My Gift

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“What do you mean?” I asked with panic evident in my voice. His eyes stayed wide but he quickly closed his jaw. A few seconds later he shook his head and looked back up at me. “What is the gift?” I asked hoping this time he would answer.

“The gift is a prophecy older people like me were read when we were younger as a bed time story. They stopped reading it to younger people because my alpha’s son was believed to have the gift. It was banned throughout the world to be told because the current alpha king doesn’t wasn’t people to start looking for him and capture him for that he has. He is very protective over his son if you couldn’t tell already.” He said sounding shaky with his new discovery.

“Who is the Alpha King?” I questioned.

“The alpha king is a man that rules over all the alphas and coven leaders. He is the strongest man alive He is a hybrid between werewolf and vampire. He is pretty much invincible because he is strong and clever. The strongest combination made. Also what you could call a gift from the moon goddess.”

“Why do you say that?” I questioned further.

“We were lucky to have a man with so much power and he still has common sense. Most alphas and coven leaders have close to none. That is why he has so much power and not them.  I guess that makes me lucky to be led by him.” He said proudly.

“So does that make you a hybrid?” I asked slightly shocked. I hadn’t smelled the difference between him and Jase or Ana’s scent. I mean there smell was different, but they both shared the same basic properties.

“Yes I am a werewolf and vampire, but the alpha king can rule all that come into his kingdom if the person’s blood hold werewolf or vampire.” He stated

“Wait. Are you trying to tell me there are other creatures like vampires?” I questioned. Shock couldn’t begin to explain how I felt.

“Yes.” He said with a smile. I could tell he was amused by my ignorance of the creatures he had spoken of.

I decided to change the subject and said “So what about his son, how old is he now?” My voice was filled with curiosity because I was beyond confused with this subject.

“He is 15 right now, and he just started getting pains similar to yours, probably due to the fact that your gift will mature more as you are in close proximity. The gift was a present the moon goddess gave to 2 people when she felt that her followers were swaying away from faith. These two people are mates, but they are also cursed. They are not allowed to see one another until they are either 18 or older or you will both die. This was to show other werewolves that the proper thing to do was to wait for both mates to be of age. The moon goddess has long believed in people waiting for both mates to become 18 so that they know how to love each other correctly. Love is also a prominent thing in all of the prophecies. The moon goddess believes that all things need love, and that love will destroy the bad.” He had paused causing me to jump at the opportunities to ask a question.

“So what you’re saying is I have a mate and I can’t see him until I turn 18?” I stated summarizing his words. I hadn’t been looking at him once he said I couldn’t see my mate once I turned 18, and I still hadn’t. I felt devastated about this. I could understand what he was trying to say, but the truth hurt a little. I had don’t even fully understand who the moon goddess is, and now she is saying my mate and I would die if we saw each other. I couldn’t help but find that outrageous and feel hate for their supposide goddess.

“Yes.” He said sounding stressed as he rubbed the flesh between his eyebrows, leaving a light line of red after its path.

“Mr. Burns, I was wondering if we could talk about this more later.” I said sadly. I didn’t know if I could handle much more of this today. It was a lot of information to take in today, especially the bad part of the news.

“I think we could do that.” He said sounding less assertive than earlier.

“Do you think I could get paid by day? I know it sounds like a trouble, but I really need to get some clothes, food, and water. I am really sorry-“

 I was interrupted by Mr. Burns’s understanding voice. “Scarlett, I understand. I don’t even see how you are able to walk with practically no food and water.” He said as he handed me around 100 dollars. I couldn’t help but stare wide eyed at his smiling face.  I was about to say I couldn’t take all the money, but he cut me off with saying “Scarlett, trust me it's really fine. You have had a rough few days and a hard a day today. Just take the money and go buy something decent." He said with a friendly smile.

"Thank you so much Mr. Burns, you don't know how much this means to me." I said with a huge grin plastered on my face. I was about to walk out when I thought of a question.

I kept my body facing toward the door but turned my head in his direction while facing down and asked “What’s his name?”

I could hear Mr. Burns’s deep sigh and he said one word, one name, that I never knew could do so many things to me. A name that made Goosebumps appear on my newly cleaned skin, fire erupt in my stomach, and my knees to become weak. I never knew it was possible until Mr. Burns uttered one sentence that would change my life further than it already had.

“His name is Xavier.”