Violent Delights and Ends

Chapter 15 - With a kiss I die

Kara contacts Oliver after a year and tells him that Barry has gone missing and the heartbroken werewolf set out to find him and save him no matter the cost.

This is the beginning of the end and since the title of the whole story was named after a Romeo & Juliet quote - the last two chapters will be named after quotes too.

Oliver's POV

A year had passed since I met Barry, the charming vampire who made me throw away everything I've ever known and my wife Laurel, the next werewolf queen, had to pay the prize for it. But I had made the decision to turn her into a vampire when she was dying and just like Dinah had feared my wife hated me for it.
  Laurel had decided that she had to divorce me for turning her into a danger to our own child and then she had moved in with Dinah, who could help her control her bloodlust because her ex boyfriend, Vince had been a vampire too, but it had ended badly with his gruesome death so that was why she judged me for my choice and because she was secretly in love with my wife.
  Thankfully, Laurel had slowly learned how to control her blood-lust with the help of Dinah and her own sister Sara, who went through a similar thing a few years ago and she could now see William regularly and we were on friends terms again, but she couldn't be with me anymore and I understood her. I had risked her and my pack's lives to avenge Barry after I just met him.
  During the very tough year I had tried to focus solely on being a good father to William and being a better prince and an alpha because Barry was safe from Hunter now. He had gotten protection from Queen Kara Zorel and her husband, and he was living in Night City with his Iris, since Kara's kingdom allowed vampire/human relationships. And he had of course been forced to forget all about me which was probably the best for him. We were natural enemies after all. But I hadn't forgotten him. The bond our blood-sharing once created was broken, but I still missed him terribly.

