The Werewolf's Vampire Mate
Chapter 25: Spiraling

Chapter 25: Spiraling

Beau

I am weak.

I pull the covers over my head, feeling numb to everything. Alanis doesn’t know what to do. He is walking on eggshells around me. I completely understand why but I just need the space to breathe. He has done a lot for me; just being here with me is plenty. I am so tired of crying.

I hear is footstep around the room but I can’t muster the courage to look at him. I told him everything. I still can’t believe it. I don’t know what to think. It is all surreal to me. The fact that I only have memories of the man I look up to. The fact that I can’t talk to him, or hold him anymore. In the blink of an eye I lost my father.

The door to his room opens and I hear the voices. They are whispering but their words are clear as day "There is some footage from that night. I think you need to see it," Someone says but the voice is unrecognizable.

Alanis replies "Come on, let’s take it to your room," I hear them walk out of the room. I stand up from the bed in search of my phone. I find it on the floor and see a bunch of missed calls. Mostly from Rex but I see 2 from uncle Fallon.

Why Is he calling me?

I dial his number and he answers the call on the first ring "Where are you?" his voice is stern and very cold. The hatred I feel for him hits me instantly. I am not in the mood for any attitude from him. My father’s body isn’t even cold yet.

"I just needed to breathe. Just give me a day."

He laughs into the phone. How can he be laughing right now? Nothing about this situation is funny. "You need to come back right now. Decisions need to be made. Your father is dead," he reminds me like somehow in the span of a couple of hours I have forgotten the most painful thing to ever happen to me.

I sigh at his words because he is only interested in moving on and choosing the next alpha. I haven’t even fully come to terms with all that has happened. I am still grieving.

"I can’t come home right now. Please uncle. Just give me a couple of days. I am begging you," I beg him desperate for an escape from the reality I am in. He laughs again and frankly his laugh is fucking pissing me off. "You have no choice. We need to make arrangements. Bury Rick, choose a new Alpha" I freeze at his words because suddenly the reason why he is so concerned is clear. He just cares about the title. He will find a way to prove that I am not ready for the commitments.

I know for sure.

"Please give me today. I just need one day."

"Just one day," he ends the call without waiting for my reply. I drop the phone beside me on the bed and Lanis walks into the room. He smiles probably happy that I am awake and not crying.

"Hey," he moves closer and stops at the edge of the bed. He eyes are looking everywhere but at me. He is scared to do or say the wrong thing "How are you feeling now?"

Like shit.

"Okay I guess," I lie because I want him to stop worrying. I get up from the bed and walk over to him. The smile is still on his face. For the first time today, I notice how tired his eyes looks. There are dark circles around them. All this is probably exhausting to him.

"Do you want to eat something. You didn’t touch the breakfast I made. I could whip something up for you," he is still worrying about me. This man in front of me is the best thing to ever happen to my life. He doesn’t push me to talk, he doesn’t care about anything but me being okay and that is all I need right now. I grab his hands in mine and the smile on his face widens. He likes my touch. The sparks fly and dance around my tummy because this is all it takes to get me excited with this man.

I lean forward and plant a soft kiss on his lips. He closes his eyes wanting more from the kiss and I give it to him by sliding my tongue into his mouth. He moans into my mouth and all is suddenly forgotten in the world. No matter what I face; I know with him I will be okay. The earth could move, the ocean could overflow but as long as Lanis is by my side, I will be okay.

His heart makes a thud and I feel it as he gets closer to me. We are chest to chest, lips to lips and I feel ecstatic. I am suddenly thankful to the gods for giving me an opportunity to feel this.

To be loved by him.

We kiss for a while. Just being in each other’s arms. It feels like the blissful caress of cool cotton sheets. When we pull away from each other; we are both smiling. "Hi," he voices out still smiling. His voice is husky and deep. I like the way he sounds when he is hot and bothered from my touch; it drives me crazy.

"Hi," I reply calmly.

He reaches for me and brushes a strand of hair out of my face. I grab his hand in mine and the squeeze is comforting "Thank you for everything" I tell him.

