Externally.

Bailey

"I felt a weird feeling go through my body when our skin touched."

"Good weird or bad weird?" Liliana asks as she stands by her mirror and brush her hair.

"Definitely bad." I sigh "But I don't know, I've just gotten used to using my powers I don't exactly want to make assumptions"

She turns to me "If I have learnt anything over the years of being a vampire is to always trust your gut. If you have a bad feeling about your prof then he's probably hiding something."

I nod before saying "He did seem heartbroken the other day when he mentioned his dad stealing his powers. It's probably his hurt that I felt. Maya mentioned it's normal for witches to feel other people's emotions."

She tilts her head "Your professor told you about his life? I don't even know my professor's name, I just call her ma'am."

I shrug "We were just talking and it happened to come up."

She hums as she stares at me through narrowed eyes "And it just happened to come up that he called you late at night to help him? Or how it just so happened to come up that he let you borrow his car."

"He definitely wants to fuck you." Marcus says from behind me

I startle and turn around to glare at him "This is a private conversation"

"It's not that private if I can hear you." He says dryly

I huff "You can hear everybody's conversation without even trying."

Liliana says "It doesn't matter whether this conversation was private or not, Marcus is right. Your prof obviously wants you."

I frown and glance back at Marcus who nods in agreement. Now is probably the right time to tell them I almost kissed him but he pulled away, if he wanted me then he wouldn't have done that. I open my mouth to disagree but Marcus holds a finger up to shush me and Liliana stops what she's doing. They seem to be listening to something but I for the life cannot hear what so I just stay silent as they listen intently but it's not long before I hear a window open in one of the rooms in our dorm. Without a word being said and at lightning speed, Marcus is out of the room with Liliana right behind him and I walk out as well to make sure it's not my room's window that just opened.

"Bailey, come here!" Liliana says and I follow her voice to Tyler's room, pausing when I see him lying butt naked on the bed with a pillow covering his junk. But what has my attention is the blood covering his body.

"What happened?" I ask as I step closer to them

"I transformed last night" Tyler says with a groan

Liliana raises a hand "Hold the fuck up, I thought you only transform on a full moon."

Before Tyler can answer, Marcus says "Yes but because Tyler hasn't transformed yet it was only a matter of time before he did." He glance at Tyler "Look at the bright side, now you don't need to panic anymore and know that you'll be a werewolf only a full moon."

Tyler lets out a dry laugh and I blink about a thousand times "Did you hurt someone?"

He closes his eyes before saying softly "I think so."

No, this is not good.

"We need to tell the dean." I immediately say

"We're doing no such thing." My eyes snap to Marcus at his words

"What? Why not?"

He glares at me "Mr Robinson almost rammed a knife through my heart when he thought I was feeding on human blood. Imagine what he'll do if he found out that Tyler hurt another student. On accident."

I frown "I'm sure if we explained it to him then he would understand"

He scoffs "Bailey, I know you may think the dean is some decent person because he gave you a scholarship but that's only because he fucks your aunt. But the rest of us? He treats us like garbage"

My eyes widen at his words "What are you talking about?"

"You heard me just right." He says and Liliana swats his arm to be quiet

I blink before glancing at Tyler and Liliana who are avoiding my eyes. Wow. So everyone just knew my aunt was getting it on with Mr Robinson and nobody thought to tell me?

I shake my head "So what do you guys want to do if not go to the dean?"

"Find the person" Marcus says like it's the most obvious thing "If we find them and I gave them vampire blood then their wound would heal and voila. Problem solved."

Liliana raises an eyebrow "You make it sound easy. What if the person is dead?"

I groan "Please no, anything but that possibility."

"Let's do this. Bailey, you will stay here and watch Tyler because he looks a bit sick" Marcus says and I glance at Tyler who's eyes are half-lid and his body is sweating "Liliana and I will go around campus, see if we can find anything. And perhaps the woods."

Before I can say anything Liliana says "It's better that way, Marcus and I have speed as an advantage."

I nod "Okay, you guys go and I'll take care of Tyler."

They nod and without another word before said they are gone, I glance back at Tyler who gives me a lazy grin "I'm hot yeah?"

I roll my eyes "More like a hot mess." He laughs softly before winces as he clutches his ribs "Does it hurt?"

"Badly. I think someone may have kicked me"

I frown "Do you not remember anything?" He shakes his head and I say "Let's get you in the shower."

"I'm naked." He says tiredly

"I know but you need to take a shower, Ty. I won't make this weird if you don't."

