Chapter Twenty - I'll make you pay

Freya Rose

We spent the next week getting to know each other more, and it was so relaxing. I really needed the break, a lot more than I thought I did. Sam had even gone out and sourced some blood bags for us. As much as feeding on each other was fun, I needed more sustenance than he could provide. When he came back, he'd even bought me some new clothes and a bikini. He said that me being naked in the hot tub was too much for him to handle. I could understand, being around him, my sex drive was through the roof. It felt exciting, yet comfortable. I didn’t have any insecurities at all, not like I had with the few incidents with the twins.
I’d just finished drinking my third blood bag and tossed it in the trash with the rest, when Sam came out of the bedroom holding a jewelry box. I knitted my brow together and sat down on the couch, waiting for him to reach me. He sat down and handed me the light blue Tiffany box. I opened up the box and gasped at the stunning pearl and diamond bracelet. He took it out and placed it around my wrist, then done it up for me. I held my wrist up and admired its beauty, before throwing myself into his arms.
“It’s beautiful, Sam. I love it.”
“I love you,” he whispered into my ear.
I stayed there still in his embrace, I didn’t know what to say, or what to do. I loved him in a way, but I was sure that I didn’t know what love was anymore. With everything that had happened in my life, I’d been broken too many times to be able to give out a heart that wasn’t whole. I stiffened up slightly and Sam felt it immediately.
“You don’t have to say it back, Freya. I know you’ve been hurt so many times before. I know you find it hard to trust, and to even believe in love itself. I just wanted you to know how I felt, and I’m happy with whatever you’re able to give me back.”
I squeezed him harder. His words were exactly what I needed. Maybe I would be able to tell him one day that I loved him, and actually mean it the way he meant it when he said it to me. Maybe he could help heal my broken heart. I was willing to let him try, I didn’t want to be alone, and I was sure that I loved him somewhere inside me, I was just so scared of being hurt again. Having a few days to be normal was great, but as soon as we went back to the cabin, we would have problems straight away. How would I explain to Kali that the love of her life, was in love with me?
We spent the rest of the day watching movies, and snuggling on the couch. I must have fallen asleep at some point, because the next thing I knew, I was being woken up by the incessant ringing of Sam's phone. I yawned, then stretched as I sat up on the couch. I tapped Sam's leg to try and wake him up, but he didn’t stir. I reached into his pocket and took out the cell, but before I had a chance to answer the call, it stopped ringing. The screen went black, and when I touched it again, I saw it had a lock on it. There were a ton of missed calls, so I shook Sam to try and wake him up again.
“Sam. Samael, wake up, I think something’s happened.”
“Huh? What do you mean?”
I practically hit him in the head with his cell, I’d shoved it that close to his sleepy eyeballs. He pulled it back a bit to look. He snatched the phone out of my hand and stood up while unlocking it. He pressed a button and I could hear it ringing.
“Hello? Who is this?”
I heard the frantic voice of Savanah on the other end of the phone and instantly shot up from the couch. Sam handed me the phone so I could talk to her. I put it on loudspeaker, he could hear it anyway, no point in hiding anything.
“Freya?” She called out in a panic.
“Yes, I'm here. What’s wrong?”
“They’re gone, Freya. They’re all gone,” she managed to spit out before breaking down in tears.
“What do you mean? Who? Who's gone?” I screamed down the phone, but she didn’t answer. “Savanah? Answer me please,” I begged her.
“The pack has been taken, little rose.”
“Traian? Where have you taken them? If you’ve hurt them, I swear to God, I’ll kill you, you son of a bitch!”
“Please, little rose, trust me…”
“Don’t fucking call me that!” I screeched at the phone. I was seconds away from ascending.
With a sigh he replied,
“We had nothing to do with any of this, I swear. We can explain everything, but you need to come back home.”
“No way, it sounds like a trap,” Sam snapped.
“Shut your mouth, vermin,” Traian hissed down the phone.
A few seconds passed with them just hissing at each other.
“Enough, I’ll come home. Just please don’t hurt them,” I begged in a defeated tone.
“We haven’t touched them. I swear to you.” I was about to hang up when Marik chimed in, “We love you Freya, we wouldn’t hurt you.”
“Fuck you, Marik. I’ve learned that love doesn’t exist in this world. It’s just full of pain and heartache. I’ll be home in a few hours.”
I hung up the phone and handed it back to Sam. His expression was one of sadness, and as I glanced up into his warm eyes, he said,
“Did you mean that?”
With a roll of my eyes and a sigh, I replied,
“Mean what, Sam?”
“That love doesn’t exist, and that the world is full of pain and heartache.”
I shrugged at him, not really wanting to go into detail. I knew he wanted me to feel the love he had for me, and to reciprocate it in some small way, but my life really had been full of pain and heartache. I didn’t have the energy for love. I didn’t have the faith in it anymore. All love did was suck me in, chew me up, then spit me back out again. What was the point? His head dropped down, and I didn’t bother to comfort him, I just walked by him and went into the bedroom to get dressed. I pulled on some skinny jeans and pulled my oversized t-shirt off, replacing it with a bra and a black tank top. I sat on the bed and put on my new sneakers.
“You’re not seriously just going back there are you?” Sam asked while walking into the bedroom.
I looked over at him as I put on my other sneaker.
“Uh, yes. Why would I not? It’s my family, Sam.”
“Yes, I get that, but this could be a trap, Freya. What if you get back there and they kidnap you too? Or worse, kill you.”
I stood up ready to leave.
“Well, if they kidnap me, at least I’ll be with my pack. And if they kill me, I’ll be with my parents.”
He stared at me with wide eyes of shock. I shrugged at him then walked into the living room where I ascended. I strolled towards the balcony, but he grabbed my arm to stop me.
“Sam, let go of me. Don’t make me hurt you. You can’t stop me leaving.”
“I wasn’t trying to stop you from leaving. But please, let me drive. I can’t let you go alone.”
I turned to face him, and he had his keys in his other hand. I nodded to him, and we both left the penthouse.



