Wolfsbane

Chapter 12

Jamie

Right after Olivia and I done our nails we grabbed some takeout for the both of us and Connor before heading back to the pack grounds. Pulling into the garage I felt a sick feeling in my stomach and smelled that same sour smell as when that man killed my family. I found myself turning ridged just by a smell. My heart was pounding in my chest and Olivia noticed how scared and angry I really was. "You smell it too, don't you?" She asked whispering to me. I nodded at her and her face was covered in worry. "Stay in the car. I have to make sure Connor is okay." I told her stepping out of the car and making her lock the door behind me. Making my way into the house I realized how much I was panicking. "I will no longer stand here and watch you take families from the humans and also turn them into what we are. I don't want to kill you but you came here snooping around my pack grounds. You are a threat to my family and I won't let you continue to take and ruin lives!" Connor yelled in anger at someone in the house that I knew wasn't me.

"I didn't mean to kill that girl's family. I was trying to do right by my son. I was told that girl's father lived there, he was the one that killed my son. I didn't know the girl's family had just moved in that house! Her and that family was never meant to be killed by me. I just wanted revenge for my son, Connor." That voice that was buried in the back of my head seemed to be here with us. I felt all that pain of watching my family die before me knot up in my chest. "Then why are you hunting her now?" Connor seemed so calm but I don't know how he could be. "I tracked her here. I wanted to let her get her revenge on me, for what I did to her. I lost my son, she lost her whole family because of me. I don't deserve to live and they didn't deserve to die." The man's voice was like a sickness I couldn't get to leave no matter how hard I tried. "That doesn't mean that you stalk my pack grounds in the dead of night. I should just kill you now for your killings but I won't do so without her opinion." Connor said and I took that as my que to come out from hiding.

Looking at those evil eyes made me want to die. It was like watching someone stab you right in the heart and laugh in your face because you said it hurt. "You're here." The man seemed to be in complete shock when he seen me poke my head around Connor to look at him. "I heard what you said about my family. Thank you for finding me but killing you won't bring them back, will it?" I said with a little angry look on my face. Stepping in front of Connor I could now fully see my families killer and he was filth in my eyes, everything that was wrong in this world. "Jamie before you make this decision please think about it for more than a second or two. This is a hard thing to think out but, once you take a life you will never be the same. Do you really wa." I stopped Connor from talking with the rase of my hand. My mind was running a million miles an hour but I knew my decision clearly.

"If you are not planning to kill me and all you wanted to do was ask for forgiveness I could understand. But you are only feeling guilty for killing the wrong people, not for just killing. You took innocent lives that night and ruined mine. But I have a question for you." The man seemed so upset but it was for all the wrong reasons. It's sad to know my family has to be a distant memory because of this man and he only feels bad because he was killing the wrong family. "If the man that killed your son was standing here now, what would you do?" I asked and he seemed to think for a second before coming to a conclusion. "He killed my son. I won't lie and say I wouldn't want to kill that bastard to be free. But, I know that killing my son's killer wouldn't fix anything, it wouldn't bring him back, like you said." He told me with a truthful stare. "I want you to carry this guilt of killing innocent people around with you forever. Not because you killed my family but because the same person that you took everything away from is not going to do the same as you did. I refuse to let them kill you so you don't have to live with your choices. Since you just told me you would never kill again means you have learned something from your guilt. I will not kill you because I will be just like you, I want to be better than that." I told him before turning to Connor with calm eyes.

Connor looked like he expected a different answer than the one I had given the man. "Do what you feel is necessary for stalking your pack but please do not kill him. Let him live out his days thinking about what he did and what he could have had if he had made a different decision than killing." Connor nodded before picking up his phone and calling someone. I pulled my phone out texting Olivia that something serious had just happened but it was being handled and under control. I also let her know that I wanted to call off the rest of the girls day because my nerves were to messed up and I wanted some time to myself. Of course she understood and that's why I liked her so much, she is a great person and friend to have. The front door was pushed open and in walked at least six men in uniforms. Connor told them the request and then they dragged the man out the door with no fight at all.