The Tribrid's mate

Who is the girl?

Smith POV:

** pushes off an unconscious human girl after draining more blood from her than he ought to**

"I'm not healing! Why does it still hurt?" I yelled.

Looking at the mirror at the far end of his apartment. The Boss had asked to see me, it was already bad enough that the girl beat me, now i wasn't healing. This would only mean she was a hybrid as I had thought. 

What did this mean for him. Would he die?

He was scared. He had never been as scared as he was at this moment. He had intentionally missed out one more detail of the night's event...he knew that telling the boss the last thing he saw while running would make everyone laugh at him or call him crazy.

The girl levitated. She was in the air while he ran for his life. 

Who is she?

He started to cough. Looking at his hands..no it couldn't be.

BLOOD.

He was really dying.

Frantic, he freshened up and headed out as soon as he could to the headquarters. The Boss would have some kind of remedy for this.

*On the east side of Nevida stood one of the tallest buildings in the city. The headquarters and centre of operations for the Vampire clan led by Monty Lerouk - also known as The Boss.*

Monty's POV:

Looking out the balcony of his darkly tinted all-glass building, he thought to himself.

A hybrid would be a miracle for the Vampire clan right now! It's only been 10 years since the werewolves took over leadership of the council and yet they had been bossing everyone around like moths. He would have rather the witches remained in power. Damien Mooncliff was a serious pain in the ass before he mysteriously died and left his even weirder son to lead the council.

Given how young Vince his son was at the time, the position for leader of the council was almost not certain to be for a werewolf but somehow because of his strength and achievements in the business world, Vince Mooncliff took over the position from his father.

An insult to him and the entire Vampire clan. A 28year old leading him. He spat.

He needed to know who this girl was. If she was an hybrid, then she must be captured and made to serve the Vampire clan at all costs. 

Suddenly, there was a lot of shuffling outside his office.

“What the hell is going on?” He yelled.

It was noon. Smith should be here already. Smith was his second right hand man. He was stupid, lacked tact but he was observant and a decent fighter. He knew the streets well and was very valuable to his businesses. Vampires weren’t naturally day walkers but he got a powerful witch to cast a spell on a few of his men that enabled them walk in the day but this also meant they had to consume more blood than the a average vampire. Smith was one of such men, which explained why he was out lurking in the dark alleys at that time - the poor i***t must have been hungry.

“It’s Smith” said one of his security detail. “Let him come in", Monty said.

"Boss, I dont think Smith is in good sh-" the security detail tried to warn the Boss but as as soon as he heard the Boss yell again, he shut his mouth. 

First thing that hit was the stench. The stench of rotten flesh and in with it came Smith or at least a horrible, dark version of Smith.

He looked like his face was falling apart, rottening from the inside out and he was terribly sun burned.

"Boss, HELP ME! Where's the witch? I don't want to die!", Smith yelled amidst several horrifying coughs that made him spit blood into a vomit bag he was holding.

"Stop embarrassing yourself, Smith! Tell me what happened now and don't stutter or else I'll end you myself. ", Monty said. Immediately, Smith narrated all that happened without the detail of the girl flying as he was too afraid he would be called crazy.

"Do you remember what she looks like? We need to find her before any of the other clans do. This might be an opportunity for us. " The Boss said

Smith looked at his boss confused and worried that his life was not a priority. 

More importantly,  he realized that a few details about the incident were already becoming a blur to him but suddenly he remembered a vital detail about her appearance...

"Red hair, Bluish red eyes" Smith said

The Boss smiled.

Quickly, he told the security detail to get the witch. He needed Smith alive and now he knew how to smoke the hybrid girl out and capture her. Whoever this girl was, she was about to become the Vampire's greatest weapon.

Hybrids could kill werewolves with a scratch or bite and he had one werewolf specifically in mind. Vince Mooncliff.

**Mooncliff Towers**

Lexa POV:

Vince was lying unconsciously in my arms. Aria was in shock, Bella immediately ran over to Lexa and yelled "Get me the resident doctor now!".

I didn't think she had Alpha qualities till this very moment 

They left and were back in no less than a few minutes with a middle aged man.

During the time they were gone, Bella asked "Lexa, I need you to tell me what happened".

As I was about to speak, Aria spoke up, "Your brother needs all the help he can get right now, Bella we can get the details later when the Doctor evaluates him. Right now,  let's focus on Vince. Lexa was obviously sleeping when this all happened. I met her by his side trying to wake him up."

A little confused, I looked at Aria and saw her nod and look away as we tried to get Vince to lay on the bed I was once in. I held onto his hands and for the first time all day without those beautiful grey eyes looking back at me. I saw his face, thin lips, chiseled jaw..a slim long nose and bushy eye brows that looked like they were wistful brush strokes of a sad artist. He looked tired and I couldn't help but feel like I had brought more trouble into his life than love. 

It wasnt even a full day yet! I must be cursed. Who am I? I looked at my hands..and noticed red stains under my nails. I smelt them and it was indeed blood.

Oh no. What had I done again? Did i hurt Vince? After all I was practically in the air when I saw him crouch on the floor in pain.

