Damien
I knew. I don’t know how, but I fucking knew something was off. My mind was foggy after last night’s dinner disaster from finding out Ember was my mate. I felt an instant connection with her, and I hated myself for it. I hated her presence, but when my mom attacked her, those feelings went away. A deep need to protect her replaced it, and I hated myself even more for it. Enough to leave after knowing she would be in good hands. The beast in me wanted to rip at my mother’s throat and drink her until death.
My mother is a bitch, but she did not deserve how I felt last night towards her. I would not let a human come between us. I had to leave. Clear my head. I went to the only place I knew that would make me feel better. Black Diamond. Other than bringing species together, Black Diamond was the only place known for having what we call, givers. Givers were humans who were aware of the supernatural and allowed them to feed from their blood.
Givers were taken care of and lived at the Black Diamond on the top floor. They were required to register their names with the council of Delphi, which was the high council of the supernatural species of the USA, so they were protected. The staff made sure they kept their blood clean so as to not poison any of the drinkers, which were those that consumed the giver’s blood. A giver carried BD on their arms in the form of a tattoo with a diamond around the letters, which signified who they were in the club, so when one of the staff of Black Diamond brought the giver to me, I did not think to question it. I took her wrist, and she gave it to me willingly, wanting to please me, as all givers do. My staff member was new and told me her name was Emma. She said the feeder she gave me was one she took care of herself. I didn’t care to hear her story, as the blood the giver supplied was intoxicating.
Too intoxicating, but I was too blood drunk to notice. Very soon, I started feeling dizzy. I dismissed it as being blood drunk. One of the effects of consuming blood after waiting a while to do so. All I remember is Emma saying I wanted to fuck her, and suddenly, I wanted to too, and not too long after, I remember Carter coming in. I could not explain why I wanted to fuck Emma. Only that I just did. After he left, I remember finishing, but then Emma touched my head and I seemed to have passed out. I awoke to both Emma and the giver being gone, though my head was hurting. Too much blood, maybe? I thought to myself.
I left in a haze and came back to the pack. It ate at me, when Ember saw the betrayal. The look in her eye made me want to… fuck I don’t know. I just know I felt horrible. I blamed it on the mate bond. It nagged at me the whole day. When the mate bond is formed, male wolves cannot get hard or lust for anyone but their own mates, which is the first sign that something had happened to me last night. Once I overheard Ember saying she recognized Emma, I saw black. My previous thoughts were confirmed, and I rushed out to the Black Diamond. Seth linked me.
” Find the link between her and those men before you kill her” he said, then cut the link. It didn’t take long to get to Black Diamond, and my rage was in full effect. Emma was not there yet. Her shift was to start in ten minutes. I went up to the givers’ quarters and found the giver last night. Her eyes were wide as she recognized me and panicked.
“I am sorry”, she said, with her head down. The other givers looked at her in confusion, as did the staff. I snatched the giver’s hand and pulled her to my office. Tears were streaming down her face.
“What did she do to me?” I questioned. She kept her head down. I didn’t feel like bullshit. I growled at her, and she backed into the corner.
“I do not like being kept waiting, human”, I spoke to her. My eyes are turning red.
” She…. she gave me tears of praise” the giver, shuddered. I was annoyed. Tears of lease would be undetectable in the system. We have to check the giver’s blood. It would make the vampire consuming it fall into a deep sleep, leaving the vampire’s mind open to being probed for information. That must have been how she knew Ember was working at Moonlight, as well as how many soldiers we had.
” Did you know”, I asked her.
“No sir. Not until you pass out. She said she would murder my family if I said anything to anyone, sir. She probed your mind for information, then went back. I saw her tell some men some information before coming back in. I never saw them before in my life. I am sorry sir”, she sputtered out, refusing to look at me. I was feeling murderous, but I was not completely heartless.
“Sit out tonight. Your blood will still have its effects in it and go eat something. ” I told her. She looked up, tears in her eyes. Grateful.
“Thank you, sir. Thank you” she said, and I growled.
“Now. Before I change my mind”, I said, and she scattered out of the room. I went out and saw Emma entering the club with a smile on her face. I walked right up to her from behind and gripped her hair around my hand, dragging her to the center of the club for all to watch.
“Alpha, what. What are you doing?” She said, shocked.
” Your fellow wolf is a traitor to the pack. She drugged a giver last night so she should probe my mind. Earlier today, as you all know, the pack was attacked due to her leaking information to the enemy”, I announced to the on-lookers and heard a bunch of growls from pack wolves. I let Emma go as her eyes went wide, knowing she had been caught.
“That. That is a lie”, she said to me, but she was busted.
“Who were those men you sent to abduct my fucking mate today” I growled in my alpha voice. I was so enveloped in my anger; I hadn’t even realized I had called Ember my mate. Emma fell to her knees in tears, but I was having none of it. There were croc tears in my eyes.
” One of them was my chosen mate. I had no choice”, she whimpered, but I could see through her facade. She may be telling the truth, but she enjoyed it.
“Well, your man is dead, thanks to my mate, you fucking bitch”, I said to her. Her eyes went wide, and her smile faded immediately. She realized she had fucked up and a scowl was on her face.
“AHH” She growled, clawing my face, but before I could kill her, imagine my surprise to feel someone pass me. No, not just someone. Ember. She landed a punch on Emma and Emma fell to the ground. Ember then took a knife from a nearby table and plunged it right into Emma’s heart, killing her.
“That’s for fucking my mate, bitch”, she growled out as Emma died. I watched Ember with surprise as she stood up and looked around.
“The next person I find out fucking touches him inappropriately will meet the same fucking fate as this bitch, got it”, she said loudly, meeting every eye surrounding us. Her eyes had turned bright blue. The same bright blue from last night. I could hear yeses from shocked club members or yes Luna from pack members all around. How the fuck did she even get here, and did she just claim me in my own domain? Why was I turned on by this? She looked at me in annoyance, and before I could say anything she disappeared, leaving a wisp of smoke behind her. It left me stunned. Just who the fuck was this human?