The Vampire's Bounty Hunter

Jones Family Secret

After Matthew left my apartment, I went back to where this all began for me. Yes, I went back to my family home. Now that I'm here, I feel like I am four years old all over again. I went to my parent's bedroom, and I found plans for heists, raids, and murder. I couldn't believe that my parents were mercenaries. I mean, I could, but I really couldn't believe it. I wonder what else about my family I could find out. My mom is really pretty, really, really pretty. Like I haven't aged in days pretty. She has the same flame-red hair that I do, and her ears are pointed at the tips like mine. Her eyes are five different colors like mine. That could only mean that my mom was a creature. What creature that would be I don't know. I hunt creatures and non-creatures all the time. Now, I feel sick to my stomach thinking about all the creatures that I've hunted over the years. I just can't fathom any of this.

My parents' room is left untouched by anyone including the well-known looters. I found my mom's diary. Even she didn't know what kind of creature we were. The only thing she knows is that when we see or mate for the first time and look into their eyes, we become pregnant. Wait, wait, wait. Pregnant?! At first sight?! Oh no, oh no no no no. NO! This can not be happening. I just met him, and now we are having a baby together. Why is this happening to me? No, no time to spiral into a mental breakdown. I'm just going to continue to investigate my parents' bedroom until I can figure out what is going on.

What is wrong with my family? My dad was a hunter before he became a mercenary. Why does that surprise me? What happened that he gave up being a bounty hunter? Is that how he met my mom? Just as I am about to go through the armory, I hear the front door open.

"Who's there?" I ask.

"Matt, may I come in?" he says.

"Sounds a little redundant since you are already in the house," I say as he saunters in like he owns the place.

Why does that not bother me? Why am I not bothered by him just walking in? What is wrong with me? My first instinct is to strike first and ask questions later.

"What do you want?" I asked.

"I just want to talk to you and ask you some questions about why your parents decided to steal from my family," he said.

It's not what I was expecting, but I might as well get it over with.

"About my parents raiding your palace. I know just as much as you do. Meaning I have no clue about why they did it. I had no idea of their plans." I say, "About me, I am not exactly human, and don't ask what I am because I don't know myself."

"Okay, there is a lot in that whole thing to unpack, but more importantly, what do you me about not being entirely human? How did you find that out?" he says.

I had hoped he wouldn't press any further, but I guess I have to tell him.

"I don't know what I am. Exactly all I know is that when I met my mate, I just read in my mother's journal that we don't need to have s*x to conceive our first child. All we have to do is lock eyes. Guess what? I am pregnant with your child." I tell him.

He looks shocked and a little bit scared.

"What? How do you not know what you are? Why am I just now realizing that you are a very rare type of fairy that also carries vampire blood?" he asks, incredibly shocked and appalled. "Man, my dad is going to have a field day, and then he will try to find a way to keep you as far away from vampires and other supernaturals as possible."

"You say that like it's a bad thing. Wait, is it a bad thing?" I ask.

"According to all the books, your kind is very powerful and can put a lot of people at risk if they so much as look at you in any way, shape, or form," he says. "You are a very dangerous creature, and your being mated to me makes it a very precarious situation that I don't think any of us is getting out of. With that being said, I have to keep you safe and away from the others, so you'll be coming with me."

"So what you are saying is that even though we are both creatures, I am more dangerous than you. You are a literal vampire, but I'm more dangerous?" I ask incredulously.

"Yes," he says with a grin.