“What does that mean? I thought she was dead.” Ryker said, rushing over to my side. I couldn’t answer his questions, I couldn’t think clearly let alone speak. My mom was alive, she was probably being held hostage by Arthur. I don’t know why he was keeping her alive but knowing him, it couldn’t be anything good. “Where is she, why hasn’t she contacted you?” Felix asked. Why did they keep asking me questions, couldn’t they leave me alone to think? “She is near where Arthur is, I think he is holding her captive.” The more that I thought about the situation, the more it worried me. I was concerned that Arthur had never told me that he had my mom. He wanted me to be with him and he could have used my mom as leverage to get what he wanted. The fact that he hadn’t done so, made me worry that he had hurt her in some way. Onyx growled in my head, she wanted to kill Arthur already. This was just fueling her hatred even more. She was determined that we would be the ones to rip him to pieces
Elijah has been keeping me busy for the last couple of days, trying to distract me, I guess. It made for a fun weekend but I was paying for it now. I was tired and I didn’t have any time this weekend to think about my problem. Today I was at school and I would have plenty of time to formulate a plan. I was approaching the end of school now and there wasn’t much for me to do. I had finished all my assignments and had learnt the syllabus so my days at school were pretty empty. That left me free to spend most of the morning in the library doing research and making plans. Using the information I had gathered from my connection to my mom, I had managed to narrow down her location. I couldn’t be sure but to me it felt as though the connection was originating from somewhere close to my old pack, probably no more than twenty kilometres away. When I looked at maps of that region there was a small village in about the right location. I wanted to check it out but I knew it was going to be dif
Elijah’s first reaction was to hold me as though he was terrified of losing me. It took him a few minutes for the shock of the situation to wear off and him to start reacting more normally. He picked me up and carried me over to his desk where he placed me on his lap, gripping my hips tightly. I could tell from the look on his face that he was already deep in thought, trying to work out what had happened. I nibbled on my lower lip anxiously, this was a conversation that I really didn’t want to have. “Arthur took control of my body didn’t he?” He asked after a few seconds. I nodded my head in agreement. I wasn’t sure what else to say, I didn’t want to tell him what I had agreed to. I knew how much it would hurt him to know what my plans were but I didn’t really want to lie to him either. I felt like Arthur had taken all my choices away and I was sick of it. I couldn’t wait until I had the strength to end his miserable existence. “What did he want from you this time?” He asked. “
The first vampire arrived shortly before the sun came up and since then they have been arriving slowly throughout the day. Their presence had forced the omegas and even some of the warriors to avoid the house completely. Even though werewolves and vampires weren’t enemies, they didn’t exactly get along either. Instead they tended to avoid contact with one another, with the werewolves keeping to their packs in small towns while the vampires kept to larger cities. Most werewolves could go their entire life never having seen a vampire in real life. The vampires themselves were an interesting group. Some of them looked like normal office workers but others among them looked as though they were frozen in time at various decades in history. It made me wonder if they dressed like this normally or if they were only doing it to show off how old they were. I couldn’t see how some of them could possibly get away with dressing in such a way in everyday life. “Is there anything that I need to r
We stayed up for most of the night discussing tactics with the vampires. They thought that our plan was terrible but as they couldn’t come up with anything better, even after hours and hours of discussion, I didn’t feel too bad. I had a feeling that they were only complaining about our plan in order to make us feel inferior to them. That after all seemed to be their favourite hobby. The only one who didn’t insult our plan was Jayne. She hadn’t said much since she realised her mistake in dealing with Ryker. She was probably regretting her choices but I was glad things turned out the way they did. Ryker deserved someone who would love him for who he was, not what he could give them. As Jayne was the one who initiated the rejection, Ryker would be given a second chance. Perhaps this one would be worthy of him.It was almost 2am by the time that we got everyone to finally agree to our plan. I was completely exhausted, so exhausted that when I woke up the next morning I couldn’t remember
Elijah and I were eating lunch when the alert came through. A large group of werewolves had been spotted heading towards our border and I knew right away that this must be the diversion that Aruther had set up for me. I had hoped that we would have more time together before this happened. Sensing my apprehension, Elijah wrapped his arms around me. He whispered a few words of reassurance before letting me go and heading out to play his part in our plan. I waited in the kitchen for a couple of minutes, downing what was left of my coffee and taking a couple more bites out of my bagel. I didn’t really have a role in our plan but I was worried that Arthur would try to find me. I couldn’t let that happen, it would ruin our whole plan. Arthur would know that I had no intention of coming to meet him if he saw me here. That would put everyone in this pack and all of the vampires that were helping us at risk. Taking a couple of bottles of water and some snacks with me I went to find a hiding
When I got back into the house my mom was waiting for me in the hallway. She had a few more grey hairs than I remembered and there were a few more wrinkles around her eyes. But other than that she was exactly as I remembered her. Tears started to pool in my eyes. I had spent most of my life believing that my mom was dead and yet here she was, she was stood right in front of me. It was completely overwhelming. I ran over to where she was standing and threw my arms around her, letting my tears overflow and run down my cheeks. “I missed you so much.” I said between sobs. “I missed you too Diana. I never stopped loving you and I am so proud of the women you have become. I hope you will always remember that.” She replied, holding me tightly. I couldn’t tell you for sure how long we stayed like that but when we finally let go of each other most of the vampires had vanished. The few that remained were now around the outskirts of the room, talking amongst themselves. “Maybe we should
Elijah watched me as I continued to eat my pizza. He had already stopped eating a few minutes ago and it felt strange to be watched so closely. It made me so self conscious that I tried a few times to say that I was no longer hungry. Elijah saw right through that pretence though. Each time he placed another slice of pizza on my plate and told me to eat it so forcefully that it could almost be considered an order. He wasn’t doing it through a desire to order me around though, I could feel his desire through our bond and I could hear his thoughts. He was enjoying looking after me and providing for me.“I didn’t know you were so bossy.” Felix told his brother after he fed me a fifth slice of pizza.“I’m not sure if he is being bossy or if he is just a feeder.” Ava suggested. I wanted to laugh but I wasn’t quite sure how he would take it when he was already so tense. “Well I hope he is a feeder because she looks like she is a bit too skinny right now.” My mom told everyone in the room,