Trinity - The Prophecy (14 page)

Chapter
Twenty-Six

We had gone to bed after our coffee to catch up on some sleep. I wasn’t sure if I needed to as I had slept quite a lot the last few weeks, but again, my body started slowly shutting down even after all the blood I’d had. I wanted to ask Lachlan how often he needed to feed,
as it seemed to be wearing off quickly so sleep came to me quickly.

I rolled over with my phone in my hand and lay on my stomach. Placing the phone in front of me I propped myself up on my elbows
and rested my head in my hands as I looked at it.

Jason had not called or sent a text and I didn’t think Nikkee had heard from him either, unless she just hadn’t told me. I thought he would have made contact since we had almost kissed in the morning. Maybe he was giving me time to think everything over. Maybe I had hurt his feeling when I said he would kill me if he were asked to. Maybe he was waiting for me to make the next move. I looked at my phone harder as if I was waiting for some kind of sign that I should text him. I really wanted to but I kept talking myself out of it. Should I just leave him be at least until I decided what side I was going to be on? On the other hand, what if we did hook up and I chose to be a Vampire. What then? Would
he ditch me and leave me heartbroken?

“Stop being stupid
,” I told myself aloud.

Why was I thinking the worst of him now? I had known him nearly my whole life and he’d never once let me down, until now. Yet could I blame him? It’s not like I went running up to him after finding out what I was becoming and told him either
but then again I did in the hospital. That must have been why he went quiet and just looked out the window. Why couldn’t he just have told me then? Yet, the rest I still kept it a secret from him… for his own good. That’s all he’d done as well.

I grabbed my phone, unlocked the screen and pushed on the message symbol. I found our last text conversation and wrote.

“Hey, sorry we left this morning. I just wanted to come back and chill,” I hovered my finger over the highlighted send button for a moment and then pressed it.

I felt bad for Nikkee and her family. I had literally turned their life upside down. My phone lit up signifying that a message had come through as it was on silent.

“No worries. It has kind of been a full day here with Sky.”

I looked at the message and frowned.

“What’s up?” I sent back. A message appeared about 30 seconds later.

“Nothing I can’t handle. How are you feeling?”

I thought for a moment. Should I tell him the truth? No way.

“I am fine, just had to rest. I am starving right now.”

“Do you want us to get you some food?” he replied.

“Hell yes I do. What about Sky?” I asked.

“She will be ok. See you in 20.”

I jumped up off the bed and ran to the bathroom. I turned on the shower and jumped straight in. The water was still cold and made goose bumps rise all down my body. It didn’t take long for them to go away
, it was a hot day so the cold water was welcoming.

I hopped out and wrapped a towel around
myself, ran into my room and started sifting through my bags for some clothes. I grabbed a black singlet, pair of jeans and some underwear and quickly got dressed. I walked back into the bathroom and looked in the mirror. My hair was wet, but I didn’t have time to blow-dry it, so I just grabbed my brush and put it up into a ponytail. I felt nervous after nearly kissing Jason. I had mixed feelings, even more so now, but I also knew that I really did like Jason a lot more than I had let myself believe.

I walked into to the lounge and out to the balcony where Nikkee was already sitting and dressed.

“Hey, have you been up for long?” I asked, sitting on the other side of the table.

“A few hours, I couldn’t really sleep
,” she said.

“Yeah, me either. I sent Jason a text. They are going to bring us some food
,” I told her.

“Great, I am starving.”

“Me too,” then I added, “He said he had a full on day with Sky.”

“I don’t really want to talk about her
,” Nikkee said. She sounded angry.

“Why not, she used to be your best friend too remember?” I pointed out to her.

She looked at me and then looked away. “Not really Trin! Yeah, sure, we used to hang out and go to the clubs together and hang around with you, but she and I were never besties. That is why she got her nose out of joint when you moved in. I never thought that it was a competition about who was the better friend, but I had always picked up little things that you never did. Comments and things she would do. I brushed it off because she was YOUR best friend. Because that’s what we do.”

I sat and just looked at her. I thought back and could not really see anything that could have tipped me off.

“Was it naive of me to have presumed that you two were all this time?” I asked, feeling stupid.

“Of course not Trin, it is who you are. You want everyone to get along and for everyone to be happy. That is what you saw with Sky and me because we were both happy to just be near you. Sky cares for you, I am not sure if it is as much as me since she just up and left, but deep down I know she still cares for you Trin, but so do I and I won’t let her hurt you again
,” Nikkee finished in a cold voice. She was like a lion with her cubs. Her claws really came out if anything threatened them in any way.

