Alpha: The story of Eva

Chapter 11

Chapter 11

         Several weeks had past, one night when she got home after a long late night 72 hr shift she kicked her shoes off at the door and peeled her clothes off as she went up stairs and opened the door to see Connor already sound asleep. He had been working on a separate case that he was assigned too, just for help really cause lately our case load had seemed like it doubled. 

         It had been a while since they were at home at the same time to even grab a nap together or hell something to eat. She slipped down to her panties and got in bed, as soon as she did she heard a slight groan and a pair of arms wrap around her then she pressed her body back against his as she felt his light breathing on the back of her neck that over the months they’ve been together she found it lulled her into sleep. It was a mixture of exhaustion and his presents that made her relax enough to fall asleep. 

         It wasn’t more than a hour later, she heard the faint vibration of her cell going off. She grabbed it and somehow tried to get untangled from Connor when she finally did, walking over to her dresser she grabbed a shirt and slipped it on as she somehow slipped out of the room quiet enough to not wake him. 

         “Thank god, he’s such a heavy sleeper,” she thought as she walked down the stairs and walked over to the couch an took a seat.

         When she finally sat and checked the cell, she realized the number was from her Aunt and noticing how late it was, she immediately knew something was wrong. She pressed her number and it only took two rings when she answered and her aunt was extremely out breath.

         “Aunt Leira….what’s going on….you’ve never call this late,” she asked her.

         “Well…..well….

         “Aunt Leira….come on….your really starting to worry the hell out of me,” she asked her. “Are you ok?”

         “Marcus….Marcus…showed up on my front steps covered in wounds and his blood an from the defensive wounds I’d say others,” Leira says, “I found traces of silver embedded in his wounds…Eva…you need to get here ASAP. I’m trying to keep him alive but I don’t know how much fight he has in his body. He’s dying Eva…..he came here to speak with you.”

         “Jesus….what the hell is going on,” she spoke as she raked her fingertips through her hair as her head was so confused.

          “I don’t know….sweetheart you need to get here ASAP….I honestly don’t know how long I can keep him alive,” Leira spoke.

         “I’m getting dressed and I’ll be on the road in ten,” she told her aunt.

         “Hurry,” Leira spoke and hung up the phone.

          Eva held her cell in hands for a moment before she ran back up stairs, she didn’t want to wake him but if she knew Connor he would be calling to check on her ass as soon as he woke up. She sat on the edge of the bed as she laid her hand on Conner’s back as she shook him a few times.

         “Hey Connor….Conner,” she spoke.

         He groaned slightly as he woke up, rubbing his eye just a bit as he focused to look up at her as he turned to lay on his back. 

         “Eva, babe….what’s going on,” he spoke still trying to wake up, his tone of voice was still muddled as he tried to wake up.

         “Hey I got a call from my Aunt,” Eva says, “Marcus showed up in bad shape, she needs me to come see him. She doesn’t know if he’s going to make it, he’s in really bad shape. I gotta go. You remember I told you the Captain knows certain things. I need you to tell him, I won’t be in for a day or two depending on what’s going on.”

         She gets up from the bed as she grabs a pair of jeans and slips them on and then runs to grab a pair of tennis shoes.

         “Eva….babe maybe I should go…

         She walks over as she lays her hand on his cheek as she kissed him softly on the lips as she spoke, “I need you to stay here and keep things in check for me.”

         “You promise to gimme a call when you know something,” he asked as he sat up in bed.

         She smirked as she says, “I promise mom.”

         “Eva,” he spoke.

         Her face went serious for a moment as she spoke, “As soon as I figure this thing out with Marcus I promise to call. Just to let you know I’m safe, ok?”

         She was silent for a moment as she spoke, “Connor….I love you.”

         “I love you to baby,” he spoke as she ran out of the room as she slipped on the tennis shoes and jacket, car keys as well.

         Meanwhile at her Aunt’s place…..

         “Jesus….what the hell,” Leira spoke as she tried to put another pack of blood on the IV line.

         “Ev…Eva….

         “She’s coming as soon as she can….just hold on,” she spoke as she tried to deal with the silver in his wounds as he grabbed her wrist during the excruciating pain he was going through.

         “Theirs….a….order out….for her capture….,” he spoke as he grounded his fangs together as he says, “All clans….no….notified…..they know.”

