Ch. 416..420: The Werewolf's Vampire Mate Chapter 416-420
Chapter 416: The choice
Gyles
I look at him and there is a smile on his face. The kind that he used to hold when we were younger. Or rather, should I say, when he was younger. This is the only way Rogers has really known me. When we were younger, I took him in. we became a family and I loved him.
Now, I am just terrified of the man that he became.
"Hello Gyles," he breathes and walks over to me. I don’t know anything about this punishment but could he be real. I mean, I saw ghosts yesterday. He could be a ghost... right?
I look at him and he looks the same. His hair is long and curly, his eyes are the same. Even his smile is the same. He reaches out for my hand. I pull away. I can’t accept his touch.
"What are you doing here?’’ I ask my voice barely a whisper.
"Well, you know me. I get bored easily. I decided to come and visit you. It is only fair after all," he smiles at me.
I look at him and I can feel my heart breaking. I don’t feel the same way about him, I doubt I will ever even think about him in that light. The people I love are waiting for me on the other side of this. I have to get back to them.
"I can’t do this. Please, just leave me alone," I say and turn around. I walk away. I will not let myself fall for his tricks.
"Oh, Gyles. You are in such a rush. Don’t you want to know why I am here?" he asks. I don’t answer. I keep walking. I turn my head to the left and see the cave entrance.
"I am here to take you home," he says and I stop walking.
I turn around and I see him walking towards me with a smile on his face. He is walking towards me. I have to do something before he gets here. I have to. He is reaching for me. His hand is so close to my face. He could grab me any time now. I have to do something.
I have to run.
He grabs my arm and pulls me back. I don’t even know what to do. The more I struggle, the more he holds on to me. He pulls me closer to him and I feel his breath on my face. I look at him and I see something in his eyes that I never thought I would see. I see a flash of the past in the reflection of his pupils. I see us when we were young and in love. I see the person he was before he decided to murder all those people.
"I am here to take you home,’’ he repeats this time a lot firmer in his tone.
"I am home, I am right where I am supposed to be,’’ I tell him because there is no place I would rather be.
He scoffs and then lets go of my hand. We are in the middle of the woods, the cave looks so close but it feels so far away. I just want to go back in there and wait until I can be reunited with my mates. "This is not your happy ending and you know it,’’ he tells me, and slowly, I feel him grip my hand in his.
"I am happy,’’ I tell him, refusing to even listen to him. I am happier than I have ever been. There is nothing he can say to try and convince me otherwise.
I don’t care what he has to say. I will not let him take me away from my happy ending.
He pulls me closer to him and puts his arm around my shoulder. I try to pull away but he only pulls me even closer. I feel his breath against my ear and I shudder. This is such a bad idea.
"You are home, right here with me," he whispers in my ear. I close my eyes and take a step back. Suddenly, I feel the wind blowing against my face. I open my eyes and I see the ground moving so fast that I can hardly see it. I look back at Rogers and he is still standing there watching me.
"I am not going back with you. I am happy here and there is no way I am leaving my mates. I am not going back," I tell him. He smiles at me as the ground opens up and swallows me in. With one swift jump, he falls into the hole and I close my eyes because this is all a little too crazy for me to handle.
I feel myself falling but I don’t feel anything hitting me. I open my eyes and I am standing in the middle of a room. I look around me and I see my house--or rather, the house I lived in with Rogers.
I look around me and I see everything. I see his room, the room we shared. Exactly how I remember it. The furniture, the books that were on the shelf. I see the little chair where I sat so often, reading a book while Rogers played his music. I look at the drawing I did on the wall.
I see everything.
I look at Rogers and he is smiling at me. He walks over to me and puts his arm around my shoulder again. "This is the life you belong in. Don’t think you will be happy in that life you are trying to push yourself into.’’
He is wrong, I am happy where I am.
I am loved and I love them so much. He is trying to make me think twice but I am so about what I want and I only want them. There is nothing he or anyone else can say that will make me leave them.
"I don’t want this; I don’t choose you. I will never choose you over them. Never.’’
A smile sprawls to his face suddenly, almost like he was expecting that answer.
"That is too bad.’’
Chapter 417: The worst is yet to come
Gyles
Those eyes. The eyes I fell in love with so many years ago. They are so beautiful. They are the same, but at the same time, so different.
