My Mother is Dying

CHAPTER SIX

ZOEY

“Come with me,” He said and bound my hands with some kind of special chain, and I realized it was supposed to keep a vampire in check. But I wasn’t a vampire and I had no idea if it’d work on me.

I calmly followed after the guard even though he looked like wanted nothing more than to strangle me to death but he had no choice but to act accordingly. We walked through the hallway and I could feel the eyes of the pack members on me.

Some stared at me with curiosity, while others looked at me with pure hatred and I had no doubt that I didn’t belong here.

We stopped in front of a door but the guard didn’t even make an attempt to knock or make his presence known.

“This isn’t a good idea,” I heard a muffled voice, which I recognized to be Alpha Graham’s voice, from behind the door.

“We have no choice, Alpha. The Luna is dying.” Beta Ronald replied and he sounded extremely worried.

I couldn’t help but wonder what they were talking about. The luna was dying? So how does that have anything to do with me?

“She’s dangerous. I can’t let her sit with my mother. It’s too risky.” Graham replied in a much lower voice, like his resolve was slowly slipping away.

“We’ve chained her. No vampire can break that chain and we’ll watch her at all times.” Beta Ronald replied, and then there was silence. I waited, feeling nervous, as I couldn’t fully understand what they were talking about but I had a feeling that it was about me.

“Graham,” Beta Ronald said calmly. “We can’t let the Luna die like that. For the first time ever, we’ve managed to get hold of a vampire. Why don’t we make use of her while we have the chance?”

I gasped in shock as I began to understand them but the guard looked back at me and glared at me and I had to comport myself.

But I couldn’t help but wonder if they had purposely abducted me for their own personal reasons. Why? So why was he then acting like he was the one doing me a favour.

“She’s dear to the vampire king…,”

There we go again with the vampire king drama. I had no idea who the vampire king was and I wasn’t dead to him.

“…What if he comes to find her now?” Alpha Graham asked.

“Don’t tell me you’re scared.” Ronald said and I could hear the smile in his voice.

“Of course not. I’m just being careful,” He denied the claim and then he raised his voice, “Bring her in.”

The guard nodded, grabbed my arm and dragged me inside the room. The first thing I noticed when I walked in was a woman laying unmoving on the bed.

“I swear, I’m not a vampire,” I said immediately, without even giving any of them the chance to say a word. “I’m a wolf like you.”

Graham glared at me and his nostrils flared in anger. “Enough of your nonsense!” He said in a dangerously calm voice. “You should be grateful that I need you else, I’d have sent your dead body to your king.”

I swallowed in fear and I realized that he wouldn’t believe except I showed him my wolf form, but Frankie was acting up and I didn’t want to provoke him.

“I..I’m sorry.” I muttered and lowered my head. There was no use trying to prove myself when I couldn’t shift. Until I can finally shift, he wouldn’t believe me.

Graham sighed like he was contemplating whether or not to speak or not. He brushed his fingers through his hair.

He crossed his arms and sighed again like he hated what he was about to do but he didn’t have a choice.

“I need your help.” He suddenly said, making me gasp in shock and then I looked up at him and blinked in confusion.

“W-what?” I asked, although I heard him clearly, but I couldn’t process it. He needed my help! That was new.

My shock seemed to annoy him and he took a step closer, and I unconsciously took a step back even as I tried to be brave.

“My mother is dying. She’s under a curse, and the only thing keeping her alive is the presence of a vampire.” He paused and looked into my eyes. “That means you.”

I swallowed hard and whispered in a shaky voice. “M-me?”

“Yes.” He said with a frown and I could feel his patience growing thin. “You’ll leave the cell, and you’re going to sit with her. That’s all you have to do.”

I quickly shook my head and I quickly began to panic. How was I sure that this wasn’t a trap? What if his mother was already dead and so, he wanted to put the blame on me. “But I—I don’t understand. Why me? Why would you—”

“Because you’re the only one I have,” He cut me off in a sharp tone. “You do this, and you live. You refuse, and I put you back in this cell until you rot. Simple.”

I unconsciously flinched at his words but I couldn’t help it. He was rude and aggressive even when he was the one who needed my help. I wanted to refuse but I knew that I didn’t have a choice and the cell wasn’t the most comfortable place.

I still had no idea how I could help his mother but I couldn’t ask questions. Since he saw me as a vampire, I’d pretend to be a vampire until I prove myself.

“I-I won’t hurt her, I swear,” I quickly said. “I’ll do whatever you ask.”

“Good,” He nodded but still didn’t look satisfied. He just stood there and stared at me.

For some reason, his intense gaze made me feel hot and giddy but I quickly brushed it off. The silence was awkward so I stretched out my hands to him, hoping he’d release me from the chain but he just glared at me.

“Don’t make me regret this,” he said, “If my mother dies, I’ll make you beg for death.”

I swallowed and forced myself to nod and then almost immediately, three guards rushed in and stood by my side, while I sat beside his mother with my hands chained.