Lycanthropy Two Species at War [Short Story]

Chapter 2

Today was the day, I loaded my belongings up in the car and took one more look around my house, I took a deep breath and walked out shutting the door behind me, the only thing that was left was the roses sitting in the middle of the living room with a note saying.

L,

FUCK YOU!

F

I figured that’s all I needed to say to get my point across. Sick f**k thinks he can have me, well he is about to learn he is very wrong. I got into my car and headed off towards the airport. Once I arrived I was told that the flight was over booked. I asked for another flight and they didn’t have any until a week from now. I went and sat down looking for other ways to New York.

"Excuse me ma'am?" I heard a female voice say from behind me.

"Yes?" I said.

"Hello ma'am, we have a private jet available for your trip to Manhattan if you'd like it." she said with a smile.

"Who owns it?" I asked keeping the creepy L man in my mind.

"It's a jet owned by the airport ma'am." she replied with a smile.

"Can I purchase it?" I asked.

"Um, I will have to check on that ma'am please give me a moment." she said before moving quickly back to her desk.

After a few moments on the phone she smiled and made her way back to me.

"Yes Ma'am it is available for purchase. We can get everything squared away for if you'd like to follow me." she said holding her hand out.

I stood up and followed her to an open room with floor to wall windows, at the desk was an older gentlemen who stood as we walked through. He has a big smile across his holding his hand out for me to shake.

"Hello! I am Henry. It's nice to meet you." he said taking his sit after shaking my hand.

"It's nice to meet you too, I am Fern." I said sitting in the chair across from him.

"Dora said you were interested in purchasing the Jet we have here?" he asked.

"Yes Sir. I would like to do it now and than get on my way." I said with a smile.

"Very good, I have all the paper work laid out here along with the title." he said sliding the papers towards me.

I signed everything and called the bank having them wire transferred the fund to their account. We shook hands and Dora escorted me to the jet, I walked out to the stairs met the pilot and the flight attended before taking my seat.

"Miss would you like something to drink?" she asked.

"Yes please, may I have some water?" I said with a smile.

She brought my the water and I settled into the seat, the pilot announced we were getting ready to take off. It was a 6 hour flight and than a 45 minute car ride to my new home. We finally arrived and I was met with a bellhop who took my bags up to my new apartment, I had it fully furnished and decorated before I moved in. Once I walked in I was in aw, the view of time square looked like a picture it was incredible. I made myself comfortable, I ordered some food once it was delivered I locked the doors windows and than set the alarm system. For the rest of evening laying on the sofa watching some garbage tv and than falling asleep, I have a meeting with carl tomorrow morning at 10am on the other side of town, and I am positive that it is going to be very long day.

*BEEP BEEP BEEP* ugh I groaned smacking my phone trying to turn the alarm off, I know I got a lot of sleep but for some reason it didn’t feel like enough. I stood up and made my way to the kitchen to start the coffee before going to take a shower. I brushed my teeth and got dressed before I went and got a cup of coffee and placing a call for a car to come pick me up. I finished my coffee grabbed my purse and made my way out of the door downstairs and outside. I stood by the entrance and waited for the car when I heard a low growl followed by the strangest tingling feeling working its way up my spin making me shiver, I looked over to see a very large man with sun kissed skin, he had to be at least 6'9 and around 324 lbs. of rock hard muscle, he has short black hair and bright Sliver eyes that seemed to suck you in. He was staring directly at me. I saw his nostrils flare as he took a deep breath and swear I saw his eyes turn pitch black and the word

"Mate" leave his lips.

"Miss. Bennet?" I heard my name snapping me out of it.

"Oh yes, Thank you." I said smiling stepping into the car as he shut the door. I turned looking at out of the window seeing the man still staring in my direction. He reminded me of something I couldn’t put my finger on.

"Where would you like me to take you Ma'am?" the driver asked.

"Can you please take me to "Dimond collection" store front?" I asked.

"Yes ma'am." he said before pulling off in to traffic.

It took about an hour to get there.  Once we pulled up to the front I looked out of the window seeing the shop was still closed.

"Can you please wait here for me?" I asked him with a smile.

"Yes Ma'am I will be here when your done." he replied.

"Thank you." I said before I opened the door stepping out on to the side walk. I walked up to the store front and rang the buzzer. I waited for a couple moments before I heard someone call for me. I stepped back and looked around when I spotted Carl waving towards me from around the building. I walked towards him.

"I am happy you made it here safely Fern. Come quickly." he said making his way into a side door.

We walked into his shop, I looked over at the counter and saw files upon files laying there with pictures and a small tv with a DVD player.

"Where would you like to start fern?" he asked.

"Do you have anyone in those files with the first name starting with 'L'?" I asked.

His eyes grew wide and his hands started shaking.