He furrows his brows "For what?" he asks confused.

I plant a kiss on his right cheek "For being an amazing boyfriend," I kiss his left cheek "For holding me all night while I was a mess," I kiss his lips "For loving me."

He chuckles "I like it when you call me your boyfriend," he is crimson red. How is he full of color when he is with me? This is a man that is usually as pale as snow all the time. But when I hold him, or kiss him, his cheeks turn a fiery red. I will never understand.

"Well get used to it. Cause you can’t run away from me," I wink and his cheeks get even redder.

The door opens and someone walks in. They all have a problem with knocking in this house. It is the same person from earlier. Alanis moves away from me and I roll my eyes confused as to why he is embarrassed. The person coughs nervously "Father wants to see you two."

Lanis raises a brow "Why?"

"Just come dude. Bring your boyfriend" he leaves the room obviously uncomfortable with my presence. I can totally understand him but my hatred towards his kind no longer exists.

Alanis sighs and runs his hands through his hair "Shit, you don’t need this right now. You can just wait here; I’ll explain to them" he is trying to get me out of whatever they want to talk about but the fact that they are including me makes me happy. They seem more accepting than my family.

"I can go down. It’s fine," I wave my hand in the air.

He smiles "You should put on some more clothes" I look down and realize I am in nothing but my Boxers. The fact that I couldn’t tell just shows how out of it I am. I grab a couple of his clothes and we walk out of the room together. This is the first time I am walking in his house. The walls are a beige color, there are pictures on the walls. They all look expensive.

"Don’t say anything offensive. You can’t call them blood suckers," he is warning me but there is a terrified expression on his face. I don’t intend to be rude to his family. I want them to accept me because I am not going anywhere.

He leads me down the stairs and we get to a room. Everyone is already gathered. There is a total of nine people in the room. They all look up when they see me. Their expressions are unreadable. The only person in this room that has a smile on his face is the one that called us here. They are all beautiful people. There is a girl I recognize; she goes to school with us.

"What is going on?" Lanis asks.

He grabs my hand and leads me to an empty seat. I sit down sweating from all the nervousness. I don’t want to say the wrong thing so I need to wait till they tell me why they wanted me here.

"Hello Beau," the oldest looking man speaks up. I am guessing this is his father.

"Hi," I mumble.

He smiles "You’ve been a frequent visitor at our house. We haven’t officially met," he walks over to me and stretches his hand "I am Cranwell. His smile is warm and kind. I feel like I can trust this man. His hair is gray around the edges but brown everywhere else. His eyes are also brown, but there is a spec of gold in both.

"I am sure you’re wondering why I asked to see you."

I nod.

"Well you are part of the family now. I wanted to officially welcome you to our family," my heart does a dance at his words because I didn’t expect this to be so easy. They don’t seem like accepting kinds but they are treating me like family already. "I spoke to one of the Eli’s," he looks away from me and faces Alanis. The expression on my boyfriend’s face is eager. Like is has been waiting for this moment for a while.

"And?" he asks.

"They have accepted this mating. They have arranged a meeting with Beau. He needs to be present for the meeting," they are talking like I am no longer in the room. Alanis nods immediately.

"When is this meeting?" I blurt.

Cranwell looks at me again still smiling "on the 15th"

I frown "That’s in a week."

He nods "Yes, is there a problem?"

I shake my head immediately. I don’t want to say anything that will get on his nerve. I will have to make the time for this meeting. The guy with the scariest face scoffs so loud that I turn and face him. The anger in his eyes is evident. He seems to have a problem with me. Maybe he is not as accepting as the others. I look at my boyfriend and he is glaring at the man. He has a problem with him too.

"So are we really going to stand here and act like this is normal," scary man snaps.

Alanis laughs "Well this is more normal than anything that has to do with you" he is intentionally trying to get on this man’s nerves. They must have history. I don’t know what it is but he doesn’t look at him the way he looks at the rest of the family. Scary man walks over to Alanis and breathes into his face "You watch, you will never get the end you are so desperate for. This will not work and you will cause more damage from this situation" he sounds like he knows something.

