Transmigrated as the Vampire Alpha of the Omega Heroine - Chapter 24

Jiang Nian stood outside the door, the excellent soundproofing completely cutting off any noise from within.

Her mind drifted back to that first time in the small restroom by the playground, when Gu Li had bitten the back of her hand before slowly moving to her neck, inhaling deeply. Back then, her neck could have easily been claimed, but Gu Li had stopped. That hoarse voice still echoed in her memory:

“Can you run?”

“Run. Fast.”

Even then, Gu Li had been resisting and afraid of this very thing.

She also recalled last night how, when she had marked Gu Li, biting the back of her neck, Gu Li had flinched away. At the time, she had thought it was just an alpha’s discomfort at being bitten there. But now, it seemed more like Gu Li had been jolted awake by fear, wanting nothing more than to escape.

Jiang Nian slowly crouched down and sighed, dragging her nails lightly over the two small wounds on her neck, the slight sting grounding her. Separated by a single door, there was nothing she could do.

She had always been the one protected by Gu Li. Now, she wanted to be the one to protect her. She wished she could just burst inside and stay by her side.

Inside the room.

Specialist Ji was doing everything possible to keep the situation under control. The physical pain had been alleviated, but Gu Li’s current state was far from stable.

She was conscious, curled on her side, weeping uncontrollably, ignoring the words of those around her. Over and over, she repeated one word:

“Monster.”

Even with medication and the gradual reduction of her dependence on Jiang Nian’s blood to ease her suffering, she had still succumbed to greed. The moment she tasted it, she couldn’t stop she had nearly drained Jiang Nian dry. If Jiang Nian hadn’t bitten her awake, she would have kept drinking all night. A monster. A madwoman.

Tears streamed down her face. This wasn’t like enduring illness in her past life. Back then, she had fought desperately to live because she was just an ordinary person with a disease. But now? Now she was a monster, one that could hurt the person she loved at any moment.

“You’re not. You’re not.” Gu Wei stroked her daughter’s head, her own tears ruining her carefully applied makeup. She could only repeat the words, trying to negate Gu Li’s self-condemnation, trying to pull her back.

If a patient lost all hope in themselves, treatment would become far less effective. Specialist Ji watched Gu Li’s despondent state, attempting psychological guidance, but there was no progress. Gu Li had locked herself in a dead end refusing to come out, refusing to let anyone in.

By the early hours of the next morning, she had even begun resisting the use of Jiang Nian’s blood to ease her pain. She clenched her jaw, pressing her lips tightly shut, refusing to let anyone feed it to her. In the end, they had to resort to intravenous transfusion.

“Relax. You’re too tense, we can’t administer it like this.” Gu Wei and Specialist Ji had been trying to persuade her for a while now, but despite the agony, Gu Li remained rigid, rejecting both the transfusion and any other medication.

“Gu Li… are you really going to leave me behind?” Gu Wei’s voice trembled as she squeezed her daughter’s hand. The sight reminded her too much of her husband in his final days when the pain had become unbearable, when he had chosen to let the suffering take him in one last, excruciating wave.

They had grown tired of living like this. And now, Gu Li seemed determined to follow the same path.

How should Gu Li answer her? Should she say, “I’m not actually your daughter your real daughter passed away long ago,” or admit that she’s utterly exhausted, that if things continue this way, the vicious vampire described in that book would become the reality of her life? She didn’t want to live like that, though she truly felt guilty toward Gu Wei.

The physical torment could momentarily distract her from the mental self-reproach. Her consciousness began to blur this sensation wasn’t much different from when she died in her past life. This time, she had no intention of coming back. She’d rather be a cloud, drifting occasionally to visit her parents from her previous life or check in on Gu Wei and Jiang Nian to see if they were doing well.

The door burst open. Jiang Nian rushed in, snatched the blood bag from Dr. Ji’s hands, took a large gulp, and then pressed her lips against Gu Li’s. Her tongue couldn’t pry open Gu Li’s tightly clenched teeth, so she swallowed the blood herself. Tearing off the inhibitor patch on Gu Li’s nape, she sank her fangs, still tinged with the metallic taste of her own blood into the vulnerable flesh without hesitation.

