Sophia’s POV
“Mum, what did Dad say?” I pretend not to have heard her. She would kill me if she knows that I’m aware she’s a Vampire. At least, she can’t kill me for noticing the sudden change in her eyeballs. Length and colour.
“Let’s escape.” She says, and grabs hold of my hand.
“Sure. But let’s take the rear route.” I tell her, and we lock the front door as we rush to flee through the back door.
Midway getting to the back door, the front door creaks open. Mum almost slumps as she faces back. She instinctively hurries into “Dis Kitchenette.” Dis Kitchenette is the name given to her smallest kitchen. Talking of size. She hides behind a cabinet, and I lay flat beside her.
“Who was that?” I stifle a mutter.
“My mate.” She says. “Mate…”
“Mate?” I ask, bewildered.
“Dylan is not my mate.” She bends her head a little bit, and says.
“What are you talking about?” I ask her, normalizing my wrinkled forehead.
“Jude…” She mutters. “The smell is getting stronger.”
“Smell?” I ask. “Jude?”
She nods.
“What are you talking about?” I yell but she covers my mouth midway as she increases her eyeball.
“Hey!” She mutters. “Keep mute.”
Footsteps can be heard right from the sitting room down to the kitchen then to opening the door, and coming over to Dis Kitchenette.
“Mum, it’s about smell. Right?” I ask her, whispering in her ears.
“Yes, sure.” She replies. “It’s getting too strong now. What do we do?” She raises her brows.
“If it’s about smell, then you’ll be caught.”
She slumps at my statement, and knocks my forehead.
“You don’t have to do that.” I retort, rolling my eyes at her. Just then, the one called Jude opens the door leading to where we are hiding, in Dis Kitchenette.
“Come on! He’s here. Can’t you block your smell?” I ask her but she seems frozen. She doesn’t talk. She just glares at a direction.
“Isabella.” Jude calls out, with the huskiest voice. The steps he takes as he comes near, gives sounding and resounding thuds.
“We gotta do this.” I shut my eyes, and creak open the next cabinet just near our hiding arena. Thoughts flash through my mind. First one comes this way: when I threatened Rose with a garlic, and her eyes melted as she drops down on the ground. The fact that Jude is here to attack mum shows that he is a Vampire.
If he isn’t, mum won’t be scared. Because mum is not an hybrid but a complete vampire. I pick up three garlics, and raise my head immediately.
“Who are you, and what do you want?” I fake some confidence as I subtly slide those garlics into my pocket. He smirks as he approaches.
“Who are you? What do you want?” I yell at him and he drives at me. At once, I roll on the ground, being dumped by him. He comes near me, and throttles my neck. Mum sights him and instead of saving me, she tiptoes out of Dis Kitchenette and halt. I can see that right from where I’m being throttled. I won’t blame her for that. First she doesn’t really want me as a child. Secondly and most importantly, she has to escape. Jude tries to calm his Vampire, I notice this.
At once, he sniffs the air. He nuzzles me, and I biff him on his nose as he lands on the ground giving a pain expression.
“The smell has been cleared. I know it is still lingering but my…” He says, eyes shut and feet turning lengthy and claws. “My mate is no longer here.” He jerks up all at once, and chases mom. By now, mom should have been in one of the thick forests. I hope she would be able to hide her smell. What kind of vampire is she? She can’t turn unless she injures herself or she is pretty glad? Then she should go injure herself then coz this is not a laughing scene.
In a minute, Jude snaps his finger and my eyes shut by themselves. I try to open it but I can’t. All I can hear is growls. This kind is of Ben’s.
Ben is a Vampire.
Jude is a Vampire.
Mum is a Vampire.
Vampires want me.
But I won’t give in. I hear finger snaps again, and my eyes open. I see a beast escaping. I turn back to make sure the garlics are intact. Before I can take three steps, give or take, four, Jude rushes inside with his hands yanking mum’s hair. I scream at the gory sight as mum starts to ooze blood from different parts.
“Oh my geez!” I curse under my breath. “Leave Isabella!” I bark at him.
“Your head on the platter.” He says, and a wolf suddenly appears.
“Her.” He points at me, I nod my head negatively as I take few steps backwards. The wolf disappears and Jude lands mum on the ground. Mum’s face is normal but her skin is not. She seems very hurt. She can’t shift unless she is very hurt or very happy.
“Try to shift, and attack me.” He says, as he climbs mum. I pass by them to get some help from my neighbors. As soon as I open the door, Jude, with a hand, dumps me back inside.
“I’m going with my mate.” He says. “Just let’s go and be my Luna.”
“Never in my life.” Mum retorts and he slaps her chin.
“Don’t you dare say that.” He slaps her again. “And you” he points at me “you’ll go with us.” He says, and I cuss at him.
“You said what?” He retorts and lengthens his arms as he grabs hold of me and lands me beside him. As he does, he digs his fingers which just turned into claws, into the nape of my neck. I let out a shriek but when I recover, I can’t remember anything again. I stare at mum, and smile as Jude has his field day on her.
ISABELLA’S POV
What has happened to Sophia? She doesn’t seem to worry about me any longer. Did Jude affect her in any way? She should try more to save me most especially now that Jude is trying to rape me. Oh my goodness. Let me try mindlinking Dylan.
“Shut up! I’ll block your mindlink with him soon.” Jude says, and i know I’m in trouble.
“Keep your ass cool, and let me enjoy what I’ve been working for, for years.”
Sure, it’s been five years now that I escaped from the pack. Someone from the pack must have intruded into me or Dylan or Sophia. They are 90% Vampires, they can’t attack without spying. If only I thought of this earlier, I’d beware.
He slaps my buttocks hard as he tears my skin apart. I try to stop him but he stops me first. He tears my shirt apart, and down he goes. He undresses me, and carries me into a room.
“This method.” He says, demonstrating the posture he wants for the sexual assault.