DRYSTAN:
"Drystan, I need you to come up with me to my room for a second" Derrick whispered into my ear, and without wasting a second, he stood up from his chair and walked away.
On any other day, this would have been a normal order that would have filled me with curiosity about what he had to tell me, but I knew what laid beneath his command so I just mumbled into the mic and waited for Selene to get the news.
The moment she did, she looked up at me and we both made eye contact. It was just for a second but I felt all she felt in that second, her fear, her indignation but most importantly her love. I nodded slightly at her and immediately rushed off to meet Derrick.
I scanned the hall with my eyes as I left and apart from Amelia and Clarissa, no one else noticed we were missing, so I took a deep breath and rushed upstairs to his room. I knocked on the door before I slowly opened it and walked it.
"Sorry, got stopped by a bunch of the people" I lied smoothly, and he turned to me with two glasses of scotch.
"It's fine, the crowd is one of the reasons I left there in the first place. Here" he said and handed me one of the drinks which I gratefully took from him, "take a seat, Drystan"
He walked over to his bed and sat down, while I took a seat on the sofa "is everything okay?" I asked and pretended I dusted my shirt when all I did was stick the mic out a little.
"Drystan?" He called out and I hummed in response, "there's no problem, I just wanted to spend a few minutes alone with my brother before I go back to the crowd there" he stood up from the bed and contrivenly walked to the door and locked it, then turned to me with a smile, "You understand what I mean, right?"
"Aye, I do." I brought the glass to my lips and acted like I took a sip, I strongly doubt the contents of the drink and I wasn't going to let myself fall prey "strong one" i
"It is"
I watched him with keen eyes as he dropped his glass on a table then circled back to the bed without saying a word, and sat down. A few seconds of silence passed before he smirked and began speaking, "Father always favored you more than he ever did me, remember? It was always Drystan this and Drystan that, and I'd always get jealous over that" he said with fondness and chuckled
"Nah," I started and he cocked his brows, "I think you were always loved more tho. The preference was to make me feel among, you know"
"Oh please. Don't compensate me" he joked and we both tittered over that for a while. A smile rested on our faces after that and we just gazed off into nothingness, till I slapped my hands against my thighs and drew his attention towards me,
"I think we should go back, everyone is probably looking for us now," I said and tried to stand up but he tsked and gently pushed me down.
"Not yet, there's something I need to tell you before we leave." I arched my brows and gently sat back down, "it's a story Dad used to tell me when I was a child, the same story he told me on his deathbed, and a promise was made from that story, but we'll get to that later"
I let out a breath from my mouth when he said that because I could see so clearly now where this would lead to. He's going to sit there and tell me the story of my life, and then tell me why he has to do what he will do and then proceed to kill me, it was a perfect contrivance.
"Let's end him already" Lukianos hissed and all the others added their agreement but I shook my head,
"If we are going to kill him, it'll only be done by Kazmer. He was the one punished the most by this" I cautioned and they all seethed but calmed down nonetheless.
"I'm listening, Derrick, go on," I said when I realized he was waiting for me to give him my approval and undivided attention.
"Well, you see" he started "this story was about the Trueblood Werewolves. The first generation wolves, and all the powers and glory they had. It was dad's favorite story to tell," he said with so much alacrity, and I just relaxed on the sofa and watched him, "Dad would tell this story over and over again to me, and you and to anyone who cared to listen but there was one he never mentioned to anyone else but me. A story he made me promise I would be the one to end 'cause it wasn't over yet."
He rubbed his thighs and stood up from the bed with a smirk on his face, and took a few steps till he was right in front of me "but I guess there's no need to tell you the story because you and that hybrid of yours already know" he spat out and my eyes slowly widened, he grabbed my collar and with strength, I never believed he had, flung me to the door.
My back hit against the door sharply and I hissed in pain as I crumbled to the floor, I heard him walk towards me but before I could react or even look up at him, I received a harsh kick against my ribs. The pain knocked the breath out of me and I fell to the floor as a scream rippled out of my throat, "Did you honestly think I wouldn't find out?" He sneered and grabbed a fistful of my hair and pulled me to my feet.
