Chapter twelve.

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Choose your last words, this is the last time - Lana Del Rey

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Damon's kisses were light as they glided with ease up to her wrist, he breathed her name and she sighed blissfully in response, he was always so gentle with her.

"Promise me you'll be mine" she whispered as she pulled his face towards hers, he hovered above and flashed her a smirk, his hands slid up her arms and laced themselves with hers, she awaited patiently, his smirk died and his face was serious as his icy eyes bored into her soul.

"I am yours, and you..." a devilish smirk reappeared as his hands pushed hers further into the bed, his face moved closer and lightly kissed her lips, her eyes fluttered shut until he pulled away, his veins had appeared from under his eyes and his fangs extended, he danced the tip of his nose down her jawline to her thrumming pulse in her neck, his hands pressed down harder, he waited and listened to her loud but soft pants before she tilted her head to the side silently granting permission, after what felt like an eternity he kissed her neck and allowed his tongue to taste her salty skin.

"are mine" he breathily hissed against her neck, she gasped when he harshly tore into her neck, she felt her blood roll down in beads as he greedily drank, she groaned trying to free herself from his iron grip, eventually he pulled away as the wound healed at a slow pace, he thought nothing of this as his tongue caught any drops trying to escape him.

Her hands began to play with his hair, he looked beautiful to her, his pupils blown with lust and greed, his hair messy, veins out, fangs extended and blood dribbling down his chin.

"My turn" she growled into his ear, he shivered but obeyed, she felt her heart tug because she could never plunge her fangs into his skin like he did to her, but sharing blood was sacred and she wanted to share blood with the love of her life.

He bit into his wrist and held it out for her to take, chest rapidly falling and rising, what she did shocked him, she pinned him below her and caught the oozing blood and grabbed his wrist with an iron grip and began gulping his blood, it was like heaven and a growl erupted from the back of her throat, Damon groaned in response, she slowed as the wound healed and then began to rid his wrist of blood, he smiled when she pressed a loving kiss to where he had cut his beautiful skin, he took note of how beautiful she was in her animalistic hybrid side, eyes glowing citrus yellow, after smouldering eye contact her veins retreated along with the fangs and the yellow extinguished.

"We should do that more often" he said and she blushed.

"Sorry, I got a little bit carried away" she muttered sheepishly.

"No, you were perfect. I love you Carina" he whispered.

"I love you, Damon" she replied.

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She howled in agony as another contraction smashed in to her, Damon kissed her temple whispering words of encouragement, he was urging Stefan to drive faster, he was really panicking, both brothers were. Carina's sight was blurry, she was blinking in and out of consciousness but the agony would startle her awake as she would scream with what energy she had.

After an eternity Stefan spun the car to a screeching halt, Damon took the pale, sweaty and seemingly lifeless Carina into his arms and rushed them to the doors of the hospital.

"it's like she's mortal" Stefan panicked, Damon cringed, he didn't want to think about it.

"Help!" Damon bellowed to the nurse, blood oozed from between her legs and dripped on the floor, the nurse panicked as Damon ran to the nearest bed, she awoke screaming again, her eyes fell on the blood and she gripped Damon with all her strength.

"Do what ever you can to save our daughter" she rasped before wailing in agony, Damon's face twisted and he flinched, but reluctantly nodded.

She then relaxed.

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"Damon" Carina screamed, the blood loss was killing them both.

"You need to decide now Mr Salvatore" the nurse urged, Damon was trembling, why wasn't she healing?

"Damon" Carina wailed, he knew what she wanted, she was dying, he couldn't save her.

"Do it"

As unprofessional as it was, she grabbed the scalpel, Carina grabbed the nurse's hand and thanked her as her head fell back, she began to blink in and out of conciseness, her eyesight blurred with tears, Damon was at her side as the nurse dug into her stomach and pulled the baby from her womb, blood splashed around them, Damon watched in awe at the tiny pink thing, it looked like a baby but a very small one.

"Carina, look" he whispered, she was fading but she squinted, she began to freak.

"My baby isn't crying, Damon she's not crying" it was true, the nurse took then tiny baby and began preforming CPR, Damon rested his head on Carina's shoulder.

"Please, don't leave me alone, Carina please, I need you... I can't face this alone" he choked out before sobbing, Carina sobbed silently.

"I love you Damon, and I love our daughter... Bury her with me, please, she can't be alone"

"No don't accept death now, please no Carina, No, CARINA" he bellowed, her face was pained, pale and tear striken.

"I love you, Damon"

Her eyes bore into his as she slowly blinked, then her heavy lids slid shut, Damon's hands roughly stroked her cheeks, muttering "no" as the last breath left her lungs he screamed in agony.

His heart broke, she left him, her and his daughter, gone.

He fell to his knees and drew in a loud gasp for air and screamed again, sobbing and more screaming. Stefan rushed in at the sound of Damon screaming bloody murder and stumbled back at the horror before him.

Carina lay pale and lifeless on the bed, her stomach open and pints of blood pooling on the floor, and beside her bed wailed a heart broken brother, screaming at the world for taking her again.

And then, when all hope was lost, another scream filled the air, Damon was about to flip the switch but paused.

"I'm sorry for your loss, Mr Salvatore, but may I present to you... Your daughter" the nurse said, Stefan blinked as more tears fell.

"She's alive"

"What would you like to call her?" the nurse asked.

"Carina wanted... She, she wanted to name her after mother" Stefan said, Damon stared at his beautiful daughter.

"Lillain, Lillain Salvatore" Damon croaked, he returned to Carina, he smoothed her hair back and kissed her forehead.

"Our daughter is alive"

Stefan took the infant and cradled her, tiny veins appeared, he smiled sadly as her citrus eyes appeared, he wished Carina was here to hold such a beautiful creature.

His eyes fell upon the greifstricken Damon and fought back tears as his brother fell apart before his eyes, Damon continued to mutter sentences to her body.

Stefan knew his brother would never be the same.