"Lazarus Drake" he said in a whisper. "Why?"

"I got flowers and a card from someone, they signed it 'L' and than I swear I saw a very pale man with blood red eyes staring at my through my old kitchen window." I said looking at him to gauge his reaction.

All the blood from his face drained and he just stared at me in shock.

"This is much worse than I thought." he said. "He is the Prince of darkness, he is the ruler of all his kind and he is very dangerous."

"How so?" I asked with my eyebrow raised.

"Fern, he is strong and very old. Here take these books, files and DVD's take them home lock all of your doors and do not open it for anyone you didn’t call. If he comes to your door do not open it and do not invite him inside you will be safe." he said putting everything into a box. He ushered me out of the shop loading the box into the car and than myself. "Stay safe Fern, I hope to see you again."

"Thank you Carl." I said before he shut my door.

"Back home Ma'am?" my driver asked.

"Yes Please. What is your name?" I asked him.

"Frank Ma'am." he replied.

"Thank you Frank." I said before settling back into my seat.

He pulled out into traffic and started taking me home. Once we made it there Frank helped me out with my boxes, one of the bellhop took them all loading them on to a cart waiting for me to go to my apartment. I turned and shook Franks hand.

"Would you be interested in becoming my driver?" I asked him.

"Yes Ma'am that would be great! Thank you so much!" he said with a smile shaking my hand.

I turned to walk into the entrance when I saw the same man from this morning, he was staring at me again and again the tingling made its way up my spin causing my whole body to cover in goosebumps. But this time he smiled standing up straight. I smiled back and made my way into the building. Once I was up in my apartment, I locked my doors and set the alarm before I went to my room to shower and change. I ordered some take out and started going through the boxes Carl gave me. There was one photo that was dated back to 1703, it was the same exact man. My doorbell rang and it was my take out, I opened the door and tipped the bellhop. I went over and pulled out my chinse and started eating as I flipped through all of the information I had in front of me. I learned that he lives in England mainly. He's over 1,000 years old and he is a cruel man. But the most terrifying thing that I learned was Vampires are very real and his is one of them. I was being stocked by a vampire and my family was murdered by the very same one.

 All I want to know is why?

I continued eating my food and reading through notes. I decided to look through on of the journals he added to the box. I found out it was a monks writings about Vampires and a unknown war going on around the human race. It has been going on for decades with no ending in site. It said it was between the Vampire race and a race called Lycanthropy. I went and grabbed my laptop, placing it on the table I opened the search bar typing in the word Lycanthropy. I found they are similar to werewolves but a little more advanced, they can transform whenever they like where are werewolves can only transform under a full moon. It also said they are a lot stronger, bigger and a lot more dangerous that a werewolf. These creatures also travel with packs, although some do go off on their own but that is uncommon, also they have life mates… So now I am dealing with not only vampires but big ass wolves too… I want to go back to the dark when I didn’t know there were other creatures lurking in the darkness hidden from human view. I made a list of what I know.

Vampire:

Lazarus Drake He was over 1,000 years old. Killed my whole family and was after me.  

Way's to kill him:

Wooden stake to the heart Fire Beheading Direct sunlight for a long period of time seeing as he is very old. Basically I will have to stab him, but his head off, light him on fire outside during the day. Sounds easy enough.

Lycanthropy:

Big ass wolves, who are stronger, faster than a regular werewolves. I don’t think I have ever seen one before. Life mates  

Way's to kill Lycan's:

Silver Silver bullets [though it wakes 3-5 rounds to kill one] Silver blade to the heart So this one I will need to shot 5 times with silver bullets than stab it in the heart with a silver blade. Okay now I need to go to my local 'Supernatural ammo' store. 

"Fern what the f**k are you doing???" I asked myself out loud.

I cant honestly be thinking this s**t is real… Even though I did see him in my window.. It all had to be real and I really needed to be ready for anything that might walk through that door. I pick up my phone and dial franks number.

"Hello Ma'am." he said

"Please Frank call me Fern. I need you to help me, I would like to get some home protection do you know anywhere we can go?" I asked.

"Yes I know a place, I will be there in 5 minutes Fern." he said before hanging up.

I put my phone into my purse and grabbed my shoes making my way down to the lobby to wait, I stayed inside this time watching all the people passing. A couple minutes later Frank pulled up, he got out and opened my door, I exited the lobby and climbed in. He got back in and pushed his way through traffic gracefully navigating his way to the store. He pulled up and got out to open my door, I stepped out and looked at the store front a giant neon sign saying 'ammo' was placed front and center. I smiled at Frank as I walked into the store. I ended up purchasing every silver item I could find, sadly no ammo. So I just settled with blades and some throwing stars. I also got myself a target to practice on in my apartment.

Frank helped me load my bags before we made our way to the apartment building again.

