A Rogue's Vampire

Chapter 6: Part of the truth

I nearly started drawling as I walked into the dinning room from the smell of the food that wafted up my nose. I sat down at the table, not making a sound, and started eating my food. I kept my eyes on my plate trying to avoid the questions and answers that I didn't feel ready to learn.

"Sweetie, you enjoying your food," my mum asked, I nodded not wanting to talk to them as they didn't want to speak to me, childish I know but if they want to treat me like a kid then I will act like a kid. Mum's eyebrows knitted together in frustration.

"Sweetie, talk to me please, you haven't spoken at all while at the table," mum pleaded. I couldn't talk to her because I knew I would break down the barrier I was building up.

"Sophie talk to your mother," dad said, I could feel his stare on me from where I hid behind my hair. I still kept quiet.

"Munchkin, talk please," Jake added it. I clenched the fist I had under the table.

Breath Sophie, just breath. You know you don't want me coming out. Lucia joined in. Gritting my teeth, I tried to block out everybody. Their voice penetrated my barrier, invading my mind. I couldn't breath. Suffocating, the words from each person whirled around my head.

"Please everyone shut up," I thought I said, but I didn't know with all the sound my overly sensitive ears were picking up. I wasn't sure how long everyone kept talking at me, but it felt like hours to me.

"SHUT UP!" I shouted at everyone. Silence weaved its way into the room, as everyone became quiet. However the pounding in my head carried on.

"Just tell me what you're all hiding" my voice came out as a whisper. Then added "please." I could hear my mother gulping from where I still hid behind my hair. There was more tension in the air, than when we had our exams at school.

"Its not that simple Sophie, there is more than one story to the story you need to know. We would te----"

"Don't even go there Dad. I don't care what I don't need to know, and what I do need to know. I just know that I'm stuck in the middle of this." I was getting bored with the same statement all the time. Never knowing what I wanted to know, was just not how I worked. My mum and dad looked like the stress of all this had taken its toll on them, weighing down on their shoulders.

"Munchkin, we're not sharing this because we know you are not physically or mentally ready for the world we live in." Jake tried to reason, but I'm one stubborn person and when I want something I try anything and everything to get it.

"How can you tell Jake. Your not me. You don't know what goes through my head everyday," my temper was rising, "I don't care if you don't want me to know, I will find out one way or the other." Slamming the knife and fork to the table, I slid my chair back.

"Wait Sophie," my Dad called, "I guess we could tell you why we didn't explain about the shifter thing." He sighed as he began his story.

"I grew up as part of a pack, the most powerful pack actually the Blood-moon pack. They were the most feared pack in all the world. My father was the alpha and when I grew up I was meant to follow in his foot steps. But after a lot of commotion that I would rather not share with you, I became an outcast a rogue you could say. Your mum and I, when you were born, thought it would be best to keep the wolf side from you, as your mum is human anyway and we had hoped you would follow in her footsteps like your brother had. However as you can tell that was not how it went. We have spent years trying to find the best way to tell you, but I guess it had just built up over the years." He put his arm around mum, comforting her as tears welled up in her eyes.

"That still doesn't explain how you know the Clarke's kids."

"Simple sweetie," my mum now said, "We were the ones who invited them onto our territory." My eyes grew wide at the realisation. I had made so many mistakes, and was definitely not ready to say all those sorrys. This was definitely another face palm moment.

I looked my mum in the eyes, "Is it okay if I go to my room now, this needs to soak in."

"Of course sweetie take all the time you need," my mum's soothing voice followed me as I made my way back up the stairs to my room for another time this day.