The Blood Moon Twins – Chapter 55
CAULDER
My mother’s face paled as the words came out of my mouth. She made direct eye contact with me, and her look told me more than her words. I knew they were planning on attacking vampires, so for me to meet with a vampire behind their backs was a bold betrayal. On top of that, I was putting Remy in danger–at least in her eyes. I knew the prophecy scared her, but her fear was crippling her decisions.
“I don’t understand.” My father was the first to speak. “You lied to me about what you were doing when you snuck out?” A flash of anger filled his voice, which wasn’t surprising. I had always had a good and honest relationship with him. It wasn’t like me to lie like that.
level-headed and open-minded about this, especially because I know you guys are wary of vampires. I decided it was better to lie then and tell the truth later.”
her frown deepened. I was forcing this discussion to happen in front of Remy, and there was no way to exclude her without directly kicking her out of the room, whi
s working with the enemy.
es who are trying to release that creature,” Remy said, quickly defending Blade. “I know you don’t like vampires, but not all of them are bad. Blade is different. He’s here to help.”
“You know this vampire, too?” my mother said, her mouth gaping. She looked like she was going to b
chance-”
said. “You two have been putting yourself in
r to try to calm her down. He was definitely on edge during the conversation, too, but he was trying to stay calm and listen, which I ap
th silence, I continued. “When I first saw Blade, I attacked him, because I thought he was hurting Remy. He selflessly put himself in danger to protect her. He wouldn’t do that if he was our enemy. He even helped out during the last attack. He helped save Julie. He didn’t have to do that.”
a little more open to the idea. If we continued to explain everything, there was a chance we could win him over at the least. Then he could help us convince our mother.
e been sneaking out and lying to us fo
ets.
lder,” my father said in a cautioning tone.
t my parents’ words, but I knew I couldn’t back down. “If you just gave Blade a chance, you would understand why I’ve been working with him. He’s been training us to fight against vampires. He has even offered to train the pack. You are planning an attack against vampires. This could
is strong enough on our own,” my m
bborn and too set in her ways. I was about to argue against her, but
“Or is it because I’m the one vouching for him that you don’t trust him?”
d putting yourselves in danger. No part of that warrants me trus
om vampire. He’s my mate!” Remy snapped, flying to her feet.
face to face with Medusa, and an uncomfortable silence filled the room.
, my mother stood up and looked at Remy directly. “You will never see that boy again, and that’s final. You both are grounded and will not be leaving the pack house without express permission and escorts.” She left the room wit
led her eyes, and I wasn’t sure if they were tears of anger or if she was devastated that our mother hadn’t even tried to listen to us.
r that you both broke our trust, but given the circumstances, I’m not convinced you two were necessarily in the wrong. If this Blade can help us like you say, then it’ll be worth looking into.” He stood up and let out a long sigh. “I’ll talk to your mother and try to talk some sense into her. Until then, you are both still grounded.”
ft the room, leaving Remy and myself in silence. Remy was still shaking, and the tears had started falling out of he
mped up and ran out of the room.
n’t the worst this could have gone, but it was close.
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ALPHA MARK
us and leaned against it. “Are we going to talk about your reaction?”
looked at me, and there were tears running down her eyes. “She’s mated to a vampire.”
a pure-blooded werewolf.
he darkest hours of the darkest days, the Daughter of Moon and Magic and the Son of Blood and Magic would be fated together, creating the most powerfu
make the prophecy come to fruition, and then everything we have done would be for nothing.”
e, she needs to know before she accidentally does something she will end up regretting.”
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REMY
r it. It was hard enough to find a mate in this crazy world, and I wasn’t about to give up on the chance fo
p, especially if he was still injured. He had already done so much for me, and I wasn’t about to abandon him.
ped he would be able to forgive me.
heard.
rolling to break my fall. I took off in a sprint, needing to get to Blade as soon as possible before anyone discovered I was missing. I would only get one chance at running away, and I needed to make it count. I needed to see Blade again.