Malevolence - Legacy Series Book Two (The Legacy Series) (32 page)
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Authors: Devyn Dawson
Pascale threw his head back and cackled like a fool.
“Dolina, you do amuse me.”
Something snapped in me, instinct took over.
Rage boiled in my veins and I felt my wolf side pulsate through me.
Something was off, it was as if I was a wolf, but I didn’t shift.
Everything went black and white, and I felt powerful.
Oakley took a step back, giving me room to shift if needed.
It wasn’t.
I tilted my head, taking pictures with my mind, the vampire that stole my sister.
Not Arien, but Pascale.
We stood maybe three feet apart, I heard myself snort before I closed the gap between us.
“Vampire, listen and listen close.
My spirit was foretold by wiser shamans than you’ll ever know.
I haven’t disintegrated you as I should have the moment I saw you, out of respect for the human side of me.
Right now?
I’m not human, I’m all wolf.
I have the strength of twenty men, and the gumption to stake you now.
Our agreement in sparing you your life will be your silence.
If this is not possible, you die, now.
You see,
vampire
when a verbal agreement is made with me, it is a binding contract.
I am the Great Wolf, and you are nothing within your race.
I am the king of supernaturals and I speak for all, as their protector, and leader.
Now look me in the eye and agree or Allie dies.
Regardless if she is the sister to the human I am, my obligation belongs to the secrets I am bound to protect.
Her one single death will be nothing compared to what will come if you go public.
Do I make myself clear?”
The voice that came from my mouth sounded like the
Wizard of Oz
when he was standing behind the curtain.
Pascale stood in one spot, as if he were paralyzed.
His eyes, pale and clear tried to stare me down but could not.
“You vile dog, I will find a way to kill you.
Watch your back, because one day, I’ll be there and you’ll die,” he growled at me.
“Agreed, I will not partake in any way to expose the supernatural race.”
Rays of light swirled around us, as a vortex of binding took over.
I’d only gone through it one other time since I’d turned into the Great Wolf; it was how I knew he’d not be able to break a contract with me.
“Bring me my Allie,
dog
.”
“I prefer to call her Allie cat, but if you insist, I’ll call her Allie dog.
I doubt she’ll like it,” I replied.
“She’ll return if that is the choice she makes.”
“
Pru, we’re here.
I’ve been trying to find Gus but I can’t.
Pascale said he is taking us to you and we’ll handle it from there,”
I thought to her.
We found the door that was barely hanging by a hinge and knocked it down.
Pru stood hunched over with her arms out, like a wrestler does before a match.
“Pru, you’re okay.
Thank
gawd
, I’ve been so worried,” Oakley said as he pulled a strange tool out of his pocket.
It was some type of tool to pick locks with.
Smart.
The door opened and we all looked around the room for Gus.
I could smell that he’d been here.
I smelled his blood from somewhere in the cage.
Pru didn’t move from her spot, her eyes were wild.
“Pru?
What’s wrong?”
I asked.
She growled in reply.
Oakley took a step towards her and she hunkered down lower.
“Don’t touch him!
Stay away!
No! No! No!
Go away!
Leave him ALONE!”
Pru yelled.
I wasn’t sure what was going on.
I’d never seen her react that way.
“Pru honey, we need to leave.
We have to get out of here,” I coaxed.
“They killed him,” Pru whispered and burst into tears.
“You cannot go with us, for you have no clothes and
can not
dance.” Cinderella ~ Grimm’s Household Tales
Allie was strapped in a chair in middle of the room.
My mom and dad were talking to her and it looked as if they were getting through to her.
“Allie honey, we can help you.
We have the antidote and can help,” mom pleaded.
“Mommy, you don’t understand.
I don’t
want
to change back to who I was,” she turned to face me.
“Abel, tell her what it’s like to feel like you belong.
I know that’s how it is for you too.
I’m getting better at it and I don’t want to be human again.” She turned her head to look at our dad.
“Daddy, I love him and I will be with him forever.
I can handle it.
I haven’t killed anyone.
Yes, I’ve drank blood but I haven’t made anyone do it.
I promise.
I love Pascale, he is everything to me.
I’m sorry it isn’t what you want for me.
I don’t want to be a pathetic loser in college; I’m free to be me.
I’ll always be young and in love.
Please don’t make me human.
I love you all.
I do.
I’m sorry.
Please!
I don’t want to be
saved.
”
“You’re not yourself, you don’t know what you want,” mom said.
“I do know what I want, and what you’re offering isn’t it.
I haven’t wanted to bite any of you.
Well the werewolves smell disgusting, I’d never be tempted.
Mommy, you don’t smell delicious to me.
Daddy, you don’t either.
It means I can come visit you.
Abel, I don’t want to give it up and I have to make you get that.
Why can’t you get it?”
Allie sobbed.
Pru walked over to her and unstrapped her.
“Abel, we can’t do this.
It’s obvious that she wants to live as a vampire.
Don’t force her.
Look, I just lost someone really important to me, and I know how it feels.
Allie, go,” Pru said as she pointed to the door.
We all stood there and watched as Allie stood up.
She ran to our mom, every werewolf in the room gasped.
Allie gently pulled mom into her arms and hugged her.
“I’ll come to see you mommy, I love you.
I want you to love me too.”
Mom put her arms around her and cried.
“I love you baby.
Go, it’s okay.
I’m here for you, please call me.”
Dad went over and put his arms around them until they’d all cried themselves out.
Allie crossed the room to me and hugged me.
“Thank you,” she whispered before she ran out the door.
There I stood, in a room of my peers; my sister was still a vampire.
The sacrifice we went through to save a girl that didn’t want to be saved.
Damn.
“Let’s get out of here,” Oakley said.
“I see you have good boots on, which are well blacked, said he to the huntsman, but if you had to travel about as I have, they would not last long.”
The Boots of Buffalo-Leather ~ Grimm’s Household Tales
“Remind me not to travel with faeries the next time I agree to let a family of them travel with us.
I mean seriously, did they bring all of their cousins too?
There were so many!”
I said.
“At least they already have arrangements for housing here.
What are the odds that they’d have first cousins in Oklahoma City?”
Oakley asked.
“I can’t wait to drive my truck again.
Being a passenger is getting on my nerves.
It’s only been a week and a half and I feel like we’ve been gone a month.
You have no idea how close I came to kissing the ground when we landed.”
“Me too!
I can’t believe that Chrissy left without saying good-bye” I said.
I didn’t tell anyone that she left me a letter.
I hadn’t opened it yet; I wasn’t ready to be single.
I knew that’s what she wrote.
I looked out of the window, watching the bare trees pass us by.
Pru was in the mini-van behind us with her mom.
Gus’ death was taking a toll on her.
It didn’t matter that he died in the line of duty, it still sucked.
His memorial service was in two days.
They actually made us run him through customs, as if we were smuggling stuff in his casket.
“ A certain man had a donkey, which had carried the corn-sacks to the mill indefatigably for many a long year.” The Bremen Town Musicians ~ Grimm’s Household Tales
Josie had food catered in for everyone since it was Estelle’s day off.
“Guys, you aren’t going to believe this; Sam shifted back this morning,” Josie said.
“Great, did she remember who she was?”
I asked.
I pulled out hangers for everyone to hang up their coats.
Dolly was a stickler about our coats being on a hanger in the closet.
“Sadly, no.
She was pretty cool though.
She wasn’t all crazy or anything.”
As if on cue, Sam walked into the room.
“Hey you, how’re you feeling? The first time burns like hell, but the second one is easier,” I said as I crossed the room to her.
“Looks like you survived, is everything cool?
Were they good to you?”