Chapter 52

Dark brushed Ally's cheek until she fell asleep. He sighed and leaned back in his chair. He thought about everything happening in the past few months. He was poisoned, injured, and now he now loved a vampire.

He thought of Ally with his eyes closed. The thief loved her so much and would give his life in order to protect the one he loved. Dark glanced down at the vampire's bandaged eye and ran his hand softly over it. In his mind, he blamed himself for everything and wished he had protected her better, but his heart told him that what Ally had done was her choice, not his.

A knock on the door made the thief jump. He saw Midnight and Brianna enter.

"Oh my! Ally!" Brianna exclaimed at the sight of her best friend. "What happened?" the blonde went over and sat next to Dark.

"Akari got to us and made Ally drink some of her blood mixed with mine." Dark said.

"B-b-blood?!" Brianna stuttered. "Why?"

"Akari was a vampire," Midnight said. "If Ally drank her blood, she becomes a vampire."

"But why Dark's blood?"

Midnight and Dark exchanged looks, then both sighed.

"In order for Ally to live now, she must drink the blood of her prey." Midnight explained.

"In short," Dark began. "It means that whoever had their blood mixed with the vampire's is the prey." He unwrapped the bandage on his wrist to show the two the wound Ally drank out of. "She fed before falling asleep."

Brianna looked tearfully at her sleeping friend. "What happened after she became a vampire?"

"She passed out for a bit," Midnight sat down next to the blonde. "And when she came to, she fought Akari and got injured like this. She almost died, but we got her home before she did and Emiko stitched her wounds up. Her eye got injured to the point that even her vampire healing powers couldn't repair, so she is blind in her right eye forever."

It was quiet in the room for a while. The only sound was Ally's slightly heavy breathing as she slept. Dark swept her brunette hair out of her face when it fell into it.

"So where's Akari now?" Brianna asked nervously.

Midnight pointed to the Amulet around her neck. "When Ally trapped her against a wall, I got it out and sucked her in. She will not get out anytime soon."

"Great," the blonde sighed and looked over to Dark. "How much did she have to have for her first time feeding?"

"She needed to have enough so she could have control. Although it did make me a bit dizzy," he chuckled.

"At least everyone's alive and safe," Brianna exclaimed.

"For now," Midnight said. Dark and Brianna looked at her. "I sense something much more threatening than Akari alone. We have to keep our guards up."

"What is the meaning of 'more threatening'?" Dark asked, almost standing up.

"I don't know, but I do have an uneasy feeling and a tiny vision of something or someone in the ocean near here and that's all."

It was silent again. Ally's breathing got a bit heavier and Dark now was worried sick about her well-being. He needed to everything he could to keep her safe. No matter what.

The silence was quickly broken when Ally sat up quickly, wide awake, rapidly breathing.

"Ally?! What's wrong?!" Dark put his face near hers, hands on her shoulders.