"Alright" I help him to the bathroom before letting him clean himself and give him some privacy as I head to my room and send a text to Eli.

'I won't be able to make it class today. My apologies.'

It's not long before his reply comes back 'Is everything okay?'

'Yeah, no need to worry. Have a good lecture today though'

'You have a good day too, Miss Harper'

Butterflies erupt in my stomach as I think about him saying my last name in his usual tone, before I can send out another reply I hear stumbling from the bathroom and immediately make my way inside.

"You could've called me" I say as I help him get out of the shower and wrap a towel around his waist

"Didn't want to bother you."

"Don't be silly." I frown when I see his eyes dropping and put a hand to his forehead "You're burning up, Ty."

"Mm-hmm"

Instead of taking him to his room, I take him to mine and he doesn't question it as he lays down on my bed with a sigh. I pace around anxiously as I wait for Lili and Marcus to come back while glancing at Tyler to see him looking somehow worse. "Something's wrong." I mutter to myself as I him practically look like he's dying. "Tyler." I snap my fingers in front of his face.

"Mmm?" He says half-heartedly

"Do you know where you are? Do you know who I am?"

"Natalie."

I pause in concern and confusion, I have no idea who Natalie is but he's obviously losing his mind and I start panicking. I grab my phone to call Mr Matthews but decide against it, surely I can do this on my own right?

No, I will do this.

I take a box out from under my bed and let out a heavy breath before taking out the book from inside. I page through it until I find the exact one I'm looking for and I close my bedroom door and my blinds before pulling my hair up into a ponytail. I try to clear my mind and calm my racing heart as I stare at the candle on my nightstand until it lights up, and I glance around my room noticing that the others are lit up as well. I grab Tyler's warm and sweaty hand into mine and close my eyes as I take a deep breath and do something I haven't done in a while.

A spell.

"The vessel is ailing, the vessel is wounded. The vessel yearns for mending, the vessel shall mend. As the moon waxes and wanes, so too does my strength. I call upon the healing powers of the Earth, of the Sun, and of the Moon. So mote it be."

Another deep breath.

"This flesh is weary, this spirit is bruised. I command this body to mend, I will this body to heal. By my own will, by the strength of my intent, I claim this wholeness. So it is decreed."

I squeeze his hand.

"The vessel is imbalanced, the vessel is fractured. I invoke the healing waters, the cleansing fire, the grounding earth, and the renewing air. Let the harmony be restored. So shall it be."

I open my eyes and stare down at Tyler for what feels like hours but in reality only a few seconds and I let a breath I didn't know I was holding when I see him open his eyes fully. And there's actually light in them, not the dull ones that I saw a few minutes ago.

"You okay." I say more to myself than to him but he answers nonetheless

"I'm okay."

I put a hand on my chest "Who am I?"

He raises an eyebrow with a slight smirk "Bailey Harper, the woman that you are."

I let out a laugh of relief before hugging him "You scared me."

"I didn't mean to" he says as he wraps his arms around me "But thank you, I feel so much better."

"I'm glad" I say as I pull away and glance around "I'm surprised the whole building isn't on the fire"

"Perhaps you're not as bad as you make yourself out to be."

"Yeah, right." I say dryly as I start packing away the spell book again and I pull my nose running, I grab a tissue and hide the fact that my nose is bleeding from him.

"I'm serious, Bailey. I don't know what the hell was wrong with me just now but you saved me."

I throw the tissue in the bin "And you're welcome" I give him a small smile "You mentioned a Natalie, who's that?"

His entire body language immediately changes and he lets out a scoff "No one."

I raise an eyebrow but before I can question him about it Liliana and Marcus comes back "We have a problem."

I stand with a hand covering my mouth as I stare at the dead body on the floor, I glance Tyler and see the absolute guilt on his face.

Marcus says "We need to think of a way to get this to not come back to us."

Liliana glares "Us? I'm sorry but I didn't have any hand in this."

Marcus glares right back at her "I know but do you want to help Tyler or not?"

She sighs "I want to."

"Good." He glances at me with a raised eyebrow

I nod "Me too."

"You guys don't have to" Tyler says "I'll think of something"

"No. We're in this together right now and that's that." Marcus says, his tone leaving no room for doubt.

Tyler nods and glances between us "I appreciate it."

I give him a small smile and Marcus says "What we're about to do, we'll have to take it to the grave." He glances between us with an intense expression "Forever and beyond. Externally."

Liliana nods "Externally"

"Externally" Tyler agrees

They all glance to me and I'm quiet for a moment before saying "Externally"