"Frank can we please stop at a grocery store?" I asked.

"Yes of course." he said stopping in front of a 'Morton Williams' I made my way in grabbing a premade Orzo salad along with freshly made French bread, dried meat, cheese and finally and most importantly a bottle of wine. I intended on eating and drinking my way through the night while I threw some silver stars in my living room. Relaxing right?

I paid for my groceries and made my way back out to the car. We loaded everything up before making our way back to my building. Once we arrived Frank got out getting the Bellhops attention than he helped him load everything up, I opened my door and stepped out of the car feeling the tingling letting me know the man from before was there again, I looked to my left seeing him there waiting staring at me, he had a big smile on his face he waved and approched me. I took a step back watching as he approched. I defiantly didn’t underestimate his size, he was massive. He didn’t say anything he just handed me a small box with a note attached to it, when I took the box from him our fingers grazed each other and heat flooded through my body straight to my core. I sucked in a breath looking into his eyes they went black as he took a deep breath in letting out a low growl staring at me like he could smell my arousal. He blinked making his eyes go back to that beautiful silver color before smiling and walking away. I noticed he didn’t go very far, he waited and watched until I walked into the lobby, I turned to see him crossing the road and climbing into a very large all black SUV. I held the little box in my hand as we made our way to my apartment. The bellhop helped me unload everything, I tipped him said goodnight shut the door, locking it and setting the alarm. I unpacked all my bags, laying out all the blades and throwing stars before setting the target up. I laid out my snack and salad and poured myself a glass of wine. I took one big gulp before throwing the first star missing the target completely hitting the wall leaving a nice size hole. I threw a couple more before my attention was drawn to the little box the large man gave me. I pulled the note out of the ribbon first unfolding it and reading it.

"Please Stay Safe. Love, Blake"

Odd. I opened the box seeing a necklace in it, there was a small pendent incrusted in jewels, it looked like it was made out of silver it was very pretty, I went into the bathroom looking into the mirror I put it on. I did like it. Than I went back to snacking, drinking and throwing dangerous silver blades. I ended up passing out on the sofa around 2:00am.

Blakes POV

"Bro, you okay?" Grayson asked me as I climbed back into the SUV watching my mate make her way back to her apartment.

"I touched her on accident." I said through gritted teeth.

"Ah f**k dude, you okay? We can take her now If you want." he said turning towards me.

"No, I need her to be willing, I don’t want to force her." I replied.

I needed her to trust me enough before I took her to my home. I hated leaving her up there alone without any protection, Thankfully I was able to get one of my worriers to become her driver so I knew at least if I wasn’t around she'd have my best fighter watching over her.

A strong smell of death hit my nose, I took a deep breath and looked out the window.

"Do you smell that?" I asked Grayson.

"Yes." he growled.

We got out of the SUV and took another deep breath, I was locked on there sent, there had to be at least 7 of them. I let out a deep growl before running after then Grayson to my left we turned the corner into an alleyway. I took a deep breath letting my Lycan take over, every bone in my body cracked and broke refusing themselves until my transformation was complete.  I let out a load roar taking a fighting stance waiting for those greasy bastards to attack. Grayson was soon in his Lycan form standing with our backs  together just waiting. We heard a hiss before they were surrounding us. I looked at the one in front of me, my Lycan gave him a big toothy smile before grabbing him and ripping his heart out. His body dropped to the floor, all the other vampires jumped on us ripping at our skin, biting at us, Grayson and I made easy work in dispatching them. These were very low level vampires with little strength and fighting skill. Regardless they were to close to my mate and they needed to be dealt with. We shifted back into our human forms before going back to he car. We got in and resumed our night watch on her building.

"I am hungry, want a burger?" Grayson asked.

"Yes, with fries and a coke. Put it on my card." I said handing him my credit card.

I watched him get out of the car and make his way to Lucky's Famous burgers it was one of our go to joints when we were on this side of NY. We normally only come here to pick up supplies, we were on our way home when I caught her scent so we have been here longer than expected.  I sat watching her lobby door waiting daring any vampire to enter.

"I got you bacon and cheese." Grayson said as he slid into the car shutting  the door behind him.

"Thanks I am starving." I said digging through the bag looking for a straw. I found it popped it into my coke and took a big drink before I shoved my mouth full of fries. We ate like the wild beasts we were, shoveling food in crumbs collecting on our beards.

"What time did her light go off tonight?" Grayson asked.

"2am. She needs to sleep more." I said shaking my head in frustration.

It was almost dawn and that meant we were able to go home shower and rest before we had to start our watch all over again.

"We can go home soon, I need to shower and get some sleep." I said to Grayson who was nodding in agreement.

We sat there for a few more hours watching the sun peak over the ocean showing her pretty face before we headed home.

I'll be back mate.