Be Careful When You Bite Me novel Chapter 40

"Damon!" I called out, trying to catch him," Damon!"

He dropped to both knees, eyes wide open, staring up at me.

"Damon!" I screamed out, diving arms out in an attempt to catch him but Xavier was already there. He gripped his brother under his arms and slapped him a couple of times but Damon remained unresponsive. I felt my chest began to ache as I anxiously waited for Damon to open his eyes again but he didn't. Xavier picked his brother up completely," we have to leave, Asia, can you walk on your own?"

Asia nodded," I'm alright."

"Holly, hold her," he instructed and I immediately nodded, wrapping my fingers around Asia's arm," the wolf can wake up at any second, we have to get back to the car."

We made our back as fast as we could. Xavier laid his brother down at the back seat of the car and lifted his head whilst looking at me," get under there."

I quickly obeyed and scrambled inside, laying Damon's head softly on my lap.

Asia got into the passenger seat and Xavier drove.

"We have to get him to a hospital, we can't go home-" I began but was quickly cut off by Asia.

"We can't take him to a human hospital, they wouldn't know what to do with him, he needs a witch, a healer."

"You're a witch," I replied," can you help him?"

Asia locked eyes with Xavier and looked back at me, disappointment lacing her gaze," I haven't practised in a long time, it would take someone experienced-"

"You can try!" I snapped," or you can teach me, I'll do it."

"It doesn't work like that Holly," she continued and I wanted to scream out if I heard that phrase again.

"Reach in the glove box," I demanded," Hand me my phone."

Asia did as I said and handed me the phone that Luna had given me. I dialled her number and held it to my ear.

"Hello?"

"Luna, it's me," she must have heard the panic in my voice because her tone grew concerned.

"Holly? Are you alright?"

"I have Damon but he's hurt-"

"What do you mean you have Damon?"

"I broke him out of prison, but he's hurt-"

"You did what?!" she exclaimed.

"I'll explain later, but he needs help right now."

"Holly I'm sorry, I-I can't help you, Dimitri is here and the last thing I need is to get on the Council's radar."

"The Council won't know, they won't find out-"

"Holly, this is the Council we're talking about."

"Please!" My voice began to tremble," he's here and he's dying, he needs a healer, I helped you out, you owe me-"

"I can't perform the Ritual of Obliteration and rescue Damon, Holly, I can't upset both the Gods and the Council-"

"So don't do it," I didn't think before I spoke the words but even if I had stopped to think about what I was asking her to do, I wouldn't have changed it," don't do the ritual, just help Damon..please."

Luna was silent for almost a minute before she finally said," alright, bring him to my place."

Xavier drove like a mad man trying to get to Luna's place," It would be faster if I took him and went on foot," he mentioned.

"Sure if you want to be on the news tomorrow," Asia began," don't worry, he'll be alright, it was one shock."

The couple locked eyes for a couple of seconds before Xavier turned his gaze back at the road. I looked down at Damon who was still unconscious, head on my lap. I felt a tear slide down my face and it landed right on his forehead. I was surprised I even had tears left. I stroked his peaceful looking face and thought;

Wake up, please.

The drive to Luna's only took a couple more minutes, it would have been faster had the streets of Brooklyn not been so busy even at four am.

Xavier hardly took a second to park the car properly before rushing to where Damon and I were.

"Damon," I whispered staring down at his eyes. His eyes scanned the room before landing on mines.

He quivered his lips in an attempt to speak but I quickly shook my head at him," don't talk, not right now."

The ball on Damon's shoulders had stopped moving and went back to its original green colour. Luna's eyes were now closed and her hands fell by her side.

Asia began to take hesitant steps her way," Luna? Are you alright?"

Luna remained still.

"She's not moving, is she okay?" I asked, staring up at a concerned Asia.

"It takes a lot of her energy to heal someone especially someone who hurt this bad, she might need to lay down for a bit."

We stared at Luna who was inhaling and exhaling quietly. I looked up at a concerned Dimitri who looked like he had no idea what to do.

"Dimitri, can you grab her a cup of water?" Asia asked. He quickly nodded and ran off to the back again.

Xavier lifted Luna off of the ground," I'm going to take her to her room."

Asia nodded," I'll come with you."

They all left the room until it was just Damon and I left. I looked down at him and felt guilty that all I really cared about was the fact that he was alright.

His eyes locked with mines again. He tried to move his lips but it was clear that he was struggling.

"Damon," I breathed out," are you in pain, where does it hurt?"

It was clear that he was trying to tell me something but I couldn't tell what. His fangs were beginning to extend and his eyes darkened in colour again.

His teeth dug into his lips, now cutting them.

It finally clicked in my head that the Council had probably starved him and he needed blood.

He needs to feed.