         He spoke as he pulled her towards him as he tore his wounds open more as he says, “They know….who….she….is -started to choke on his own blood- her….family….the head clans….agreed to bounty.”

         “Oh my god….how….why now….Marcus please tell me….the family that put the bounty out for her…..was it the Ioains?” She asked as she grabbed his torn shirt as she shook him as he faded in and out of consciousness.  

         “Jericho….when….he found others were sniffing her out….and money….was in it

         She covered her mouth as the bile rose in her throat as she listened to him and how the walls of truth were falling around her. 

         “Oh my god….those bastards can’t get to her….I won’t let them have her,” she spoke as she looked to him.

         She tried to get her whits together as she tried to keep him the best way she could but he was in rough shape, horribly rough shape. She changed the iv bag of fluids out, along with another pack of blood and she tried to run more pain meds through the line and retro-toxin to the silver poisoning. When he finally calmed down, she walked out of the room and into the living room as the walls of tears building up finally broke and the dam of tears ran down her cheeks as she knew what was coming and it was going to get nothing but worse. 

         About a few hours later…..

         She parked out front of her Aunt’s house as she jumped the steps and unlocked the door as she ran into the house. She saw her sitting on the couch with her head in her hands and she looked to her. 

         “Aunt Leira….where is he,” she asked her.

         “Um….back room….he doesn’t have….much….time left,” Leira told her as she noticed the tears still running down her cheeks.

         She stood there looking to her for a moment as she ran to the back room, where she closed the door behind her. 

         “Marcus,” she spoke as she walked over as she took his blood hand as he was in an out of consciousness.

         “Eva…..

         “Yeah Marcus….I got here as soon as I can,” she says, “Jesus….what happened to you….it looks like you went through ten packs. Your bite ain’t that big enough for that.”

         He tried to chuckle only to start to cough up blood as she helped him sit up to try and make him somewhat comfortable. 

         “Better,” she spoke as she packed the pillows behind him.

         “Thank you….,” he said as he got into another coughing fit that had him jerking in pain. 

         “The silver…..

         “Dying….yeah….I know,” he spoke as she sat on the edge of the bed. “Tell Leira….her kindness…..

         “I got you covered….don’t worry,” she says, “What’s happened Marcus?”

         “In return….protect….my Geeta,” he says, “I have her hidden….sent her to Angelo’s.”

         “Yeah, sure you have my word,” she says, “Seriously Marcus….what the f**k is going on. I know Jericho is off his rocker but I also know how you keep to the code, so what’s this all about.”

         “The clans…..bounty on you….all wolf shifters….even the others….their coming for you and it’s from the higher clans. The clan….who….put….it out….were….the….Ioain’s,” he spoke as he started to shake and then his body began to seize an he died choking on his blood just moments later. 

         “s**t,” she spoke as she brought her hand up as she slid his lids closed as she lowered her head and closed her eyes as she spoke a small wolven prayer her father taught her. 

         She gets up as she looks to his blood on her hands as she walked out of the room, for some reason she couldn’t stop looking at it.

         “Eva,” Leira spoke. 

         “Marcus is gone…..silver was to much,” she says, “He’s dead.”

         “Did he tell you anything else,” Leira asked in a shaky tone.

         “Uh….what,” she spoke as Leira’s voice brought her out of her own thoughts.

         Leira got up as she walked over to Eva, standing a few inches from her as she grabbed Eva’s hands and when she did she felt the spike in Leira’s heart rate. For some reason, she jerked her hands back from her as she took a step back as she looked to the floor and then to her. 

         “I just felt your heart rate spike over and again….why do you want to know so bad what Marcus told me….why,” Eva spoke as confusion mixed with anger was starting to rise in her. 

         “Honey….honey I’m just concerned that’s all,” Leira spoke with worry and concern in her voice as she took a step towards her, only to have Eva take another step back.

         “Your lying….,” Eva spoke as she looked to her.

         “Eva….honey…..I love you….I’d never lie to you…..I don’t understand what’s going on,” Leira spoke as she tried to grab her hands only to have them shoved away.

         “Your lying again….the only truth coming from your lips….is you love me,” she spoke and for some reason the anger as well as the hurt was rising more and more every second.