"You are not going to get me back,’’ I tell him because I won’t let him have me. I will never be with him again; I will never choose him over them. Over the people I love. They are my life; they are my happiness and I won’t give them up for anything in the world.
For the first time, I see a hint of anger in his eyes. I see his jaw clench and I can see how hard he is trying to keep that smile on his face.
"We will see about that,’’ he says and I walk out of the door even though I don’t know how I am going to get out of this place. It all feels like it is not real like it is all in my head. I don’t even know how I got here in the first place. After everything that happened with Rogers, I haven’t even been back in the house. It has been such a long time and I didn’t even think about ever coming back here.
So why am I here now?
It is all a test.
None of this is real.
My wolf talks to me. I stop because I didn’t even know that he was here with me. I haven’t felt him since I came into the cave, just knowing that he is still inside me, sends a sort of calm to my nerves.
This is not real, which means, I am probably in the caves alone, and this is all in my head. Rogers is not real, so I need to start treating him like some stranger. He is not the person I knew all those years back and there is no point thinking about all that.
I look around and I see the same old meadow that we use to play in as kids It is all so familiar and yet, so alien at the same time. I don’t want to think about the past because that is basically what it is. The past, a life that I want to forget.
I walk out of the house and I shut the door behind me. I look back at the house for a second and then I turn around and walk back to the woods. I move quickly, searching for the cave, but I don’t see anything.
As I walk through the woods, I feel like I am going in circles. I don’t know where to go and I don’t know how to get there.
"You think it will be that easy,’’ I hear him again.
My heart drops and I turn around. He is standing right there, in front of me, with that same wicked smile on his face.
"You are not real; you can’t be real. I am not here with you right now. I am not with you; I am in the cave and I am going to go back to my mates. I will not let you win,’’ I shout out so loud that my voice echoes through the trees and into the sky.
My heart is racing. I don’t want to be here.
"Do you think they want you back? do you think that they are not scared that you will eventually end up causing their deaths?’’ he asks me so calmly.
I know what he is trying to do.
I know that this is.
"I know what you are trying to do. it is not going to work,’’ I tell him as he walks over to me slowly
I take a step back. I want to run away from him, but I am too slow He grabs my arm and pulls me towards him. I struggle but he is too strong for me right now. Maybe I just in my head.
"You don’t want to accept the truth. I want you to think about it. Think about all the people in your life. Everyone has died because of you.’’
I don’t want to think about the past because it is not my fault--okay, maybe I had a part in a lot of the deaths but that doesn’t define how my future will turn out.
"Do you want to see how that future is going to be? Are you ready to risk it all for a future that you aren’t certain about?’’ he asks me calmly.
I don’t know what he expects me to say.
"You have a choice right now, stay with me and I won’t show you the pain of the future, or choose to leave and I show you how many more deaths you are going to cause.’’
He is making it seem like I have a choice in this like the options he is giving me are so simple, but I don’t have a choice. I want to stay with my mates and that is the only option I have.
"I am not doing this with you,’’ I tell him and I try to pull away, but he is too strong.
"You have to make a choice, if you don’t, you will be stuck in this world. The world you seem to hate so much. The world with me." he smiles and my heart lurches.
The world with him?
He looks down at me like he is expecting me to say something. Like he wants to see me crack under this pressure. I shake my head because he is not going to get what he wants.
"Time is ticking, tell me what you want.’’ he ushers me impatiently.
"I will never choose you Rogers; I will always choose them. No matter what,’’ I tell him blatantly
He smirks. "So be it.’’
Then everything goes black.
I wake up in a cold sweat. I stare up at the ceiling and I try to figure out what just happened. Where am I? What was that? It felt like I was in a dream. I look around me and the room is recognizable. I am back in Blue’s room in the coven.
Suddenly, the realization that this is all still in my head hits me.
So, I made a choice and now I don’t know what is about to happen. I just know that whatever I am about to see is something that I most definitely won’t want to see.
Chapter 418: A lonely life
Gyles
I walk out of the room and my heart races against my chest. I don’t know what is going on but I don’t want to be here alone. The coven is the scariest place I have ever been. The things that I have seen here are just unbelievable. blue’s mother terrifies me and I don’t know if I can handle seeing her here.
