It’s been a few days since Mason told me that if Theo marked me, he would die. Theo will be arriving later today. He is supposed to come and take me home. If only he knew only him was going back to his territory. I plan to leave Theo, but I will have to break his heart in the process. I wish I could just leave him, but we all know that Theo would search the world for me. Before, things were fantastic between us is enough prove that he won’t leave me alone even if I run away from him. The only way to make sure he won’t look for me is if I break his heart.
Later in the day, I stand in front of Mom’s door as Theo walks towards me with a smile on his face. He looks happy to be seeing me. I wish I could recuperate the feeling, but all I feel is sadness because of what I will say to him in the next few minutes.
“Hello, love,” Theo says, leaning in for a kiss, but I move my face away before he can kiss me. He immediately starts panicking. “Did I do something wrong?” He asks, worried
“Why don’t we go inside and talk,” I say, walking inside the house, but before I can fully enter, Theo stops me
“Whose scent is that I smell on you?” He asks, growling
“I am sorry, Theo.”
“No,” Theo says, shocked to hear me admit his suspicion. I stole a random male werewolf shirt and put it on. My plan is to lie to him that I cheated on him. I know it’s going to crush him, but this is the only way. It also breaks my heart to see him in pain. “I don’t believe you,” Theo says, shaking his head.
“I am sorry, I know I said I would be patient and wait for you to break the curse, but I couldn’t hold it once I saw my old boyfriend” Theo does not know exactly how many old boyfriends I have had, but he knows I dated before we got together.
“How could you do this to me, Anastasia,” Theo says, with tears pooling in his eyes. I can’t believe the Alpha King has tears in his eyes because of me. Will I be able to completely shatter his heart? I can feel my own tears threatening to fall as I feel his pain because I cheated on him through the bond. Why was I cursed to hurt the one who loves me? This is too much for me to handle. I just wish I could disappear right now. My heart aches every second I stand here and continue to break his heart.
“You are lying. I don’t believe you.”
“I am sorry, I wish it was not true, but I am even with child,” I say, placing my hand on my stomach.
“Wha-t-tt,” Theo stammers as my words sink into his brain. He sniffs the air for a child’s scent. Once, it drifts through his nose. A teardrop leaves his eyes. He quickly wipes it away, but I see it. If a she-wolf is pregnant, she will have her scent and that of a child’s. You can detect a she-wolf is pregnant faster than humans can detect theirs. It takes 7 days to be able to detect if a she-wolf is pregnant. The child scent he sniffed is Elena’s. I have her in the house, so my plan can work. Every child has the same scent until they are 16. That is when you get your unique scent.
“I can’t believe you did this to me. I never want to see you again in my life,” Theo says, walking away from the house.
With every step, he takes my heart breaks more and more. I was a little worried my plan wouldn’t work, but even as it did, I couldn’t be happy about it. I release the tears once he has walked a far distance. I place my hand on my heart as it starts to ache because of the pain I am feeling for breaking his heart. I want to run towards him, tell him it’s a lie, and kiss his pain away, but I know this is for the best.
The following day, I leave with Mason to vampire territory. I didn’t tell Mason my plan to give myself up to the vampire king. I know, like mom, he would be against it. I plan to sneak out in the morning the next day after we arrive at his house. I lied to him that I would spend a few days with him to make sure he was okay before I leave, so he wouldn’t suspect why I suddenly wanted to spend the night after dropping him off.
After an hour or two, we arrive at vampire territory. It is easy to enter since I know I just need to mask my scent to be able to go in unnoticed.
“Wait, let me help you,” I say to Mason as he tries to walk on his own to his house door. I quickly walk towards him and help him.
“I am fine; you didn’t even have to bring me here. It’s dangerous for you to be here.”
“I do, I am the reason you are in this situation, and I am not leaving until you are fully recovered,” I say, walking to his house with him beside me. I have my arms around his waist while his arms are across my shoulders.
“I told you I made the decision of helping you knowing the consequences of doing it. What happened to me is none of your fault.”
“As much as I would love to stop feeling guilty, it’s easier said than done.”
“I know. Hopefully, with time, you will stop feeling guilty.”
I help Mason into his room and on his bed. I run back to the car to get the medical things I brought and my bag. I cook dinner for myself and clean Mason’s wound before calling it a night. Tomorrow morning I plan to go to the vampire King’s castle. I don’t know for sure if the process for reviving the vampire king’s brother will kill me, but if it does, I will die knowing I saved the werewolf kingdom.
Later at night, I wake up feeling a little thirsty, so I walk downstairs to get a glass of water to drink. I am drinking my cup of water when I hear something break in the living room. Did Mason knock down something?
“Mason, is everything alright?” I ask, walking towards the living room.
As I walk closer to the living room, I realize the lights are off. I am about to switch on the lights when I suddenly feel someone grab my neck. I struggle to remove their hold on my neck, but the person is stronger than me. What is going on? I try to sniff the air to find out which species is trying to harm me, but I start to feel dizzy before I can. How are they making me become unconscious? Are they using some kind of magic? Before the darkness entirely surrounds me, I get a slight scent of a vampire. I think I just got kidnapped by a Vampire.