chapter 56(2)

Andrei arrives early the next morning. I ran down the stairs and open the door for him, Ezra comes down the stairs behind me. “Hey, sorry, I was supposed to be here an hour ago, mom took a turn,” he apologizes, stepping inside. “Is she okay?” I ask. “No, she is dying, now where do you want to do this?” He quips, holding up a larger than normal specimen cup with some latex over the top. “Maybe I can heal her?” Andrei shakes his head. “People die, Kat, besides, you would only be prolonging her death. Parents die eventually, that's how it is supposed to be,” he says. “But maybe?” “I said no, Kat, no point in you getting sick so that she can live a few extra months,” he refuses walking into the kitchen. Ezra is watching me, and I could tell he didn’t agree with me healing anybody. I follow Andrei, and he sits at the table before handing me the cup. “So I just bite it?” I ask. “I think so, but hell if I know,” he shrugs. I let my canines lengthen before biting into the cup, my teeth break t