I am being punished, that is the reason why all this is happening to me and I have accepted it. The goddess of the moon is somehow teaching me a lesson for my actions, I have accepted it but I don’t want to be here.
"the future you choose,’’ I hear Roger’s voice before he appears and my heart drops.
When I look back up at him, I see his eyes are red and he looks furious. I can feel my body shaking because even though I haven’t seen what he wants to show me, I can already tell that it is going to be bad.
"My future isn’t here, there is no way we would stay in the coven," I tell him because I know that Blue would never choose this place as our home. This place doesn’t even feel like home, so I don’t even understand why I am here.
"It is your future. Don’t you want to know what the future holds for you and your mates?’’ he asks me calmly. I don’t have a choice in this. I just want to get this over with.
I want this to be over.
I nod my head, "okay show me." I say to him.
He smiles, "you will see everything, but until then you have one last chance to make a choice. You can choose me after you see their fates. I am giving you a second chance."
I don’t know what he means but I also don’t want to believe that any of this is real. I have to stay strong because I don’t want to make the wrong decision.
I close my eyes, trying to calm my heart. I am scared of what I will see and I don’t know what my future holds. I am scared but I take a deep breath as he leads me down a narrow staircase. I haven’t been to this part of the house before; I don’t know what to expect.
Once we get to the bottom of the stairs, I see the hallway from that vision that Eleanor showed me. okay, I didn’t want to have to think about her and everything that happened here but now that I am here, I am fucking terrified.
"Why are we here?" I ask him, stopping in my tracks. He turns to me slowly and I see the smile on his face.
"Do you know what this is?’’ he asks me curiously. I don’t want to give him the satisfaction. It all makes sense to me now; I know what this is. This is all in my head. They are using my fears to taunt me. This is not real and I can see that now.
"Are you sure about that?’’ he asks me, almost like he read my mind. I look at his hand and it is resting on the doorknob. I don’t want to go into this room. I don’t want to have to relive that moment when I saw all those bodies--the stench. I can’t do that again.
I shake my head, "no I don’t." I answer him. This is a trick; I know that now but I don’t want to go into this room.
"The coven is the place where your life will end. After everything, you will lose them. They will die because of you and then you will leave life alone, without your mates, and eventually, you will die of heartbreak. You will deteriorate to the point where you will be nothing more than a memory.’’
He tells me, almost like he is trying to convince me.
I don’t know what to think anymore. The vision that Eleanor showed me was true but this is not. This is a trick, a ploy to get me to choose him.
I look down, not wanting to see anything.
"Let’s take a look at your mate’s future,’’ he tells me calmly, slowly turning the door handle. My heart is racing against my chest because I don’t want to see this again. He is manipulating me, making me scared. I know that I will always choose them but I am still scared. I am still worried, that I wouldn’t like what I am about to see.
the door opens and the stench hits me so hard that I almost fall to my knees. I feel the tears in my eyes because even though I know that this is not real, I can feel everything. I can feel the pain, the fear, the dread that is being projected into my mind.
The bodies are all over the place and I try to hold back my tears. I can feel the pain. I can see their faces, the fear, the despair, and the blood.
I cover my mouth with my hand, trying not to breathe in. I see Blue, I don’t know what happened to him but he is on the wall, hanging like the rest of the unknown faces in here. His eyes are open, there is no life in them anymore. Rex is next to him, the same fate as Blue.
I shake my head, not wanting to see this anymore.
"No,’’ I say to him.
"It is too late. Once you see it, you can’t unsee it. You can’t change it. This is your future; don’t you want to know what your future holds?" he asks me.
I feel myself shaking, I feel like I am going to be ill. The coven is the scariest place, I don’t want to be here or see any of this.
"No, I don’t want to see this. I never want to see it again." I say to him.
"That is what I thought. After you see it, you will understand the point I am trying to make. I am giving you a second chance. I am giving you a second chance to join me. To live a better life without them. I am giving you this chance because I love you. I want to be with you and I will give you everything you want." he tells me.
I look at him and I say the only thing that I can.
"I will never choose you. I will always choose them, even if it means seeing this every day. I will never leave them. I will never choose you."
I tell him.
He smiles at me and then he says the last thing that I will ever hear.
"Goodbye."
I close my eyes and I see a bright light in front before everything darkens.
I open my eyes and I am in the cave again.
