A hybrid girl in the city gets mixed in unusual events of life
(Frank’s POV)
Next morning.
In the Fire Blood pack of Wolveshire Stronghold.
‘I didn’t mean to leave you like that, but it’s necessary to learn the truth. Alene, please bear with it,’ I thought.
That’s when Ned appeared behind.
“Frank, do you realize? In what situation are we now?” Ned raised his tone.
He is very mature, and his opinion is a lifeline for the pack’s security. Fire Blood pack is the enemy of vampires for many generations. It was a fight in the past which led to our pact to break and start an unusually crucial situation in between.
“Jake and his beta members will oppose, knowing Alene has vampire blood in her. Jake always sought for even the slightest of a chance of going against you and now you offer it willingly.” Ned yelled at me as if he was my mother.
“Betty, where is Martha? Call her here!”
“Humph! OK. Just a minute.”
She is my sparring partner and we know each other closely. But I have withheld a secret from her.
She didn’t like being avoided. But indeed a slim chance of finding more about hybrids is crucial.
My father once mentioned before his death that vampire blood is not only immortal but it can still fuse with werewolf blood. Once one of werewolf 's forefathers tried and his son succeeded in doing that. Those times were when vampires and werewolf lived with laws and unbreached pact. Werewolf forefather accomplished so as he allied to one of the vampire pure blood.
And Martha knows better about this myth. She learned about that from her mother. It’s still strange to her and us.
Martha entered the room a few moments later.
“You called me Frank?” Martha entered, confused.
“Is there a way to remove vampire blood within a werewolf's body with no risk?” I asked.
“Martha, it’s not possible, right?” Betty roughed at Martha.
“What is it? Who is this about? Anything serious.” Martha asked, uncertain.
“Martha, my mate, which I told yesterday in the morning. It’s about her. So, please.”
“How is it…… Oh! which I know? But what is going on?” she asked, confused.
“She is a hybrid. From werewolf mother and vampire pure blood father.” Ned said.
“What? How? Where is she? It’s unsafe to stroll without safety.” She panicked.
She had a different concern for this matter.
Vampires usually appear near the border of our area and cause ruckus and even fights break out. Alene’s tent is near a river, opposite to the vampire-werewolf border. They do not declare the pact officially invalid, but vampires are crossing the line. Everyone in the pack knows that a war is inevitable.
Three centuries ago, the Wolveshire Strongholds Geld, a powerful Alpha of Fire Blood pack of werewolf and Mortham Citadel’s Timothy, a pure blood vampire of the Silk Moon family, were allies.
One day, Timothy’s sister Matilda came to visit him at Mortham Citadel. She lived faraway on an island, secluded from the outside world. Vampires there are extremely vicious and didn’t like werewolf, not even in imaginations.
Geld and Timothy are doing mock battles in the backyard training ground of Timothy’s castle, and Matilda saw very muscular Geld fighting Timothy on equal footing and was leading.
“Timothy, blow him in the ass.” She shouted.
“Matilda! When did you arrive here?” Timothy punned her.
They quit fighting and sat at the counter for a drink. Matilda, with ice-blue eyes and blond hair, looked terrific and elegant.
“I didn’t know you were regressing.”
“It’s not like I am born-combatant like someone.”
“Hahahaha”
Geld couldn’t hold his giggle and exploded. Matilda’s eyes narrowed.
She didn’t like him and even more; he was buddies with Timothy. It was disgraceful for a vampire to have a werewolf friend instead hunt them and suck their blood.
“Humph,” she faced another way.
“Geld! She is my cousin from a faraway island of vampire royals. We learned together, but her ability surpassed her age and finished soon from the institute. When we were ranking, she was a full-fledged royal champion and strategist already.” Timothy said.
“Hmmm…” Geld groaned.
“Elegant, but still treacherous. But it’s different, too.” He said.
“What’s different? You heard correctly. I am deadly. So, fear me.” She mocked.
Time flew by and next time in the backyard, Geld met Matilda and commended her for her eyes and how special her hair color was. She smiled.
“Won’t you despise me seeing that I murdered your kind?” She asked.
“Well, Timothy is my buddy and enmity is just far-fetched for our bond.” He said.
“Ooh!” Matilda groaned.
Their meetings lasted longer. It is obvious what is happening.
One day, they are roaming around training grounds.
Timothy saw them kissing accidentally.
“Whom are you guys trying to fool, huh? No one can claim you are rivals, seeking to slay each other.” He said.
Geld’s wolf, who was bracing for getting a mate, reacted to Matilda from the very first encounter. Matilda, too, fell for his flaming red eyes and red hair. It felt magical for her, and her vampire felt a certain bond with him. But Timothy has an uncertain feeling.
Geld and Matilda shied when Timothy caught them.
“Do you know your father won’t approve of this?” Timothy said.
Matilda’s eyes sunk in despair, and her face moped when she snapped out in reality.
She realized that their love and bond were nothing but sandcastles for her father. But…
“It’s a matter of time, he will change his opinion with time.” she said.
