Curses & Cure: My Seven Werewolf Daddies

Chapter 4: Silas

Silas' p.o.v.

After making pancakes for Zeus and cereal for Dimitri, I walked upstairs; to the fourth floor. In the attic, where the beast...our beast sleeps. And yes, I am talking about my twin. He is a real critter. Everyone says Sebastian is the worst of us, but it's because they hadn't met Souvenir yet, no one met.

Only a few people knew about his existence, and he hadn't even left this floor for...how many, three, or four years I think. So now the people who knew about him also started to suspect that he is dead, another reason that other werewolves are attacking us, thinking we became weak.

If only they knew...

Taking a deep breath I stepped into the cold hallway of the fourth floor. A chill ran through my spine as I walked on the black marble, the sound of my shoes felt haunted, just like the maroon wall on either side of me, and the paintings of our parents on it. They still look scary, just like they did when they were alive, and their face was numb, and their eyes were dead, just like their heart.

I can do anything for them to be alive again, just so I can kill them, could give them the most painful death. Burning them alive was too merciful.

I grit my teeth as I stopped in front of the black polished door, another painting of our parents was just beside the door. I'm sure Souvenir and Sabastian had done this on purpose, hanged our parents' faces on the wall for me to see and suffer the agony. This floor, this hallway...is my own personal hell, created by my twins.

I stared at my reflection in the black glass door, my eyes get closed as I rested my forehead on it, cold glass fondled my skin as I took deep breaths and calm myself. I didn't come here to fight, I came here to convince Souvenir, I came here for Zeus.

So...I have to let go of this hatred. I again looked at myself, lips tugged up as I smile brightly and finally opened the door.

Let's hope my twins don't suspect this fake smile of mine.

As I stepped inside his office, a wave of darkness engulfed me. I sighed when I saw the outline of his giant body crouched on the chair. Why am I not surprised...he still prefers to sit in the dark as if searching for his soul in this numbness.

It's been months since I came here. And nothing seems changed. The air was thick and musty as usual, and I had to strain my eyes to make out the outlines of the furniture. The only source of light came from a dim lamp on the desk in the far corner of the room, casting long shadows across the walls. Sebastian was there, hovering over that desk with papers all over it, doing god knows what. I do all of the work for our business, he just needs to sign these documents but he acted as if I asked too much.

Whatever...I have other important work instead of whining about Sebastain's lack of help. I huffed and shifted my eyes back to Souvenir.

" Alpha...how have you been.", I chimed and walked towards his desk, ignoring this suffocating environment, it felt like a prison.

The windows were covered with black heavy curtains, blocking out any natural light that might have seeped through. The silence was deafening, broken only by the sound of my footsteps echoing against the tiled floor. The darkness seemed to press down on me, strangling and stifling, making me feel like I was entering hell.

Why did Souvenir torture himself like this...locked in this place, I thought as I crouched down on the chair in front of him, a table dividing us.

" What do you want, Silas?"

A deep, domineering voice emerged from the darkness, its timbre resonating with power and authority.

He is an Alpha after all.

I looked back at my brother, and could only see the silhouette of his sharp face, he rested his back on the chair. I knew him too well to know that his one brow might be raised at me, fishy by my sudden arrival.

I shook my head, acting that his distrust hurt me, " Do you think this badly of me...that I only came here when I want something?"

" No,", he retorted, tilting his head slightly, " You only call me Alpha, when you want something. Other times you all treated me like I'm some...", he looked at Sebastian, forgetting his own word.

" Sleeping beast.", Sebastian added, making Souvenir nod his head eagerly, " Yeah, that...", he grumbled. And I just rolled my eyes at them. Idiots.

As I said before, my twins are stupid giants. They can't do anything without each other, not as simple as talking. Useless shits. No, wait. They didn't do nothing...they killed people.

And when they are not butchering humans, they planned to ruin my life. It's their hobby.

Fuck. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. Stop f*****g whining about the past. I came here to ask something. I came here for Zeus. I opened my eyes again. Good, I am good now.

I sincerely stared back at him, " It's not like that..."

" So, you don't want anything?", Souvenir interrupted. And I pressed my lips together, " I did actually.", I mumbled lowly, giving a side glance to Sebastian, who just laughed bitterly.

" See..."

" But not for me,", I glared at Sebastian, and shifted my eyes again at Souvenir, " For Zeus and Dimitri."

My brows pressed together as he chuckled, his hand shifted at the table, orange light licking his white skin, and long deadly claws as he picked up the glass, filled with thick red fluid. I gulped and abruptly shifted my eyes back to his sharp face...before I lost control.

" What they want now, another Xbox?"

I shook my head, " No...it's about their human best friend, Evelyn. Her parents just died...poor kid.", I exclaimed, with a little too sympathy.

And Souvenir shifted in his seat. I smirked. Here you go Silas, I knew Souvenir had a soft spot for loveless, orphan children...And I'm going to take advantage of that.

" Such a quiet child she is..."

Sebastian chuckled suddenly, making me stop my rant, " Yeah so quiet that the first time she came here, she hit Drakon with a baseball bat, broke Eren's vodka bottle, and ended up getting hurt instead...her blood was all over my million-dollar carpet."

