The Abused Lycan and Her Mates

Chapter 7

Gabriel POV

I feel awful for avoiding my mate but I just don’t trust myself around her. My beast wants to come forward to see her but she was terrified the first time she saw our eyes. During lunch I wanted nothing but to pull her into my lap and keep her there while we finished eating and enjoy the scent of my mate. I wanted to stay when she called out to me but I don’t want to hurt her.

Cameron has tried to link me all afternoon and I shut him out. I know that I will need to talk to him but I also know that he is going to talk to me about our mate. I know that she needs us and I want nothing more than to snuggle up next to her but she fears my vampire side. I don’t know what to do. If I listen to my beast, we would be next to her and hold her but I can smell the fear that she has being around me.

I feel a hand on my shoulder followed by sparks. “Cam, I am not ready” he turns me to look at him before I can finish. “Gabe, I know you are worried but she just cried herself to sleep thinking that you hate her. She knows of your nature” Cam says and I can see the furry in his eyes. He is mad at me. “Cam, what if I hurt her? What if she rejects me due to my nature?” I ask him with tears in my eyes. Cam pulls me into him and I burry my head in his neck inhaling his scent.

“Gabe, talk to her. Let her make the first move but don’t run away from her.” Cam tells me. I nod my head and hold Cam tighter to me. After a few minutes of holding each other, Cam steps back from me. “Let’s go to our room. Violet is napping and I think she will be happy to see you there” he tells me with a smile. “Violet” I say looking at him. He chuckles and shakes his head. “Well, my dear mate you would have known her name if you would have stayed around.”

He takes my hand and leads me back to our room. Violet is a beautiful name and fits her. When we get back to our room, we both stop as we look at our mate laying in bed. She is sleeping holding my pillow in her arms with her face buried in the pillow. She likes my scent. “Told you she doesn’t hate you” Cam whispers before heading over to the bed. I watch as he goes to lay down behind her and pull her back into him.

“You coming” he links me and I slowly make my way to the bed. I lay on my back close to them but decided not to get any closer. As I lay there, I feel a hand reach out for me. I turn to see that our mate is holding onto my arm and tries to pull me closer to her. I move closer to her and what she does next surprises me. She lays her head on my chest and wraps her arm around me stomach. “Told you” Cam says with a smile. I smile back at him and relax as Violet snuggles more into me. Soon I feel like I am going to fall asleep. My beast is purring at the contact from our mate. Allowing myself the peace and fall into a deep sleep.

I feel someone moving and a kiss to my cheek. When I open my eyes, I see Cam looking at me with a smile. “It’s late. I am going to go and get some dinner to bring up for us.” He says before leaning over to kiss me again and then kisses out mate on her cheek too. She moves closer to me and buries her face in my neck. Cam chuckles as he moves away from the bed and leaves the room.

I watch Violet as she sleeps and can’t help but think about what she has been through. I notice a scar that is just showing under the edge of the collar of her shirt. I move to pull the shirt to the side and see more smaller ones and even a few that look deep. I hold in the growl and close my eyes to take a few deep breaths to calm my beast down. When I open my eyes, I see Violet looking at me with a worried look.

“They look bad” she says while trying to turn away from me. I stop her and pull her closer to me. “It shows that you are a survivor. You have been through something terrible and came out to live another day. You are so strong” I tell her. She blushes and shakes her head. “No. I barely made it. I thought they were going to finally kill me and if Michael wasn’t there, I would have been dead by morning” she tells me and my beast pushes forward. I watch as her eyes go wide and I smell the fear. I close my eyes quickly and turn my head away.

I feel her hand on my face turning it back towards her but I keep my eyes closed. “Why do you do that?” she asks. “The first time you saw my eyes, you took a blade to my neck. I don’t blame you for being afraid of me or even if you hate” I tell her. “Open your eyes” she says in a quiet voice. I take a beep breath and open my eyes for her to see. I watch as she looks into my eyes and moves her hand closer to my face. “I know vampires have red eyes but you have one red and one black. Why is that?” she asked me. I closed my eyes again and felt my beast relax. “I am a hybrid. My mother is not even sure why but she thinks both sides have fused into one being. I can take on a lycan form but my beast has two sets of fangs instead of the normal canines a lycan or wolf would have. As for my vampire side, I don’t need to drink human blood like my parents but my mother has a theory on that too.” I say with a chuckle.

“So you have never drank human blood. How do you survive?” she says with a worried look. I smile and lean into her touch. “When I hunt in my lycan form, we drink the blood of the animal I catch. My mother thinks that since both sides have fused into one, I don’t need to consume human blood but she also thinks I will only be able to consume the blood from my mates.” I tell her. I want to be open with her about everything.

She gets up quickly and starts to shake. “I…I….” she starts to say but stops. “Violet, you don’t have to worry about that. I promise you that I will not hurt you. I am not one of those filthy creatures.” I tell her and she starts to cry again. I messed up telling her my mother’s theory. “I can go and get Cam if you want. I am sorry” I tell her feeling defeated. “No. Please don’t leave me” she says as she grabs my arm.