         “You’ve always been a mother to me…….,” she says, “WHY THE HELL ARE YOU LYING AND WHAT THE f**k FOR?” She couldn’t help as she nearly screamed out the last sentence out at her when the words came tumbling out.

         “Eva,” Leira spoke in such a timid way it was the only reason the words she spoke next were somewhat in a reasonable tone.

         “All my life you and dad were the only ones I could trust,” she says, “I’m going to ask….you….one more time. What the hell is going on?”

         The tears started to fall down her cheek as she looked at Eva as she spoke, “This is a Pandora’s box you shouldn’t open…..please don’t push this further.”

         “If a higher up family is gunning for me then it wouldn’t be for just locking one up or given one of em a ticket,” Eva says, “If you love me….tell me now….or you will never see me again….ever….I swear on it.”

         She wiped the tears from her eyes as she stared at her, then spoke, “Please…..just sit and I promise…..I’ll tell you everything.”

         Leira walked out of the room as Eva could barely stand in place as she paced in front of the fireplace back and forth. A few minutes later Leira came back in carrying a large box that she placed on the table in front of the couch. Eva looked at the box then over to her as she took a seat on the couch.

         “What’s that,” She asked Leira as she pointed at the box.

         “A very painful, hurtful secret that I had hoped to take too my death….Robert took it to his because he loved you and never wanted you hurt….either did I,” Leira says as the tears wouldn’t stop running down her cheeks.

         “What’s dad have to do with this,” Eva spoke as she looked to her and then took a step to the box and than another until she was just a few inches from it.

         “Eva….just know what we did,” Leira says, “We did because we love you and wanted you to have a good life. After everything you went through you were so innocent you didn’t deserve what happened to you.”

         She looked at her and then to the box as she took the top off and tossed it to the side as she dug into the papers in the box. She sat on the floor as she started going over the papers in her hands and scattered some on the floor.

         “What’s Sub-Gen-X,” Eva asked.

         Leira was quiet for a moment before she spoke up as she says, “It….was the lab….I worked for before taking the job out here after I lost Caleb. I was head of the research team and head DNA specialist.”

         She kept looking through the paperwork and the name Ioain’s kept getting brought up in every paragraph. 

         “Due to the disease of the pure-bloods we have yet found a cure for….infertility could become a permanent complication,” she says, “The mother….Lauren Ioain has produced three beta males. With the father….Luke….being a strong Alpha he should have been able to produce one Alpha child if not all of them but since the disease. The higher bred female is unable to produce any children at this time. This disease has seemed to affect all pure born females. If unable to fix issues soon….the pure breeds will die out…..

         The more she read the more bile rose more and more up her throat as what she read was causing a massive headaches to form in her head. 

         “I’ve discussed with the higher clans about a project….that if it works could fix the situation,” she says, “I’ll take sample eggs from every female, see if we can weed out possible disease and incubate too see if we can grow healthy enough embryos for survival.”

         “I’m going to be sick,” she spoke as she threw the papers on the floor as she ran to the bathroom, dropped to her knees and grasped the bowl as her stomach purged and purged until she was dry heaving. 

         She flushed the toilet as she laid her back against the door as she yelled out in a growl as she punched a hole in the wall to the side of her. She didn’t realize how long she stayed in there until she got up as she walked out as she saw Leira putting the papers on the table. 

         “Eva….honey,” Leira spoke as she looked to her.

         “I was one of the babies….wasn’t I,” She spoke as she couldn’t even look at her at the moment.

         “You….grew up so well and were so smart,” Leira says, “When you fully developed you were such a tiny black wolf but I could already tell you were going to be so strong. It was only a week, when it took the others months to take human form. I already knew you were going to be special….to be gifted.”

         “Are you saying I’m some Frankenstein……

         “No you were so pure an innocent….I already grew attached to you before I knew it,” Leira says, “Robert had been picking up night shifts there, after his wife passed. When he did walk throughs, he would always pop in with a extra coffee for me but he always made sure to bring you a little cup of hot chocolate with marshmallows. You loved that so much, just little things like that made you so happy that’s how I knew you were so much different from the others.”

         “Others,” she asked. 

         “Only two others….males….beta and an alpha,” Leira says, “They were both so cold behind the eyes, I knew they would be enough for their family but you…..

