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was dead. The man who she had glanced at a thousand times during her study sessions in the library had died saving her. Pulling her knees up, she tucked them up under her chin and laid down so that her head was rested on Ragon’s shoulder, her blue eyes staring into his empty ones. No longer were his eyes a startling green; now they had been replaced with the all-consuming blackness of his pupils. As she began breathing deeply, fighting back the tears, a desire washed over her. She reached up quickly, using her legs to kick her upright as she placed her bound wrists against his cheeks. Llooking at him sadly, she leant down and kissed him on the forehead. It was not the kiss she had imagined from all her time day dreaming about him at the library, and she knew that she should be disgusted, but she couldn’t help it. 
    “I’m sorry,” she cried, using all her effort to lift her hands so as to close his eyes with her fingers tips.
    As she made to pull her hands back, she felt a vice-like grip on her wrist. Her heart sung in her chest just as a smile spread across her face; Ragon was alive. But her joy faltered when she looked down and saw that Ragon’s eyes were wide open and his fangs were poised to strike.
    “No,” she screamed.
    But Ragon seemed not to hear her, and Ari cried out again when she felt two sharp stabs as he punched through her soft skin. She watched in horror as a thin smile spread across Ragon’s lips and he began to suck hard on her wrist, thick blood trickled from his mouth.
    “Please,” she screamed, and Ragon’s eyes opened wide before he suddenly ripped her arm out of his mouth, so ferociously that she felt her skin tear against his sharp fangs.
    “Get away!” he gasped, Ari’s red blood dripping from the side of his mouth.
    Ari’s half closed eyes were fixed on Ragon and her mouth was open in horror. She was in too much shock to flinch when he reached for his burnt shirt and tore it into strips, winding several pieces around the bite on her arm.
    “What can I do?” he asked helplessly.
    Ari sat on the floor shivering, rocking back and forth, her bound hands holding her knees up to her chin again. Ragon made to move towards her and she flinched; in response his eyes widened.
    “I’m sorry,” he muttered, just as he scooped her up , carrying her towards the bathroom in her room.
    Ari didn’t jerk away when Ragon lifted her but became limp as she accepted her fate; she had no more energy to fight. No longer did she see the boy she had dreamt of- now there was only the monster. 
    Once inside the bathroom, Ragon turned the shower on, quickly checking the temperature before moving under the water, Ari still cradled in his arms. Gently the water soaked into the pair’s clothes and Ragon leaned against the shower wall, slowly dropping to the white tiled floor as he continued to cradle Ari in his arms. The water ran dark with blood and dirt; billowing steam whirled around Ragon’s frozen body, like wind gently moving an early morning mist. Finally Ragon’s eyes fell on the chains still fastened around Ari’s wrist and throat. Moving very slowly, he freed her hands with a simply tug against the metal, so that the broken links clattered onto the shower floor. More carefully his hands reached for the metal collar, gently wrapping his fingers so they were underneath it, until the choker broke. Ari felt the pain against her already swollen neck, but still she did not cry out.  
     
    It was at least half an hour before Ari spoke. She felt numb, remembering how Ragon had told Kiara that she meant nothing; how he hadn’t had a chance to bite her.
    “Why?” she asked, her voice shaky as she looked up at him for the first time, staring into his green eyes.
    “I am a monster. I’m so sorry,” Ragon replied simply, not daring to look at her.
    Ari didn’t respond but moved to sit opposite him, so that she was no longer in his arms. He didn’t fight her but sat numbly with his eyes lowered