The drive was pretty silent. I guessed that Sam didn’t like my decision to go home, or my lack of belief in love, but that was the least of my worries. I spent most of the journey staring out of the window, but I wasn’t taking in anything that was flashing before my eyes. All I kept picturing were all of the pack’s faces, their laughs, their voices. I couldn’t believe I’d been so selfish, leaving them alone to come away with Sam. If I’d gone back days ago, this wouldn’t have happened. Hell, I should never have left at all. We'd driven for hours and finally pulled off the main road and on to the dirt track that led up to the cabin.
“Stop the car, Sam,” I screamed out when I heard a loud roar coming from the woods.
“What? No, you’re not getting out Freya, it could be a trap.”
“Sam, I’m serious. Stop this fucking car!” I screamed out and ignited my hand in flames to let him know I was serious.
He flinched and moved away from my hand, while slamming on the breaks. As soon as the car skidded to a halt, I flung the door open and sprinted into the woods. I followed the roars and song of my dragon pet. He was in so much pain, I could barely contain my own emotion as I ran as fast as I could towards him. The connection we had, made me feel exactly what he was feeling. Pain, excruciating pain. Anger beyond belief, and pure sorrow. I darted in and out of the trees as fast as my legs would carry me.
Soon enough I came into the clearing by the lake. Sat by the edge of the water was Draco's enormous ashen gray dragon. He let out another deafening roar into the air, and it was such a sad song. My heart broke for him when he lowered his head and nudged at the lifeless body of Lorena. His snout was huge, almost half the size of her tiny body, but he was so gentle when he tried to nudge her awake. He knew she was gone, but there was a part of him hoping that he was wrong. I stepped forward with my hands up, and when my foot snapped a twig he startled, shooting a fireball at me. I jumped out of the way and shouted out,
“Draco, it’s me.”
His large brown eyes met mine, and instead of being glad to see me, they scowled at me. His enormous body raised up off of the ground and he began to stomp towards me while screaming inside my head,
“This is all your fault,” he edged closer, raising himself even higher into the air. “Why did you leave us?” His voice grew deep and his body became rigid. He launched another fireball at me while booming, “They were here for you!”
I dived out of the way of the fireball, barely escaping its flames. I rolled along the floor and ended in a crouching pose. I stood up as the huge dragon edged towards me. I held my hands out and screamed,
“Please, Draco. I’m so sorry. I should never have left. This is all my fault. I will never forgive myself for the pain I’ve caused you. But I swear, I will rip apart whoever did this,” my voice was breaking every now and again as I tried to hold back my own sobs.
He shifted in front of me, then stormed up to me, shouting in my face,
“You will not. I will tear Selene apart myself. I will avenge my gorgeous Lorena, by ripping that sick bitches head from her shoulders.”
He stormed back over to Lorena's body and instantly fell to his knees. He picked her up into his arms and cried into her hair. I went to step forward and try to comfort him, but when he began talking to her, apologizing while sweeping her hair away from her face, I knew he needed time alone with her. I could hear Sam running through the woods and the last thing Draco needed was more onlookers. I turned around and said faintly,
“I really am sorry, Draco,” before sprinting off into the woods.
The tears readily rolled down my cheeks as I made my way towards Sam. I ran right into his arms and sobbed into his chest.
“What’s wrong, love? What’s happened?”
“Selene, she killed Lorena,” I spat out between sobs.
He stroked my hair while saying,
“It’s okay, Freya. We'll get through this.”
My eyes illuminated with anger and I instantly pushed him away.
“This is not okay, Sam. She was a child. That sick bitch killed a fucking child, Sam. How the hell is that okay?” I shouted while hitting his chest with my fist.
He stepped back and held his hands up, and replied,
“No, I didn’t mean it like that. You know I didn’t. I just mean that we will make this right, we’ll make her pay for what she’s done.”
“We? There is no we! This is my fight, my pack, my fucking family, Sam. This is all my fault. I should never have left them.” I doubled over as a wave of guilt and grief swept over me. I struggled to catch my breath, and I couldn’t control my sobs.
He edged forward and placed his hand onto my back.
“Freya, please. Don’t blame yourself. You weren’t to know.”
My sobs ceased. I stood up straight, staring him straight in the eyes,
“Did you know?”
He stepped back in shock.
“No, of course I didn’t. I was with you all week; how could I have known?” He protested, moving slightly towards me.
