Rejected, Broken And Forgotten
Chapter 54

Mariam’s POV

I walk back to the plane after I have talked to the Moon Goddess. I know what I must do. I need to help these two vampires, as the Moon Goddess told me they are good vampires. I walk over to Paris. She is the Queen, and the decision should be hers and Walker’s, who is the King. I need to ask them before I do what I am about to do.

“Queen, can I talk with you and the King?” I ask.

“Sure, Mariam. What is wrong?” Paris asks me.

“Nothing is wrong. The Moon Goddess told me to help the two vampires. They are good, and we can help them,” I say as Paris Walker and I stand alone on one side where no one else can hear us talking.

“Well, if the Moon Goddess told you to help them, then we would have no problem with it. I am sure she will not let you help them if they are going to be a threat to us,” Paris says, and Walker nods in agreement. I am happy they are willing to give the two creatures a chance, and I would like to help them since I know how to and can use my magic again.

“Thank you. I will love to help them, but I want to make sure you are on board, as I will never do anything without your permission,” I say.

“We trust you, Mariam. You have repeatedly shown us that we can trust you and your magic. I love how you came to us and asked us, but know that we trust you with our lives and that of the Kingdom’s wolves,” Walker says, and I appreciate it a lot. I love the King and Queen and how they make everyone feel special and a part of the Kingdom. They will never let anyone feel left out, and they know most of the wolves by name, as they will go out of their way to get to know everyone. I can not blame them when they sometimes forget some names, as there are many wolves in the Kingdom, and no one can remember all of them.

“Thank you, my King and Queen. I appreciate your trusting me. I need to get to work as I have a lot to do,” I say as I walk away to my bag at the back of the plane. I take out my bag and get two rings. They are not ordinary rings, and they have exceptional stones in them. It is ancient stones that one does not get anymore. I start chanting and praying to the Moon Goddess to bless the rings. Even if the Moon Goddess blesses them and an evil creature puts these rings on, they will die. Even an original vampire can die if the rings do not accept them. The rings are not something to play with. They are unique, and they need my special blessing. I will need the shamans to help me as I am not strong enough to bless the rings alone. The shamans help me and start chanting with me. They know what I am doing, and I do not have to explain it to them. They have become my friends, and I know that Walker does not trust them, but the Moon Goddess knows that deep down in their hearts, they are good creatures. They were afraid and ran away when their pack got attacked, but sometimes we all make mistakes that we regret for the rest of our lives. They are a couple and never had any children, and they see Walker as their son. I know their hearts hurt as Walker has rejected them, but they also deserve it as they should not have left their pack alone and not helped protect the pack. They were cowards, but it looks like they have gained some courage as the blessing of the rings will take a lot of our power, and we will have to rest afterward.

We keep chanting until I see the rings going red like it is hot. I know it is because we are using the blessing of the Sun God, and I know he will give his permission if he thinks the two vampires are worthy of saving. He will not let his heat go into the rings if he feels they are evil creatures that do not deserve saving. When the rings glow red, I know we have the blessing of the Sun God. The reign then cools down and starts glittering like stars. It means the Moon Goddess has blessed the rings as well. The shamans look tired, and I can feel that most of my power is drained. It takes a lot of energy to get the blessing of the gods. One god is a lot already. Getting the blessing of two gods is worse. The rings are ready, and I walk over to the vampire. Kristina looks up at me as I approach her.

“Can you help my brother and me?” Kristina asks.

“I can and have the blessing of the Sun God and Moon Goddess to help you and your brother. You will not die if your father dies, and you will be able to walk in the sun again,” I say. Kristina looks at me as if she does not believe me. I smile at her as I know she does not trust us as we did not initially trust her.

“You will have to learn to trust me,” I say. She looks at Paris and Walker as if she trusts them more than anyone on the plane. The plane has taken off, and we are already on our way to America.

“You can trust Mariam, and she will not harm you, and ask the Moon Goddess first if we can trust you,” Paris says.