“With time, you say. It won’t happen. He will start a war with the entirety of Wolveshire if he learns about this.”
“We will run away and hide.” Geld intervened.
“You can’t!” Timothy shouted.
Timothy knew Matilda’s father better than anyone. Cruelty to no mercy, he didn’t even let go of their own member if they broke the order.
Five months later, rumor reached Matilda’s father.
A letter arrived from Hugo, vampire royal, father of Matilda, with warning and declaration of Citadel’s merging with the nearest castle of the vampire count Drake. Timothy frowned when he read it. He immediately went to Geld.
Matilda was pregnant. He went to caution them, but Hugo’s army besieged the Fire Blood pack home even before that. Fortunately, Matilda already escaped with Geld and hid near the border of vampire and werewolf territory.
Hugo searched everywhere but failed to find them. He tortured Timothy to get their hideout, but he remained silent.
Hugo had killed Timothy’s member ruthlessly before. He loathed that and helped Geld. Hugo got anxious and spread news of burning him alive. One of his vampire allies brought that news secretly to Geld.
Geld wanted to free his friend and asked Matilda to remain hidden until he returned and left. Matilda knew for certain he was going to die but couldn’t avoid it, even though. Her trembling hands gripped her heart and remained there.
Geld reached where Timothy was, hands tied up on the pole. He struggled to loosen him, but Hugo’s members charged and trapped him up instead.
Hugo arrived there. His eyes searched Matilda, but she was nowhere.
“Where is Matilda?” He grabbed Geld’s collar.
“She is where she should be. Somewhere safe from you.” Geld said.
Hugo’s anger boiled up, but his mother, Aria, calmed him down. She had secretly sent spies to look for Matilda, and they returned with her efficiently.
Hugo’s eyes lit up. He saw her fine, but his face soured when he noticed a swollen belly.
“Burn her!” she ordered.
Hugo didn’t expect that. Hugo’s eyes became broad.
“What? Why?” he panicked.
But he couldn’t do anything. His mother was stronger than him and anyone present there.
Timothy and Geld watched that happen helplessly.
Matilda got burned down with the innocent baby inside. Timothy and Geld screamed in despair.
But Timothy asked Geld to transform and drink his blood. It shocked him, but did, anyway.
It surprised Hugo for what they were trying to work out, but Aria knew about that and struggled to avoid them.
Too late.
Geld drank blood and his body transformed. Geld’s soul now inherited the vampire unexpectedly, and his wolf fused but was still incomplete.
Both of them charged at her, loosening themselves.
Hugo’s members, who were staying still, struck them and blocked them.
Aria knew killing them now would be tough.
She started the blood entanglement ritual hurriedly, but Matilda’s soul interfered. Aria frowned, being interrupted.
In that moment, Timothy threw himself into the encircling, struggling to save Geld.
But sadly, they failed their attempt. Aria sealed their soul and blood right there.
Hugo’s eyes grew wide in dismay.
“Never ever again repeat such a crime. I forbid it as sin and punishment will be an eternal seal like this one. Is it clear?” Aria shouted towards vampires present there.
Everyone remained mute, swallowing. They gulped their ego, and fear reigned them. All bowed down. Hugo and her mother left the place clenching hands in losing Matilda for strangers and truly their own kin didn’t support.
Later, werewolves from Wolveshire arrived, but they were late. Everything happened fast before they could react.
And their long-lasting enmity started growing even deeper.
“Martha! Martha!” Betty shook Martha’s shoulder.
“Huh?! Yes. Sorry I got lost in thought.” Martha said as she snapped into reality.
“You know how to remove vampire blood’s effect from the body, right?” Ned asked.
I looked at her with expectation, but what she said broke my hopes and plunged me into an abyss of sadness.
“No. What I know from hearsay, which my mother used to tell me, is that when vampire blood gets mixed into werewolf. When that happens the werewolf dies, but mother also said seal can affect its time of merge. It only delays, but eventually any stimulus will trigger and cause death at last.”
I didn’t expect her words to be this disastrous. Alene is my mate and when one doesn’t get a mate or becomes apart from, grief will eventually kill those. How will I….? Wait, but Alene is already turning 18. What will happen? She looked fine and showed no signs of becoming rogue.
I grabbed Martha’s shoulders and asked, “Is there no way? Alene is a hybrid, but her body shows no sign of merging. She won’t die, right?”
“I.. can’t… can’t say for sure until I see her in person. If her body is fine looking, then some seal is preventing the fusion.” She said,
Her face showed clearly that such a thing was totally impossible. It was false hope, but just, just a glimmer of hope is what I needed.
“OK. I will take you to her. And anything you remember which you might have forgotten, like anything related.” I said desperately.
She just shook her head.
“Wow! Now we will waste our time on this. Great!” Betty sneered.
“Betty, look after the pack for a while. We will come back soon. Let’s go, Ned.” I said with urgency.
At the same time we walked out of the pack house, Jake came back from hunting. With his two beta members, he is standing blood-stained from the hunt.
