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He paused to take a moment to deeply inhale and let it out slowly.
"You see this vampire body of mine? It's fucking dying. Blood simply sustains the fucking craziness in my head. And you know how very few of us are left anywhere near this town. My Coven went into hiding with your pack after the bullshit you pulled, and the alliance was run by your father. With him gone, the vamps don't see any need to be around, which means I can't find the answers I need to fix myself," he explained. "But Kolt has the connections to the medicine I need. He has the means to lead me back to the Coven I was exiled from, and with a few string pulls, I can get back to my home. I've worked eons to finally be able to get this far, and I knew your sister would be perfect bait. That's why I dated her."
How had I fallen for all of this?
I knew Travis wasn't the best boyfriend. I knew he was a dangerous person from the vibe he gave off and when he said we had to do the deed or else he'd break up with me and make life hell. Only, my life was already a living hell. But I guessed having a boyfriend made it less lonely. How wrong of a decision I realized it was now.
I should have run away like I'd wished to do so many times. To be the true outcast and abandon everything about the city, the town, everything. If I'd gone to an island or one of those huge cities where millions of people lived, would they have found me?
Regardless if I was pursued by whoever our enemy was, maybe I'd be a whole lot stronger and not a weak victim left to this level of abuse.
"Now that you know my story, you gotta cooperate with me so we can both get out of this shithole. Your sister is pretty useless, but don't act like she didn't take your mother's gift."
Gift?
"It's dormant," Hendrick hissed. "She can't even light a candle with her mind. How the fuck is she gonna be like my mom, who burned a fucking city down when she was pregnant?"
"Your mom burned that city to the fucking ground and all that was left was ashes. Nothing survived that, but you know what did? She had her unborn child, which was your baby sis."
"She doesn't have any powers, Travis! She's fucking useless!"
"You said the same about Kyle, and yet he set half of the forest on fire and killed his captor before they found his body," Travis countered.
"How the fuck do you know all of this?!"
"Because I do my research, Hendrick. And do you know why Kolt desperately needs your sister?"
"Why?!" Travis snapped.
"She's his mate."
Pin drop silence.
"You're lying."
"She has the same skull mark on her chest as him."
"That-"
"Isn't a tattoo, so stop trying to convince yourself otherwise," Travis suggested.
"He'll ruin her."
"She's as good as dead anyway." Travis was back to laughing, the sound beginning to make my head hurt, but I began to feel something else.
A weird, heavy feeling.
This wasn't good because the prickling emotion of dread always happened when my life would be turned upside down: when our father disappeared, when Kyle was kidnapped and murdered, when my mother went missing and was assumed dead just like my father, and this morning before I went to my shift.
Each time, I'd ignored the warnings my body fought desperately for me to feel and obey - to cancel whatever I was doing and take the safest route versus what was destined for me. I wanted to listen to its plea for once in my life, but I couldn't move my frail body.
I felt like I'd gone frozen, my body numb to the point that I wasn't sure if I was breathing. The pounding of my heart was loud enough to ring in my ears, but something bad was happening to me and I couldn't decipher it with my whirlwind mind.
"Now, let's be on our way, shall..."
I waited for the rest of Travis's words, but instead, a string of curses left his lips.
"Fuck, fuck! Move the car!"
