Heart Stopping

"Lucas." A cold wave embalmed Vinay when he saw the Alpha, who had blood stains on his white shirt, carrying a lifeless looking Imani through the audio and video intercom system of his house and he instantly opened the front door. "Oh my God. What happened?" he asked as a wide eyed and pale faced Lucas stepped in while staring at the woman in his arms. "Sumitra!"

Imani looked completely normal, like she was asleep, but the blood on her lips and the front of her dress was a giveaway that something was wrong. She was no longer breathing but her heart was still beating weakly... it was very close to stopping.

"I don't- I don't know. We were –" What they'd been doing before she started foaming at the mouth flashed through his mind and he could still remember how her lips felt against his while he and Vinay rushed into the living room where Ella was laying down on a couch. "She just suddenly –"