Requiem for Blood by Alexandra Hope Page B

their thoughts in and lose track of time at. She understood why the guy, Troy, came here to think as it was really quite peaceful. Taking one last look at the ocean, she began to turn but before she could make even a quarter turn, a rusty metal pipe was impaled into her back and made her fall forward as blood spurted out of her mouth. She gasped for air, slowly turning toward her silent attacker as the pipe was thrust deeper into her and twisted, blood pouring out of her abdomen. Before her eyes could lie upon the attacker, her heart beat slowed and she drew in less and less air until her body had ceased to pump and then her eyes closed. A female stroked Olivia's hair as she ripped the metal pipe out and cradled her backwards and onto the rocks.
    “I imagine that might have hurt a bit,” the woman whispered into her ear. “But I need you to be good and dead Olivia,” she said as she laid her head down.
    Olivia was sprawled out on the ground, her legs crossed at the ankle and her arms spread on either side, bathed in red liquid. Her hair seeped up some of the blood and it stained it as well, maroon against her natural caramel strands. The woman pushed Olivia's hair away from her mouth and hung a hospital blood bag that read AB negative over her, letting the contents drip into her mouth. She sat next to her, her hands impatiently tapping on the wood as Olivia remained lifeless.
    “This boy's blood better be worth something....” the woman groaned.
    Despite having all of Troy's blood in her, Olivia did not move. The woman waited next to her as an hour passed by. She played with Olivia's lips and peeled her eyes, back willing them to open on their own but still nothing. The woman's ears perked up as she heard sounds of drunken college students, laughing as they stumbled onto the sand. “Stupid kids.”
    She closed her eyes and between the clouds, a flash of light lit up the sky followed by the boom of thunder. The students groaned as raindrops fell on them, forcing them away. Olivia and the woman were dry as the rain did not fall on them and when the students left, the sky had cleared. She sat back with a satisfied look until she turned to Olivia who still hadn't moved. It was her first time doing this but she was sure she had gotten it right. She was absolutely certain that she had stolen Troy's blood and his blood was indeed the one. She rolled her eyes, annoyed that she would have to deviate from her plan. The woman took her wrist to her mouth and four canines elongated in her mouth. She bit down and blood spurted from the four small bites, falling on Olivia's lips. She didn't want to take any chances and smeared the blood all over her lips and forcing it into her mouth. And then she waited.
    Olivia's pale skin had grown even paler in just a few minutes and the woman smiled at the good sign. Her wound had been slowly healing from the first batch of blood but now it was healing even faster and her body was filling out, no longer frail pieces of skin dangling onto bones. Two eyes peeled back, their amber color burdened by a bloodlust.

Five
     
    There was a blur before Olivia and she thought she saw the shape of a woman jumping down from the rocks. The woman had heard another sound just before Olivia's eyes shot open and with a smile on her face and pipe in hand she moved toward the sound. The night sky looked as if it had been swallowed by a black and endless void, the stars blazing hot millions of miles away but not even dots from where the woman stood. Even the moon had cowered in fear of the her presence as a wicked smile spread across her face.
    “Are you alright? Do you need any help?” called a voice from the beach. He had just climbed on top of the rocks where the woman awaited him.
    She stood just a foot in front of him but he couldn't make her out in the sudden darkness that had fallen over them. Her mouth opened and two enlarged canines jutted out, pearly and poised to kill. Olivia's eyes which cut through the