Evangeline’s POV
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“Sorry?” I asked, furrowing my eyes.
“It looks like you are planning to ditch me.”, he said, standing on his feet. “If you’re going somewhere, then I’m coming with you.”, he added sternly.
“Where are you both planning to leave?” Dad asked in confusion.
“Nowhere, Dad.” I tried not to answer that part of him, and thankfully he didn’t force me to tell him about it.
“Okay, if you say so.”, He said and looked at Daniel. “Alpha Daniel, I can smell my daughter’s scent on you but not your scent on my daughter. So, when are you going to mark her? And throw Luna Ceremony.”, he asked.
“I can’t share about that part in front of her.”, he said, pointing toward me as if that was a surprise for me. “But I assure you that the Luna Ceremony will be so grand that you will be crying out of joy after seeing your daughter’s happiness.”
“If that is so that I will wait for that moment.”, Dad said happily. I also wanted to be happy, but I was not sure if all Daniel’s planning would come true or not?
But never mind, I would use my current time with him, enjoying every single second of it.
“Come on, Angel.”, Daniel said, snaking his arms around my waist, and we walked out of the room.
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“Dan! I want to go to meet my other father, and I can’t take you there with me.”, I said once we were out of the packhouse.
“Then you are not leaving either.”, he said stubbornly.
“Please, Dan. Try to understand.”
“No! I don’t want to understand anything either you will take me with you, or you are not leaving.”, he said, leaving no room for argument.
“Are you scared that I will be under her control, then I might end up killing you, hmm?”
“And do you really think that I love my life that much? My life has no meaning without you, Angel. All I know is that if that woman will be successful in getting her hand on you, then I won’t be able to forgive myself for sitting here in my pack and trying to understand all the stupid things.”, he snapped. “Tell me, Angel. Would you have sat on the bed doing nothing if you knew that I would have been at your place?” he questioned, and I knew that I had to take him with him no matter what!
The next thing I knew that I picked him in my arms and ran at my superhuman speed.
“What the…” Daniel hid her face in my chest when his face was hit by the air harshly. His wolf would have practiced facing the continuous slap of air while running but being a human; he didn’t have that experience. Moreover, the passage through which vampires could reach the coven was too small compared to the size of the werewolf.
And surprisingly, the coven was all empty when I reached there. I put Daniel down and held him for a while so that he wouldn’t fall down because of a headache or something.
“Don’t tell me that you brought me here by carrying me like a bride.”, he muttered in anger. I knew it was a fake one, so I ignored it and looked around; there was not a single person or human over there. But there was a lot of blood on the floor all around. It meant that humans were either killed or converted into a vampire.
The chance of happening the last options was more because if they would have been killed, then their dead bodies would have been here, but NO…it was missing. It meant they were converted into vampires, and all would have followed their master like sheep. Using my speed, I checked each and every single corner of the mansion, but NOPE not a single vampire or human was there.
“No one is here. What now?” Daniel asked.
“Let’s check father’s room. Who knows we can find something over there?” I concluded and again picked him in my arms and quickly took him there. He was glaring at him, but I ignored it. It was him who wanted to come with me so he would have to bear all these things. Because this mansion was not large that a werewolf could roam freely. Not to forget, there were a lot of traps in the mansion to trap someone who was not among them. “Let me know if you find something important, and I started looking from the left side of the room.”
“Okay!”
I checked his drawers and found some papers in them; taking them out, I checked them one by one, but I didn’t find anything relevant. I resume my search again.
“Angel…I think I found something.”, Daniel said, and I quickly reached near him. It was the torn pages of the mom’s diary, and there was no mistake in it. I could recognize my mother’s handwriting anywhere and not to forget; I already knew that my father had torn the pages.
If no one, then let’s see what mom had to share with me.
“It’s the pages of Mom’s diary.”, I muttered.
“Then let’s read it. See what mom wanted to tell you.” he suggested the same thing which I was thinking.
We both sat on the bed and started reading it. (Author Note: You can prefer chapter 3 to check where it was stopped between right now; the line will begin from the middle of the sentence.)
“…. because I know when you will grow up, you will be a hybrid, just like your father. Now, you must be wondering how you can be just like your father? Well, sweetheart, I never told you about it because you were too young to understand the situation, but the truth is that you are not William’s daughter; he just accepted you with his whole heart though you weren’t his. That’s why I’m repeating to you again and again that please forgive your father, he always loved you, and I’m sure even without my presence, his love for you wouldn’t fade.
