Filed To Story: Sorry Alpha I Am Wolfless Novel
Otsana sat in one of the armchairs opposite the Vampire and Shawn, I pulled Little Bunny onto my lap in the other armchair. The rest of the guards stood around the room just like before. Despite the comfortable seating arrangements, for everyone except Shawn that is, we were about to discuss very uncomfortable topics.
“So, Joaquin, there is much we need to discuss. First, will you give me the full story, with full details, about what happened when my emissary arrived?” Dietrich didn’t look angry, he was sitting next to Shawn with a content smile on his face and a hand resting lazily on Shawn’s arm. Again Shawn looked slightly uneasy but not as much as before, and still he didn’t pull away. Between Vincent, the twins, and Little Bunny, they were able to relay all of the information easily. But there was one little problem with the explanation.
Dietrich shot to his feet at the words that Shane had just shared.
“WHAT!” The anger and rage was clear in his voice. “Octavius was further gone than I thought then.” Rage was still pouring off of him.
“Is there something wrong?” I asked him. Shane had just told him about Octavius attacking and slicing open Shawns shoulder.
“There very well could have been. One of the abilities that Octavius had, aside from being very skilled in tracking through special means, he could control those he gets the blood of. If he were to have licked your blood off of his fingers, you would have been like a puppet to him. To think he would not only attack but use that forbidden technique on our allies. It’s absurd. He used to be a loyal and dutiful soldier of mine. What could have happened to him?” By the time he was done talking, the anger was ebbing away from Dietrich’s face, being replaced by sadness.
“I wonder, Dietrich, but could he have been turning?” Little Bunny asked him, drawing his attention to her.
“Turning?” Dietrich was shocked by her question. “Do you mean that he might have been losing his humanity? I never would have thought it, but listening to the way he was behaving, I honestly do not know.”
“Well, I only ask because of the things I noticed that day. First, he had a scent that was old and decayed, like dust and dirt, and the mildew smell of old damp leaves. All things that were dead and lifeless. Also, when he died, the blood that came from him was almost black. It was such a dark red color that to say it was anything other than black would nearly be a lie.”
“Meine Goettin.” He slipped and spoke in German for a moment, My Goddess was what he said. “He was close to becoming dark. He was losing all hope for his humanity, his soul was leaving his body and making him into the type of monster that you see in the movies.”
“What would cause something like that?” Shawn asked him, worry clear on his face.
“Many things can be attributed to it. It would all depend on the type of person they were when still human, how they lived their lives as a vampire, whether they have someone around them to keep them grounded, and lastly their view of humans. Honestly, Joaquin, I am so very sorry I did not see it sooner. And I truly must thank you for doing what must be done when a vampire changes like that. It is a job I would have had to do myself if you had not.”
The mood in the room had dropped dramatically. None of us, aside from my little mate, had suspected that the vampire was losing his humanity. It wasn’t something that I thought about all that often, alright, I never would have.
“How were you able to figure that out?” Shane asked her. “I didn’t notice anything different with his scent. Nothing that indicated death and decay.”
“I believe it is because your Luna is quite the special one.” Dietrich smiled at her.
“Special how?” Riviana looked uncomfortable as she asked.
“I think you already know a little about that, don’t you Riviana.” Her eyes went wide at his words. “I believe you are not just a normal Luna, am I right? You are special, different, than the others.”
“How can you tell?” I demanded. I needed to keep my mate safe, I knew he wasn’t a threat, but others might be able to sense her specialness if he could.
“Just as I can sense the life force of people, I can also sense the level of their life force.”
“What do you mean? How can you sense the level of someone’s life force? What does that even mean?” Shawn asked Dietrich. Shawn didn’t seem very nervous at all anymore as he was talking with the man next to him so easily.
“Every person has a lifeforce. Even vampires have a life force, but reading a vampire is different than reading a human or a wolf. The same goes for all the supernatural beings. Fae, witches and warlocks, the other shifters and even the less common types like daemon, djinn, spirits, merfolk. It doesn’t matter what the type is, if they’re alive they have a life force, essence, inside of them and I can read that essence like it’s an aura. I don’t often pay attention to it unless I am meeting new people, but it is a handy skill to have sometimes. I just wish I would have seen Octavius in person before sending him your way, I would have known his essence was changed.”
“And what exactly is different about my essence?” Little Bunny asked him nervously.
“Well, Riviana, I see the wolf essence in you, strong and powerful.” He smiled at her and she nodded. “I can see the essence of a powerful witch, but one as of yet untrained.” Shock flitted across her face now as she listened to him more. “And there is another essence, one that is stronger, more powerful than the other two, but it is still awakening. But when it is fully awakened, it will be quite powerful indeed. This third essence will be the one to rule your aura, it is who you were meant to be all along.”
“But what is it?” Little Bunny pleaded with him to know.
“I wish I could tell you. But know this my dear, in all my five centuries and more of life I have never seen an essence quite like this one.”
“Is that a bad thing?” I asked him as it looked like Little Bunny couldn’t talk anymore.
“Not at all. I sense that this essence is great and powerful, wise and fair, strong and determined, it is full of nothing but positives.”
“When, and how, will I find out what it is?” There was fear in my mate’s eyes that looked like it would be permanent.
“I do not know the answer to that, I am sorry. But I am willing to help you figure this out if I can.”
“We would appreciate that, Dietrich, thank you.” I offered him my sincere gratitude.
It seemed that everyone in the room was at a momentary loss for words as everyone looked slowly around at each other. Trying to figure out the meaning behind Dietrich’s words would take us a long time, I was sure. But for now, it was time to move onto the most important subject. The whole reason why Dietrich was here.
“Dietrich, we need your help, same as we needed the help when the emissary was coming here. We need to find the leader of a certain coven of Warlocks and Witches.”
“Yes, I know that you mentioned that before, but you didn’t tell me who it was you were looking for. Nor did you tell me the reason why.” I could see the seriousness sharpen the look in Dietrich’s eyes.
“We need to find the High Warlock of the Sacramentum de Mortis.” Dietrich’s eyes went wide with shock.
“Why on earth are you looking for Gannon? He is a terrible man with terrible ideals.”
“We’ve noticed.” Little Bunny quipped sarcastically.
“Riviana, you must stay away from that man, if he learns you have the blood of a witch, he will most definitely try to make you one of his.”
“He already tried.” I stated flatly. “He took her back in January and held her for a little over two days.”
“How did you ever find him then?”
“He tracked me through our mate marks.” Dietrich’s eyes flared at the plural use of that word, I’m certain we will be talking about that at some point.
“You are lucky to have escaped. Gannon is a ruthless, ruthless man. He is not even against experimenting on and torturing his own children.”
“Oh, I know that first hand, I experienced said torture.”
“Wait, Riviana, are you telling me that Gannon is-.”
“Yes, Gannon Cornelius Edmond is my father.” Riviana interrupted Dietrich, causing him to gasp at her words. “Mind you, I didn’t know who he was until I woke up in the cellar of his torture house. He and four other warlocks tortured me both with and without magic.”
“You’re very lucky to be alive. Having your wolf is most likely what saved you.”
“I didn’t even have a wolf until after he kidnapped me. I had never changed until then. It happened literally at the stroke of midnight.”
“That’s a powerful time.” Dietrich smiled.
“Yeah, well, to make it worse it was the stroke of midnight ringing in my birthday.” Dietrich gasped, his jaw hanging open for just a moment before he snapped it shut and continued to speak.
“Riviana, how old are you now?” Dietrich’s voice was filled with awe.
“Ninteen, why?”
“I knew it.”
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