“Really because from where I was standing, it looked like she easily knocked you off to the side,” he argued.
“I had it under control Dorin,” Bianca snapped. “How else is she supposed to learn control if she never feeds off live prey?” She demanded and Lily licked her lips nervously, she didn’t like the sound of “feed off live prey.”
“Bianca if you don’t follow my orders I’ll send you packing back to the king,” he threatened her. He walked over to the man on the ground and checked his pulse.
“Is he okay?” Lily asked, feeling truly terrified. What if she killed him?
“He’s not dead, that’s at least something,” he told her then bit into his own wrist covering the bite marks on the man’s arm causing them to heal almost instantly. “But I’ll have to take him to the hospital. He has lost a dangerous amount of blood,” he explained and Lily felt guilty. “Wait here, I will be back in a few minutes,” he told them and disappeared with the man in a blink of an eye.
“What a stick in the mud,” Bianca pouted getting in the car and Lily glared at the woman.
“Don’t you ever do that to me again,” Lily told her getting in the car as well and Bianca sighed rolling her eyes.
“Oh come on Lily this is who you are now, this is what we do,” she explained and Lily shook her head side to side gently.
“No I won’t do this, it’s wrong,” she snapped and Bianca giggled as if she had said something funny.
“Oh please, there is nothing wrong in this! The man will be fine, it’s not like you caused anything permanent,” Bianca told her but Lily remained silent, feeling so angry with herself for letting Bianca push her into feeding on that man. She was supposed to be stronger than that!
When Dorin returned, they continued to drive in awkward silence. It was clear he was beyond pissed. When the sun started to rise they stopped at a hotel, Lily collapsed in her small bed as Dorin closed the curtains tightly and taping the edges of the curtains to the wall as a safety measure that no sunlight could enter. She wasn’t exactly happy about sharing a room with him, but he insisted that she was not to be left alone.
Lily looked away nervously as he started to remove his clothing and she heard him laugh at her. “You can look if you want, I won’t mind,” he teased her and she growled.
“Who said I wanted to,” she snapped back and he laughed getting into the bed opposite of hers. God, I hate men, she thought sourly.
“Why can’t I have my own room,” she demanded and he sighed.
“I told you before; you shouldn’t be alone after drinking so much fresh blood. I want to make sure you don’t fall under a blood craze and I don’t trust Bianca not to try and throw another human at you. She’s too young to understand her actions yet,” he explained.
Lily found it odd talking about a person who was born in the eighteenth century as young. She huffed but turned her attention to the huge old television and waited until six to call Greg and get an updated on the situation. When the hour slowly crawled past she dialed his number. “Hey, Greg it’s me. So what’s the situation?” she asked once he picked up.
“Nothing new from Xavier,” he replied.
“How about Andrew and the others, how’d they take my leaving?” She asked feeling worried.
“Things have pretty much gone to hell,” he admitted and she felt a little guilty. “Thanks to your uncle the alpha has declared you as a rogue,” he told her and Lily gasped as if someone had smacked her. Even she knew that rogue werewolves were considered something vile and dangerous. How could Andrew call her that?
“Did you really threaten to kill the alpha?” He asked and Lily laughed bitterly.
“Is that what he told everyone, that I threatened his life?” She asked with sour disbelief. “Greg I didn’t threaten his life I was merely trying to get him to see what a hybrid could do to him if he didn’t act,” she explained feeling so insulted that her father would think such a thing.
“I’m sorry Lily,” Greg apologized. “Anyways there are rumors that Tony is going to challenge the alpha over it but so far nothing has happened. I just know they have been shouting at each other nearly the whole night,” he explained and her guilt grew. She didn’t want this, she just wanted Andrew to see the danger he and his family was in.
“Um Lily, there is something I have to tell you,” he started sounding very nervous and she knew whatever it was she wasn’t going to like it. “James and Chris are coming after you,” he told her and she growled angrily.
“Greg! I thought I told you to tell no one, especially James!” She roared in anger and he apologized quickly over and over.
“Sorry Lily, but he already knew I was helping you and threatened to hurt me if I didn’t tell him what he wanted,” he whimpered and she cursed James. God, why couldn’t he just keep his nose in his own business?
“You do know you can defend yourself! You’re the same as James for the love of God,” she snapped at him.
“No, I’m not Lily. I may be stronger now, but I’m not a fighter! The idea of actually hitting someone is enough to make me sick! I’m sorry Lily, I really am, please don’t persuade me or anything like that,” he pleaded and she couldn’t resist a small smile wondering if it was possible to persuade him over the phone.