Eric
Lilith sobbed while I held her. I was kind of in shock with what she had just said. I didn’t blame her it was an impossible situation. Though there were things comical about it. I hated that she had Bjorn's dick in her mouth though what she had done was downright hilarious and he had deserved it. I was proud of her for defending herself like that. I understood now a little better why Lilith just wanted to put it all behind her. I didn’t really have a full understanding of how bad it had been.
I knew when Kali forced shifts it was painful, I had seen it firsthand, and once it started the only way to force her to accept it was to beat the shit out of her until she let Kali have her way. I didn’t realize that she had been in so much pain and anguish that she just wanted to give in and let Bowie have what he wanted just to escape her own wolf. That had to be not only physically painful but mentally she had to be in a whole different kind of pain. I stroked Lilith hair while she cried.
“Lilith there is nothing to be ashamed of.” I told her. I knew my words were not going to make her feel better. It was something she would have to forgive herself for. “I just I was so weak.” She said between gasps of breath. “You are anything but weak.” I reassured my mate. I knew it was just a horrible situation. I didn’t really have anything I thought would be helpful in the moment. I just held her. I didn’t have any kind of understanding of that kind of thing. But I knew it had to be different for her than most. Her mother had been raped; she had been born of it. I could understand in her mind that to Lilith rape was not the worst thing to happen.
It was horrific no doubt, she knew that. But Lilith had been born of it. She wanted to meet her father who had done such a heinous act. It made sense to me at least, that she would choose that terrible act over being forced to shift over and over again against her will. Not only that but just sheer pain. I had watched when Kali forced a shift. She slowly broke bones and let her suffer. Without someone there to help force Lilith to give in who knew how long she was in that kind of pain. “Lilith it is okay, I understand. It is not like you wanted either thing to happen. You just thought one was worse than the other.” She kept crying.
I didn’t know how to help her. But I knew there had to be some relief for my mate with admitting all of this. I was not angry with her at all. I hated it, but I didn’t hate her. I offered Lilith comfort as she cried herself to sleep. All this stress was not good for her. I scoped her up and brought her upstairs and placed her in bed. Her face was red and stained from her tears. I sighed looking at her. She still had marks on her from everything, but it would all soon fade away. I walked out of the room leaving a little note in case she woke up telling her I was in my office.
I sat behind my desk looking at my phone. I knew I should block Rob’s number. But something Lilith said, there were pictures and videos. Bowie had them, and if Rob had Bowie, he had those too. I didn’t want those in his hands. I wanted them burned and never to be seen by anyone ever again. I picked up my phone and called Rob.
“Hello.” Rob said, my teeth clenched at the sound of his voice. “Rob, do you have what Bowie took of my mate?” I asked. I could tell he was smiling when he answered. “Why yes, I do. I have to say your mate is so beautiful when she is naked.” God, I wanted to kill that bastard. “The blue on her skin really makes her eyes pop you know.” He said referring to the deep blue bruises Lilith had. “I want them destroyed.” I demanded. “Now why would I do that? After all, so many of my shifters enjoy the home movies Bowie took, I couldn’t deprive my loyal companions of something that brings them so much joy?”
I felt like I was going to be sick. He was showing them to the shifters that grew up with her. It was downright disgusting. He was sick and twisted as were the rest of them. “Destroy them Rob, I fucking mean it.” I demanded. “And what will you give me in return?” I had nothing to barter with him. I knew he wanted my mate, but that would never happen. I would never let him come here. The only thing I had for him was violence. “If you don’t destroy those things I will make sure you die and very very soon.” Rob laughed on the other end of the line.
“Boy, lesser men have tried, and you know where all of them are? They are dead.” He said and something popped into my head. “Oh, I don’t know about that Rob. I heard there is an Alpha out there who has been wanting to get his hands on you for a long time.” Rob was silent did he know who I was referring to, I hoped so. It was my turn to taunt him. “Alpha Noah told me a lot about you, even offered to come over here and take care of you for me. In fact, he seemed thrilled with the idea. Maybe I should call him. He would kill you and as a favor take Bowie out for me as well.”