" It was your fault to put such an antique piece on the floor...", I countered, but he just snarled, " It was a carpet, it was supposed to be on the floor."

I groaned, annoyed by his smart-ass reply. My eyes shifted up to Sebastian as he leaned over his desk, smirking at me. f*****g bastard. He knew I'm up to something. And now there is no way he will let this go, he will understand my plan in a blink. But still, I have to try.

So, I gave him a pointed look, " She was just a kid, Sabastian. Are you going to hate her for this?"

" Yes.", He gave me a tight smile. Motherfuc...Stop. I took a deep breath. I need to calm down. For Zeus.

I started at his identical face, just the claw scar on his left cheek made us look different...and also his brainless head and stupid behavior. I smiled at him, trying so hard to make it look real.

" Forget that, you never let her come here again...", I said with a strangely calm voice.

" And I'll never let her come here. Inside my house."

" Our house.", I corrected him and looked back at Souvenir, who was too quiet all this time. " And it's for our Alpha to decide.", I added.

" Right Alpha..."

Seriously, in this long life of ours, maybe today is the first time I called him Alpha two times in a row. I sighed...things we do for our younger siblings.

" What do you want exactly?"

I bite back my smirk hearing Souvenir. Here we go...it was too easy though.

My elbows rested on the wooden desk as I leaned down, staring directly at his dark face," I want to adopt her...so, she won't have to live in some orphanage, and Zeus and Dimitri will not lose their best friend.", I replied in one breath.

" I am going to ask again, Silas.", he said, voice threatening as his eyes gleamed, two bloody orbs glinted in the darkness.

Well s**t.

" What. Do. You. Want. Exactly."

I shifted back at his Alpha voice. He never used it on me. Hell, he never used it on anyone...not after that day.

It was planted in my head like some deadly seed. I still remember every second of that cursed night. When Souvenir used his power on them...his voice was so destructive.

It was as if the very air itself trembled with the force of his sound, and those who heard him were held captive by his commanding presence. He seemed to originate from the very depths of the shadows, and as he spoke, his words reverberated through the space like thunder.

Souvenir was destructive. And he used his voice on me! If I were a normal werewolf, I could have died by now. I glared back at his red eyes, what's the f*****g wrong with him?!

" I am not going to ask again, Silas."

I gritted my teeth, he is serious. And here I thought I had convinced him. Stupid of me!

" She could be his mate, Zeus'...", I muttered lowly, cringing at the sound of glass shattering on the ground. He threw it on the wall and it was this close to smashing in my face. Ugh, I really don't want scars like Sebastian's.

"It's not a joke. I'll not allow it...and didn't you say she is human. How can a human be..."

" Zeus can feel her...", I interrupted, looking between both of my twins as Sebastian also came closer and leaned on the cabinet behind Souvenir. He looked intrigued now. Maybe I can still persuade them...

" He is just a ten-year-old kid.", Sebastian sighed, his eyes looking at me with pity...and I hate it with every fiber of my being.

" You and I both know, he never lied...at least not to me.", I retorted but they still don't seem to take me seriously.

I am not some i***t, they just don't get it. We can still save Zeus, he doesn't have to be like us...if only that Evelyn girl turns out to be his mate, then maybe, maybe there is still some hope.

I just need to keep trying.

Souvenir turned his eyes back to normal as I did the same. I leaned lower, staring at his dark silhouette, " There is still a chance...not for us. But for Zeus. He is the last of Varúlfur, the last of our pureblood line, the last one in this pack."

" Maybe..."

He growled, again stopping me, " You are living in a lie, Silas. Just give in."

" No...No, I can't."

I shook my head and stood up, my legs started strolling left to right as I think of a way to convince them. I can't let that happen again. That curse...it has to stop. I am not some i***t. I know what I am doing, I'm planning to ruin a girl's life to save my own sibling. But it's either Zeus or her, and the choice was easy. I just needed my twins to see that too.

My plan will work, this time it will.

And now, I have only one argument. It's painful, and brings back all those haunting memories we are running away with but it's my only option now.

So, I turned around and rested my palm on the wooden desk, my eyes peered down at his dark orbs as I said the malicious words, " Drakon and Eren are suffering because of a thing we three did...because you ordered."

" Don't blame him. He never forced us."

I glared up at Sebastian when he tried to argue, " Never forced you...".

I felt a wave of sadness as those words left my mouth, and I don't need to guess whose emotions are these. It's Souvenir. We can feel each other's strong feelings. And right now my words hurt him. I knew I shouldn't bring that up. Whatever happens, it's in the past.

But I can't let our past destroy our siblings. If there is even a little chance of saving Zeus, I will do that. No matter what the cost. He can't become like us...Even though that girl will hate me for this, I don't care. I don't care as long as my brother is safe.

"Souvenir...this one last time.", I pleaded, giving up my remaining useless self-respect.

Souvenir sighed and rubbed a hand in his face, " Okay...but you are going to take all the responsibilities of her."

What...I gaped at him with my mouth open. He agreed!

" I will...thank you.", I stuttered, still shocked that he agreed, even after knowing what will happen.

