Status: New Story- Complete
Imprinted on My Heart
Chapter 12
Alex’s POV
The next day I found myself awakened early by my father, looking into his face I saw that he was very serious so sitting up quickly I asked
“What is going on?” he shook his head and asked
“can you meet me in my office?” I nodded and he stalked out of my room. I let out a breath of air before pulling myself from the bed and dragging on a t-shirt and a pair of jeans then made my way to Dad’s study.
Walking in I found Dad pacing the room, letting small growls escape from his mouth. Walking over I stood just outside of his path and asked
“what was it you wanted Dad?” Father stopped a moment and glared at a wall as he spoke
“we sent word to the vampires about the meeting and they gave a reply” I nodded
“ok and what was the reply?” I asked and he turned to look me in the eye as he told me
“they said they want this territory and to be ready for war in two weeks” as he spoke I felt myself freeze as the ramifications of that ran through me.
As I walked out of the house towards Mia’s, I found myself in kind of a daze, we were going to war. This pack hadn’t seen war in about 30 years, the last one being a war against a rival pack for more land as our pack grew, and we won apparently.
I shook my head as I thought of Maeve, I didn’t want her involved in this, this stupid mess that was created all because her father is the scum of the earth, lower than dirt. I felt actual pain when I tried to imagine her in a fight, against some vampire, pitting her strength against their’s. I held a hand to my heart as I winced, no I didn’t want that to have to happen and I knew that if she was in this fight then my attention would be more focused on protecting her than trying to just kill the enemy.
Walking up to Mia’s front door I knocked lightly and immediately the door was opened by Diana who smiled kindly at me as she held the door open wide for me
“hello there Alex, here to see Maeve?” she asked and I nodded with a small smile, acknowledging I was a fop which made her smile widen as she pointed towards the stairs
“she’s in her room, just don’t make too much noise as you wake her up please” I nodded and bounded up the stairs towards Maeve’s room.
Entering I smiled when I saw her curled up in bed, clutching the corner of the blanket to her face as she breathed evenly in sleep.
Walking over I gently sank onto the bed behind her and wrapped an arm around her so it was bent with my hand next to hers by her face, I could feel her warm breath hitting my skin.
It calmed me, being this near to her; I didn’t have to worry about the war as long as she was near my side really as I knew that no matter what I had her, nothing was going to take that away from me.
I lay there just watching her for about half an hour before she finally spoke
“you know you’ve been watching me for a while, saying nothing, what’s the matter?” she asked as she finally opened her eyes, they were clear letting me know she had been awake for a while. She turned and reached for my hand that was still near her head.
I sighed and shook my head
“I don’t think I should tell you, I don’t want to upset you” I said frankly. She smiled up at me
“Alex, whatever it is, you might as well tell me now rather than me find out some other way and be pissed at you for hiding it” she pointed out, I groaned and leant down to rest my forehead against hers
“we have two weeks before a war starts between us and the vampires” I said softly.
There was silence, I looked into Maeve’s eyes and saw tears there
“baby girl what’s wrong?” I asked, panicked that she was upset. She shook her head
“this is all my fault, I shouldn’t have brought this on you guys, now you have to fight over something that has nothing to do with you” she sobbed, I shook my head as I laid beside her and wrapped my arms around her
“Mae, this would have happened anyway, we can’t have vampires on our land and they have been itching for a fight, vampires always want more than their share” I informed her but she still cried. I sighed and rubbed my hand along her back “please don’t cry” I pleaded.
She let out another sob before looking up at me
“sorry, you know I would do anything for this pack right” she said, basically saying she would fight with us. I winced and she noticed, looked at me confused “what?” she asked, I shook my head as I ran a hand through her hair
“I don’t want you fighting, I don’t want you hurt in anyway, you’ve only just gotten away from your father who hurts you, now you want to go into a battle where you can get hurt?” I said, she sighed
“Alex I have to, don’t you understand, I have to do this, I feel responsible” she insisted, I shook my head
“no, I don’t want you doing it, Mae, I couldn’t live knowing you were going to get hurt, I just couldn’t” I told her, shaking my head as I realised I couldn’t put into words exactly how I was feeling.
I ended up just forgetting about it and spending time with her for the rest of the day, making sure that we had time alone for a while so I could assure myself that she was ok.
