Shadow on the Moon at Night

"Shut up," Zacky hissed. "I'm not snapping your neck. Now go to sleep." He closed his eyes, pulling his pillow close to his face and closing his eyes.

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Kiera shrugged her shoulders. "I probably would have let you do whatever you wanted," she said. "As long as my parents didn't find out." She didn't care who he had sex with. Besides, it wouldn't have been like they were actually together together.

Leah attempted to get comfortable but was able to because she was chained to the floor so she hugged her knees to her chest, finally falling asleep from exhaustion a few hours later.

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"I don't cheat," Brian stated. "And even if you allowed it I would still know it's cheating."

Zacky woke up in the morning, groaning softly as he rolled over, feeling very hungry.

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"You're a good person," Kiera said. "Totally not what I thought when I first saw you, though. I thought you were a jerk. But you're not so bad."

Leah shivered from where she was huddled up on the floor. She was cold and hungry since she was now on day four without any food.

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"I am a jerk," Brian stated. "That's who I am."

Zacky slowly sat up, groaning softly at how lightheaded he was. He hadn't fed in over a week. And all he could smell as Leah. He squeezed his eyes shut, using every ounce of restraint he had in himself not to jump on top of her and bite her neck.

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"No, you're not," Kiera said. "I can tell you're not. You put on a front so you don't get hurt, but deep down, you're a good person no matter how badly you want not to be." She looked up at him, reaching over and gently touching his arm. "You can be honest with me. I don't judge."

Leah jumped, startled awake by Zack's groan. She looked up at him with tired groggy eyes, her face paling and fear soon replacing the tired look in her eyes. He looked week and like he needed to feed. "If you're killing yourself can you at least kill me first," she spoke. "I doubt your father will be as kind to me as your try to be. He'll probably make me have his child to replace you."

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Brian moved his arm away from her and scoffed. "I am a jerk because I don't want people getting close and annoying," he stated. "I don't need fake friends and I don't need pity."

Zacky frowned. "Don't talk about my father that way," he hissed. "Why do you make assumptions about people you don't even know? That makes you an asshole." He stood up and walked over to her weakly, kneeling down and grabbing her jaw. "I ought to drain you dry for the hell you've put me through. But I won't. Because if I'm going to suffer, then so are you."

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Kiera bit her lip as she sat up, moving closer to him and straddling him. She reached up and grabbed his face, making him look at her. "You're damaged," she said. "I can see it. You don't let people in because you're afraid that if you do, you'll end up hurt, which is totally okay. I understand."

"I've met vampires before," Leah hissed. "You're the only one I've met that isn't a walking vampire stereotype." She pulled her jaw away from Zack's grasp since he was so weak and started pulling the chains that she handcuffed with. "I have nothing left to lose," she stated. "The only way I win is if you die before I do so I can get some sort of payback for you making me a pariah with my kind."

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"I don't want you to understand," Brian snapped. "I want to be dead."

"You deserve it for the way you've been acting," Zacky hissed. He grabbed her elbow to stop her moving her arms, leaning down before she could protest and biting into her arm. He drank her blood, moaning from how sweet the taste was.

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Kiera shook her head. "I'm not letting that happen," she said. She let out a breath, closing her eyes. She hated herself right now, fo feeling so drawn to him. She was supposed to hate him, but she found herself disliking him less and less. She opened her eyes and looked back up at him. "If you die, I'm going with you."

Leah cried out in pain when Zack bit her. She tried to pull away from him too weak to fight back.

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"You don't need to do that."

Zacky drank from her until he was satisfied before he pulled away and licked his lips. He unchained her and pulled her up, dragging her downstairs to the dining hall. "Now, you will eat," he hissed.

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Kiera noded her head. "I do," she said. She pulled away from him and stood up, reaching her hands out to him. "Come on."

"Fuck you," Leah snapped. "I don't want to eat. I want to be dead."

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Brian sighed softly, getting up and following Kiera.

"Shut the fuck up and do as I tell you," Zacky snarled. He was growing impatient with her. He didn't want to hit her, but if he had to, he would. He made her something to eat and sat it in front of her.

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Kiera smiled, leading him away from the beach. She led him back towards his house, seeing that everyone had left. "They're gone," she said.

Leah glared at Zack, shoving the plate off the table as she kept eye contact with him. "Fuck you leech," she hissed.

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Brian grinned. "Thank god," he mumbled.

Zacky wrapped his hand around her neck and squeezed her throat, glaring at her. "You can try all you want to get me to kill you, but I'm not going to do it," he snarled. "You're trying to win a losing battle here. No matter what you do, you're going to end up suffering, and I will not die before you."

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Kiera laughed softly. "Do you think I could borrow a pair of shorts or something?" she asked, feeling a bit awkward with just a shirt on.

"Then I guess I have to find a way to kill myself then," Leah managed to choke out.

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Brian nodded. He walked away from her, grabbing a pair pajama bottoms with drawstrings so she could tighten them to fit her.

"I will cut your fucking hands off," Zacky hissed. He picked the food up off the floor and shoved it into her mouth. "Chew it."

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Kiera took the bottoms from him and pulled them on, tightening them to fit her hips. "Thanks," she murmured. "Do you mind if I camp out here for a bit? I'm not ready to face my parents yet."

Leah began choking on the food because Zack had shoved the food in her mouth as she was gasping for air from him choking her.

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"I have a guest room you can use," Brian stated. "So go for it."

Zacky pulled away from her. "Bitch," he hissed. He wished he could say he didn't know where all this pent-up anger was coming from, but that would be a lie. He did know. It was from years of torturing himself, making himself think that his mother's death was his fault and doing everything his father told him.

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Kiera nodded her head. She stepped towards him and leaned up to kiss his cheek before she went upstairs. She sat down on the bed in the guest room, biting her lip gently as she stared at her hands. She made the decision to run away when she went home. She'd pack her things and just run.

Leah kept gasping and struggling for air when her body began trying to purge her airways and she began to puke.

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Brian stumbled upstairs, not even bothering to changed before he passed out.