Chapter 29 - The Meeting Between A Wolf And A Bat

> Quincy

I stood in the outer corridor staring at the will o wisps while I waited for a certain mutt. It was quite late but I knew he’d be here.

That mutt went as far as taking Maya’s ring off that I worked on for years and made sure the magic in it didn’t run out.

Yet as soon as she started living with him a lot of magic was used up to seal her memories. She’s too far away so I wasn’t able to tell immediately that the ring was taken off since the magic in it depleted.

But now since she’s actually ‘lost’ it if anything happens again it can trigger the hidden memories and she might remember the missing incidents.

Well, to get the ring back the only way is to get to the person who took it.

A low growl made me turn around and look at the person whom I was just thinking about meeting.

“It’s not polite to enter another person’s house without permission.” I told him.

“Well to be fair you invited me and the door was open.”

I smirked, “You’re here faster than I thought.” I looked back at the will o wisps, “Well I guess as expected of a white wolf.”

He gritted his teeth, “Just how much do you know?” I knew he was angry but he was keeping it under control quite nicely.

“Oh I know a lot.” The fishes in the pond woke up because the blue lights were constantly pestering them, “Way more than you think.”

“So you must know Maya’s my mate then!” I could sense slight changes in him. I could tell his wolf was beyond angry and he was keeping it at bay.

Not bad.

He doesn’t look like a hooligan. He’s trying to stay rational even after my bait.

“Well, I know now.” I glanced at him, “I did have a hunch before too.”

“Then why don’t you stay away from her?” The malice in his voice was no joke. He hated me, no doubt.

“Why? I’m her legal guardian.” I asked him, “I’m sure you know since you looked at her information.”

His claws came out but only for a split second. He immediately reverted them back as he took a deep breath, “Then why are you sleeping with her?”

I snickered, “Hmmm? I’m sleeping with her?” I played innocent.

“Don’t mess with me!!” He finally raised his voice, “I smelt you on her!”

“What will you do if I am?” I turned my whole body towards him, “It’s not like I forced her. This was her choice.” His eyes glowed yellow, “What will you do? Leave her? Kill me? Kill her?”

The air around us began to get heavy. The will o wisps retreated as we both stared at each other.

“I won’t ever leave or harm her.” He growled, “But I’ll kill you.” He jumped at me but I didn’t move and let him knock me down. “You disgusting little bat.” I noticed his earring while he raised his arm to attack.

Sharp claws were ready to rip me but I still didn’t move.

“You won’t leave her? Even though she’s cheating? Living with you and sleeping with me?”

“Never.” He gave me a simple answer while at the same time I sensed another person coming closer.

Yohan began his attack.

“Stop!!!!” A shout from a third party stopped his hand a milliliter away from my eye. I could see the fine detail of his sharp nails.

He retreated his hand as we both looked at the little girl running towards us.

“Get away from Quincy you monster!” Nena came over with something unexpected in her hands.

Silver.

Yohan jumped aside as she came closer and I sat up. Nena had the silver cross which she held in both her hands as she came and stood besides me.

“Where did you get that?” I asked.

“From the internet…”

I sighed.

The internet huh…

“Nena,” I patted her head gently, “Put it away.”

“B-but! The bad guy will hurt you!!”

“Hey!” Yohan spoke, “I’m not the bad guy.”

“You are!! Bad guys hurt good people! Quincy is a good person and you hurt him!” I smiled at her explanation.

“...” Yohan was at a loss for words. I’m sure he was contemplating how to explain things to a child. Of course to Nena I must be a good person since I’ve been taking care of her for years, and that must make things even more troublesome to explain.

“Nena.” I placed my hand on the cross and brought it down, “It’s okay. He’s not the bad guy.” Upon hearing my words Yohan was taken aback.

“Then who is he?” She asked and I looked at him.

“Why don’t you introduce yourself?” I told him.

He got a bit confused at the strange turn of events but decided to go along with it, “I’m Yohan.” He bent down to meet Nena’s level, “I’m Maya’s mate.”

“You’re Ma’s what??”

“Ma?” He was shocked yet again.

I stood up and dusted my clothes, “Don’t mind her.” I looked at him.

“Isn’t she supposed to be Maya’s little sister?” He asked.

“Yes.” I placed my hand on Nena’s head again, “Ma is just Maya shortened.” Nena tugged on my pants and I looked at her.

“What’s a mate?”

“It’s a thing with werewolves only. A mate is like their life partner, just that they’re fated to be together.”

“Like a husband?” She asked.

“Yes.” I answered.

She looked at Yohan, “When did you marry Ma?”

“I haven’t… yet.”

“Then you’re not her mate?”

“I am! I’m just not married to her yet!”

“I don’t like you.” Nena was blunt with her words, “Ma shouldn’t marry you.” Her words had a blow on Yohan and it made me snicker.

“I- ah- but I love your sister.”

“Then why did you hurt Quincy?”

“...”

He looked at me while I stood there waiting for his answer too.