She acted frantically, without finesse. Gu Li’s most delicate gland was now trapped between her teeth as Jiang Nian steadily infused her omega’s soothing pheromones into it. When the most intense wave hit, Gu Li couldn’t suppress a moan. Seizing the moment, Jiang Nian swiftly tilted the blood bag into Gu Li’s mouth.

The blood was forced down Gu Li’s throat, choking her. Only then did Jiang Nian snap back to reality, her chest heaving from the frantic sequence of actions. The monitors nearby finally stabilized, the steady beeping lines, once flat when she had charged in, now pulsed with renewed life.

Jiang Nian had been crouched outside the room, waiting until she dozed off, only to be jolted awake by a nightmare. Without thinking, she had stormed in.

Her first reaction upon seeing the scene was that Gu Li wasn’t taking the medicine and that her vitals were crashing. What followed was a desperate, instinctive series of actions. Thankfully, it wasn’t too late.

Gu Li coughed up saliva as she slowly opened her eyes to Jiang Nian’s face, pale with lingering fear. Still disoriented, she instinctively spat out the milky tea-flavored blood that had scorched her throat, the mixture of blood and saliva splattering onto the bed and floor.

Dr. Ji seized the chance to administer a sedative, wiping his sweat before giving Jiang Nian an approving thumbs-up.

This was, without a doubt, the most ferocious omega he had ever seen, marking Gu Li right in front of them, even using her reaction to force the medicine down.

Jiang Nian and Gu Wei moved to support Gu Li, only relaxing once they confirmed she was out of danger.

Jiang Nian stood to the right, leaning closer to the alpha. The pheromones of her triggered heat began to permeate the room, intertwining with the lavender scent of Gu Li’s alpha essence in a silent dance. Gu Li mumbled something incoherent, and Jiang Nian, licking the remnants of alpha pheromones from her fangs, bent her ear to Gu Li’s lips to listen.

The monster’s final words reached her ears. Unlike Gu Wei’s denial, Jiang Nian slipped her finger between Gu Li’s elongated fangs during her rut. Gu Li was fully conscious now, dumbfounded as she gingerly held the finger in her mouth, careful not to break the skin.

“You see? You didn’t bite me when you were awake.” Jiang Nian forced a smile, even pressing her finger deliberately against Gu Li’s fangs until they pierced the skin, drawing blood. Gu Li’s lips instinctively closed around the digit, greedily drinking the blood.

With her free hand, Jiang Nian pinched the alpha’s marked nape, freshly claimed by an omega and the stimulation made Gu Li pause her feeding. Dazed, she lifted her head to look at Jiang Nian, carefully releasing the finger before her tongue flicked apologetically over the small wound.

Nearby, Gu Wei and Specialist Ji watched in shock.

Jiang Nian suddenly broke into a bright smile. “See? Even if you lose control and bite me, I can still wake you up, Gu Li.”

Her soft hands pinched Gu Li’s cheeks, pulling the alpha’s bewildered lips into a smile. “Don’t be afraid. I’ve got you.”

Even if you become a monster, I can pull you back.

Dreams were truly wonderful things they gave warnings and answers. Hours earlier, when Jiang Nian had dozed off outside the door, she had relived the scene of Gu Li drinking her blood twice at close range. Both times, she had woken Gu Li up. One moment, the alpha was lost in the bloodlust; the next, she was snapped back to awareness.

Though the methods of waking her had differed, the result was the same.

Jiang Nian was stunned by this discovery. Eager to test her theory, she had offered her finger without hesitation and it worked. She couldn’t describe how she felt now, as if she were the sole thread keeping a kite from flying away. But Gu Li wasn’t just a kite, she was someone Jiang Nian loved, someone she wanted to keep.

The alpha herself seemed confused by her own reaction. She wanted to speak, but Jiang Nian pressed her bleeding finger to Gu Li’s lips again. The fresh taste of blood stirred her hunger, but then she heard Jiang Nian’s pleading voice, trembling with unshed tears.

“Don’t bite me.”

The vampire stopped drinking on instinct. Suddenly, she remembered the first time she had bitten Jiang Nian in the bathroom. Gu Li met the other girl’s gaze, now free of fake tears and saw the sly smile playing on her lips.

“See? It’s true. Don’t be afraid anymore, Gu Li.”

I really can hold onto you.

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