The door opened and I heard Lachlan and Jason walk in, talking to each other. At that moment I was not interested in what they were saying, just the smell of the food they were carrying.

They walked out onto the balcony. Lachlan was dressed up in a black button shirt and jeans and Jason was wearing the same only his shirt had a white Celtic picture on it. His hair looked nice, a styled mess, and I could smell his cologne as clear as day, not only did he make my mouth water, but the food he sat in front of Nikkee and I did as well, even if it was Macca’s.

“You need the carbs and fat Trinity
,” Lachlan pointed out.

“What do you think this food will do to me?” Nikkee said with a smirk.

“Nothing, you have a natural fast burning metabolism anyway, not as fast as Trinity’s is now but still fast enough,” he answered her.

We both looked at each other and raised an eyebrow. I opened the bag and pulled out the big mac that I was sure had my name on it.

“I have a question; I have lots of questions,” I said in between a mouthful of food. “How come I can’t smell you Jason?”

He raised an eyebrow, which looked sexy as all hell.

“I mean, vampires and wolves have like a distinct smell right? I couldn’t smell that you were a werewolf, but I can smell that Lachlan is a vampire,” I said and took another big bite of the burger.

“When did you figure this out?” Lachlan asked.

“Before we came up here. I remembered the night I was attacked. I remember he had an unusual smell that was hidden by his cologne. I couldn’t quite explain it, but it was almost like I could tell the difference between the two species.”

They looked to one another and then back to me.

“What?” I asked and squirmed in my seat at their stare.

“You shouldn’t have been able to pick up on that yet, as you haven’t become one or the other
,” Lachlan said.

I shrugged
, “Well, I can.”

Everyone was quiet for a moment. Nikkee was looking from one to the other and then back to me while eating.

“Why couldn’t I tell you were not human?” I asked again, looking at Jason.

“Because I was not turned by just a normal werewolf
,” he said.

“Okay, so what’s not so normal about wolf man?” I pressed.

“Garth is an Alfa
,” he said.

“What
? Is there only one wolf pack?” I asked.

“No there are many other Alfa’s
,” he said.

“So what makes this Alfa so special?”

“Because he is the Alfa of them all.”

Chapter
Twenty-Seven

We had all gone quiet after the news. My head was now spinning with more questions. Jason was acting strange; he was looking away from us all. I turned to Nikkee and Lachlan who had just started a conversation about how tonight was going down.

“Can I talk to you inside for a moment?” I asked Jason.

The others had kept on talking as if I said nothing. I think it was for my benefit more than theirs.

“Sure,” he said and got up; I did the same and followed him inside.

I walked past him so he could follow me to my room. I walked through the door and sat on the bed. He took a seat next to me and looked down at his hands.

“What’s wrong?” I asked.

He stood up, walked to the window, and looked outside.

“I know the reason why you are turning into a beast with only a scratch,” he said with his back to me.

“Ok, why?” I asked.

“It is not just the prophecy. It’s your blood. You are an immortal descendant. They could not turn just from being scratched, but Garth thinks that over the thousands of years the blood has been so diluted that it makes you vulnerable to our virus. It could not have been caused by just any werewolf; it had to have been a strong Alfa,” he said still not looking at me.

“So Garth scratched me?” I asked.

He spun around, “No, I did.”

“What?”

“I was the one that scratched you.”

I looked at him, dumbfounded. I could see the anguish on his face as I blinked a few times, digesting the news. It was clear he was speaking the truth, and he felt terrible about it.

“But you are not an Alfa,” I choked out.

He walked up to the bed and sat back next to me. His leg touched mine and I looked down.

“Garth is THE Alfa, Trinity. He was the very first werewolf and in all his years, he has only turned two people. The first was when he was created, and then me. There is a reason for that. We are highly infectious. He chose me because I had one sole purpose and that was to protect you. The first werewolf he created went on a feeding spree, leaving infected humans in his wake. That is how they started multiplying. Garth was able to find most and help mentor them, but the rest went wild. Because of this he has only ever changed me after that. Garth told me to watch you the weeks around your birthday. I was behind the bush when you walked outside. It wasn’t a full moon but even though it has been three years since my change, it is sometimes hard to control the beast inside me.”

I looked up at him. I could see he felt hurt that he had been the one.

“I was actually going to step out of the bushes and grab you, wait for you to stop screaming and then I was going to kiss you,” he half smiled and I could feel the heat rising in my cheeks.