Chapter 419: Congratulations
Blue
I don’t know how many days have passed since I came into this cave. It feels like my body is shutting down. I have never really thought about food the way I am right now. I don’t even know if it is hunger or thirst. I just want to put something inside my mouth. I am all out of energy. My eyes are barely open, I feel like my wolf is as drained as I am.
I don’t know how much more of this I can take. I can’t help but worry about Gyles and Rex. I don’t know how they are doing and it is driving me insane. My heart is hurting, just from the short amount of time we have been apart.
I wish I knew how they were doing.
I have been trying to be brave and strong for both of them. this is the first time we have been away from each other for so long. I wish I knew if they were ok.
I have been doing my best to hold on, to be strong. I don’t want to risk going to sleep anymore. I am afraid I will never wake up again. I am so tired that I don’t even realize my eyes are slowly closing. I am so tired that the floor beneath me seems like a cloud. The next thing I know I am drifting off into a deep sleep.
In my sleep I see them. I see Gyles and Rex. Both of them are struggling to survive. It seems that they have been going through the same thing that I have been going through. I know this is all a dream, I know I don’t actually know what is happening with them but for the short minute, I feel solace, knowing they are alive and fighting. My eyes open slowly as I hear a soft sound, almost like footsteps. I am still too tired to open my eyes. I don’t even know if I am awake. I hear the sound again but this time I know it is not a dream.
I feel the wind on my skin and I know that someone is here. I open my eyes and I see the light of the moon. I see a figure standing next to me. I try to move but my body won’t respond. the figure slowly walks towards me. I am too tired to move. I don’t have the strength to get up.
"Don’t worry, you are safe now,’’ I hear her voice. It is soft and gentle, yet strong and powerful. I am still too weak to even speak.
"Shhhh, you don’t have to speak. you are safe now," she whispers. She leans in and brushes her lips against my forehead. I feel my wolf waking up again. I can feel my strength coming back to me.
"Who are you?" I ask.
"My name is Selene,’’ she tells me gently. Her voice is like the sun warm and bright. I have never heard a voice like her’s before. I realize that I am staring at her. I feel my cheeks getting warm.
"I am sorry I don’t know what is happening,’’ I manage. My voice is hoarse and weak.
"It’s ok, you are just weak. You have been through a lot. You are hungry and you have been in bad shape. It will all be ok now," she tells me. I look at her and I can see the silver of her eyes. They are beautiful, it feels like I am looking at a god.
"Is it over?’’ I ask her because I just want to complete the ritual without any more complications.
She nods and smiles.
"You have done good, you have been strong," she says to me kindly. My eyes stay fixed on her because I need to understand the point of the punishment.
"All the things that happened to me in here... were they real?’’ I ask her. I want to know because the thought of even losing Gyles and Rex is more than I can bear.
"Did you learn anything from it?’’ she asks me Her voice is gentle yet powerful.
I think for a moment and I realize that I have learned so much from this. I have learned how to survive; I have learned that I need to make my own choices. I have learned that I need to trust my instincts.
"Yes,’’ I tell her.
"Well then, you should be proud of yourself, you have learned a lot. I am proud of you, you have been strong and brave," she tells me.
"I learned that I don’t want to be alone and that I need the both of them,’’ I tell her.
"Good, you will have them back soon, but first you need to take this," she says to me.
I look at her and she hands me a small glass vial. I look at her and I do not know what to do.
"Go ahead, it’s ok,’’ she smiles. I look at the vial and I take it from her. I look at it for a moment not sure what to do.
"Trust me," she says and I look at her. I look at the vial and I feel my wolf stir inside me. I know what to do, I know that I need to drink the liquid inside it. I bring the vial to my lips and I take a small sip. My eyes widen as I feel the liquid burning inside me.
I feel my body getting warm as the liquid spreads inside me. I can feel my body tingling and I know that this is what I need. My eyes meet hers and I know that she knows what I need. I take another sip and she smiles at me. I take one more sip and I can feel my body getting warmer.
"It will be ok now, I promise," she says to me and I know that she is right.
I can feel my body getting warmer and warmer as I take another sip. I feel my eyes get heavy.
"Sleep now, you need to rest," she tells me and I can feel my body relax.
I know that I am safe with her, I have nothing to worry about. With my eyes closed, I hear her footsteps as she walks away from me.