Rob hissed and spoke. “If you do that, I will just tell him about Lilith and that she has a black wolf. Then we will see how he feels toward you.” I laughed “How do you know he doesn’t already know that?” I was bluffing I had kept that to myself. “You are lying.” He yelled through the phone. “Maybe I am, maybe I am not. Destroy the photos and videos or I will call him.” I told him. “Even if I did, you would never know if I had copies somewhere else.” That was true. There would never be anyway to actually know that he destroyed all evidence of what had occurred.
I would have to trust him on that, I knew I couldn’t do that. But there really was no other option. Because who is to say that even if I went down their with the pack and killed him and all his friends, they still could have that stashed somewhere, for whomever stumbled across it to see it. “I will just have to take your word for it.” There was nothing else to say. “How about this. I will just send you everything I have from that time, and you can destroy it. I will even throw in Bowie's phone.” I was silent and then said. “Why would you do that?” “I don’t need that prick Noah showing up. Just text me a PO Box when you get one and I will ship it all to you. I am not dumb enough to know you would give me your actual address.” He was right, I was not that stupid. “Fine and kill Bowie.” I added. “I will, though I wish you would send Lilith to me so she could. You have no idea the kind of malice that girl holds in her. She is a spiteful little thing, and she would be all the better for it if you let her have her revenge.” He spoke.
“You don’t know her at all. She has gotten better since being here.” I told him and Rob laughed. “You're really know nothing about Draco Wolves, do you?” I was silent. “You may think she is getting better, but she isn’t she won’t ever be a good shifter, she will always have a dark soul and want dark things. It is her nature.” He was so wrong. “Did you know Draco wolves have multiple children. They are the only shifters really that have multiples. It is kind of fascinating. I mean we call them Draco Wolves; they don’t even really get called shifters, that is because they are more animal than human. But anyways they have multiple children, you know litters really. Those children fight one another to the death when they shift for the first time.”
My mouth felt dry all the sudden. “Now tell me that is not dark and twisted. If Lilith were to have a sister or brother when she was born when she shifted for the first time, she would have tried to kill them. She obviously didn’t have a sibling but that night she did shift she did kill someone. Eric, you have no idea how twisted her kind can be. You may think she is getting better, but she isn’t. Lilith is playing a part, but she will get tired of it eventually and will go back to being what she has always been. I have known her much longer than you. You really have no idea what she is capable of.”
I shot back wanting to defend my mate. “Rob, she is not like how you describe her. Lilith is kind and good. She likes helping people.” Rob laughed. “How did she act when she came home after she killed a truck driver, she not only did that she burnt down a whole warehouse that day as well. How did she act when she came back to your pack?” He asked. I didn’t respond. “Yes, she was happy. She reveled in it. I know it is easy to dismiss that. I mean after all that truck driver was a rapist, and he also I found out was not only that but was wanted in relation to a few murders. But she was happy about it. Lilith was happy she had killed someone. She was happy she burnt down a whole building.”
I was now clenching my jaw tight. “I am just telling you Eric, you better watch out because one day you will find out that her urges can’t be squashed by being around her mate or even a pack. It simply is a matter of time, and it will get worse not better as she ages. The Draco wolves tend to deteriorate over time with their sanity until they are only twisted creatures. You should know the idea of demons for humans actually was a result of many humans encountering the Draco Wolves. They are demons in the eyes of humans, and I have no doubt in my mind your pack will come to feel that way to in time.”
I couldn’t take hearing him anymore. “I will text you a PO box. I expect you to hold up your end of the bargain.” Then I hung up not wanting to hear that shit anymore. He was wrong. Lilith had been getting better since being here. There was nothing more to it. Though I couldn’t stop thinking about what he said. Not about Lilith but about her kind having multiples and them killing each other when they first shifted. Was that instinctual? Was it pushed on them? Or was what Rob said just another lie?