The Alpha's Doll || #wattys2023

Chapter 14

She nodded towards the phone," call him, tell him to meet me at Building thirteen at two pm, tell him to make sure he has the instructions for the recipe."

I nodded, practically shaking with anticipation. I reached for the phone that jittered with my nerves and dialed his number. Evan answered almost immediately.

"Ana-"

"Go to building thirteen at two pm tomorrow, Maria is head of the staff here, she'll bring you back to the mansion-"

"What? No, I can't. I haven't even told my family anything and I haven't gotten the recipe for the poison yet."

I looked at Maria who had obviously heard everything.

"Tell him it's tomorrow or never. There's no telling when we'll need another staff member, the last one I hired was two years ago!" she hissed

"She says tomorrow is our last chance to do this. You have to be ready with the recipe-"

"Listen to me, there isn't enough time!"

"Listen Evan, it was you who told me about his plan and we can't take him down without you or that recipe!"

Evan sighed through the phone.

"Ana, I can't leave because I've been taking care of your dad. Mason isn't well, he's sick, he can hardly feed himself these days."

I felt my hands go numb and my chest stop.

"What? Why, what's wrong with him?"

"There was a plague here recently, no one knows how it came about but it was deathly, it took out more than fifty people and your dad, he's barely holding on."

I looked at Maria who had a shimmer in her eye.
"If Evan doesn't help us, your fathers dead is guaranteed anyway," she whispered. I hadn't realized the tears had flooded down my face until I tasted the salt on my lip. I nodded and grasped the phone before it fell from my weak grip.

"Have someone else care for him, the fate of all humans lies in our hands now."

"Ana-"

"Building thirteen, two pm tomorrow," I slammed the phone down before he got a chance to change my mind. I looked up to meet Maria's sad gaze.

"You did the right thing."

I felt my heart begin to squeeze on itself," it doesn't feel like it."

I turned around before she was able to tell me anything else and ran up to my bedroom. I was a mess by the time I had reached my bed. I sobbed into the pillows with agony and helplessness. I wanted to get out of here, to be done with this world and this nightmare. I wanted to kill Damon and reclaim back some hope for humanity but what would be the point if this plague suddenly kills my father? Then I'd be once again all alone.

I heard the door burst open and jumped up to see that Damon had stumbled in. He was dressed in last night's clothing. He didn't seem to be injured anymore however, he seemed as healthy as a horse. I rubbed my eyes in an attempt to act normal, but it was clear that he had seen me crying.

"What's wrong with you? I'm the one that was nearly killed because you were acting like a slut last night," he spat with rage and disgust.

I could not believe what I was hearing.

"No one asked you to step in and save me-"

"Do you think that if I let that go on for a minute longer, that you'd be here breathing right now?"

"I had it handled-"

He let out a humorless chuckle and grasped my face with his fingers.

"You may be beautiful but you're the dumbest thing that I have ever met."

I wanted to spit in his face but his hold on my cheeks were hurting my jaw. I glared at him with as much fury as I could muster. He shook my head and tossed me back. I sat up immediately," I wish he killed you, I wish you were dead so I can finally be free from you!"

"If he killed me, you'd be mated with him, princess. You'd be in pieces in his basement by midnight tonight-"

"I'd rather that fate than to spend another minute with you!"

"AND YOU THINK I LIKE THIS?"

He had shouted so loud that I was certain that the doors would come off their hinges. The house staff, wherever they were, must be frozen with shock

"Having some weak disgusting mortal living in my house, I can't even touch you without you bruising like some fruit, you're pathetic and useless and if it wasn't for the hybrids, I would have had you all slaughtered years ago!"

I did not have a repoonse. All I could think to myself was; Evan is coming with the recipe to kill him, it could all end soon.
Damon stood there for a moment staring at me as if waiting for me to crumble. He eventually walked past the bed and disappeared into the bathroom. I could hear the water running seconds later, I quickly got up and left the room.

I was going to make my way to the library but Tessa was flying down the hallway with a phone in her hand.

"There's a call for you."

"What, me?"

She rolled her eyes as she stopped in front of me," that's what I said, wasn't it?"

Could it be Evan calling back?

"Who is it?"

"Why don't you take the phone and ask like a regular person?" She shoved it into my hands and retrieved it back down the hall. Nervously, I picked it up to my ears.

"Listen, I told you, we have no time-"

"Hello? Ava?" a screechy voice belonging to a female came on the line.

"H-hi, who's this?"

"It's me you idiot! Daphine."

Who the hell is Daphine?
It suddenly clicked in my mind. She was one of the pregnant girls from last night. She had given me her number but I don't have it anymore. How did she figure out how to contact me?

"Daphine, hi."

"What are you doing tonight?"

"Um, I'm not sure-"

"Perfect! I'm going over to Tiffany's house for around seven pm, do you want to come?"

Am I allowed?

"Sure, I'd love to."

"Perfect! Do you need me to send over my driver?"

"Um..." I did not know how to answer," I think I'll be okay. Where is it?"

"Just tell the driver you're going to the Beta's house, he'll know!"

"Okay-"

Clunk!

The line was dead.