“Oh! Jake, take care of the pack. We’ll be out for a while.”
“Okay! By the way, is it near the border river?” Jake asked with a sly smile.
“Yes!”
“I smelled vampires around there. Take care and don’t get caught.” He said, waving his bloody hands.
“Vampires?”
“Martha! let’s hurry” I raced down the woods.
Ned and Martha followed silently. It was their first time seeing a hybrid alive up to the age of 18 and with no sign of going rogue.
Different thoughts started rampaging in my mind. Jake said he sensed vampires. If they get near there, Alene is in danger. I have to hurry. But Douard is there. Maybe he will sense vampires and escape. It must go that way, otherwise. It will be troublesome.
After a few dashes, we reached the river side. Camps appeared in sight on some steps and everything looked fine. Douard saw us from afar and waved hands towards us.
Martha looked at me.
“Yes! He is a werewolf-human child but doesn’t have a wolf. Only heightened senses and strength.”
“How peculiar and how did he remain unnoticed till now from vampires?” She said, surprised.
“Bring Alene here!” Ned shouted.
Douard nodded and went inside the tent.
She looked very sad and upset. It was too hard for her to get used to being around werewolf and things like vampires because until now she was away from such things.
We sat down on a fallen tree outside by the river and Martha started checking Alene.
Douard looked anxious. He looked at me with concerned eyes.
“It will be alright after what Martha finds. We should be able to solve a problem.” I assured him.
But inside, I was as impatient as him. I looked at Martha and Alene. She seemed very confused and lost.
“There is no vampire in me, right?” Alene asked.
But what Martha said shocked everyone.
“She is not just a hybrid but a vessel for carrying a seal of catastrophe.”
Martha has an exceptional ability to check one’s physical and spiritual status. But what she said baffled us.
“What? What is that?” I said, very confused.
“It’s that she will give birth to catastrophe.” Ned said.
Douard fell to the ground.
“this… this can’t be. What Emerald tried to avoid, happened?” he muttered.
“Emerald?!” Ned was shocked.
“Which Emerald are you talking about? Is it about 40 years ago?” he asked.
“How do you….. It’s just that I didn’t reveal it to you.” Douard sulked.
“What is it?”
“Emerald and Victor are Alene’s parents.” Douard said.
“Victor was a vampire count and Emerald was a werewolf. If Alene is a hybrid of them…” Ned said.
He got lost in thought then.
“She is born of werewolf and vampire!” Martha exclaimed.
She again hastily checked Alene and backed down.
“What is it?” I asked.
“She is fine but…”
“But… but what?” I asked.
I looked towards Alene. It broke her to pieces every time a heartbreaking news came to her.
Approaching her, I stroked her forehead, flipping hair around her eyes aside.
“There must be a way..” I assured her.
"She might die giving birth," Martha said.
"What?" Alene grimaced.
Saya and William, who were busy cooking, came near us.
"Why is Alene crying?" Saya said.
"Professor Douard! What is happening now? And Alene is on the floor crying." William asked, concerned.
"She is fine. It's just that she remembered her parents and became emotional." Martha tried to shift the mood.
"Really! Being a werewolf is not the cause?" William raised his voice.
Martha looked at Ned and me. Ned nodded his head, confirming he knew the truth.
"If it is like that, then listen. Alene has an entanglement seal, and it's possible that she will die giving birth to her babies."
Saya and William, who barely could grasp Alene being a werewolf, became more shocked to hear this.
"She won't die!" Saya held Alene's hands.
"But maybe there is a way.." Douard stood up and said.
"Ruins!" he exclaimed.
Martha's eyes grew wide.
"How do you know that?" she said.
"Do you also know that?" Douard was surprised. "If you know, then it will be the only way to save her and her future children." He said.
Martha looked hesitant about what to do.
"But I will never guarantee it will work." She said, uncertain.
But this gave me a last strand of hope which I was searching for. I held on to that thought and collected myself.
"Please tell me, what is that? If it can save her, I'm willing to even die trying it." I said.
Alene brought her fingers onto my lips and closed. She broke out in tears and hugged me.
"Never say such things, ever. I can't live without you. It will be me first, if one has to die." she said.
She became unstable. So, Saya took Alene to her tent. After that, we continued.
I turned towards Martha and Douard.
"Please explain what you were talking about earlier." I said.
"Ruins where Geld and Timothy got sealed can help to find out how to solve Alene's problem." Martha said.
"But it lies near the vampire area." Ned added.
Douard was listening to Martha carefully. He felt something was missing in her story.
"Did you know that seal which captured Geld and Timothy from legends is transferable?" He said.
"What are you talking about? If that is possible, then they would have already broken free and been born again." Martha looked towards Douard.
"Geld and Timothy are souls with blood ability when sealed centuries ago." Douard said.
"We need to check the place where the seal is. If it is undone already, we can't do anything." Ned said, concerned.
Time flew without reign, and we searched for the place of seal, where Geld and Timothy died. But something unexpected was waiting for us.