“Why did you come to the cabin, Sam? Why turn up out of the blue like that? Did you plan all of this with Selene while she was at yours?”
“What? No, Freya. You have to believe me. I had nothing to do with this, I swear to you,” he said as convincingly as he could, but I couldn’t trust anyone any more.
“I don’t believe you, Sam. Look you need to leave. I can deal with this on my own.”
I began to walk away from him, but he grabbed my arm, pulling me towards him.
“Please, Freya. Don’t push me away. You need support. I love you.”
I yanked my arm out of his and shoved him in the chest.
“I don’t love you, Sam. And I sure as hell don’t need your support. I should have stayed on my own. I should have put my pack first. From now on, its them first, always.”
I turned and began to storm through the woods.
“Freya,” he shouted out.
I turned around and created a fireball between my hands. Standing there like some sort of dragon ball-Z character, I hurled a fireball at him while screaming.
“Leave, Sam!”
I turned back around and began sprinting towards the cabin. I’d probably overreacted a little, especially if he didn’t have anything to do with it. But it was easier to be angry with him than myself. I needed to use every bit of anger I had to get through the situation. If that meant hurting his feelings then so be it. It was better to be strong and tackle the situation head-on, than fall into a deeper depression and self-pity. What use would I be then? I needed to get my pack back, and the only way to do that was to become the strongest I could. If that made me hard and cold, then that is how I would become.
The cabin came in to view, there were scorch marks everywhere, I guessed from Tana, and probably Draco. I could smell people inside the cabin, and could see their colored heat signatures. Savanah, Marik, and Train. I scanned around the property some more, making sure it wasn’t a trap, and others weren’t lurking around, but the coast was clear. I stood up straight, wiped my tears and took a deep breath. On the exhale I made my way up the steps and into the cabin. As I walked through the door, Savanah ran right into my arms.
“Oh Freya, it was horrendous. I tried to stop them, but there were so many of them.”
I hugged her tight and replied,
“It’s okay, Savanah. This isn’t your fault.”
“No, it’s ours,” Traian said as he stepped forward.
I gently moved Savanah to the side then charged at Traian. I raised my fist into the air, and as soon as I got close enough, I ploughed my fist right into his face. He stumbled back a bit, but composed himself, before placing his hands behind his back and waiting for my next hit. I pounded on his chest with my fists while screaming,
“It is your fault. What the fuck did you do? Why didn’t you save them?” He took every single blow that I threw at him, and Marik stood back, letting me pound on his brother. I couldn’t hold back the emotion any longer, and slid down his body, collapsing to the floor. My head dropped down while I sobbed, “Why did you leave me?”
Traian got down on the floor with me and pulled me into his chest, quickly followed by Marik. They both embraced me, encasing me in a protective bubble. I sat there crying, held by the two people I blamed the most for what had happened. But I needed them, I didn’t know why, but as much as I didn’t want to, I loved them both. Marik stroked my hair, while Traian rubbed my back.
“This wasn’t supposed to happen, Freya. We will make them pay with their lives,” Traian whispered, and unlike Sam's speech, I believed every word.
“We are yours, and you are ours. They mean nothing to us anymore. They will pay for hurting you, and they will die,” Marik added.
“No one will ever hurt you again, Freya. If they try, we will kill them all,” Savanah whispered as she wrapped her arms around my waist, joining us on the floor.
“You are mine, and I am yours,” I repeated Marik’s words, meaning it more than I’d ever meant anything in my life.

Samael Wulf

I stood in the doorway of the cabin, watching the love of my life being cradled by the first alpha, first vampire and some sort of angel. She declared she was theirs, and my heart ripped in two. Anger like no other came over me, and if I didn’t have a family, I knew I would have stormed right in there and tried to kill them all. I was heartbroken. I couldn’t believe that she thought I had anything to do with any of this. I loved her more than anyone else in the world, and she was choosing them over me. The anger bubbled up inside me, so poisonous and bitter I almost choked on it. With hands balled into fists, I turned and stormed away.
“I’ll make you pay for this, Freya. Mark my words, you’ll regret the day you crossed me.”

To be continued...

The next book is called Sacrificed By A Sire King.

J.C. Seal is the fantastic author that contributed to this book. She is the creator of Lucy and was kind enough to join me in this story. You can find Lucy and her friends in J.C’s series Angels and Demons. She is an incredible writer and you may even see Evan turn up in her future stories.