Sinful Mates 1-3
chapter 57

She brushed his hair back like a mother would a child and in that moment, I could tell she trulydid love her sons, it looked innocent like a doting mother would do. It suddenly made me wish mymother were still here. I felt saddened by the fact my mother would never again look at me the wayCaroline gazed at Theo. But it did no good, he didn't even bat an eyelid.

I heard her sigh. “This is one of the things I hate about being a vampire, the rest is okay butonce we become stuck like this, it's always hard to come out of it. Consumed by one’s thoughts cansometimes be the worst sort of torture” I heard her murmur. Her thumb brushing his cheeksoothingly.

“May I ask how you became like this?” It was something that I had wondered because Theodidn't like talking of it.

“Did Theo tell you he was a twin?” she asked. I shook my head this was the first time I haveheard any mention of it. She nodded understandingly.

“I had two sons Theodore and Benjamin” she said looking down at Theo.

“They were identical twins, when the plague hit Benjamin didn't survive, I couldn't risk losingTheo or Tobias, so I spoke to who I thought was a doctor, who reckoned he had a miracle cure forillness. I was scared for my other sons. I would have done anything for them. We weren't aware thatTobias could change us back then, we didn't realise because him being werewolf was shockingenough and we were still learning about what it was he was” She stared off absentmindedly like shehad been thrown back to the time she was talking about.

“So, I met this man, he claimed to be some form of witch doctor. He was strikingly handsomeand a little mad very eccentric. But he said he could help if I had have known back then what hewould do, I never would have agreed. So, I brought Theo and Josiah to him, he gave us some wineand we gave him a hefty sum of cash, literally everything we had. Tobias didn't agree, he saidsomething smelt off about him. It all happened so fast Tobias was in shock and didn't have time toreact. Vampires are a lot quicker than werewolves, which I am sure you know that already” I noddedhaving witnessed it myself. Theo always got to me faster.

“So, we accepted the wine which at the time we didn’t know was actually laced with his blood,next thing we saw darkness. Tobias said he snapped our necks and started laughing like a madman.We woke up, not even realising what it was we were. Well, that was until the hunger took over.Tobias dragged some drunk man in, and we couldn't help ourselves we killed him draining him ofhis blood. We became monsters and for a long time Tobias had to cover up for us, well until wefound the watchers that was, and they introduced us to the council. We made an agreement withthe watcher after saving one of their family members lives. He was one of Tom's ancestors. Inexchange for helping us they get to live longs lives, free of illness. In exchange they help cover ourtracks when needed which is rare with the council nowadays.”

“So, Toms family helped you back then and because you saved a family member made thetreaty that you still have today?”

“Yes exactly, Tom's family are called watchers, they originally worked under the council, butafter Tom's ancestor became Ill and we found our blood had healing properties we saved her andRichard Tom's ancestor asked to be permanently assigned our family, which was granted and inreturn if someone falls ill, we help ensuring they only die from old age and not before their time.Even with medical technology advancing over the years and we not being required much, but thetreaty still stands.”

“So, what happened to the vampire that changed you?” I asked.

“We never saw him again. Tobias tried to catch him, but he thought the madman killed us andpanicked, when we woke up Tobias was beside himself and we didn't understand until Tobiasexplained what he did. It wasn't long after we killed the drunk man and Theo was no longer human,that Tobias felt suddenly drawn to Theo like moth to flame. Theo was the same. Back then it wasfrowned upon for a man to love another man. They fought their own desires for years, until Tobiasaccidently lost control and marked Theo making their bond stronger till they no longer cared whatothers thought.”

I looked at Theo before getting up and walking over to him.

“So, Tobias didn't feel the bond until after Theo had been changed?” I asked.

“Correct, that's why the council is wondering if there is more to you than meets the eye. Nowerewolf has ever had a bond with a human, they have fooled around with humans even got a fewpregnant but never an established bond. It is unheard of. Did you know your father, Imogen?”

I shook my head. I knew nothing of the man didn't even know what he looked like and fromwhat I gathered he wasn't worth knowing. I know my grandfather hated him for I am assumingabandoning my mother. Mum never really spoke of him and if she did it was when she wasextremely drunk. I knew they knew each other for a while before she fell pregnant but that was it.

“Not to worry I am sure we will replace some answers somehow” she said I think more to herselfthan to me.

“So, werewolves that mate with humans, they can fall pregnant, so it creates a half human halfwerewolf, correct?”

“Sort of they won't be able to shift but they do get some of the benefits like longer life span,most will have short temper and are stronger. For a werewolf child to be born only two werewolvescan bring a full werewolf into the world. Same with vampires they can create a hybrid with awerewolf but with a human the child comes out more or less human. We aren't sure why that is. Ithink it's a safety mechanism humans bodies have to stop the world becoming overrun withsupernatural creatures though their DNA is slightly different and what human consider rare bloodtypes. Whereas a vampire and werewolf or hybrid child will crave blood and be able to shift. It is allvery confusing, I will try and explain more later but for now, we really need to see what we can replaceamongst your things” she said standing up. Tobias and Josiah walked back out heading towards thefront door.

I grabbed my joggers that were near the front door and slipped my feet into them, Tobiaswaited while Josiah and Caroline walked towards the shed. Tobias moved closer and grabbed myhand before kissing my fingertips. I brushed my thumb over his lip, and he relaxed slightly beforekeeping a strong grip on my hand and pulling me with him towards the shed. Caroline lifted theroller door, just as I got there, and we all made our way to the back of the shed which had an officebehind the glass door. I had noticed it the few times I had been in here yet never actually went in.Not needing the reminder that my mother wasn't here any longer. That I was already painfullyaware. But I must admit that after talking to Caroline I was a little curious to see if there was actuallyanything hidden amongst my mother's things.

As soon as I stepped in the first thing, I could smell was the old table my Grandfather made mymother. I loved the smell of lacquered wood always had. I ran my hand along the top of it, the woodfelt smooth under my hand and familiar. My family spent many Christmas'’s around this table, and itheld a lot of memories. It was my mother’s favourite possession and now mine knowing what italways meant to her. Tobias started opening boxes and Caroline waited along with Josiah obviouslyfeeling awkward about going through my things.

“You can start opening boxes, I don’t mind. It will be faster if we are all looking” I told themThey looked relieved but I could tell they didn't want to overstep. I grabbed the first box I laid myhands on pulling it off the shelf and placing it on the table. Caroline did the same coming to standnext to me and we started rummaging through the boxes.

I continued opening boxes, until we found every document stored in the room, my birthcertificate and even and old phone and address book of my mothers, when we finished stacking theboxes and putting them away, we stood around the old table flicking through the variousdocuments. Like I thought my birth certificate, held no answer just my mother's name. Josiah wasturning page after to page of a small hardcovered notebook. It had a floral design on the front.Josiah suddenly dropped the book and gasped, it landed on the table facedown. I picked it up and aphoto fell from between the pages. AMNAAANNAAANNAA