Bella saw my expression  and pulled me into a hug, "I'm so sorry for flipping like that..Vince is all I have. We've been through too much together and seeing him on the floor like that. It's just never happened before. I didnt know how to react. Will you forgive me? He wouldn't have wanted me to speak to you that way."

I hugged her back and assured her that everything was fine and I was in mo way offended. But more importantly,  I was scared and uncertain about so many things.

First thing being - my own identity. 

Vince POV:

"Lexa!", I shouted as I came back to consciousness. I looked around and saw Steve. The family doctor looking at me with worried eyes. We were alone in my private quarters within the residential clinic. Ever since Father died, I had taken my own health rather too seriously..ensuring to take frequent tests and boosters whenever needed. I had invested more in biotech and ways to enhance the life of werewolves. I even secretly researched other supernatural beings like Vampires, Witches and all in between.

This was why Lexa's existence wasnt that much of a surprise. I had some theories already.

To be honest, I was proud the Moon Goddess paired me with someone like Lexa.

“I want to see her, let her in”. I said curtly to Dr. Steve.

“Do you want to hear about what’s going on with you first?”, he said amused by my immediate desire to see Lexa

“You can say it to the both of us “, I said

“Alright”. He responded.

He motioned to have the door opened and Lexa was called in.

I turned my head towards the door and she walked in. She was still wearing my sweat shirt and a black leggings, Bella probably put that in her wardrobe and I loved the way it made her look.

She looked like she had walked out of a fairy tale book. Her red curly hair packed up in a messy bun, beautiful by the way, her eyes might blue with the dash of subtle red that made her look surreal.

Did she know how beautiful she looked? 

I blurted “You’re so beautiful “, smiling as she quickly made her way to me.

Her eyes. She was worried. 

She blushed and said “You scared me”. “Are you all better? What happened?”

She said looking at Dr. Steve

I loved the way she seemed possessive of me, it seemed like we were an official couple.

Oh that! I had to make it happen, I have to introduce her to certain people in the city to ensure she is recognized and known as mine. That sounded good...mine! She was mine. This beautiful woman was mine.

Steve’s response however snapped me back to reality.

“His mind and body is having a hard time accepting something new in his environment. So it’s fighting it like an allergy”. He said

“Something new?” She said in a whisper. Looking at me and her hands on my arm.

“Could it be a person?” She said while clearing her throat and holding back tears, it would seem.

Dr. Steve catching on to what she meant, immediately clarified that there was no way to know but he had administered medications to calm me down.

I then asked him to excuse us, which he did without further ado.

“Are you okay?” I said, trying to sit up. She stopped me and made me keep laying on my back.

“Yes I am but you still need to rest”. She said, holding my arm a little tighter as she tried to somehow snuggle closer to me. She understood I had tried to sit up to have her closer to me so she adjusted instead.

“You were having a night mare, I rushed in to check up on you”, I started to say

“I was? I don’t remember but night mares are not new to me. I have them all the time, but it’s strange that I don’t remember what this one was about though”. She looked a bit worried.

I held her and assured her that we could talk about together later, I didn’t want her distressed.

“Lexa, I know it feels like a lot has happened in such a short time of our meeting but I want you to know that I wouldn’t trade meeting and knowing you with the past tears of my life without you. You complete me, it’s like the one thing that I’ve always felt was missing has been found. You. And I want you to know just how much I feel. I know you are my fated mate but I want you to fall in love with me, I want you to love me for me not just because the Moon Goddess paired us. For which I’m forever grateful for because it means I get to love this beautiful woman in front of me but more importantly I want to be deserving of her love.” I said in a rush, I could feel her wolf was restless and somehow blamed herself for all that had happened.

I took her hands and kissed it, looking her in the eye. She was almost in tears and bent to kiss my forehead. I slowly wrapped my hand around her neck and brought her mouth to mine.

It was like inhaling fresh air in a garden with the morning dew on your face. She responded shyly and I smiled against her lips. I sucked on her lower lip and explored her sweet mouth with my tongue. I felt her relax against me, so i broke the kiss and said.

“How about a change of scenery? Let’s go to the Mooncliff cabins in the districts, it has a lot of open space and I’m sure you miss the woods too. I want to get to know you, see you run, laugh...anything that makes you happy”. I said.

“That sounds wonderful, but what about work?” She said frowning a little

“I have a lot of help, Ovaro can help out and I’d sort out over phone call anything that needs my urgent attention “. I said

She smiled and agreed to have us go to the cabins.

I held her gaze and finally declared, “I want to show you off so people know that you are the woman in my life, when we return I will hold a ball to announce you as my mate and love of my life”.

She gasped, “Isn’t it too soon for that? We haven’t... she blushed.

I understood what she meant, she wanted to say we hadn’t officially mated or established the bond and announcing her as my mate nonetheless was a big step.

I wanted to tease her a little so I said “ I could take you right here, if you want”, I smirked.

She looked at me and blushed so hard that her face almost matched the shirt she was wearing.

She was beginning to ease up around me and I was excited about this. I made her climb in bed with me and together we slept off in each other’s arms.