         “When the Ioain’s came in to check on you….they found out you were a black wolf…..and you were a….

         “I was a what…..they found out I was what…..don’t screw with me anymore,” she spoke out in a angered tone, trying not to scream but god it was getting hard not to. “What am I?”

         “You were a Alpha Eva….a female Alpha….you were a once in a lifetime phenomenon,” Leira says, “In all lines of shifters all alphas were males but you were a Alpha. I knew it was true when I caught Mr Ioain nearly baring his fangs at you. Mrs Ioain….picked you up….holding you away from her, as soon as they found out you were not only a black wolf but a Alpha as well. They told me to….they told me to….

         “You were told to terminate me….weren’t you….WEREN’T YOU?” She spoke as the last words came out in a near scream at her.

         It hurt to watch the older woman she loved as family scared of her but right now she was so confused, hurt and angry that she couldn’t even think about that at the moment. 

         “Yes….I was told to terminate you and start another immediately after….I couldn’t do it,” Leira says, “Robert had also overheard what was said and he offered to help. So we had to come up with something because they wanted proof of termination. I took one of the ones that didn’t survive and injected it with a combination of your blood and pheromones. Luckily they believed it and I put you on hormone therapy to suppress your Alpha pheromones. We had to make sure they would never get a clue you were still alive because of the high class they are. To have a black wolf, alpha female child would be a stigma they wouldn’t let that happen no matter the cost.”

         “But my memories….of being given to dad by them,” she spoke as she was completely confused more than anything.

         “An Alpha shifter can’t have their memories constructed just by any ordinary vampires,” Leira told her.

         She was quiet for a moment before she says, “Draconis….dad took me to him and….had him wash my mind. Didn’t he?”

         “Yes, it was the only way we could keep you safe honey,” Leira says, “Believe me when I say this that everything we did was for you and your safety. Eva, you were a miracle….honey I couldn’t do what they asked. The first time you looked up at me and when I heard you speak to Robert. Asking questions just like every little normal child, I….we knew we had to save you.”

         Her head hurt so bad at the moment from all the information she was trying to process she felt like she could drop to her knees. 

         “I have to go get Geeta,” she spoke as she grabbed her coat and ran over to the door as she was about to walk out. Leira called out her name, “EVA.”

         “I can’t….I can’t even look at you right now,” she spoke as she slammed the door behind her as she heard Leira break down and cry. 

         She walked over to her car as she got in, the emotions of rage, hurt, confusion just burst fourth and she started to puns her fist so hard against the steering wheel she bent it and distorted it so bad she didn’t realize how bad a fit she threw until she saw it. 

         “Damn, Damn, Damn…..Damn it,” she yelled so loud in the car she could hear the sound of animals scamper away in the wooded area nearby.

         She got out of the car as she slammed the door behind her and she could of fixed it but honestly she just didn’t have it in her. The town was only a mile away from here and she needed some time to clear her head that was killing her. 

         Luckily when she arrived in town the diner was still open even though it was still late. She opened the door and was greeted by the elder woman before.

         “Hi, honey….take a seat wherever you like,” she says, “I’ll be right with you.”

         “Thanks,” Eva spoke as she couldn’t pick up her gaze from the floor, she didn’t have it in her.

         She walked to the back and took a seat at the back table as she slid off her coat and put it back on the chair as she took a seat. The elder waitress came over with a smile as she spoke.

         “Hi, honey what can I get you,” the waitress asked with a smile.

         “Just a coffee, with a bit of creamer,” she told her and when she left she held her head in her hands for the moment. 

         Then she slipped her cell out as she scrolled through the numbers as she pressed on Conner’s, it was only two rings when he picked up.

         “Eva,” he spoke but it was until she heard him call her name again.

         “Eva….baby,” he spoke.

         “I’m at the diner, can you come and get me,” she spoke in such a lifeless tone which was the best she could at the moment.

         “Eva, what the hell happened…..are you……

         “Connor, please no questions just come get me,” she says, “I just can’t, ok?”

         “Alright, I’m tossing on some clothes now,” he says, “I’ll be there as soon as I can.”

         “Ok,” she spoke and hung up the phone just as the waitress brought over her coffee and creamer.

         “Thanks,” Eva told her when she walked away after slipping it in front of her.