Destined for the Supreme Alpha

Cap 6

"What are you saying José? She can't remove the protection spell"

When José Antônio told me that on the phone, I froze, and it's not many things that surprise me, but when it comes to Ana, it's as if I feel things a little more on the surface

Ana ... My girl, if I could, I would have given anything to avoid what happened . . .

Flashback on (nineteen years ago)

" How could this happen? How could you not see this coming? Olivia is dead and you . . . You . . ."

My brother. He made me promise on my deathbed that I would take care of his newborn daughter, but what happened that he didn't get the chance? A damned shifter with a lust for power thought he had the right to invade his home and put him to death

He was the eldest of our caste, the one who was supposed to carry on the vampire legacy, look after our kind and guide everyone. Unlike other species, we were always more reserved, despite our power, always trying to live in harmony with everyone and everything

The shifter in question was a werewolf, a heartless man who got the idea from his seers that if he drank my brother's blood, he would be the most powerful of all species, since the Lamir was part of the first fruits of power. Our mother was a witch from the north, known as The Enlightened One. She had a fair appearance, having been granted the power of the moon goddess and the goddess of fate

She married the most powerful of all vampires and in the union of the species, the Zaruk came into being. My brother, Lamir, was the one who inherited the powers of the two, while I was left with only the vampire part

That night, I saw my brother's chest torn apart, I saw the smile of that damned werewolf echoing around the room, still stained with my brother's blood, after that, I didn't see him, at least not until that night, after years had passed

This time, it was Ana who I found bloodied, but in a specific place, between her buttocks. That bastard had made a point of traumatizing my little girl in an inexplicable way

José Antônio was inconsolable, blaming himself for not having been able to protect our little girl. That was the main reason I had given Ana into my best friend's care, to hide her

My heart ached as if it had been ripped out of my chest, while she continued to lie there in her bed, not saying a word

I bitterly regret not having put on the Zaruk family protection spell, all so as not to compromise my little girl, but that night I was forced to, even I couldn't track Ana down, unless she allowed me to, sent me a mental message

I never found out the identity of that shifter, even though I moved heaven and earth, he escaped me without explanation. Ana didn't touch on the subject either, she kept her pain to herself and that was it

I think that's why she agreed to pursue a military career, she made herself the best, not just in her district, but in all thirteen under the command of the Alliance, an organization made up of several countries, for the maintenance of order

No one has ever been able to surpass her, she's always been ahead of all the soldiers, that's why she's called the alpha of alphas. She needed that, she needed to feel that she was in control of everything. The only thing that was out of her hands was the knowledge of her true power, which hadn't been manifested and I didn't know why

Flashback off

Anyway, the spell isn't a whim, it has a reason, Ana is the target of some shifter, even if she doesn't know it. If he can smell her, if he can even get a whiff of her. I won't take that chance

"Nickolay gave the order, if we don't do it, you know what can happen. The Supreme would never take no for an answer"

"We're talking about Ana, she could be at risk of death"

"Not if you're there"

No one knew that Ana still had the protection of the vampires, especially our caste, the one that everyone thought had been lost with Lamir's death. It was dangerous, but for my girl's sake, I was willing to show myself

* * *

Ana

I didn't have the power to remove that spell, but I took the time to ask permission. My father, the commander, was clearly worried, he knew something, but he didn't want to tell me

I wasn't in the habit of questioning his decisions, so I accepted when he told me he would talk to Zaruk, to find out his opinion

A protection spell was done for a reason, and even though it hadn't been explained to me, I knew that it was no different with me

It took two days before I could give Nickolay an answer, two days and all the while, I received looks from the other members of that family, clearly telling me that I was not welcome

I knocked on the office door

"May I come in?"

"Um"

He always avoided answering me, said the bare minimum and I struggled to understand his lack of words. Nickolay was behind the desk, sitting in a chair with countless papers in front of him, analyzing every line written there

"Say what you want and leave"

Short and to the point

"Tonight, at dinner time, when everyone is gathered, my father will remove the spell for a few minutes and then, your order will be fulfilled, you will be able to know the real me"