Now, coming back to the part, who’s your biological father?
Then, he was my love before I got married to Willams. His name was Orpheus. He was ______”
I read the next few pages quickly and realized that it matched the story which Vincent told me.
But she didn’t mention about Orpheus’s regular visit to my room. Maybe she had no idea about that. Also, Vincent never told me that something was going on between my mom and Orpheus after her marriage with Alpha Williams. The only reason to visit his packhouse was ME. And he knew that I was just like him. That’s why he had bound my powers to keep me safe from all those tortures that he had to endure because he was a hybrid. He didn’t want me to become a research subject. On the top, no one was there to train me with my powers, so letting a small kid open with a lot of powers was dangerous as well.
“….. I’m so sorry, Eva! I know that I have hidden so many things from you. You might be thinking that you have spent all your life underlies. Well, I hate to say it, but you are thinking, right! But I was just protecting you because you are so special.
Except from these, there is something more which I had been hiding, about your identical twins’ sister. She _______”
Now, Dad’s story about my sister was matching with the fact written in the diary.
Great! Just great! She actually hid everything from me except my name.
My real identity.
My real father.
My real sister.
And in the end, she was doing nothing but apologizing for everything. I was so pissed at her, but at the same time, she wasn’t here so that I could even fight with her. Maybe Daniel sensed my anger and kissed my temple, trying to calm me down.
I sighed and continued reading the remaining few pages of the diary, “After seven years, I met him. I met Orpheus when I was dying because of illness, and the doctor had clearly told me that I had no chance of surviving. He wanted me to turn like him, a vampire. And I didn’t oppose his idea because I didn’t want to die this soon, Eva. I wanted to see you growing like a beautiful young woman, and see you getting married and many more things! And after that, I wanted to stay happily with Orpheus forever.
I knew our world would become different by doing this, but that wouldn’t change a thing between us. And as per vampire law, you couldn’t share your secret with humans. So, I believe when you will get your powers and then we could meet again, hopefully. But don’t worry, I will always be there for you; I assured you that because I didn’t want to die, at least not this soon, because if I did, I wouldn’t be resting in peace.
I would have died today or tomorrow, so I’m choosing today, 18th October 2005, to end my life as a human! I knew I was being selfish by deciding to end my life today, but I hate to see you looking at me with so much pain by looking at me. One day, everyone had to leave the world, but I was leaving you to return back.
Mama Loves you, princess!”
I read the pages twice or say thrice to check whether I was reading it right or not!
“It’s been twenty days since you received your powers. Does your mom come to meet you?” Daniel asked, but I didn’t say a word to him. Because I had already shared everything with him. If I would have met my mom, then obviously, I would have shared about it with him.
Out of twenty days, I stayed here for fourteen days, but I didn’t see mom anywhere, and Orpheus was with someone these days.
“What do you think? Did Orpheus never turn her into a vampire or change his mind at the last moment?” he asked the question which I was thinking. I closed my eyes and rested my head on my mate’s shoulder, thinking about everything that I came to know.
‘What do you think, Ivory?’ I asked her.
‘I’m clueless right now.’, She answered.
“Hello, lovebirds!”, Immediately, I opened my eyes and looked at the source of the voice. While Daniel stood up his feet, taking a defensive position. The lady in a black coat was standing in front of us, but her face was half-hidden because of the hood.
“Angel, she is the one.”, he said, but I couldn’t smell her scent right now. It looked like she had cloaked it, but it was not her gift, and I knew whose gift it was. And that woman removed her hood and smirked, looking at me.
‘Holy shit! She was the exact copy of yours!’ Ivory exclaimed. ‘Even if she turned out to be your sister, even then, don’t be easy on her. She hurt our mate.’
Immediately my body tensed, and I realized what she was trying to do, but it didn’t work when Daniel stepped in between us. I shook my head, coming back to reality.
“I see. Protecting your mate? Huh!”, She asked with a sinister smile on her face. I could see that peeping through his shoulder a little. “Along with that, you also realized that my powers don’t work on you.”, she added and started to come closer to us.
Daniel growled at her, warning her not to come closer.
“What? I just want to say hello to Eva!”, She said innocently.
I stepped out from Daniel’s protection and glared at her before speaking, “Your HELLO is twenty days late, MOM.”
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#TBC