Epilogue
Winter Howl
Blood Ties
I found myself on my knees slowly drifting away into a dark serenity. blood soaked the snowy ground around me as I slowly closed my eyes. The deathly cold silence surrounded me with a tight grip; a light snow fell upon her body and mine. I opened my left eye and peeked back towards her frozen body. The snow slowly and gradually buried her with a blanket of snow. I began to weep at the poor sight of Jade lying in the snow motionless. I took a deep breath and a spike of pain shot up into my heart. I began to wheeze and cough violently. Blood began to poor out of my nose and mouth, I felt my eyes begin to water up but noticed my vision being blurred out with red, I rubbed my eye and felt the familiar warm liquid pouring out of my tear ducts. I let out a terrible scream of pain breaking the silent morning air. My chest began to burn as if Satan himself was branding me with the fire of Hell. I fell to the snowy ground watching the tree tops sway as I gripped my chest in pain. Everything seemed to pause in motion, time itself felt still in its place. "She bit you before you plunged the knife into her, didn't she?" A light voice spoke from behind me. I slowly rolled over onto my stomach to see who had spoken. A dark figure was leaning up against a tree with its head pointing down. "No I killed her, she never touched me!" I screamed at the dark figure as blood sprayed through my teeth. The figures head lifted and shone brightly in the morning glow. "Sam...but your dead!" I yelled trying to reach out towards him. "I'm sorry Todd your still infected." Sam turned and began to walk away. "Wait there's that cure...we can do it again!" I screamed painfully crawling towards him. Sam turned his head as he began to disappear in the suns light. "I'm sorry Todd, her gift...her curse is now your burden to bare." I rolled over to my back and began to scream viscously at the sky.
I now live here in these dark woods, only to stalk, hunt, and hide, during the full moon. I've lost my spark I once had, only to become what Jason and Jade had hidden from the outside world for so long. My grandfathers cabin was burned to the ground during the night, I have no more family or friends to turn to just this tape recorder that I leave here in this cabin for the next person to find. This has been Todd's story of despair and sorrow, love and passion, a secret that has been alive for hundreds of years now unveiled by the time any one finds this story I will be gone, I'm leaving to a place where know one shall find. And for those who do may god have mercy upon their souls for they shall not receive any from me.
Winter Howl
blood ties