Chapter 50 CHAPTER 50
"Did you know about this?" I hissed the second the rickety glass doors shut behind me.
"It's the old ways. I didn't know they were still doing it."
"Is this even legal? How are you so calm about this Uncle John? They're asking me to kill people!" I slammed the file on his chest.
He sighed, taking it from me. He opened it and looked while I paced around in the night.
"Look, your Aunt is coming back earlier than expected. You can discuss this with her."
"Why? What else aren't you telling me? Why does everyone love hiding things from me only to throw me into a den of wolves out of the blue? You were even going to wait outside while I went in there on my own. What sort of a guardian does that?"
"But they didn't hurt you Sera. My presence or absence is of no consequence."
"They didn't hurt me, yes. They only exposed me to a hungry vampire in order to terrify me and paint a false narrative in my head and then push me on the path of murder. Do they think I'm stupid?"
"Let's just go home. We'll figure this out in a less... hostile environment."
"Now you're admitting they're dangerous. Thank God!"
I got into the car, still fuming yet terrified.
My uncle didn't have any more words for me so I turned to my wolf who's been awfully quiet ever since that wild kiss this afternoon.
Not even the threat to our lives shook her.
"Can you imagine? They're going to kill me if I don't kill people!"
"We can take them, they don't look that scary."
"Don't be ridiculous, Mr Ferdinand alone will snap us in two. I propose we run!"
"I wasn't talking about the Council members."
I frowned, pushing forward at the edge of my seat while the night flew past the window.
"What are you talking about then? Who are we taking?"
"The vampires. We can take them. You don't have to be scared."
"Sabrina!"
"There's no point in fighting it either. It's our life or those people who I'm sure have killed innocents."
"Oh my goodness! You're on their side!"
"There's no side here, there's survival and I've spent way too long under the pain our father's pills put me under to come out here and die. We will do the job and forget about it."
Goosebumps rose on my skin.
"It's funny how you managed to convince me we were one and the same. Now I know you're a monster forcing itself in my soul in exchange for special abilities."
"Don't be like that Sera, I'm just trying to be logical."
"Yeah, right, like that's your speciality. We're literally a danger to the world because you are wired to wolf out once a month and cause carnage to the world."
"Once we get the kills over with, I won't have that problem again so yes, I'm being logical and you're letting fear cloud your judgement."
I let out a dry laugh.
"You think I'm scared? I escaped from Cael even though you were pushing for us to go back to him to kill us. But the issue is, killing people is wrong. Illegal!"
"Oh please, stop that nonsense. I'm not human and I don't operate by such nonsense laws. The jungle is kill or be killed."
"Are you in the jungle? No! You live in me, in my world and we drink coffee not lake water. I'm not killing anybody for you to prove you're stronger. Hell fucking no!"
"Everything alright back there?"
"I'm fine Uncle John," I hissed and put my head down.
My body reeled with rage but shock and betrayal were the most prominent emotions.
My Uncle wasn't much of a shocker, he was a calm person and rarely ever reacted to things.
But my wolf, siding with those suited assholes telling me what to do with my life!
I might have to go through my dad's things again and find that drug he was using for me.
"Don't you fucking dare!" Sabrina snarled in my head but I ignored her.
This body is mine even though she's squatting in my soul.
I thought about texting Naomi but then what will I tell her?
That if she doesn't see me anymore, it's because I refused to be a killer and now I'm condemned to death?
And if she sees me striding into school a month later, it's because I have the blood of three vampires on my hands?
There's only so much a friendship can take, I'm not putting her through more trauma.
If I hadn't experienced vampires before they showed me that monster, it would be easier to swallow this pill but I've seen him.
Felt his protection cool over my head.
If he were such a monster, why did he save me from that building?
Or his friend who was trying to 'help' him kill me?
Mr Valkori confused the hell out of me but I can't see him like that starved vampire.
There's no way they're one and the same.
If a wolf is starved of sustenance for God knows how long as they did to him, how would we look?
This all just seemed like a war between them and they're using half-bloods like us to justify their actions.
When we got home, truly, Aunt Kelly was back.
"How did it go?" She asked as I pulled out the file and dropped it on the living room table.
"She's been given her assignment," Uncle John sighed, "she's not taking it too well."
"I'm sorry I'm not a murderer like you all want me to be. I'm not killing anybody and that's it. I need my dad's things. I'm going to suppress my wolf again and then go into hiding."
"Great idea," she sighed and sat down, picking the file.
"Really?" I rushed forward.
"Yes. Although you'll have to live with the guilt of our death for the rest of your life. I mean your parents are dead because of you. Why not add four more lives? Don't worry, Ryan will be safe, we'll send him away before they come here."
My feet wobbled.
"How can you say that to me?" I choked on sobs.
"I'm sorry Sera. I really am. But blame your father for not telling me why he was hiding you. But the truth remains that if my brother hadn't been mated to a human born from a lineage of Hunters, their very last living descendant, you wouldn't have been born. He wouldn't have died and your mother wouldn't have died of grief. So yeah, it's not your fault but it's all for you. Now that all that's done, you can choose to condemn us all to the same fate or you can do your job and put this behind you."
She got up and walked away, leaving me broken.