“Because…” He wasn’t sure what to say, “Maya is dating him?” That was a very bad choice of words, a child could have chosen better. Me? Date Maya? That wouldn’t make any sense.

Nena gasped loudly and pretty dramatically I might add. She dropped the cross and put her hands on her cheeks then looked at me, “Your dating Ma!!”

“No.” I denied the accusation and she looked back at Yohan.

“You’re a liar!! I will never let you have Ma!”

“...” Yohan looked at her in awe, then turned to me, “What am I supposed to say to her?” I shrugged. He looked at her again. “He’s trying to steal her away from me.”

Nena looked at him angry, “What’s that supposed to mean?”

“It means she’s supposed to be my wife but he’s interfering.” Yohan tried explaining.

She looked at me with her eyebrows raised, “Are you?” I shook my head and denied the accusation again.

“You liar! You keep lying.” She pointed at him.

Yohan looked at me defeated. That’s right. That’s the power of little girls. They are undefeatable.

I smirked then turned to Nena, “Go back to bed. You have school in the morning.”

“B-but!”

“He won’t hurt me. I’m stronger than him anyway.” She pouted but listened to me anyways and left. I watched her leave then looked at Yohan, “I’m not sleeping with her.” I told him.

“After making me the bad guy in front of her sister you're lying to me?”

“Not at all. I have no reason to sleep with a child. I’m her guardian. That’s it.” I mean why would I even think of having an affair with a kid I raised? Sure Maya stayed with me for a short while as compared to Nena but I still consider it the same, “Besides, she’s too young for me.” I’m over two hundred years old.

“Your fucking scent was on her!” He didn’t shout but the anger was back in his voice.

“I know, I left it there. Surely there’s more than one way to leave a person's scent on another.”

I began to walk when he grabbed my shoulder, “What did you do?” He glared at me.

I sighed, “I just left my blood on her.”

“What?” He looked at me in shock.

“Don’t stress over it. It will be gone before she wakes up. If you don’t believe me, you can see it when you go back.”

“Wait. Is your blood the reason she wasn’t waking up?”

“Yes. At least you caught on to something.”

“You’re a noble vampire aren’t you. Even putting your hand on silver did you no harm.”

“Good to see you're catching things now.”

“Tell me then. What does she usually do when she visits.” He stood tall in his place and I could see he still had doubts.

“She plays with Nena most of the time and at night I take her blood.” I slapped his hand away, “Before you ask, no, I don’t bite her. I don’t bite any of my meals.” Although I hate the stench of mutts on her so I always have her shower before that.

“Then why did you do it this time? Just what do you want from me? Going as far as deceiving me to get me here.”

“I wanted to see something.” That’s right.

“What?”

“I wanted to test how strong the so-called mate bond is. It turns out it’s not a joke.”

“What even made you think it was a joke?”

“Nothing. I just felt bad for a certain someone who fell for a mutt once. The mutt promised her his everything but left as soon as he found his mate.” I smirked, “They even had a kid together.”

“...” He wasn’t sure why I was telling him that but I guess he’ll find out soon enough.

“And I want you to give Maya the ring back.”

“What makes you think I have it?”

“Don’t even try playing with me. The ring is there to protect her. Give it back to her.”

“You were the one who put magic in it. Didn’t you? But that ability doesn’t belong to a bat.”

“It doesn’t.” I folded my arms, “It’s because I’m half fae.”

“A pure born?” Yet again, he was shocked, “Between a noble vampire-”

“And a fae queen.” Well, I can’t blame him. Vampire’s can’t have children. Their bodies are too cold to carry a child but it’s possible with another species. A child of a vampire will always be strong since he is born that way, but a child between a noble fae and noble vampire will exceed power.

“...” After a moment of pause he scoffed, “I finally get why you’re so confident in front of me.”

I smirked, “I have no reason not to be.”

“Nena,” He spoke, “She has your scent too. Are you putting something on her?”

“A little. For her own safety since she lives with me.”

“ I don’t know why but It seems like you care for her. Maybe for both of them.” Why? Hmmm. I wonder why I am taking care of them? A memory flashed by my mind and I remembered why. “Then why are you sealing Maya’s memories?”

“I’m just sealing stuff that gives her trauma.”

“And just what is that??”

I began to walk towards the study, “Let’s sit down shall we?”

“I asked a question.” He was getting impatient but still followed along.

“You want her to remember the supernatural things don’t you? Of course you do.” I gave him the answer before he could say it himself, “But what would you do if her sealed memories are of her parents getting murdered by werewolves?”

He paused, “What?”

I stopped and looked back at him, “And not just any werewolves. Not rogues. Werewolves from your pack. Perhaps people you might even once knew.”

“That’s-”

“What would you do?” I cut his words, “If her parents were killed on the orders of your father?”

Note: In the beginning Vampires had the ability to shift into bats but they were unable to come out in the sun. Over time as they evolved they lost the ability to shift but were able to go out in the sun.. Still the pure born vampires, royalty and nobility have bat wings which enables them to fly.