Born With His Tattoo

Better Safe Than Sorry

Beast's POV

We are what people call beasts, we are the horrible monsters that humans make us out to be. For a while, we haven’t had to hide, my kind and I. We have been out in the open, and I had to admit it feels better. Humans are no longer a problem, well, not since they found out about us supernatural. 

The humans have feared us since they learned about who we are and what we are capable of. I never will understand those humans. They fear us but yet they do worse things than a beast or a vampire can ever think of doing.  

The thing is, we don’t think we have to worry about humans but vampires are a different story. Ever since they lost their son about sixteen years ago, we have been on the edge of a never-ending war. 

We never knew why their son was able to keep the peace between us, he just always have. Once he was kidnapped everything changed, now we avoid each other to stay away from the pending war that’s bound to break out. 

Our problems aren’t humans but vampires and rouges. Rogues are beasts without packs. They have been kicked out for anything like breaking the law too many times or something simple like running for their safety. 

Especially now, there are so many rouges out there because they don’t feel safe in their homes like they used too. They have no other choice but to leave and run. Other packs won’t take them in, fearing that it would be the end of their pack.

A knock came to my door, dragging me out of my thoughts. I looked up from my computer towards the door. I was trying to get work done but found it hard since I couldn’t focus. It was as if something was calling me out of the office and into the woods. 

“Come in.” The door opens to reveal my best friend and beta. I picked up a pen to start writing whatever meeting I needed only to realize that I didn’t need it. 

“There’s a human girl in the woods.” I sat up as I listened to him talk for a few seconds, before letting some time pass before answering him. “What does she want?” I questioned dropping my pen onto the unneeded paper, giving him my complete focus. 

“To meet you.” He stated without emotion behind his voice. 

“Well, send her back to where she came from.” Ray nodded before walking away only to bring back a girl, not even moments later.

“I think you should come to see her at least.” He explained but not going into very much detail but the look in his eyes said something different. 

I sighed but didn’t say anything. She’s a human of all things, how can they not have stopped her? 

The human girl shoved through the door, throwing Ray off-balance, He sent a glare her way, but didn’t make a move to stop her. 

I finally looked up, very annoyed but quickly becoming amazed by her looks. She was so pale that you could she could pass as a vampire but her eyes-her eyes were what grabbed my attention. The icy blue sent me to the edge of the ocean. Her hair would be impossible to pick out in the middle of the night. 

“So you are the big scary Alpha Taylor,” She spoke, clearly not covering up the fact that she was checking me out and she definitely wasn’t ashamed. “Yeah, I don’t see it.” 

“Taylor is my last name, you can go ahead and call me Kevin.” 

“Evangeline James.” I nodded at her name, wondering why her parents would give her such a complicated name but didn’t think too hard about it.  

“I thought your kind was terrified of the supernatural,” I stated, trying to figure out how or why she, a human was here. “you can take a seat.” She did just that, she took a seat as I waited for an answer. 

“What can I say? My kind is stupid.” She pointed out, hey no disagreement here. She took this opportunity to look around the room. I noticed that her eyes seem to lay on the books slightly longer than the rest. 

“So why are you here?” I questioned, dragging her out of her thoughts. 

“To prove my classmates wrong.” She added.

“About what?” I questioned. 

“That the supernatural or whatever you call yourselves aren’t deadly.” She looked closely at me once more as I took another chance to do the same. 

“And why would you want to do that?”

“Because I’m bored and hate my kind.”

“Don’t you guys have Starbucks to go to after school? I don’t know, maybe shopping?”

“Please,” she scoffed, rolling her eyes at my comment. “Don’t insult me.” 

“What makes you think we aren’t?” I grilled, something special about her and I couldn’t figure it out but I was trying to get her back onto topic.

“Well, for one I’m not dead.” I looked at her confused about why she would think I would kill her. 

“Why would we kill you?” 

“Yeah.” She paused looking at me carefully, she stood up looking down at

me. “You’re not deadly. Now I’m on a mission, do you happen to know where I can find the vampire king?”

She questioned turning and walking away only to pause for a second as the doors open as Ray stepped in. Looking at her height and size, if the wrong vampire got ahold of her, she would be in danger. Before I could say anything, he looked like he was already up to something. Evangeline clearly freaked out, looked between the two of us before going to bypass Ray, only for him to grab her. 

“Hey!” She cried out, trying to pull away but didn’t get far given that he was a beast and she was human. I stood up confused but ready to overstep if needed.

“Have you seen her neck?” Ray questioned pulling her hair off of her shoulders behind her back only to reveal the whole reason why she seemed different. 

“Let me go!” She shouted with anger as rage filled her pretty little eyes.

“Is that?” I started but didn’t finish, clearly at a loss for words as the tattoo on her neck kept my attention. 

“Yes, it’s the mark. This human will be the difference that we need. She is the difference that we have.”

I walked out from behind the desk to come face to face with the one who was meant to change the world. I didn’t realize how much taller I was compared to her. 

She went to my chin in height and that was something I would be able to pick on her about later. Her icy blue eyes met with my pale green ones, but I couldn’t tell her emotions, they were unreadable. I broke eye contact with her and nodded at Ray.

“What does this stupid tattoo have to do with you beasts?” She questioned as Ray let go of her. I crossed my arms over my chest, staring at her.

“Trust me, time will tell all, my love.” 

“No, you don’t get to do that, Time is bullcrap, I want to know now.” I shook my head before reaching out to grab Evangeline. 

“Plus we can’t have humans coming into the woods now, can we?” I pulled her out of my office dragging her down halls. 

“Why not?” She had too many questions and one day that would get her into trouble if it hasn’t before. 

“I don’t know just that you humans mess with things that aren’t yours. You guys like to hunt and kill things just for fun. You came onto my land and therefore you found out my secret, I can’t let you go. You’ll go back to wherever you came from and tell your little friends and boom, we have trouble.” 

I felt a pull causing me to look back to check on her only to find her lost in her thoughts with a smile on her face. I stared in surprise, before wondering if she did this very often.

“What?” She looked up at me, a smile so big she looked happy. 

“You guys aren’t monsters, you just want the humans to believe that. If the humans believed the lies, you guys will no longer have issues. You wouldn’t have to worry about deforestation, meaning you guys have a home. You guys wouldn’t have to worry about humans finding or killing you. Most of all, you guys don’t have to worry about the stupidity of humans.” 

She knew her stuff, maybe a little bit too much. I found myself slowly nodding, and agreeing. 

“Lucky you guys. I’m stuck with them.” She scuffed rolling her eyes but didn’t care enough to fight given that she didn’t try to getaway.

“Well, not anymore.” I found the first room that would be able to lock on the outside and opened it. I pulled on her arm before pushing her gently into the room, she spun around so fast that she was probably seeing stars. 

“This is for your own safety, we can’t have humans finding out. You belong to me now.”

“I’m not an object you can buy Kevin.” She pointed out.

“Well, I didn’t buy you, I stole you. There’s a difference.”

She went to run, but with me being supernatural, I was faster. The door slammed and locked, with that, she was safe from this cruel world or at least for now. I glanced at the pack member who followed me. 

“Watch her, if she wants food or water, give it to her. Protect her and don’t let her out. If something happens, get me.”