Taming the Beast

Chapter 40 (Caroline)

“No! I’ve been practicing! How did you beat me again?” Nick whined. I laughed and shrugged. We were

at the Porter house waiting on dinner. I’d already made my portions and had them set out on the table.

To pass the time, I decided to whoop the guys at videogames. They never stood a chance. It was a few

days after Keegan marked me. Four days to be exact. It was also Thanksgiving. We’d decided to have Content is © by NôvelDrama.Org.

dinner at the Porter’s house since they had more room and Danny had never met them before. He was

coming over for dinner a little later with Preston. The bite mark was starting to heal and the skin around

the bite was finally green. It’d left a nasty bruise at first. And being as it was Thanksgiving break; there

was no school or volleyball practice to worry about. I just had to keep Danny from finding out; which

was surprising easy.

I played Gregg on Fifa next. Looks like he’d been practicing too, but he just wasn’t as good as me. As I

was playing the game, I started to feel uncomfortable. It started to feel hot. I shed my light sweater,

leaving me in my tank top but it didn’t help. I’d had a hot flash before two days ago. I was hoping this

would pass like the last one. By the time I finished playing, Gregg won. I was sweating bullets and

feeling a little out of it. The room was tilting.

“Are you okay?” Gregg asked as he turned to look at me as he was sitting on the floor and I was sitting

on the couch. Keegan was down visiting with his dad. My heart hammered as I panted. I leaned over

and groaned. It was too hot.

“What happened?” I heard Keegan’s voice. I was too weak to even look at him.

“I don’t know. We were playing and she just… I don’t know,” Gregg tried to explain. I leaned over so I

was lying on my side with my feet curled up. I felt Keegan’s hand on my forehead as he pushed my

very damp hair out of my face.

“Caroline… Caroline, open your eyes please,” he whispered. I did as he asked. I opened my eyes into

slits. I couldn’t remember anything beyond Gregg winning and me getting very hot. It was still hot in

here. I took a deep breath and sat up as Keegan handed me a bottle of water. I drank it gratefully,

almost finishing the entire thing. I sighed and handed it back to him. I still felt hot, but it was a little

better.

“I’m fine,” I tried to assure them. They were all looking at me worried. There was a moment of silence

before the doorbell broke through it.

“I’ll get it,” Trevor muttered.

“Wow, nice place,” I heard my brother’s voice. I smiled and looked towards the door. I stood and started

making my way over to him. Before I got to him though, black dots swam in my vision. I saw everything

go sideways before I completely blacked out.