" Yeah, yeah...go now, bring me some wine."

" It's not a wine.", I muttered but turned around and walked towards the cabinet anyway.

" For me, it is...red delicious wine.", he said from behind and I can even hear him smirk. Bastard.

Without looking at the red fluid, I hurriedly picked up the glass, filled it, and gave it to Souvenir.

He smirked up at me as he took the glass, " Are you sure you don't want...just a sip?", he asked and I gulped, peeking down at the glass. That intoxicating smell of this venom is making me insane...I just want to. No, bad, Silas.

" I only drink it when everything gets unbearable.", I replied with a shaky breath, every vein of my body is pulsing out...And my wolf, he is in pain, agonizing pain. All we ever wanted was a mate to love, and what we get...this hungry power! A cureless curse.

" Why, don't want to become like me?"

I looked at Souvenir when he stood up, glass in his hand, " Yes.", I replied with a clenched jaw, ignoring the taunt in his voice.

He drank that deadly red fluid in one go and put the glass back, " Come Sebastian...it's almost sunset.", Souvenir said, walking towards the small door to the attic, " Time to put me back on the chains."

As they walked inside that haunted attic, I left the office, and then that fourth floor.

I can never be like Sebastian, can never see Souvenir like this, in pain. Yes, even though I hated my twin but still I can't see him in pain, he is my brother after all. I have no idea how he did that every evening, caging our alpha...caging the beast.

As I walked downstairs and gave the happy news to my warriors, their laugh echoed in the house...but still, all I can hear were the cries and screams of Souvenir coming from the attic.

They smiled at me brightly as we walked outside to go and find their best friend, but instead of their smile, my eyes shifted again and again to the haunted gloomy faces of my other two brothers, Eren, and Drakon.

I sighed and closed the door behind me, I can't save everyone. If I'm right about Zeus and Evelyn then Zeus' life will be different; happier than ours, as for us, we will always be like this, alone, loveless.

And, a girl can only have one mate, and it will either be Zeus or Dimitri...we five are too old of her anyway.

Guards opened the iron gate as we walked outside. I turned around and gave one last glance to the house, my eyes shifted up on their own to the attic...can see his faint silhouettes on the small window.

Souvenir is watching us, but he is too dangerous to come near anyone right now, not even us. I sighed and took Dimitri and Zeus' hands as we walked towards my car, we are going to Evelyn's house, to take her...already called my lawyer so he could make arrangements so I can adopt her easily.

Maybe...my useless boring life has finally had a purpose. There are other ways to love someone, it's not like we can only love our mate, right? I can love her like my daughter or sister, like a family...but again, too much attachment will only going to hurt me at the last. f**k. Why am I even thinking about this all?!

I opened the car door for Dimitri and Zeus, they excitedly crouched down without a fight for the front seat...too excited to bring Evelyn into this house. I think everything will be fine, she gonna like it here.

But I still have one concern though, that she never go to the attic. I thought as I smiled at the bright blue eyes of my brother. I started driving, but numerous thoughts were clouding my mind.

I've to make sure that she stays far away from the fourth floor because If I am right and Evelyn is his mate, then Zeus will not like his mate to get killed by someone else, not even by Souvenir.

When the time will come...And I know it will, Zeus would prefer to kill her himself.

The last few hours were like a daze...we spend the entire night finding Evelyn. We checked her house, but she wasn't there, all of her stuff was gone too. Then we tried to find her in the park where her match was, but instead of her, we found her skateboard and helmet and her blood.

And I choked.

I'd almost lost control and was going to taste my little brother's mate...how sick I am! But her blood...it smells so. f**k, I closed my eyes and banged my head on the steering wheel to stop my thoughts. After scenting her blood, I am sure she is the one. No doubt about it.

Now I understand why Sebastian never let her come to our house, he had scented ber blood before, on that carpet. He'd already known she was the one but still never told me...and maybe I knew why. Unlike me, Sebastian has some heart left, he can't let an innocent girl die for our selfish motive. But I can.

Right now, we are returning to our house, tired and sad, and defeated. Dimitri is sleeping in the back seat, and Zeus is numb. He said he can't feel her anymore like he usually did, which means she was too far away.

I gave another glance at Zeus, he was staring out of the window, not talking to me either...not eating. Werewolves become this f*****g miserable when they lost their mate, I experienced it all too well. It's painful and I can do nothing about it.

The worst part is, I just find out she was adopted by her aunt, and her husband name Bob... He's in some gang and has some serious criminal records.

How can they let someone like him adopt an eight-year-old kid anyway... She is not safe with him.

But if I think about it, she wasn't going to be safe with us either, sooner or later...she would have died, and I would have traded her for my brother's soul. But Bob...the things I'd find out about that man, it's sick.

I stopped my miserable thought as I reached our home. There is nothing I can do anymore...No, I can. I can hire a private investigator and find out where her aunt had taken her, or I can just make some calls and made foster service to give me her new address. But the thing is, I am not sure anymore...Was I really doing the right thing?

That girl just escaped seven monsters like us and was trapped with another monster. And I don't know which of us is more worst...