Chapter 27: Imminent Danger

SEBASTIAN.

Revealing to my mother the real reason for my uncertainty freed me from a lot of tension, but it also made me see that in her I will always have support. Even though her life wasn’t easy, she always had a kind word for Vicky and me. This time, not only did I need such a kind word, but I needed to understand why fate predestined me the soul of a human.

As she had an answer to everything, this time she remained almost speechless. But eventually, she made me understand that no matter the genre, life had a purpose, a goal just for me.

Well, I always said that tomorrow is another day. Erik was going to leave on one of his secret travels again, but first I wanted to have a discussion with him. Things were getting serious, even major. I had the impression that last night’s attack on Teresa, even if it was Matias, was a premeditated one. Someone was up to something.

I called Erik at home. My mother went to Northumberland to my father’s grave. She was still going there from time to time; probably missing him weighed harder. Both Vicky and I wanted to help her, but she only wished for us to have a somehow normal childhood, although most of the time it wasn’t like that. In fact, I thought the only thing normal about our family was that we had a mother and a father.

“Hey, Erik, welcome! Do you want something to drink?”

I felt the need to relax the atmosphere a bit, although Erik seemed relaxed. I was probably the only one feeling the tension.

“Hello Bash, I’m glad I could come, because you seemed pretty worried yesterday. But first I shall let you serve me a dry whiskey with no ice and then we talk,” he told me in a calm tone.

Sure, he also felt the danger of last night, but I didn’t want to go into details because Teresa was also present. She will be the most affected in this entire story. “Although I kind of know why, you called me here and what you want to discuss with me. And you’re right, things are not going well and unfortunately, they won’t be too good either in the future. “

“Wow, I was hoping for you to come up with some good news, but let’s just say I’m used to it. However, it has become almost impossible to have quiet days. Listen, someone attacked Teresa last night. Luckily, I was around.”

Erik’s face suddenly darkened.

“I felt she was in danger and I wanted to go after her to help, but then I felt you around and I withdrew. Do you have any idea who it was?”

“I have to be honest with you. I’m not sure. What happened to Matias after you left the conference hall?”

“Nothing. Although I was so angry after his comment, I did not want to start any revolt. Not with Teresa there because, let me tell you, I think that… Well, I don’t think, I’m sure Teresa doesn’t know what we are.”

It was almost impossible for Erik not to realize that Teresa was human. However, he protected her a lot. I was a little intrigued by this connection, but after all, since Jessica died, Erik had changed a lot. He attacked only if it was necessary and never killed for no reason.

“You’re right, ignore this, but things have changed. This situation will require many sacrifices, I am sure. If it wasn’t Matias who followed her, then we have an enemy. What intrigues me is that we have so many centuries of living in peace. Who would dare to disturb this silence? And for what purpose?”

“You can use your sentinels to find out. But it’s also very dangerous. How did you feel when that someone attacked her, approached you? Did you feel like he was one of ours?”

That was a question I asked myself then, right at that moment, but also long after that. My senses detected something very different from the werewolf smell.

“Now, here is the real problem. The beast or whatever it was didn’t get too close, as if he knew I was there or as if he wanted to catch Teresa alone. Even if it didn’t come close, my senses detected the smell of sulfur, as if something had burned. I didn’t explain this smell either. It was something I had never smelled in any beasts before,”

“Interesting, Bash. Unfortunately, I don’t know any beast that smells like that. Him not attacking Teresa makes me think. Not that I wanted to, but I’m sure it was because you were there. "

“Are you saying that whoever it was, he waited for her to be alone?” This already worried me. Teresa liked to have her space. She will probably never accept a bodyguard, much less me.

“This is exactly what I am trying to tell you. I don’t know why, but I have this feeling that Teresa is stepping on very dangerous ground. Remember, at Benjamin’s funeral, when I warned you that something was going to happen in Vicky’s pack? Well, I’m telling you the same thing now. I don’t want to alarm you, but someone is following Teresa. It’s actually the reason I didn’t leave yesterday. I had to warn you somehow. “

Every time he had them, Erik’s premonitions came true. He knew he borrowed this gift from Jessica. Many things happened because of the union between the two besides her death. Jessica made him see that his creation was for a much bigger purpose.

So, their merger meant not only Jessica’s death but also an extrasensory transfer. Jess was the one with this gift, but now it moved to Erik. The fact that he has it helped him a lot, but with the way he took it, he never got along. It was necessary then for this to happen in order to save his daughter.

There were things in Erik’s life that were beyond my understanding, but he promised that one day he would tell me why Jess got sacrificed, what happened when their daughter disappeared, and why their daughter was born by fertilization and not from the direct union that would have meant Jessica’s untimely death. Unfortunately, this happened later, and the inevitable reached them.

This was Jessica’s choice, and from then until now it did not give Erik the peace and the closure he needed and the guilt persisted even after so many years. Erik always told me that someone or something cursed Jessica and that was the reason for her death.

“In other words, I will have to be Teresa’s shadow. I didn’t mind, but the problem was different. Although in the end, I could do it without her noticing me. The question here was who was trying to annihilate her, and why? I have the same impression as you, that this is just the first attempt. Others will follow.”

“Do you want me to stay with you, Bash? Just one word of yours is enough and I will stay!”

“No, there is no need. I can handle it. I will let nothing happen to the woman I love!” This revelation came at perfect timing. Erik’s face lit up instantly and the black clouds in his soul seemed to dissipate for a moment.

“Wow, you found your Luna! I’m thrilled, honestly. That means your mission just became harder. And with that, you found the reason for the attack. Someone or something knows what she is and wants to hurt her. "

“I did not think about it from this perspective, but you may be right.” And if that was the case, then war was going to start because I was not letting anything happen to my Teresa. And then hell broke loose. Both Erik and I had felt something. Anxiety grew and our eyes met immediately, understanding the imminent danger.

“Where is Teresa right now? I am seeing something and I don’t like it, Bash!”

“What exactly do you see? Because just like you, I feel she...is running from someone?”

Suddenly Erik seemed to freeze, and his eyes turned red.

“Teresa is being attacked, right now, in Riverview Walk!!!”