Chapter 85

Having spent so many days in the packhouse had been a great idea. Lia and many others had come by, letting me a chance to talk with everyone. It was nice, it finally let me into the pack in a way. I felt supported. I felt as part of the pack. They all understood me, they never judged, only empathised with me. I felt lucky to have such beautiful people beside me. I didn't feel like being called Luna, not because I didn't feel like I deserved that title but rather because I felt at home, I felt part of the family and I would never make my family call me by my title.

My Heat finally came. I was outside of the house, just outside its doors planting with some kids some flowers to make our lovely packhouse more homey, just how it should be. I felt the warmness start in my cheeks, it slowly went down my face and neck, all the way to my chest.

"Guys," I grabbed their attention. "Go inside and tell Aisha that I'm starting to feel hot and that I'm heading upstairs, okay?" I asked.

My face was starting to get an intense shade of red. Both I felt it and I could tell just by looking at their faces. It was quick before they had all gone back inside. I look down, hand on the ground as I become weaker by the second. My bones feel brittle and all my hard-earned muscle feels more like a bad, twisted joke.

"*Arsen-*" I mindlink, before I suddenly feel a pair of cold hands. One lands on my face, right on my mouth and the other is wrapped around me, keeping me trapped.

Before I can mindlink another thing, I feel needles inside my head, stabbing my brain again and again. It paralyses me with pain. I can't think, I can't move, only thing I can do is look for ways to escape that pain that somehow is inside my brain. Somehow, I am able to find a second of peace where all I can do is mindlink Arsen one word.

"*Vampire.*"

After that point, it is an abyss of nothingness. A blackness, cold and empty for a period of time that I cannot tell. It could've been weeks or days or even minutes before I wake up again.