The next day I found myself awakened early by my father, looking into his face I saw that he was very serious so sitting up quickly I asked
“What is going on?” he shook his head and asked
“can you meet me in my office?” I nodded and he stalked out of my room. I let out a breath of air before pulling myself from the bed and dragging on a t-shirt and a pair of jeans then made my way to Dad’s study.
Walking in I found Dad pacing the room, letting small growls escape from his mouth. Walking over I stood just outside of his path and asked
“what was it you wanted Dad?” Father stopped a moment and glared at a wall as he spoke
“we sent word to the vampires about the meeting and they gave a reply” I nodded
“ok and what was the reply?” I asked and he turned to look me in the eye as he told me
“they said they want this territory and to be ready for war in two weeks” as he spoke I felt myself freeze as the ramifications of that ran through me.
As I walked out of the house towards Mia’s, I found myself in kind of a daze, we were going to war. This pack hadn’t seen war in about 30 years, the last one being a war against a rival pack for more land as our pack grew, and we won apparently.
I shook my head as I thought of Maeve, I didn’t want her involved in this, this stupid mess that was created all because her father is the scum of the earth, lower than dirt. I felt actual pain when I tried to imagine her in a fight, against some vampire, pitting her strength against their’s. I held a hand to my heart as I winced, no I didn’t want that to have to happen and I knew that if she was in this fight then my attention would be more focused on protecting her than trying to just kill the enemy.
Walking up to Mia’s front door I knocked lightly and immediately the door was opened by Diana who smiled kindly at me as she held the door open wide for me
“hello there Alex, here to see Maeve?” she asked and I nodded with a small smile, acknowledging I was a fop which made her smile widen as she pointed towards the stairs
“she’s in her room, just don’t make too much noise as you wake her up please” I nodded and bounded up the stairs towards Maeve’s room.
Entering I smiled when I saw her curled up in bed, clutching the corner of the blanket to her face as she breathed evenly in sleep.
Walking over I gently sank onto the bed behind her and wrapped an arm around her so it was bent with my hand next to hers by her face, I could feel her warm breath hitting my skin.
It calmed me, being this near to her; I didn’t have to worry about the war as long as she was near my side really as I knew that no matter what I had her, nothing was going to take that away from me.
I lay there just watching her for about half an hour before she finally spoke
“you know you’ve been watching me for a while, saying nothing, what’s the matter?” she asked as she finally opened her eyes, they were clear letting me know she had been awake for a while. She turned and reached for my hand that was still near her head.
I sighed and shook my head
“I don’t think I should tell you, I don’t want to upset you” I said frankly. She smiled up at me
“Alex, whatever it is, you might as well tell me now rather than me find out some other way and be pissed at you for hiding it” she pointed out, I groaned and leant down to rest my forehead against hers
“we have two weeks before a war starts between us and the vampires” I said softly.
There was silence, I looked into Maeve’s eyes and saw tears there
“baby girl what’s wrong?” I asked, panicked that she was upset. She shook her head
“this is all my fault, I shouldn’t have brought this on you guys, now you have to fight over something that has nothing to do with you” she sobbed, I shook my head as I laid beside her and wrapped my arms around her
“Mae, this would have happened anyway, we can’t have vampires on our land and they have been itching for a fight, vampires always want more than their share” I informed her but she still cried. I sighed and rubbed my hand along her back “please don’t cry” I pleaded.
She let out another sob before looking up at me
“sorry, you know I would do anything for this pack right” she said, basically saying she would fight with us. I winced and she noticed, looked at me confused “what?” she asked, I shook my head as I ran a hand through her hair
“I don’t want you fighting, I don’t want you hurt in anyway, you’ve only just gotten away from your father who hurts you, now you want to go into a battle where you can get hurt?” I said, she sighed
“Alex I have to, don’t you understand, I have to do this, I feel responsible” she insisted, I shook my head
“no, I don’t want you doing it, Mae, I couldn’t live knowing you were going to get hurt, I just couldn’t” I told her, shaking my head as I realised I couldn’t put into words exactly how I was feeling.
I ended up just forgetting about it and spending time with her for the rest of the day, making sure that we had time alone for a while so I could assure myself that she was ok.