“Just as I was about to do what I had been waiting years for, Nikkee opened the door. I think from my adrenaline and nerves, I started to change and as I quickly pulled my hand back from you my nail scratched your arm.”

“Why are you only telling me this now?” I asked.

“Because you only found out that I was a werewolf yesterday
,” he said in a confused tone.

“No, I mean about you liking me. Why now? Why not before? Or rather a few years ago?” I asked
, looking him dead in the eyes. The green flecks in them seemed to be getting brighter.

“Because it wasn’t safe for you. It wasn’t that night either, but I was watching and you were alone, I guess I couldn’t help it. It was wrong and it started this whole chain reaction.”

“Yeah, I guess,” was all I said.

He stood up again and looked down at me. “I am sorry Trinity. If I could take it all back, I would.” Then he turned and walked out, and I just watched him leave.

Jason had left the hotel, but Lachlan had stayed. Nikkee came in and asked if everything was all right, so I filled her in.

“Oh my god. Oh Trinity I am so sorry,” she said and put her arms around me.

“It’s not your fault and it’s not Jason’s either
,” I told her.

She pulled back and looked at me.

“I’m serious, it wasn’t you know. Only I didn’t tell him that before he left,” I said with a sigh.

“Look, you know how he is. It’s probably why he has been so cranky and uptight about us going out
,” she said.

I let myself fall backwards onto the bed. Pulling
the elastic hair tie out, I let my hair fan around me.

“I don’t know what to do Nikkee
,” I admitted.

“I know and neither do I. I’m not even forced to choose a side and I’m feeling torn
,” she sighed. “Why don’t you get some rest? I’ll come back in a couple of hours to wake you up.”

“Okay.”

She walked out of the room and shut the door. I grabbed my phone out and started typing a message.

“
I tried to stay away from you too, to protect you. It is not your fault Jason. I don’t blame you,” I sent.

I waited and waited. Nothing came so in the end I closed my eyes and tried to think of nothing. Just peace.

I was standing in the forest again. I looked down and saw I was holding the knife. I looked to my left then in front and saw both Lachlan and Jason. A twig snapped. I looked behind me and saw Sky come into view. She looked scary, her teeth were bared and claws were out. I looked back to Jason and Lachlan in panic and they were gone. I started running. Sharp branches tore at my flesh as I ran past
them, but I did not slow or let the pain bother me. I looked behind me. Sky was no longer there, but Nikkee was.

“Where are they?”
she yelled.

I shook my head and she was gone. I stopped, expanding my hearing. Footsteps were closing in from all around me. I felt trapped and surrounded.

“Trinity.”

I heard my name in the distance.

“Jason?”

Nothing came back. I crouched down on the ground and covered my head. The running got louder and louder until it was right on top of me, and then nothing.

“Trinity, my sweet child,” a gentle voice said.

I looked up to see a woman standing in front of me. She was wearing a light blue and white silk gown. She had long brown wavy hair and bright blue eyes, her skin looked smooth and flawless. She smiled and reached her hand out to me. I took it and let her help me up.

“Trinity,” she said again, still smiling. “Your journey has only just begun; you must fight to stay on track.”

I swallowed. “I don’t want to fight.”

“I know child, I know. Yet, you must. So many depend on you.”

“What if I choose wrong? What if my decision hurts too many people?” I asked in a small voice.

“Honey, every decision has its downfall, but so many more may benefit from it.”

“Who are you?” I asked.

She smiled at me again. “You do not know?” I shook my head. “I am Carra, or as most people remember me, Old Mother.”

“You don’t look very old
,” I stated.

She laughed. Then my mouth dropped open. “You made the prophecy
?” I said in question.

“I have made many prophecies.”

“I don’t like the one that is for me,” I said.

“No one ever really does child, but one can still choose their own path
,” she said.

“So I don’t have to choose?”

“That choice is up to you child,” she told me and then she disappeared.

“Carra, Carra
,” I called out to the dark forest. “Please I have more questions.”

“You always do
,” a deep, dark voice said from behind me and I screamed.

Warm hands embraced
me, soothing my cries for help, and I fell silent. I felt the man or monster touch my neck as he brought his mouth close to my ear.

“Not all is bad, and good does not mean better. Be wary young Trinity, your mother gave her life for yours like her mother before, and her mother before that. You have enemies on both sides and allies on theirs from all around. Look to
Old Mothers’ tears for help and guidance.” Then the warmth and the voice were gone.