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the wolf and kill him when he heard someone behind him. He spun around and a wolf lunged at him. He staggered back and fell. He rolled into his feet as Keta got to hers.
What the hell do you think you’re doing?
“Why do you care? You’ve sealed our fates. I’m just planning to go before I’m made to kill you by my own hands.”
Keta pushed him hard. Coward! You want Rio, of all people to kill you just so you can escape?
“I have no choice!”
Fire erupted from within her eyes. Everyone has a choice. Some are just unlucky and have theirs taken from them.
Elijah exhaled hard. “Keta, I’m sorry—”
No. You want the easy way out. Well let me tell you a little something about the man who plans to kill you. He was the one who attacked Katrina. He was the one who sold her off to the vampires.
Elijah straightened up and frowned. “What?” Rio attacked his own daughter?
Keta didn’t speak. Instead, she turned and, after shifting, walked away.
Elijah followed, walking a short distance until they both stood in front of a large, looming ruin. The old bricks faded brown and broken. Half of the front wall at the top and bottom was completely gone and all the windows were smashed.
He stripped, folding his clothes neatly and placed them next to Keta’s on the small wall surrounding the building before he changed into a wolf. There were many scents here, the strongest coming from a bunch of dying flowers planted in the hard soil close to the wall.
Katrina often came here, she liked old buildings, but this was also where she was born, and where her mum had died giving birth to her.
Elijah turned to Keta, listening to her words.
She briefly met his eyes as she passed him. When she got to the dead flowers, she bowed her head and continued. She would plant her mum’s favourite flowers every year. This was what she was doing before she went back home. When she did, her dad followed her all the way. She let him in and then he attacked her and dragged her out of the house. She was too weak to fight, but when he handed her over to the vampires, she fought to get away, and never stopped until she did. Keta turned looked away from the flowers and shifted into her human form.
Elijah shifted also, not speaking as Keta pulled on her clothes while he dressed himself, thinking about her words. Rio sold her off to the vampires? Why? And how does Keta know this? Did she meet her while in the hands of the vampires? He watched Keta as she began to sign.
Katrina didn’t know why her dad betrayed her and sold her off to the vampires. She never did understand that.
“How do you know this?”
Keta stared off into the distance. The soft breeze blew against her as she swallowed. When she met his eyes, they were filled with tears and pain.
Not because she hadn’t told Elijah about her being a wolf, he could see that clearly—though the hurt was still there. The pain he could see now was something entirely different.
Because I’m Katrina Riviere.
Chapter Nine
I never once thought Rio could have a hand in what happened, but I saw him, saw him take those poor innocent girls, the ones he swore to protect, and treat them like dirt before he gave them to the vampires, laughing. Keta shook her head, wiping the tears before they fell. He saw me and I ran before he could say anything. I went to the building my mum died in, and after I planted flowers, I told her what I’d seen. I don’t know what I expected. Guidance? Strength? I don’t know, but I got nothing. So I went back home and I was aware that Rio followed me. I didn’t care—I planned to confront him on what I saw anyway.
I didn’t even make it into the living room before he attacked me. It’s hard to say what happened after that. I know I was dragged out of the house and then I was surrounded by vampires, gagged and blindfolded. I didn’t stop fighting even for a second. They were too strong and they always got what they wanted.
Elijah growled, pacing
What the hell do you think you’re doing?
“Why do you care? You’ve sealed our fates. I’m just planning to go before I’m made to kill you by my own hands.”
Keta pushed him hard. Coward! You want Rio, of all people to kill you just so you can escape?
“I have no choice!”
Fire erupted from within her eyes. Everyone has a choice. Some are just unlucky and have theirs taken from them.
Elijah exhaled hard. “Keta, I’m sorry—”
No. You want the easy way out. Well let me tell you a little something about the man who plans to kill you. He was the one who attacked Katrina. He was the one who sold her off to the vampires.
Elijah straightened up and frowned. “What?” Rio attacked his own daughter?
Keta didn’t speak. Instead, she turned and, after shifting, walked away.
Elijah followed, walking a short distance until they both stood in front of a large, looming ruin. The old bricks faded brown and broken. Half of the front wall at the top and bottom was completely gone and all the windows were smashed.
He stripped, folding his clothes neatly and placed them next to Keta’s on the small wall surrounding the building before he changed into a wolf. There were many scents here, the strongest coming from a bunch of dying flowers planted in the hard soil close to the wall.
Katrina often came here, she liked old buildings, but this was also where she was born, and where her mum had died giving birth to her.
Elijah turned to Keta, listening to her words.
She briefly met his eyes as she passed him. When she got to the dead flowers, she bowed her head and continued. She would plant her mum’s favourite flowers every year. This was what she was doing before she went back home. When she did, her dad followed her all the way. She let him in and then he attacked her and dragged her out of the house. She was too weak to fight, but when he handed her over to the vampires, she fought to get away, and never stopped until she did. Keta turned looked away from the flowers and shifted into her human form.
Elijah shifted also, not speaking as Keta pulled on her clothes while he dressed himself, thinking about her words. Rio sold her off to the vampires? Why? And how does Keta know this? Did she meet her while in the hands of the vampires? He watched Keta as she began to sign.
Katrina didn’t know why her dad betrayed her and sold her off to the vampires. She never did understand that.
“How do you know this?”
Keta stared off into the distance. The soft breeze blew against her as she swallowed. When she met his eyes, they were filled with tears and pain.
Not because she hadn’t told Elijah about her being a wolf, he could see that clearly—though the hurt was still there. The pain he could see now was something entirely different.
Because I’m Katrina Riviere.
Chapter Nine
I never once thought Rio could have a hand in what happened, but I saw him, saw him take those poor innocent girls, the ones he swore to protect, and treat them like dirt before he gave them to the vampires, laughing. Keta shook her head, wiping the tears before they fell. He saw me and I ran before he could say anything. I went to the building my mum died in, and after I planted flowers, I told her what I’d seen. I don’t know what I expected. Guidance? Strength? I don’t know, but I got nothing. So I went back home and I was aware that Rio followed me. I didn’t care—I planned to confront him on what I saw anyway.
I didn’t even make it into the living room before he attacked me. It’s hard to say what happened after that. I know I was dragged out of the house and then I was surrounded by vampires, gagged and blindfolded. I didn’t stop fighting even for a second. They were too strong and they always got what they wanted.
Elijah growled, pacing
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