I nod my head and watch as she moves to curl up in my lap. My beast is purring and happy that she trusts us enough to come to us. I wrap my arms around her and hold her to me while she nuzzles into my chest. “I was scared at first when I saw your red eye but after talking with Cameron, I know that you will not hurt me like they did” she says and I can’t help but smile. Cam is the best.

“I know my beast can be a hand full but I promise you that he will do nothing to hurt you. All he and I want to do is protect you and make you happy.” I tell her. I feel her nod her head and wrap her arms around me. “Tell me about your family” she asks me. “Well, I am an only sibling. My parents tried to have more but mother was unable to get pregnant again after having me. She jokes saying that I was a blessing from the goddess.” I tell her with a chuckle.

She shifts in my lap and I move to lean against the headboard of the bed. “My mother is a hybrid but is not like me. She needs to feed on human blood like a vampire.” I feel Violet tighten up when I mention about my mother’s feeding habit but chuckle. “You have nothing to fear. The royal coven she rules only feeds from their fated mate.” I tell her. “What about the ones who don’t have a fated mate?” she asks me.

How do I tell her that part? “They feed from willing people who have given them permission. The new practice I have helped put into place allows the vampires from the royal coven to drink blood without even having to bite anyone. We have people from the hospital set up a donation clinic where we take blood from them and then save it for a vampire to purchase. We monitor those who donate and they get paid for their donation.” I tell her. “That sounds amazing. I wished it was something that everywhere would practice. Then they could get ride of the blood slaves.” I sigh and rub my hand up and down her back. “I wish we were able to share our ideas with other covens but there are some who just will not listen.” I tell her.

She nods her head and I feel her relax more into me. “Tell me more about your parents” she asks me. “Well my mother was born a hybrid and is the current queen. She had lost her first mate but years later found her second chance mate. My father was a born werewolf but decided to be turned into a hybrid like my mother. They went through a lot when they were first together but now they are dong everything they can to make sure that everyone is able to live peaceful.” I tell Violet. Before I continue, the doors open and in walks Cameron with three plates of food.

“How did your father become a hybrid?” Violet asks. I look to Cameron and then back to her. “It’s complicated and something that I will tell you soon.” I tell her. She looks to me and then to Cameron. “Trust him, sweetheart. He will tell you in time.” Cam tells her. She nods her head and leans back against me. My beast is purring and I can’t help the smile that comes across my face.

Cam walks over and sits on the edge of the bed. “Well, I brought food. Why don’t we eat” he says as he hands me a plate of food. He goes to hand one to Violet but I shake my head. “Dude, let her eat” he says with a chuckle but I cut off a piece of chicken from my plate and offer it to Violet. She looks at my fork with hesitation and then looks up to me. “Let me feed you love. It calms my beast and it’s what I know” I tell her. “I have never been offered food like this before. Let alone being allowed to eat before someone else.” She tells me. I frown at her comment and know that I will have to change that for her.

“I can take a bite first if that helps you feel more comfortable but I was raised watching my father offer the first bite of food to my mother.” I tell her hoping that she will eat but when she looks back to the fork and hesitates again, I move the fork to my mouth to eat first. I watch as she exhales. I offer her the next bite and she doesn’t hesitate this time. I smile as I watch her chew on the chicken.

We are about half way done with the plate of food when she snuggles into my chest. “You want another bite” I ask her but she shakes her head no. “No, thank you. That was a lot of food for me.” She says and I can’t help the growl. “Sorry. I didn’t mean to scare you” I tell her while rubbing her back. “It’s fine. I'm getting used to it. Besides, that was the best chicken I have ever had.” she tells me and I smile thinking how she will like out cooking. Cam and I can cook better than this.

I look over to Cam who has a grin on his face. I shake my head and move to kiss the top of her head. “Love, you are going to love our food then. I can’t wait to get you home so we can cook you something.” I tell her. She looks up to me shocked. “You can cook?” we both chuckle and nod out heads. “Yeah, our parents made sure we knew how to cook. My dad was huge on making sure we were prepared to meet our mate” Cameron says with a smile.

Violet leans back against me again and buries her face in my chest. I feel her inhale and relax more into me. Cam and I both watch her before we finish eating. We decided to watch a movie while we relax before having to make the trip to the coven to talk with vampire king. I look to Cameron and try to mind link him.

Gabe: “What are we going to do about going to the coven tomorrow?”

Cameron: “We are going to have to tell her and leave it up to her if she wants to come with us or stay here with Josh.”

Gabriel: “You know my beast is not going to like that. He doesn’t want her out of his sight”

Cameron: “Then we will bring her with us and make sure that she is with one of us at all times”

I sigh and nod my head before ending the link. I feel Violet shift and look down to be greeted by her eyes. “What were you talking about?” she asked me. I sigh knowing that we are going to have to tell her. “Love, we are going to be leaving tomorrow to head to the vampire coven to talk with them about the rouge attacks.” I tell her. I see her eyes dull and she starts to shake a little. I wrap my arms around her and let her bury her face in my neck.