Revenge of the wolf

Chapter 28 - In the Air Tonight

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Revenge of the Wolf

Chapter 28 – In the Air Tonight.

Tori's POV.

My back was to Jade when she first stumbled into the room after seeing that painting. But without even seeing her, I could sense her emotional distress.

We had been through a lot in the last two months, but when I turned around, she looked like she had aged 10 years. Of course, I didn't understand what she was talking about.

At least until I saw the painting.

I met her once too. I was a prisoner and she calmly informed me that she had Jade turned into a vampire and soon she'd feed on me. I remember her expression, full of cruelty, full of derision. She enjoyed my fear. I could tell that she loved seeing me afraid.

She also put a small scar on my face, just to do it. I cover it up with makeup and mostly it doesn't show but it's always there. I'm reminded of her and her cruelty, each and every time I look in the mirror.

I could go on, but thankfully things turned out differently, then she had hoped. Livia, had not realized that Jade had werewolf blood in her. That slowed down the process of her becoming a vampire, long enough for her to escape and seek help. When they found Jade, my mother, my dad and uncle frank realized the only way to save her was to awaken the sleeping wolf inside of her. So they fully turned her into a werewolf.

Now, looking at her face, I found myself flashing back to that dark basement, that fear, knowing I was going to die, her chilling laughter.

"Claudia....her name....that was the biggest clue of all and I never saw it." Mumbled Jade, as she wandered to the bar and took a drink of whisky.

"I don't follow."

"You see, before Livia and I fought, she spent a few minutes droning on about her own royal lineage."

I found myself rather puzzled, as I had never heard this. "What? You never told me this?"

"Didn't want too, I wanted her to be forgotten. You see Livia was born in Ancient Rome and it turns out is the illegitimate daughter of the Roman Emperor Claudius. Her mother was one of his mistresses. Livia named her daughter after her father."

"Scum of the earth." Hissed Una as she spat on the ground. "Julius Caeser and all his accursed spawn...."

"There was something else I missed, I should have caught that, but didn't. Now I get it."

"What?" I said.

"Tori, just before Claudia made us fight, she said to you, and since I lost someone dear to me, thanks to her, she will suffer a loss as well...only she's the one that's going to do it. Truly agonizing, don't you think?"

"I remember that."

"At the time, we thought she was referring to Gerda, that blonde woman who kidnapped me on her behalf. But if you remember, I wasn't responsible for her death. You, Claire and Sara, chased Gerda down and cornered her. Then using magic, she killed herself and you three nearly as well. But I was not there. I was pregnant and you made me stay by the car. I wasn't anywhere near, when Gerda died and had little if anything to do with her death. I on the other hand, had everything to do with Livia's death. She was referring to Livia, not Gerda."

Suddenly I felt stupid, realizing that I hadn't caught that. "You're right."

Suddenly fuming with anger, Jade took the bottle of whisky and threw it at the painting where it shattered.