"Fuck off," Lanis pushes him which gets him caught off guard on the ground instantly.

"Darrien," the other brother warns him.

So, his name is Darrien. Darrien seems to be the most aggressive one in their group. He reminds me so much of myself. I always have snarky replies to everything. He doesn’t seem dangerous; just very angry. He stands up from the floor "You’re a fucking asshole," he nudges Alanis and I go into protective mode. I know he is not going to do anything to him, but my subconscious reacts so fast that even I don’t expect it.

I stand between them glaringly. Darrien laughs because this must be amusing to him "Ha, boyfriend to the rescue," he reaches for me and I grab his hand before he can touch me "Back off," I warn sternly.

The smile is still on his face "Be a good doggy and chill the fuck out," he uses his other hand to pat the top of my head and the anger in me erupts viciously. With everything that is going on in my life right now; this idiot just has to come out and add to it.

I grab his hand and push him so hard that he hits his back on the wall. No one in the room was expecting me to get angry so when I leap forward and grab him by the neck, they all try to pull me away but my grip is too strong. I want to hurt someone so bad. I want to let out all the anger in me and this vampire is the scapegoat.

He groans out in pain as I squeeze harder. The paleness of his skin becomes more evident as I suck the life out of him—if that is even possible, considering he is not human. He grabs my fists in an attempt to loosen my grip. I squeeze even tighter. I am on beast mode. I feel Alanis before he even speaks. His touch on my shoulder is soft. He is the only one that can calm me down and it is working. He pulls at my heart strings and suddenly all the anger in me is gone.

Darrien coughs as I let go of him and everyone is watching me with shock ridden expressions. I take a couple of deep breaths but all my attention is to Lanis. He smiles warmly and I feel better. Resting my forehead against his I control my breathing "Just breathe," his voice soothes me.

I don’t care that everyone is watching me. All I see is him. His eyes give me a comfort that I know I can always rely on. "Fuck man, I was only kidding" Darrien finally speaks up.

His hair is tousled "I’m sorry," I manage not really sorry. This man is a jerk and he should never pick on my boyfriend; hope he’s learnt his lesson. Lanis grabs my hand in his "He needs to rest." he is talking about me.

His father sighs "We need to show him the footage from that night. Maybe he knows who is responsible."

I furrow my brows. Lanis interjects "Not right now."

"Why?" I ask unsure of his reasons for keeping this from me.

"Babe, you need to sort things out at home first," he reminds me of the one thing I have been unable to forget. I shake my head because I don’t want to think about that right now. I know I need to go home; I need to figure out who murdered dad but right now, this could be a good distraction.

"I know. But you have no idea the implications of their deaths. My pack is already talking about a war. We need to find out what happened to them"

"They don’t actually think we had anything to do with this?" Cranwell asks.

I shrug "They know it’s a vamp. They think this was intentional. I need to show them the footage. Who did this?" I ask.

Cranwell walks to the desk and grabs a flash drive from the top drawer. He opens the lap top and inserts the drive. I walk over to him "There is a lot more footage that got lost but this is all we have" he explains as he plays the video.

I watch the scene play out. Alanis and his friend are close to the door. Mali and Win are opposite them. They are talking but there is no sound in the video. My brothers look angry. Like they want to attack but the scene that plays out warms my heart. All I see is the man I have come to love, and the way he handles everything. There is no anger in the way he is communicating. He is speaking calmly and trying to calm down everyone. I watch him as they walk away and I watch him as he goes back into the bar. My eyes go to the direction of the woods, in an attempt to see anything else. The door to the bar opens and a figure walks out. He is dressed in a black coat and a black hat. His face is fully covered. I watch as he walks to the direction Mali and Win went. He stops for a second and turns around. The camera grabs his face immediately. There is a smile on his face, but his eyes are hidden from view. I don’t know who did this but this is the person we should be looking for.

This is the person that wants to start the war.

This is the person that might have killed my father.

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