"Did you take me for a fool, Drystan?" He asked, and just when I thought I'd buy enough time to heal from his kick by retorting, he brought his knee up and banged my head repeatedly against his knee till I was bleeding from my nose, he spat at me and harshly let go of my hair, causing me to tumble to the floor once again.
"You're just as wretched as your parents," he said and opened one of his drawers, "and I'm going to kill you just like they were killed, but this time it's going to be slightly worse" he quickly put on a pair of black gloves and picked up a silver knife.
My eyes widened when I saw the knife and for the first time, I saw a striking resemblance to Alpha Cain on Derrick when he smirked with that livid look on his eyes and crouched down till he was at eye level with me, "I heard silver burns a lot worse on Truebloods, is that true?" He catechized as he brought the knife closer to the skin, "a touch of it on your neck will give us the answer we need, wouldn't it?"
I looked at the knife and tried to move away from it the closer he brought it to my neck, but he immediately grabbed the back of my head and held me in place and I hissed in pain, my eyes instantly watering, he brought the knife closer to me but just before he could pierce my neck with the knife, the door was knocked down with great force and he immediately snapped his head to the side.
I watched with satisfaction the look of horror that washed over his face when he turned and met Selene with not just one, but almost all of the pack members staring at him in shock, Selene immediately rushed to me and engulfed me in a hug.
"Wait I can explain!" He threw the knife away and immediately stood to his feet, "he... He was trying to kill me, I swear! Just like he killed his parents, he's trying to kill me" He said and took a few steps towards them but everyone instantly drew back, "he was..." he started again but his words died in his mouth when Amelia and Clarissa appeared from the crowd with tears streaming down their faces.
"You-" Clarissa's lips quivered as she tried to speak, her eyes went to me and then back to Derrick, "you- fuck!" She cursed as she couldn't get the words out and immediately ran away. He stared at her longingly before he turned to Amelia and shook his head ferociously.
"Amelia, I swear he was..." He started but Amelia shook her head at him and ran off before he could finish his lame excuses.
"Quit the games already, Derrick" I grunted as I stood up from the floor and picked up the knife, "they know the truth already" I announced and walked over to him with Selene trudging beside me with a smirk on her face.
"Wha- what do you mean?" He sneered and I tsked.
"No need to talk so arrogantly now, Derrick. At least not in front of the people you've so greatly disappointed" I taunted and he made to punch me, but Selene immediately grabbed his fist and with so much ease, twisted his arm and brought him to his knees, "You said you weren't a fool, Derrick, but I just made you a big fool in front of your pack right underneath your nose! " I crouched down to his level with a smirk and placed the silver knife on his jaw.
A growl was forced out of him the moment the knife made contact with his skin, and I watched in fascination as it burnt off the skin on his jaw, "everything you did and said, was shown to everyone out there! There are cameras everywhere" I pointed to the corners I had fixed the cameras and he followed my fingers and his face fell when he saw the cameras. His shoulders slumped and he lowered his head in shame.
"They saw it all, Derrick and I would love, I'd so love to let Kazmer fulfill his urge to kill you but at the end of the day, I still see you as my brother and I can't bring myself to willingly do that to you" I mumbled and threw the knife away.
"I've brought you to your knees, Alpha Derrick and I've exposed you to your pack. And that's enough revenge for me, now as the custom states, I'm the one in line to take over this pack" I announced in a firm voice and I saw everyone present slowly bare their necks to me, while Derrick began shaking his head.
"So as your new Alpha, Derrick, you are to be locked up with the rest of the lowly rogues till your punishment is decided"
"No! No! Kill me instead Drystan! If you really see me as your brother then kill me!" He yelled at the top of his voice, but his cries were silenced by the pack warriors who immediately grabbed him and dragged him away.
Everyone stared at him with pity as he was dragged away but no one dared say a word, Selene turned my attention to her when she wrapped her arms around my neck and smiled, "it's all over, Drystan." She said and a smile appeared on my face as well.
"It's all over" I repeated, then placed my hand on her chin and gently raised her head, "and it's all because of you" I mumbled and captured her lips in a kiss.