Blood Lust And Love

Chapter 29

DarkBeauty357

Alec had gathered his troops ready to march and burn down Crow's whole territory once and for all, but there were just some final words he had to have. He had already made amends with Seth. Now he just had to speak with Liam himself while Leah spoke with Peyton and Isaac. Then after he was sure there were no more unspoken words, that is when this war would end.

Liam stayed near the rustic cabins and skipped yesterday's training. Rumors had already spread around to the soldiers that he was fooling around with Alec's daughter, and many were even wondering how he was still alive. It was just worthless gossip because they couldn't get over the age difference even though Liam never initiated any sexual encounters on his end until she turned eighteen. It was easy to say that everyone still viewed him like they viewed his brother. Some horrible disgusting monster who preyed on children and humans. They didn't know that Liam's feelings remained platonic all this time until he figured out she was his mate. It was nothing more than a relationship of best friends until he knew for sure that she was his endgame. Now Liam had to worry for his life. He thought- what was stopping Alec from coming back and tearing his heart out without an audience. He knew no one would care for his absence. Liam was just like Damon when he first arrived at Alec's pack. Damon had no one. It was bad enough Alec already despised him after the Thanksgiving prank. Liam surely thought that he would have finished the job yesterday in secrecy. So he panicked and waited for him to just get it over with at that point. Liam felt guilty and shameful for what his brother did even though he had no part in it. Liam also knew that he would never be able to be with Blaire if Alec didn't accept him so that is why he never ran. At this point, he was putting his life on the line to be with Blaire and he couldn't back down from happiness this time, so only time would tell if he would survive or not. Then again he knew he might not survive the war because no one's life was guaranteed.

Liam's heart raced as the time ticked away. Every little sound he heard and every little tig breaking outside because of the animals sent him through a massive panic. His heart was beating out of his chest so much that he almost wanted to rip it out himself. Liam was tired of feeling this way. All he ever wanted to feel was loved, which is why he acted out at a young age with all of his pranks. To say he had abandonment issues was the least.

Constantly looking out the windows and waiting for death to come knocking on his door was making his anxiety worse. At one point, Liam was thinking about what kind of handshakes he would be doing with Death.

A knock on the door rang him out of his thoughts. His heart skyrocketed and his eyes widened. Liam never thought he would be able to practice dance moves with the Grim Reaper so soon. He swallowed hard because he was shocked. Liam literally just checked outside and no one was there. Even with all the sticks on the forest ground, you would think Liam would be able to hear something, but he did not. In fact, the person on the other side of the door who radiated power was as quiet as a church mouse. Liam should have heard his footsteps with his hypervigilance, even the footsteps of Alec. Out of all people, Liam remembered Alec's footsteps. Although, this time they were different.

Another knock rang on the door. Graciously, Alec was trying to be courteous to Liam's privacy since he never received much of it due to others constantly being in his business. Alec held empathy for Liam in that aspect. He knew what it was like to always be painted a monster by others when they held no truth of the past. It was how the world viewed Alec. The ones that didn't understand the pain and torture he went through understand Crow's captivity. They only saw what Alec did afterward and never the good in what he had done. They only saw that he grew bitter and became the abuser after being a victim for so long.

It never excused all the wrong that Alec had done, but it was just as Velvezhi put it. If you don't heal then you become the abuser. The abuser that Alec became. The abuser he was and the abuser that Crow is today. Pain and trauma are real things. The things that connected werewolves like Alec, Damon, Liam, and many others. The only thing that made them different was that they wanted to change.