Although I wouldn't mind. . ." I wink at her trying to cheer her up while I shut the guest room's door behind us.

She offers a sly smile before placing a kiss on my neck, "I love you, Danny." Her voice is like a true seductress' sending shivers down my spine.

I hate this side of hers!

'Liar. You love this side of hers. You think I don't get it? I know you're enjoying this a lot since that day. Poor Ari, she's driven by her emotions but her connivying husband instead of helping her cope with it, is enjoying and is over the top thinking about ways to devour her. May the Moon Goddess bless the poor soul and burn the evil man. I'm sprinkling loads of holy water on you in my head, Daniel.'

I roll my eyes at Carlos' stupid banter. What is he, a priest? About Ari, she's simply just so. . .

'Irresistible?' Carlos interrupts, 'By the way, I'm not a priest. I don't stay in a church and I'm stuck with you. My bad.'

'SHUT UP' I order but when he still doesn't stop, I cut him off. The award for the most annoying wolf ever should be given to one and only--uncle Carlos.

I focus myself back on the work in my hand, that is kissing Ari. Locking the door, I push her against the wall and kiss her feverently. She kisses me back with equal fervour.

We're both out of breath and panting mess after an intense make-out session. Ari rests her head back on the door and I take that moment to push her higher against the door before kissing down her neck.

"Danny!" She squeaks when I bite the spot I've marked her. A grin stretches onto my lips when she starts writhing beneath me as I continue assaulting her lovely soft neck.

We're both naked within minutes and it doesn't take us long to go down the desire road--more like it doesn't take me long to take her down the pleasure road. . .

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Staring at Ari who was now fast asleep with her front pressed against the mattress and the duvet covering half of her body, I tuck a stray strand of Ari's chestnut hair behind her ear and pull the duvet up, covering her entirely from the cold winter air. I bend over and kiss her forehead. She looks so peacefull like this.

Yes, I will always feel the guilt of getting her into this life but I would never regret getting her back to life. I know, that day I shouldn't have done it. And I know I'll be facing a few consequences for it. But it's all worth it as long as Ari is by my side. Still,

I'm sorry, Ari. For what I did, for making you suffer so much pain, for. . .

Turning you into a hybrid.

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Heya, people!

How are you all?

I've been searching Google for a week straight to find a book to read on Valentine's day although it ended 2 days ago and I still didn't find THE BOOK \_(><)_/

Apparently, I was supposed to read a suspense thriller such as 'Rebecca' or heart shattering horror like 'Asylum' on a day which is supposed to be for romance (I know I have weird taste)😂

Also, recently I saw a rom-com book called 'The worst best man ever' by Mia Sosa on Bookstagram and I wanted to buy that as well as the popular rom-com 'The Hating Game' but I'm broke and mom wouldn't give me the money to 'WASTE' as she calls it. I'm so sad. This is pure injustice! I shall protest!😢😭

Okay, enough of my crap.  If you know a nice mystery/suspense thriller, let me know^.^

Hope you liked the chapter:)

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