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Chapter 6 - Starting over, part 3 (end of chapter 4)

"Are you okay...?" Someone asked, she looked up and saw the teacher knocked out on the floor.

"I should've known, wish I came a little earlier..." The person that saved her was in his 20's, but there was something about him that looked similar to Shane. "I-I am okay..." The person helped her stand and placed a jacket over her shoulders. For a moment his eyes went wide, but he quickly changed his expression to a neutral one. "Who are you?" She asks. "My name is Leo, I am a teacher substitute." He picks up his phone and calls the police. "Let's go outside, the police will take care of this." Samantha follows him and they went outside. After a while, Shane appears and rushed over to Samantha and hugged her.

"I'm sorry something like that had to happen to you." He said with a pained expression on his face. "How did you...?" Shane lets go of her. "The person that saved you, Leo, is my big brother." As soon as Shane said that, Leo walks over to them. "Hi, I wish we could've met under better circumstances..." Samantha smiles. "Thank you for saving me!" Leo looks away, probably embarrassed. "No need to thank me, it was the right thing to do." Shane chuckles. "You should've taken the police career you know?" Shane says while turning towards his brother.

"But you are okay as it is." Having said this Shane looks at the time. "Let's go home Samantha, you should rest after what happened today." Samantha nods and they said their goodbyes to Leo.

Shane POV:

After what happened the only thing I felt was rage, I began driving and Samantha looked shaken up by what happened. Well, nobody would blame her, I wished so much that I could've been there to save her and break that bastard's neck. But soon that feeling was replaced by something more...bloody. I covered my mouth, my throat was dry and I knew the feeling all too well. Samantha seemed to have noticed my strange behavior.

"Are you okay? Are you feeling sick?" Samantha was worried about me, and I tried to act normal. "Yeah, I-I'm okay." I smile and continue to drive. "I need to drink blood very soon. Dammit! Why now? And Samantha is beside me too!" Cold sweat was running on my face and my skin was getting more pale by the second. Samantha grabbed my arm. "Don't touch me! I-I mean... I'm okay..." Samantha got startled after I yelled at her.

"Just what I needed, I just had to lose control and yell at her.." I bit my lip, I couldn't take it anymore so I stopped the car. "I'm sorry. I'm tired, I'm anxious...I'm...hungry..." I looked at her, all I saw was red. I could see her blood running through her veins, I could hear the beating of her heart getting louder by the second. I was trying to control myself, but I was losing control of myself by the second.

"Shane, you are scaring me..." Her hands were on the door handle as I got closer to her. I reached out for her, but I managed to stop myself midway. My red eyes were reflected in her eyes. "You won't remember what happened just now" That's all I said to her and she fell unconscious after I said that. "I'm sorry." I began driving again, I don't know how I gained control of myself at the last second, all I know is that I shouldn't miss a single feeding schedule if I don't want her to find out the truth.