“There is one thing you need to know before you put on the ring I am about to give you. If you are not true and evil at heart, it will destroy you,” I say. Kristina looks at the ring in my hand, takes it, and puts it on, as I know she knows she is not evil and wants to be pure like us. Nothing happens, but I can see her skin getting some color and not as pale anymore.

“Wow, I feel warmth again, and I can feel love,” Kristina says. She gets up and walks into the sun, and I pray softly that she does not turn into dust, as it is the first time I have done a blessing like this. Nothing happens to her, and she smiles. She starts dancing in the sunlight and enjoying the sun’s warmth, kissing her skin, and I can see she is happy.

“Do you know how long it has been since I have been in the sunlight?” She asks. We were flying high in the air, and she was shifting the whole time to stay in the shade while the shamans and I were blessing the rings.

“I am glad I could help you, but you can never turn evil, as you will die if you do,” I warn her.

“I was never evil and never wanted to kill humans. There were no b***d banks in the old times, but I only fed on humans until I had enough and let them go. I compelled them not to remember what happened to them. Then, in modern times, I only feed from b***d banks as I am always afraid I will hurt humans, and they will turn or die,” She says.

“What did your father say about it?” Walker asks.

“He did not know, and I never told him. My brother and I pretended we fed off humans, but never did in the last years when b***d banks became a thing. Before that, we would sometimes feed off animals because we did not want to harm humans,” Kristina says. I can feel her shame and sadness. I know she must have gone through a lot, which was not easy on her. I can only imagine being an evil creature like a vampire and not wanting to be one. I can imagine not wanting to feed off humans, but sometimes you had no choice, and you had to be careful not to turn or kill them. I feel sorry for Kristina and her brother.

“We can only imagine what you went through, but why was your family cursed?” Paris asks the question we all want to hear the answer to.

“It was long ago. My mother and father were awful people. My father especially. He loved to torture his servants and sometimes young girls from the town. He has a dungeon in the castle we stay in. He used to take the young woman of the town down into the dungeon and rape them. Then he would torture them until they died, or if they survived, they would be disabled. Sometimes he would like to take the servants down there and do the same with them. My mother knew about it but did not care. I did not dare say anything as I feared the same would happen to me. Sometimes he would kill some of his enemies and put their bodies on poles around the castle. We never had friends as everyone in the town was afraid of my father, but no one could do something to him. I hated my father. Then one day, he raped a gypsy girl. She was strong and survived. She used her magic on him and ran away. The townspeople were angry as she told them what was happening at the castle, but they were too afraid to do anything. The Sun God was angry as gypsies are the children of the Moon Goddess, and we all know that the Sun God loves Selene and will do anything to protect her and her children. He came to my father one day and warned him that he would be cursed, but my father laughed in his face and tried to take him to the dungeon so he and his men could have their way with the Sun God. Of course, my father did not know it was the Sun God, and they tried to rape and humiliate him, but the Sun God cursed him and told him he would never see his face again. He also cursed my father’s whole family. He will live a miserable life in the dark and live off the b***d of humans he likes to kill. My father could not move and do anything to the Sun God and was scared for the first time. The Sun God disappeared, and my father did not understand he was cursed at first. The following morning when my father wanted to go out into the sun. The sun burned him so severely that he had to run back into the shadows, and none of us could go into the sun. My father almost died that day, and I wish until this day that he had died and turned to dust, but he was too fast. With the curse came some privileges. We were faster and stronger than ever. We could turn into bats, wolves, and other creatures of the night. I do not think the Sun God thought about his curse as his curse turned us into super creatures that could live forever and have strong powers. Then the Moon Goddess saw it all and made hunters to hunt us and those we turned. When they were not strong enough, she made you guys, but I am sure you know your own history,” Kristina ends her story. I wonder why the Sun God let them have some powers. Maybe he wanted the children he cursed with their evil father and mother to have a chance to survive and kill their parents one day. Who knows what the Sun God was thinking? I am happy that I could help Kristina and her brother, and maybe one day, we can help more vampires that are not evil and live alongside them and the humans in peace and harmony.