"Congratulations Blue, enjoy the rest of your life,’’ her voice says to me as I feel my body sinking into the softness of the cloud.
Chapter 420: Be happy
Gyles
"Gyles, wake up,’’ I recognize the voice. Suddenly, I feel safer than I have for I don’t even know how long.
I know that I am safe now. I know that I can finally rest.
"Gyles, wake up," I hear the voice again. This time, I open my eyes. I see the light of the moon. I see the figure standing above me. Her beautiful eyes are overpowering but I am glad to see her because that means that it is all over. She wouldn’t be here if this wasn’t the end of the punishment...right?
I blink my eyes a few times to get them used to the light and I realize that I am still in the cave. I don’t really know how this ritual works but now I think I am going to be in this cave until it is fully done. The sky is still dark but, it is still nighttime, I don’t know how many nights I have spent here.
I think I might be going crazy.
"Gyles, wake up," she says again. I sit up and look at her, I don’t even have any strength to even sit up properly. I rest my back on a rock and keep my eyes on her with a faint smile. I am happy to see her. Selene is a comfort that I need right now. Even though she is the one that punished us--I deserved it.
"Is it over?’’ I ask her because that is all I want.
To know if it is over. To know if I can finally rest.
"Soon," she answers. I close my eyes and I rest my head on the rock.
"Gyles, wake up," I hear her voice again. This time, I look at her. She is smiling "You are strong, always remember that.’’
Her words are comforting. Because I feel like all the strength in my body was taken away. She takes my hands into hers and I feel a warmth in me. This warmth is love.
We sit in silence for a while. Finally, she speaks again. "I hope you are ready,’’ she says. I look at her and she looks at me with a warm smile on her face. I nod and she places her hands on the back of my head.
"Close your eyes," she says kindly and I obey her immediately. Selene is the goddess of the moon. She is the one I pray to, the one that makes me believe that this thing with Blue and Rex will work. She is the one that showed me the light when I was surrounded by darkness.
I feel her warm and soft hands on the back of my head. Suddenly, I feel the heat on my lips and I part it open to liquid. The liquid is warm and it is a bit bitter. As soon as I feel the liquid, I begin to feel the warmth of my body. The warmth of my body is like the sun, it is radiant and it makes me feel good. Even though the liquid is bitter, I can’t stop myself from drinking it. I feel the strength coming back to me and I feel a power surge through me. The power is like a warm fire that burns in me. It makes me feel strong and it makes me feel better. I don’t even remember how I felt before. That feeling of weakness and that feeling of being trapped inside my own body. The power that surges through me makes me feel alive like I can do anything and everything. I feel my wolf.
I open my eyes and I realize that Selene is still there. She is still smiling at me. I smile back at her and I look at her. I can see the same love in her eyes that I have just looking at her.
"Did you learn anything from this?’’ she asks me.
I think back to all I went through, I think back to the dreams to the hallucinations, to the weakness. I remember all of it.
"I think I did,’’ I tell her.
She shakes her head "Don’t think, I want to know what you have learned.’’
she speaks.
"I have learned that I deserve this," I can feel the tears building up in my eyes. I have felt so worthless for so long. Even being with Blue and Gyles, I didn’t feel like I deserved their love. I think back to all the people that have ever loved me and their fates. I think back to all the death, all the hurts and I don’t want the same fate for them but this time, I feel like it is different.
I feel like we will save each other.
"What do you deserve,’’ she asks me.
"I deserve to be happy,’’
I tell her.
Selene smiles "Then, you must be happy,’’ she says to me.
She is telling me that I should be happy, she is the goddess and she believes in me. Then why has it been so hard to believe in me? For so long, I have doubted everything but I don’t want to do that anymore. I don’t want to give in to my demons, I don’t want to be weak.
I nod my head and I smile at her again. She places her hands on my head again and I feel the warmth of the liquid inside my body and I feel the warmth of the moon on my face. I feel the moon on my face and I close my eyes. I feel my wolf and I feel the strength in my body.
I open my eyes "Rest now,’’ she says to me with that beautiful smile still on her face. I keep my eyes closed as I hear her footsteps fading away. I don’t even feel alone when she disappears because I know that in just a short time, I will be with them again. I can’t wait to hold them in my arms, I can’t wait to kiss them again.
I will be happy.