Tainted mate

chapter four

The blinding light died down and I saw myself standing in a sea of white roses. was this a dream or am I in the afterlife.

" my dear Francis" came a soothing voice

the most beautiful child I had ever seen was standing in front of me. no she wasn't standing, she was floating.

" who are you?" I asked curiously

" I am the gods of the deep" she said calmly

" but you are a child, how can you be the gods of the deep" I said

she laughed and it sounded like she was singing.

" I only appear to be a child, but I am older than time itself" she said

"am I dead?" I asked

"no you are not Francis" she reassured

" so I'm alive then." I said

" not quite so Francis" she said

how can I not be dead and still not be alive either.

she must have noticed my confusion because she said.

"my dear child, you have never been alive" she said "your life has just begun Francis and I have plans for you"

"my life just ended a few seconds ago and now you're telling me it has just begun" I said confused

"you do not know who you are Francis" she said

"I know who I am. I am a lowly omega that couldn't turn on her sixteenth and was rejected by her mate because of a thieving slut" as soon as the words left my mouth, the tears also began to fall down.

" oh my dear Francis, that is not who you are. have you ever wondered what happened to your parents?" she asked me

" my father abandoned my mother and she died during child birth. I was taken in by my mother's pack" I said while wiping my eyes

"that is not the complete truth Francis. your father did not abandon you because he does not exist" she said

"what?" I was beyond surprised

" you were forged from the thread that binds the gods of the deep to the physical world. in your veins runs the blood of every supernatural species that has ever been in existence, you are the first and last of your kind. your mother was just a passage for you to get to the physical world."

my head was spinning with this new revelation and I had no idea what to believe

" that is quiet unbelievable. why would you want to make anyone with such powers?" I asked

" Lord darak is getting stronger and stronger. we cannot keep him at bay longer, his prison is already having cracks. The bridge keepers cannot fight him but you can Francis, this is what you were made for" she said

" lord darak has been sealed off for years" I said

" not for long, he won't. he has followers who are fighting for his return" she said

" why not fight him yourself? why bother to create me?" I asked

" because I cannot go to the physical world. it would be destroyed if I did, so I had to create a version of me who could and that is you Francis. you are the chosen one" she said while holding my hands gently.

" but I am not strong enough for anyone, I do not even have a wolf. I am useless" I said frantically

" my dear child" she said while placing her tiny hand on my cheek. it was weird with her calling me a child when she was the one that looked like one.

"you were made to be that way, imperfectly perfect. you are half of every supernatural being. to the wolves, you hear and smell like one of them but you cannot turn like them, to the vampires you do everything they do but you do not need blood to survive. to the witches, you do not need a soul anchor but you can cast spells. and to the demons, you have a soul unlike them who do not. To all of these species, you smell tainted because you are not completely what they are yet you are above them"

this was a lot to take in. I had always thought I was an abnormally, that I had been cursed from birth, but hearing these words made me know that I wasn't.

"but I have always been weak, I cower in fear when alpha's use their alpha voice. if I am a above them, why do I obey like all the other wolves?" I asked puzzled

" that is because your powers had not been woken up yet, you needed to die first to become alive" she said dramatically

" that makes no sense at all" I said

" it would make sense soon Francis. when you go back, I want you to follow the white roses on your path and you will meet Margaret langster. she would teach you all you need to know." she said

" Margaret langster?" I said absent mindedly

" yes do not forget. tell her who you are and she would understand immediately. Do whatever she tells you to do and follow her precise instructions" she said hurriedly

"I will" I reassured

she stood on her tippy toes like a ballerina and put her thumb on my forehead. she started chanting in a language that sounded too old, and I felt like a veil was being removed from my body and I suddenly became aware of how cold the weather was.

I awoke with a start. I was laying face down by the river bank. my clothes were soaking wet and my shoes were gone. I felt an electrifying current course through my vein and I felt powerful like I could do anything. I could feel magic at the tip of my fingers and my senses were heightened. I let out a loud scream and all the trees within ten feet of me caught fire.

like magic, a white rose appeared five feet away from me. now all I needed to do was to find Margret langster.