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Delphia was used to cravings. A need for certain blood types or just the need for blood. She hadn’t had issues with it in centuries, it was easy enough to satisfy them. She just had to keep acting on them and ignore the one she didn’t understand bubbling inside. Each night she left sooner and came back later as the craving she didn’t understand continued to grow.
Each night she woke up to the scents of her family and the people she loved and the craving grew stronger. She knew it wasn’t one to feed, if it was she’d be trying to find ways to stay away. She just didn’t understand it. This craving that she never had until she remembered, until they accepted her past and how they were tied to her. She bit her lip as she made her way through her home another night of feeding that kept her out later than the others were used to.
This time it was late enough they’d fallen asleep waiting. She didn’t want to leave them out in the open like this, just in case a human arrived here. It wasn’t common, but she couldn’t risk it. She knew they didn’t like the cloth on her gloves, they said it was itchy and woke them up. She slipped them off before reaching for the youngest of her family. As soon as she’d touched them she pulled away and jumped back.
She was careful and slow as she approached again. She followed through moving Sola and Luna onto her hands. They hugged each other from the cold, but didn’t wake. That craving she’s had was falling slightly at this moment. She brought them to her room where they’d all decided to spend each night. She followed through with each of them slowly bringing them to a place with more safety if anyone shows up here.
It was as she finished bringing them the craving that had bubbled finally seemed satisfied. Of course the two she took last were Ash and Alessia. The two woke up in her hands and wrapped themselves around her fingers. She smiled at them and moved to turn the heat on in her room. She didn’t need it, but it would warm up her family as they stayed with her. She climbed into her bed, feeling as the sun was rising.
She held her hand close to her face, staring at the two who latched onto her warmly. The craving finally satisfied. She wasn’t sure if it would come back, if it was just a need to be close or something more either. She didn’t care, this was another craving she could give into at times. One that just reminded her that she wasn’t alone anymore.