But then after a year Kara suddenly contacted me with a message that she wanted to see me because it was urgent. I choose to meet her in the woods on neutral ground in her kingdom. She wore a stunning black velvet dress covered by a dark cloak so it must really be important, if she didn't want to risk getting spotted in the woods. I didn't have to be able to read her thoughts to see the worry that was written all over her pale white face.
  "Barry has gone missing." Kara whispered with a fear in her glowing red vampire eyes and the words sent a chill down my spine and a low growl left my throat. What if Hunter had gotten a hold of him after all this time? He must be even more angry without that blonde vampire I killed.
  Kara interrupted my panicked thoughts with her lowered voice, even if we were alone in the dark woods and shielded by the trees she was whispering. "And I thought that he might had contacted you when his memories returned the other day, since I couldn't make him forget you forever. Not after how heartbroken he looked that day in court. I've never seen a vampire so full of humanity." she explained and paused briefly when she saw the hope that was lit in me. Barry had remembered me again. "I had my witch friend, Nia, put a spell on him that would last for a year to fool that horrible Judge Thawne." she added and a sigh of relief escaped my throat.
  Then I remembered that Barry had gone missing. "When did he go missing?" I asked and I tried to keep my voice steady as I pinned the golden-haired vampire Queen with my icy blue wolf eyes.
  Kara looked over her shoulder once more to make sure no one was spying on us in the forest. "He was supposed to come for a hunt with me and my husband last night, but he never showed up so we got worried and we went looking for him. But we couldn't find him anywhere and I know he wouldn't just leave without saying goodbye so I thought that he had snuck away in secret to see you. But considering the look on your face... I fear he's in trouble." Her words confirmed my worst thoughts. Barry being in trouble somewhere. The instinct to save him was growing in me every second and I started to pace around among the trees where we were standing.
  "I'm afraid, I might've made things a lot worse when I killed Hunter's right hand woman when me and my pack freed my wife and Iris. He probably wants to kill me too, now. But why would he wait for a whole year?" I asked with a deep sigh and pulled a hand across my face. I'm glad Barry has been safe and happy for a whole year, but I doubt a monster would give him that. Hunter must be working with someone else who knows about his short-term memory loss.
   "I've never liked that awful, Judge Thawne. It wouldn't surprise me if he was working with the horrible monster who turned Barry and countless others." Kara said and gave me a sympathetic look, she wasn't like the other royal vampires. If she was then she wouldn't waste time talking to her mortal enemy and she wouldn't have been protecting Barry's humanity either because he didn't have a hold on her.
  "Could it be that someone knew that Barry's memories would return and told that Judge?" I asked carefully while I scratched my beard. It had grown out over the tough year since I had no one to impress anymore.
  "I don't know, but if that's true... how do we stop Hunter once and for all?" the beautiful blonde vampire queen asked while I was shaking my head because I had no clue and I could feel my hands and legs shaking with worry. I let out a deep sigh as I crossed my arms over my chest.
  "I don't know. But I do know that I can't risk anyone's life again the way I did the last time I confronted him. Because then my wife died and I had to make a choice to let her become a vampire so I wouldn't lose her. Kara, I really messed up and now I have to fix it. Alone." I made the plan up in my head as I talked and a painful memory of a dying Laurel flashed before my eyes when I mentioned her. I never wanted to witness someone I loved dying again. Especially not Barry.
  Once again Kara's words distracted me from my thoughts. "That's a suicide mission, Oliver.
I know you're a werewolf and you have no reason to listen to me, but I've known Barry for almost a year now and I've seen how much he loves Iris, and if the vampire I met in court a year ago is any proof... I'm pretty sure he loved you too." she said and tugged at her golden waves, that had fallen out from her cloak. "So he wouldn't want you to die for him." she added and I chuckled nervously.
  Even though Laurel and I were divorced much to our families resentment, a vampire and a werewolf could never be together and like Kara said, Barry loved Iris and he needed her way more than he needed me. "He doesn't love me. He knew me for two days before we had to part." I murmured without meeting the vampire queen's red gaze.
  Then I took a few steps away in the direction to the city before the vampire queen stopped me as she continued warning me about the trap. "You even said it yourself, Hunter wants to kill you too. If you try to save Barry alone you will die." Kara pointed out which made me sigh again. I ignored her words and kept walking away from her to find a place where I could throw my clothes somewhere privately and turn into a wolf.
  "Stop, you stubborn werewolf. I didn't tell you this just so you could walk into some trap. Believe it or not because of what I am, but I care about Barry too. And if you're going to save him then I'm coming with you." Kara said and suddenly she was standing right in front of me before I had even noticed her moving.
  "No, you won't, this isn't your battle, it's mine. Hunter is the reason my wife left me for another woman." I snapped before I paused because I felt embarrassed that I shared that detail with a stranger. "Not that I blame her, Dinah puts her first in a way that I should have. But I won't let him take Barry from me too." I was spitting out the last words in anger at the sole thought of what Hunter might've already done to Barry. But for some reason it was amusing to the vampire queen because she broke into laughter.
  "Oh my... I'm sorry, but I just never thought I'd see the day when a werewolf prince fell in love with a vampire." Her words felt surreal to hear out loud, even though I knew I had real feelings for Barry, since a whole year had passed since I last saw him, kissed him and drank from his blood. But my feelings for him hadn't changed, even with the broken bond. I still worried about him and I needed to see him again. He had to be safe.
  Kara's smile faded when she saw the worry that was most likely written across my face as I spoke. "Even if Hunter won't kill him, or us both, nothing can ever happen between us and not just because he has Iris, but because we're deadly to each other. I had this dream, the night I met him, where I killed him by accident. And I just... I could never be that selfish and risk his life just because I love him." It was the first time I uttered those words out loud about the stupid vampire that had managed to get under my skin literally and figuratively.
  Kara's red eyes widened at my confession before I started walking away from her again, but she caught up with me as I walked in the direction of Central City, where I imagined the creepy vampires had the vampire I love.
  "Did you know that my husband and I come from two vampire covens who hated each other, but we managed to unite them?" Kara asked and it made me scoff. First of all because I had been at her wedding back then and then because it wasn't exactly the same as mine and Barry's situation.
  "You didn't risk killing each other by accident because you're mortal enemies." I snapped before I recalled her words about uniting two warring covens. "And wait? Did you just suggest that Barry and I should get married if we survive this? Because I seriously doubt my mother and the rest of the werewolf counsel would appreciate me marrying a vampire, much less a male vampire. They're not that progressive and you're a vampire queen, you know that the old vampires would never allow one of your kind to marry a werewolf either." I said with a deep sigh, but I couldn't believe we actually had this conversation. A year ago I wouldn't even have been thinking about marrying Barry.
  A grin crossed Kara's face and I could spot her sharp vampire fangs. "Who said you had to ask for permission?" she said with a chuckle that didn't feel like a cold vampire's laugh at all. "You're a prince for gods sake. A future king. You can make your own rules and I for one, think Barry would make a great king." Her words caused a heavy blush to spread across my face so I was glad we were in a dark forest, but with her vampire vision she probably noticed that. "And I think you do too." she added when I remained silent for a few seconds.
  "What I think doesn't matter if Barry dies while we're wasting time chatting in the woods." I said with a low growl once I had gathered my senses and then I tossed my clothes and transformed into a wolf and began to find a trail of where Barry might be while the vampire queen followed my scent.
  The trail led to a graveyard in Central City where I transformed back to a human. Luckily Queen Zorel had used her vampire speed to run back and get my clothes. The dark pair of pants, the black t-shirt and my dark leather jacket that I had tossed in the woods earlier. While I got dressed she made a quick scan around the area.
  "Kara?" I asked as I felt a cold presence behind me and I assumed that she had returned, but when I turned around it wasn't the vampire queen. I saw a pair of red eyes, dark hair and the pale beautiful face that I fell in love with right in front of me.
  "Hi, Ollie." Barry said with a soft voice and tears welled up in my eyes and I couldn't resist the urge to pull him in for a passionate kiss.
 
Barry's POV