When I wake up I’m back in the cell. I quickly check my body to see if I’m clothed, and I am. “Anastasia , are you awake?” Theo asks, sounding exhausted. “Yes, I am. Theo are you okay?” I ask, walking toward him at the back of the cell. “Theo !” I scream when I see the state he’s in. He’s worse than before. His shoulder has an open wound where the rogue was trying to bite it off. His face has claw marks all over. His neck has a vampire bite wound, and he seems to be sweating. I place my hand on his forehead to check his temperature and it's high. The silver in his body is taking time to come out, so it's making him sick. The wounds he has aren’t helping to speed things up. I quickly tear a piece of my shirt and tie his shoulder to try and stop the bleeding as much as I can. “Theo , you’re not looking good. We can't wait for you to recover before we try and escape. You’re badly injured and getting sick. It's going to take a lot to heal you. We need to come up with a new plan.” “
Three days later, Ekaterina arrives, and she’s perfected the werewolf silver shield spell. We’re about to test it. “You can shift now,” Ekaterina tells Theo . All the silver is gone from his body, so he can shift now. He’s also fully recovered. The humans didn’t notice him getting better when they brought our food the last couple of days. They hardly even entered the cell, just throwing the food in. Theo shifts into his beautiful midnight wolf. Theo ’s wolf is the biggest I’ve ever seen. I’m not surprised since he’s the werewolf King. His wolf is ten or twelve feet tall, taller than I stand even in human form. My wolf is around six or seven feet tall, the average height for werewolves. That’s half of Theo ’s wolf in size. I’m not shifting because I need to open the doors as we try to free our people. I know we can break down the doors in wolf form, but it’s easier if I just use my hands. I walk closer to him and pass my hands through his fur. It feels very soft and nice under my
Two weeks have passed since we escaped the human fight ring. We finally entered vampire territory a few days ago. We waited a week after we escaped because Ekaterina fell sick. The silver protecting spell took an enormous toll on her body. Luckily for us, she recovered well and was able to cast a strong spell to help us enter vampire territory without raising suspicion. Things between Theo and I are the same. He treats me with respect, but other than that, nothing has changed. I wish it would because with him treating me with care, I find it hard not to have feelings for him. Sometimes I think about initiating something between us but don't ever follow through with it. I’m too shy, and I don't want to face rejection if I’m misreading his signs. Theo , Ekaterina, and I are on the streets in vampire territory, asking around for my Mom. I’ve asked more than a hundred people today, and none of them have seen her or know her whereabouts. I’m starting to worry that I’m too late in finding
Where could his body be? Did the vampires tear him to pieces so that there’s nothing left of him? Is Theo dead? No, I don’t want to believe that. There is already the possibility that Mom might be gone and now Theo . No, I can’t lose Theo. I can’t lose him. I need to find him, but where will I even start. I barely know where I am. I hear a tree branch snap behind me. I quickly change back to wolf form and get ready to attack. I snarl at the vampire who steps out from behind the tree “Hi, I mean no harm. I just brought you some clothes to change into,” he rushes to say before I attack him. He has clothes in one of his hands. The vampire looks are around his mid or late twenties, no more than twenty-seven. He has black hair with brown eyes and looks pale and dead like all vampires do. I look at the brown-eyed man, confused, and wondering why a vampire would offer me clothes. He didn’t take advantage when I was lost in my thoughts and attack me by surprise. He’s behaving very unusual
The following morning, Mason and I go outside for his vampire test. I don't know if I want to be a vampire or not. It’ll explain why I can mask my scent and what happened that day with Lucas. He said he smelled a vampire when I hid my scent. “Mask your scent,” Mason says as we stand at the entrance of a cave. We came to the cave at dawn just before the sun rose. “Done,” I say after I do it. “Put your finger out.” I do as he says, and I wait for the burn to come, but it doesn’t. I close my eyes to numb any pain if it comes. I slowly open my eyes to see why I didn't burn. My finger is glittering. I’m blown away. “I’m like Edward right now,” I say, grinning, thinking about the Twilight books. The author did an excellent job in a lot of things regarding the supernatural. I walk out of the cave, still masking my scent, and bathe my body under the sun. “You look magnificent,” Mason says, smiling. “I know. Did your daughter also glitter under the sun?” “Yes, she did. I didn't want to
“Thank you, Ekaterina,” Theo says once she’s done casting the silver shield spell. I move back and give Theo room to break down Mom’s cell door. We plan to rescue her tonight. I didn’t have a way to save her because it would’ve been hard to sneak her out since she can’t mask her scent like me. With Ekaterina here, we can teleport somewhere safe before the vampires realize what’s happening. Mason helped us knock out the guards and is on the lookout in front as we try to open her cell door. Theo walks forward and tries to pull open the door of Mom’s cell. He gets burnt badly while doing it. What is going on? Why did the cell burn him even though Ekaterina cast her spell on him? “That’s not supposed to happen,” Ekaterina says, looking shocked. “Is it possible you cast the spell wrong?” “I hardly doubt, but I’ll cast it again,” she says and does it. This time she also cast it on me. “Ana, try,” she says, and I walk forward to the cell. I put my hand on the bar and it burns. “Wha
It’s been a week since we came back to Theo ’s territory. He fell into a coma after the surgery. The doctors don’t know why he hasn’t woken up. I spend every day with him in the hospital. I talk to him a lot because they said it’d help. They said if we completed the mating process before it happened, I would’ve been able to enter his mind and wake him. It’s too bad the only thing Theo and I have done is kissed. I hear someone entering the kitchen. “Hello, dear?” Mom says. “Hi, Mom.” “How’s he doing?” “He’s the same.” “Don’t worry, he’ll wake up soon. Do you have time to spare before you go and see him?” “Yes, is there something you want to talk about or need?” “Yes, there is something I want to talk to you about.” “Alright, let me quickly wash this. You can wait for me in the living room. I’ll join you once I’m done,” I say, carrying my dirty plate to the sink to wash it. “Okay, I’ll be waiting for you,” she says and walks out of the kitchen. I walk to the living room once
“I’m cursed,” Theo says, once we’re sitting in our bedroom. “You’re cursed, with what?” “My mate will die if I mark her.” “What?” I say, shocked. “A witch cursed whoever my mate is to die once I mark her.” “Why?” “Because my mother killed her mate.” He must be talking about Leonardo’s mate “How did you find out you were cursed?” “You’re not my first mate.” He swallowed hard. “Oh, I’m not,” I say, surprised. I shouldn’t be because, if I remember correctly, I heard women talking about me being his second mate. “My first mate died when I marked her.” “How did you know it was because you were cursed?” “Before my mate died, the witch used her body to tell me. She carved the message on her belly.” “That must have been horrific. I’m so sorry, Theo . How old were you?” I’m guessing he was young since it’s not a lot of people who know he had a mate before. “Eighteen. I had recently ascended to the throne.” “You were so young. I can’t imagine what you went through,” I say, i