Chapter 4 Vampire save

Dana had just arrived at the wedding venue, gorgeously dressed. She hoped she had come here on time as the transformation on Joana would begin anytime soon. She checked the gold watch on her wrist. The wedding was supposed to start at 6 pm and it was already 5:50. No sign of a vampire bride anywhere, she thought as she walked towards the tent. She spotted the groom at the entrance, along with some relatives welcoming the guests that were walking in. She began walking towards them.

“Welcome Mrs.…... um,” Andrew greeted her at the entrance, trying to identify who she was.

“It’s Miss Dana Smith,” she said, shaking his hand. “I’m a friend of the bride’s family.”

“You are most welcome Miss Smith,” he said, indicating for her to enter.

She went in and looked around the hall. Joana wasn’t here either. Where could she be? She wondered as she took her seat right next to the other guests. She couldn’t send her messenger bat here, as people would see her. And she didn’t want anyone to suspect her if she went about looking in places she wasn’t supposed to as she wasn’t a very familiar face here. She sat there, thinking of other options until a few moments later, she heard loud a scream coming from behind the hall. She turned around and saw Joana, the transformation had already taken place. The other guests began running out through the other entrance. She had to get her out of here fast. But no one could see her taking Joana, as she was within the sight of her groom, who was walking towards her. Why didn’t he run along with the others, or did he have a death wish?

She would need some help, she thought as she opened her purse and began dialing some numbers on her phone, calling the other coven members to come as quickly as they could.

After she ended the call, she tried to see if she could get Andrew away from her without using her powers. She tried throwing some spoons she found on one of the tables, but none seemed to get his attention. It would be best to go there and push him away, she thought. She had already started walking towards where they were but couldn’t get there on time as right before her very eyes, the bride gave her groom a poisonous bite.

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“What have I done?” Joana asked herself as she saw Andrew on the floor, screaming in pain and clutching his bleeding neck, the place she had bitten from. She didn’t know what had come over her. Why did he taste so good? And why was she crouching down to take another bite? Nothing about the way she felt made sense anymore as she came down, getting closer to Andrew who began to beg for his life upon seeing what she was about to do to him again. She heard him beg, but couldn’t control herself. All she focused on was his heart beating, pumping that delicious blood she was about to devour.

Before she could open her mouth again, someone hit her with a spoon on her head. She looked up to see who had done that. It was a strange woman. She had never seen her before. But Joana noticed that there was something different about her. This woman was not a human being, even though she looked like one. Joana couldn’t smell her blood like the way she did with the humans. She couldn’t hear her heart beating like the humans. It was like she was some kind of antique vase; beautiful, but with nothing inside. Everyone had left the hall at this time, leaving only Joana and the strange woman and of course, Andrew who was still on the floor.

“Leave him alone!” Dana yelled at her.

She looked back down at Andrew, he had passed out, but she knew he was still alive. His blood was still flowing and his heart still beating. With the venom she had injected into him with her fangs, he wouldn’t survive for long.

At that moment, she felt a sharp pain at the side of her tummy, she looked down and saw that someone had stabbed her with a small silver dagger, the pain was so unbearable as she went down to the ground, screaming. It didn’t take long before she fainted. Bride and groom both lay there on the floor, unconscious.

“Good job,” Dana told Derick, the one who had stabbed Joana. “I was hoping you would get here on time and you did, where are the others?”

“They’re on their way,” Derick replied her, going towards where Andrew lay and touching the wounded spot on his neck.

“He doesn’t have much time,” he said, referring to Andrew’s condition.

“I will take care of it,” Dana said. “Take her to the coven, I will wait here for the others and we will take care of all this disruption.”

“Ok,” Derick responded as he hoisted Joana up in his arms, went out through the exit, unfolded his wings, and flew to the skies, taking her to the coven.