Shadow

Ch. 35 *Sacrafice*

My heart is pumping so hard, I can feel it in my ears. I just agreed to give myself up as a sacrifice in front of all these people. I'm so upset right now, I could care less though. I have absolutely nothing to live for. This is an easy way out. You're insane! My subconscious screams at me, but I ignore her as I begin walking to the center of the dance floor, towards Harry, Gemma and Michael.

"What the fuck are you doing?" Jen grabs my arm, stopping me. I turn around and she gives me a crazy look. I am crazy.

I don't answer her and instead shrug and move out of her grasp. I feel everyone's eyes on me and I'm too scared to look at Harry, so my eyes stay glued to Gemma.

"What a brave one we have here today" Gemma grabs my hand and pulls it up in the air.

People begin to cheer and my skin rises with chills.

"We already had a winner!" Harrys voice booms. Everyone turns silent as he points to the boy that was almost announced as the sacrifice, "He's the sacrifice! We voted for him, not her!"

I look up to him and he looks almost nervous. His skin is pale and his eyes look glossy.

"We have a volunteer though, Harry. We've never had a volunteer before" Gemma smiles. Harry opens his mouth to say something, but someone in the crowd yells before he can.

"Yeah! I want the volunteer!" A mans voice yells and soon everyone in the crowd behind him begins to cheer.

"See Harry" Gemma smirks only to her brother.

"Ellie, what the hell are you doing?" Michael whispers down in my ear as Gemma begins talking to the crowd about the sacrifice.

I glance over to Harry and he's staring at me with pained eyes. His eyebrows are turned down and his lips a hard line.

"He doesn't love me," I whisper to Michael. He looks at me like I'm crazy and I shrug my shoulders before looking up to Harry, "Whats the point." I say loud enough for Harry to hear. I see his knuckles clench, but he stays still.

Michael begins to say something to me, but Gemma speaks over him, "Let's bring out the chair," she grins as three large men push a large seat with multiple tubes leading up to a bag.

"Ellie, what the fuck are you doing? You can't do this." Michael panics.

"It's already done" Gemma says to her brother before grabbing my wrist and placing me down on the chair in the middle of the crowd. My heart is harder than it's ever been and I almost feel like I'm going to pass out. This was a stupid decision, but then again, I was stupid enough to fall in love with a vampire.

"She can't do this." Harry says and my heart leaps. He's acting like he doesn't want this to happen which makes me happy, but that doesn't mean he loves me, so who cares.

"Yes, I can." I scowl at him. His nostrils expand, as does his mouth to protest. No words come out, but he stands thinking. He watches nervously as Gemma studies the new needle in her hand. Just before she could puncture my skin, Harry stops her.

"Wait.... we cant." Harry begins and Gemma turns to him before rolling her eyes.

"God, Harry. What's gotten into you? We can and we will." She states before proceeding back to me.

"We can't sacrifice her, she's not a virgin!" Harry says excitedly like he just thought of an amazing plan.

"What?" I shout at his lie.

"What?" Gemma repeats me and I hear people begin to shout at us. Many say that they want a virgin and not me.

"She's not a virgin!" Harry says loud, so everyone can hear him again. More commotion occurs in the crowd and I stand from my chair.

"That's a lie and you know it!" I say to Harry. He gives me a challenging face as he tries to think of what to say.

"She's lying" He states before grabbing my arm. I try to break from his harsh grasp, but he doesn't budge. "I had sex with her. I would know."

I punch his chest, "He is lying!"

He begins to drag me away from the chair and towards the crowd. Gemma groans as everyone in the crowd complains about how they don't want me because I'm not a "virgin". She watches leave and rolls her eyes before moving back to their original sacrifice. Harry pushes harshly through people with me close behind him. I'm trying to brake free from his hand, but he's too strong.

"You're a damn idiot, you know that Ellie?" Harry growls once we've reached the entrance.

"And you're a damn dick!" I screech and his grip tightens around my wrist. He doesn't respond to me and instead we both stay quiet as we walk out into the streets. Surprisingly, Henry is parked on the sidewalk and Harry drags me to the car door. It opens harshly from his grip and he looses contact on my wrist, only to move his hand on my head and push me inside. My body slams into the cushion and I hit my head on the other car window. I sit up straight and comfort my injured head. The door slams shut and Im surprised when Harry is beside me.

"Take us home" Harry growls to Henry before looking out the window. I can tell by his closed knuckles, he's very upset. I can see why he is, but I'm more angry at him for lying! Why does he care if I die? He doesn't love me anyway.

Short chapter :/ horrible writing:/ I'm sorry. Been super busy! I'm going to try and update more often(: