Chapter 30: Half love, Half regret

DAMON 'S POV -

I had been preparing Miranda for the possible situations that could arise after Samarah wakes up. Mostly mentally since she had pretty good control of her physical powers after practising with Ken, which I had recently come to know about.

It was then that I had heard the scream which instantly spread goosebumps on my skin. It was Ken's.

I raced towards the source, followed closely by Luce Mia. Soon, Kendall's figure came into my view. She was standing frozen outside the door. Immediately, my feet slowed down as the realisation dawned. It had started.

Oh no my love!

I could feel her pain through my chest, in my heart. Then Miranda ran past me into the room. Shit! It was too risky for her to be in there since her etheral blood attracted beings like us more than ever and any feral would go to crazy lengths to get it.

I was quickly joined by Kendall as we rushed into the room. The sight I witnessed was terrible.

Ken was on the ground lying in a pool of his own blood. Specks of blood could be seen on the walls. Samarah slowly got up from her knees, sitting beside Ken and flashed a devilish grin before latching her eyes with Miranda. Luce Mia's blood was not only alluring but powerful as well. Even a single drop of it if consumed by Samarh could prove to be fatal for us.

Within a flash, Samarah leapt at Miranda but was quickly tackled by Kendall. Kendall held her in a chokehold which caused the burn in my chest increase. Then suddenly my love began to cry. I could feel her spirit slipping.

She cried out,"Damon...please...make it st..o..op." I barked at Kendall," It's enough. You can let go." But Kenda held on hardening the choke - hold spitting," Damon these are her tricks. Get ahold of yourself."

No..no...no. Samarah wouldn't be able to hold on for long. I couldn't watch her pathetically beg for a little air. So, I dived at Kendall, snatching Samarah out of her grips. I looked at my love in my arms.

Then her features contorted as the ferality completely took her. I couldn't help but sink down to my knees holding her in .y lap, sobbing, as she tore the flesh on my neck with her fangs. She was too far gone now. I mumbled into her ears in between my sobs," Sorry, love. I failed to protect you." Fully aware that her soul had passed on and it was only her shell of a body that remained.

Her eyes glowed red, like every other royal vampire's when they drink blood from a live source. It would be the last thing I would see as I felt the mate bond slowly weaken as her spirit went further away from this realm to the next.

MIRANDA 'S POV -

My brain couldn't even properly process the things that had taken place in the mere span of 5 minutes. Damon's sob filled apologies cackled through the air.

Samarah's glowing red eyes mocked me. Challenging me that the people whom I had grown to love like family were being taken away from me and all I could do was watch. And I did watch. I watched lie limp and bloody, Kendall blame herself as she rushed over to Ken, Damon crumble down, Samarah no longer remain herself and turn into a demon. Yet here I was witnessing all of this despite being the most powerful.

Damon's words echoed in my mind," Her death resulting in mine as well." I couldn't just let this happen. I had to be able to do something. Anything!!! Dammit!

Again I felt the familiar anger in me stir....arising because of my incapibility and at the feral that threatened to suck Damon dry even as he caressed her tenderly. Brushing his fingers against her hair.

That thing wasn't Samarah anymore.

This thought alone blasted with sirens in my head. Then in lightning speed I found myself tear Damon and Samarah apart. Damon opened his mouth to protest but even words failed to come out of his mouth as he lay on the floor, eyes barely open.

Meanwhile that thing bore it's fangs at me from the other side of the room. I stepped closer as it backed away. Perhaps it knew about my power but I needed it to come at me not run away. So I sliced open my little finger creafully without spilling blood but enough for it to get the smell.

As expected, the thing being unable to resist came towards me screeching like a banshee. " Bring it on", I said.

DAMON 'S POV -

My heart ached as Luce Mia tore Samarah away from me.

But I felt too weak to even speak, having been dried of almost all the blood in my body, even though vampires are supposed to have an unlimited supply of blood. But now I feared more for Luce Mia as she challenged the feral Samarah.

Samarah was pretty strong as is but the ferality had turned her into a lethal killing machine. I wondered how much longer would it take for the mate bond to cometely rip apart so that I could stop seeing this grotesque scene caused by the feral Samarah.

I saw Samarah leap into the air aiming to tackle Miranda to the floor. But instead Luce Mia grabbed her by the neck and with a swift motion hold her down to the ground. Samarah meanwhile trashed about her limbs trying to get out of Miranda's iron grip.

Then Miranda closed her eyes and opening them again revealed a set of white eyes. The sight of her fully white eyes was unnerving. I had seen red eyes and even sometimes black ones of highly dangerous feral creatures. But this was something I had never even heard about.

Bringing her own face inches away from Samarah, she opened her mouth as an unearthly voice boomed out of her.

" SAMARAH! I am aware you are not completely gone. Follow my voice and return back. Your friends need you. I need you. Your time hasn't come yet. I command you to return. " Samarah had gone completely limp at this point.

Placing her palm on Samarah's forehead Miranda chanted," Make the clock reverse, heal what has been hurt, save what has been lost, bring back what once was mine."

Her voice made the very earth tremble and the familiar golden glow with black specks arose from her. But this time instead of spreading everywhere, was concentrated directly on Samarah. The combined nerve wrecking screams of Samarah and Miranda blasted through the air before both of them fell with heavy thuds, side by side.

Meanwhile I felt the bond in my heart....heal?

SAMARAH' S POV -

I felt myself slipping into nothingness. The more I went into it, the more the feeling of dread increased. At first I tried to find ways to get out of here. But then I gave up after a while.

I was already a snake to my friends so it I guessed it was better for me to remain here instead of causing my friends them pain.

Then I felt an invisible force grip me and yank me away from this dreaded nothingness but I resisted.

I didn't want to be a threat anymore to my friends. But the force was stronger and unrelenting and managed to pull me back against my wishes.

No..no....no. It was far better to remain here than to.....

A seering pain shot through my chest and I felt a banshee - like scream come out of my mouth. Then I drifted into the nothingness again. Not this again.