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“Don’t worry about that, I haven’t fed.” He grins, flashing his fangs. “This is for the greater good. But I’ll never become an abomination like yourself! They say, sometimes it takes a monster to fight a monster. And Iwilldestroy you. With your entire cursed bloodline right after that.”

“Thanks for this clarification. I’m so happy you got your moment to shine before I kill you.Again.”

There’s nothing else I can do but try to fight. I stand up, my knees weak and pain insufferable yet she is above all that.

“Alright, playtime is over.” He points the gun between my eyes.

“NO!” Julia cries out, somehow fighting off the mind control—presumably, because Dean hasn’t drunk any blood yet, though it’s not of importance.

She rushes to stop him, but he’s obviously faster. Using his uncalibrated power, he pushes her away with such force that she flies a few feet in the air and hits the nearby tree trunk with anoticeable cracking sound. She then falls limp to the ground.

As Julia is bleeding out rapidly, the smell distracts him just long enough for me to pounce. The inferno of rage flaming within me causes the silver-related burn to dissipate.

He stands no chance.

I mutilate his body, tearing apart each limb separately, leaving his head for last so that way he can feel the pain till the very last second.

“Now you can’t fuck,” I tell him as I rip his manhood off and stuff it inside his mouth to quiet down his screams.

Before I finish with him, I use my claws to disembowel him, watching his intestines spill down at my paws. “I should’ve done this the first time I murdered you.”

He tries to muffle something through pain but only chokes on his own dick and blood.

I look him dead in his crimson eyes. “If she doesn’t make it, I’ll find a way to bring you back and ensure you suffer in agony for the eternity you’ve condemned yourself to. And believe me, each passing second, you’ll beg for your biblical hell to swallow you,” I say right before I sever his head from the carcass that’s left of him.

Using this much of energy on him, the silvernow affects me more and it feels like I’m ignited.

However, I don’t care about anything but her.

I crawl to Julia only to discover it’s much worse than I’ve thought.

I try to wake her, but she’s fading fast. Her face so pale, almost transparent looking, her lips turning blue, and I can see just the whites of her eyes when prying her lids open.

My hands carefully slip under her body as I bring her closer to my chest. Her head falls back abnormally, confirming she’s suffered a serious neck fracture. Too much blood is pooling in her curls after head trauma, and I’m now convinced her brain must be swelling from the impact.

There’s absolutely no hope that she could survive this.

Her heart is barely beating in her sunken chest. But it’sstillbeating.

I only hope our bond is strong enough for this as I bite into her neck. This time I don’t lick the mark. I wait for her to look at me. To tell me it’s only a bad dream.

It never happens.

Then, her heartbeat stops.

If I could cry I would be weeping. But all I can do is howl at the moon.

My body is set on fire, yet there’s no greaterpain than losing her.

I failed her.

As much as I want to blame Dean, I should have known better. The fault is my own. I don’t even want vengeance. What’s the point in that? It won’t bring her back.

Before her there was only darkness, and the darkness comes back now to consume me.

I feelnothing.

As numbness washes over me, I find peace knowing I’ll soon join her.

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