Chapter 3. How we met

•• • Mark Jones POV • ••

~ ~ I drive  to the park ~ ~

On that day, my personal driver "Sam" a man in his early 50s, parked my car a few meters away from the main entrance of the park. It wasn't to avoid the paparazzi, rather, ther was no space left in the parking lot. The place was full like every other year. I was used to.

I immediately stepped down from the car. I took an old and somehow abandoned road behind the park far from the crowd. This part of the park was where desperate wolves strut at night and most human feared this area as they believed that it was hunted.

I had heard lots of scary anecdotes from humans about this part of the park. The Humans spoke of evil spirits loitering in this arena, little did they know about the existence of wolves, vampires, and other obscure creatures that were comfortably living in their midst.

However, all I glimpsed on this road were frustrated, wolves who got their refuge here. One despicable thing I heard that freaked me out and I detest about all those counts were the disappearance and the murder of children. One of the reasons I hate being what I am. 

I walked in the dark scary roads that didn't actually scare me. 

As I walked further, I heard  groan sounds overshadowed by a tiny weak female voice. My heart rate was at its peak. The sound got intense as I walked further. I followed the groaning sounds till I got closer. 

As soon as I got closer, the wolf scampered away without trying to put up a resistance. "Weird!."

I groan with my fangs all carved out. My eyes got deep green. The beast in me wanted me to follow the wolf into the bush, but the humam part in me would rather help the female laying helplessly.

I glimpse at the women dying on the ground and the human part in me dominates. I immediately attend to her, she is burning up and her pulse seem to be sliding.

The pain she portrays crushes me- it made me feel helpless and incapable of anything. Tears won't stop rolling down from her closed eyes, her bite is quite enormous and deep. She clinched faintly onto my clothes and whispered,

"He…lp... Me...!..." and those were the last words that escaped her quivering lips as her hand released my shirt. She was laying lifeless into the ground. I stood there frozen, not knowing what to do.

Was she half dead or dead?.

Deep within, I wanted to help, yet her blood was so fresh and attractive, there was an urge in me to satisfy my thirst. Her neck was just tender and so perfect to feed.  

Unexpectedly, I felt as my teeth busts out, and my eye changing its vision. At that moment I knew I had lost control. My other creature had taken over, coupled with her pure blood, oozing outside, activated the strong urge to insert my fangs into her soft skin.

I battled so hard with the wolf and vampire in me, yet the urge wasn't giving up either. It was like burning steam staining me. It had been long since I felt that way!.

I shifted my mouth closer to her neck, I could feel the way her heartbeat was getting weaker. "She is death there is no harm in getting a little from this rare sample." That was my consolation words to justify what I was about to do.

Before I could realise it my tongue was licking her neck slowly approaching her intercostal vein to suck out.

I couldn't take advantage of a helpless human, she was lying there, so young and innocent. The human in me flinched "Dam it!. I'm here to help!."

I battled with myself until I got control over my wolf. I immediately carried her to the car.

Sam was standing by the car, smoking cigarette. He immediately threw it away and hurried into the car as he saw me moving towards him with the young lady bleeding in my arms. I noticed a cold glance of disappointment in his eyes!. He had assumed the worst already.

"You should wipe the blood on your mouth" Sam whispered with disdain. He tough I had plunged into my old bad habits.

I placed her in the car with her head on my laps. I could still feel her last heartbeats but I believed she still had time. As we all settled in the car, Sam sat like nothing was happening.

"Sam, take us to the nearest hospital!." I ordered.

Sam immediately started the car and drives off!. All he wanted was to go far away from the crowd with my mess. He drove so fast until we reached a quiet place!.

He parked the car saying,

"Sir, we can't take her to the hospital!. What if the bite is deeper and she mutates in the midst of humans?" He immediately uttered. He concluded that I was responsible for the bite.

I widened my stare at his deep weird voice. He hardly spoke, why now?. However, he's right though, I couldn't take her to our clan either and I couldn't think of a place.

Yeah, Sam is a wolf too. He was a gift from my uncle to monitor my moves and to handle all my excesses, I guess. He mostly drove me at night and on my off days at work. 

I had another driver assigned by the political league which I worked in, but he only drove me during the day!.

"So, where do you suggest?." I asked with a cold voice because I knew he was somehow accessing me as usual and there was no time, because there was a dying lady on my laps. 

Then Sam gave a wonderful suggestion. "I know a place, Sir!. With a reliable cage!. We aren't far from it!." He replied as he started back the car.

"Good!." I must say, I wasn't surprised. I still had my doubts, because Sam was unpredictable at times.

"This should stay between us!. No one has to know about this. Not even my father!." I warned. "Yes sir!" he nodded his head.

My uncle is my Dad. I'm his first son!. He has only two daughters!. That is Liliana and Lilith, two monsters.

We arrived at the place. It was an old abandoned house in the middle of the forest. The place stunk. We on the lights which were very dim and rats ran over.

"It this all about the light?" I wondered aloud with my arm covering my noise. The scent was unpleasant.

"Yes, sir. The's no kerosene in the generator and the solar panel are bad," he said. "I will be in the car, then. Join me immediately as you are done" with that said I left.

Sam did all the necessary to get rid of the burden. It's not my fault, I hated stress.

Once he was done he met me in the car. I gave him stick instructions and I left with the car while he remained behind.

I rapidly went home to change then I ran back to the inauguration of the park. My father had to make his speech so there was no way I could miss it. If I did he would have never forgive me.

Ladies began to murmur amongst themselves as soon I walked into the park. I sat on the VIP table near my father (uncle) and his two daughters.

"What took you so long?. I just ended my speech." he scowled and my two sisters grinned maliciously. Oh, I just hate them. I grimace. They always make me silly.

"Dad will never forgive you for this. I don't know what's the cause of your late coming but I'm damn grateful for it." Liliana whispered in my ears. She was seated next to me.

She's the younger but a real pest.

"You both should stop being childish!" Lilith said with a grin.

While Dad was busy attention to his friends.