Chapter 117
Beau.
He is panicking.
I can see it in his eyes.
It was just a question but now he is thinking the worst. Uncle Jules just asked him a question to see if things have changed. It has just been a couple of hours since he last ate. I mean, he had my blood last night. There is no cause for alarm. He is probably now hungry.
’’You should drink blood. Where do you keep your stash?’’ he directs his question to my mate.
Alanis blinks and then his eyes dart around. It is just a simple question but he seems unable to comprehend at the moment. ’’He has some in the fridge of my house,’’ I answer for him.
Jules nods ’’Good, Blue help us get some blood for him from the fridge,’’ he tells his son.
I never even knew Jules had a son. I am sure there is a story to it. the fact that even Jules as a lone wolf has a son.
I don’t think there is actually anything wrong with Lanis. he is overthinking like he usually does.
Everything is fine.
I send him a mind link. He looks at me, with worry-filled eyes. I muster up the most assuring smile I can. I am not worried. Last night was not a mistake. It felt too real. Somehow I have seen the future. We have kids, we are happy. I don’t have anything to worry about. There is no doubt in my mind that all this is meant to be.
Blue comes back to the field with a flask. I know what it entails. The meal that Lanis needs to survive.
’’Drink it,’’ Jules orders Lanis. he grabs the flask with shaking hands. I don’t know why he is worrying. There is no cause for alarm. This is something he has needed for one hundred years. Nothing is going to change all of a sudden.
He places the flask in between his lips. I watch him as he takes a gulp. The veins around his eyes pop out immediately. They do that whenever he is drinking blood. The smile on my face widens, you see. I knew he had nothing to worry about. He downs the whole flask and drops it on the grass as he wipes blood from under his chin.
’’I see you still have your appetite. That is a good thing,’’ Jules exclaims. My eyes move to the mark I gave him. it is still red, no matter how fast he heals, somehow the bruise is still there. I fucking love that I am able to show the world that he is mine and there is no hiding it.
’’So, what else do we need to verify,’’ he asks finally smiling.
’’I don’t think there are changes. Everything seems to be fine with you. We just have to watch you. It usually takes twenty-four to forty-eight hours for a human to fully turn into a wolf after the ritual. I don’t think we have anything to worry about with you,’’ he smiles.
Jules seems to know what he is talking about. I am so glad that I called him. I wouldn’t have been able to handle all this on my own. ’’I want you to pay a visit to Alby while I examine Beau,’’ Jules tells Lanis.
’’Okay,’’ Lanis stands up from the ground and I watch him. I don’t want him to leave but I also know there must be a reason why Jules wants me alone.
’’I’ll see you later?’’ I grab his hand before he can leave.
He manages a smile and then squeezes my hand reassuringly. This is the beginning of our fighting. i have to fight to protect him. He walks away from the field and out of my sight, somehow my inner wolf knows that he is no longer here.
’’Something has changed,’’ Jules says immediately.
I raise a brow in confusion. He just said everything was alright. What the hell is he talking about now and why will he wait until he left?
’’What are you talking about?’’
He sighs ’’I didn’t want to alarm him because I could sense that he was already worried.’’
’’What are you talking about uncle. What is wrong with him?’’
’’I wasn’t the one that noticed. Frankly Blue is the one that sensed it and I am not saying that this is a problem because it is not.’’
At this point, he is just beating around the bush. He is talking about my baby here. He needs to tell me what the hell is wrong.
’’What the fuck are you talking about,’’ I scream at him.
I can’t handle all the back and forth and that is what he seems to be going right now.
’’don’t you raise your voice at me,’’ he glares at me, his eyes warning me already.
I don’t mean to, but I can’t help it. this is not an overreaction. This is just me wanting to get to the bottom of it.
’’I am sorry Jules; I just need to know. Please what is wrong?’’
He sighs and then runs his hands through his hair probably frustrated by this whole ordeal. I don’t blame him; he has nothing to do with this. I am the one that roped him into this whole thing.
’’Blue is a warlock,’’ he tells me even though that doesn’t have anything to do with me. I know what that is, I have only met two witches in all my life. they don’t really associate with us wolves. All supernatural beings like to stay on their own. How is this even possible. I can’t tell that he is a wolf, his wolf scent is very strong. So how can he be both? All these questions run through my mind even though I still don’t know what that has to do with Lanis.
’’Okay, what does that have to do with this?’’
’’Just listen.’’ He pleads with me. I nod and he continues ’’I met his mother and we had sex. I don’t know how it happened, but she got pregnant. She has a coven up north.’’
’’Okay.’’
’’I just found him two years ago. I never even knew he existed until he came looking for me. Analise kept him away from me for so long. She trained him in her coven. They made him think he was normal even though he was a wolf. You can imagine how that must have felt for him. unable to be his true self. Deep down, his wolf spoke to him, even though it was never given the chance to come out. Blue always knew that he didn’t fully belong there, he felt it deep within him.’’
I see the pain in his eyes. The fact that he had a son all along and he had to live a lonely life all those years must have sucked. Jules is another mystery that I haven’t figured out. I don’t know his story, I don’t know how he became so close to my father. I only know the little that I was told.
This back story is nice. I mean I was wondering about him but the fact that he is explaining all this to me in a crucial time like this means that this has something to do with Lanis.
’’I don’t want to bore you with this long story. To cut it short, he has supernatural powers. He also has this thing called aWilled Sense.’’
He looks at Blue who has been quiet all through. I don’t even think I have heard the guy speak before. He is very quiet.
’’What is a willed sense?’’
Jules nods ’’He can tell everything about a person just by inhaling their scent. He inhaled Alanis’s scent.’’
I nod, patiently waiting for him to get to the point. He seems to be enjoying this slow pace when all I want is to get to the fucking point.
’’What did he sense?’’ I question with a held breath as I wait for their answer.
’’He has the scent of a human, it is just faint, almost unrecognizable,’’ Blue speaks for the first time.
That is confusing to me, frankly, it doesn’t make any sense. He literally just drank blood. ’’He is still a vampire. The fact that he drank that blood proves that.’’
Blue nods his head ’’He also has the scent of a vampire and that is the strongest scent emanating from him,’’ he informs me even though that doesn’t even make any sense.
’’So, he is half of both?’’
Blue shakes his head; a strand of hair falls to his eye. Slowly he tucks the strand behind his ear ’’He also has the scent of a wolf but it Is the same scent that is pouring out of you, so we can’t be too sure, that might just be from the mating ritual.’’
This doesn’t make any sense.
’’This doesn’t mean anything yet, it is all very faint right now, it might not be anything. We don’t know what this means. This is all new to everyone. it might just be the ritual. The fact that you guys have a bond, now. There was a lot of mixes last night,’’
They are trying to reduce the fear in me but isn’t it already too late?
Why would they tell me all this and not tell Lanis? Somehow, I know they want me to tell him. I am his mate; I should be the one to break it to him but how can I tell him that he was right all along. His father warned him that this could come with repercussions and now I have to let him know that his father was right all along.
Fuck.