The Vampire's Mate(#Wattys2017)

Blissful days

Alyx cried as she held the baby in her arms .Its golden eyes reminding her of what it was. Of what his father was. The man who raped her. She remembered her wolf crying out to the moon to save her. But the moon did not answer her sorrow filled howls. Now she held the product of her pain in her arms. Alyx couldn't bring herself to look at the child again. Nor could she keep it. He looked to much like the man that had ruined her. The baby slept blissfully in her arms unaware of the cruel world .
But the boy soon know just how cruel the world was .He was adopted by a kind human family. But they were ripped away from the boy when he turned thirteen by a werewolf. He had watched the wolf tear them limb from limb holding back his screams of anguish and horror.
When he turned 16 he was claimed for what he was,drug to the land of the Fair folk. His father the king was cruel. Abusing the boy for the accident of his birth. Hybrids like him were rare, Fae-wolf hybrids were even more rare.
But the boy was cunning. He knew that the faerie hated what he was so he hid that part of him. Until the day he slew his father for what he had done to him.
Malarath, that had been his father's name. He cringed at the images his mind conjured up, fighting back the tidal wave of memories that usually came. Sometimes he was successful this was not one of those times. He was thrown back into his memories feeling every single thing his father had done to him. This was his curse.

The curse his father placed on him before he died. They called it cruciatum aeternum. Eternal agony. They couldn't have chosen a better name He thought bitterly. When he finally came to he took a shaky breath willing the pain away as he stood. To break the curse the one you loved the most had to die. In this case his sister. She was the only one he couldn't hate. Who he had grown to care for. He had watched her grow up. He didn't want to hurt her. He just wanted the pain to go away. At least he had the satisfaction of killing the man who was, in no sense of the word, his father. The part of him he forced down surged forward licking his lips.
He tried to calm him. Half-shifts were excruciating for him . He had only done it twice. Once when he killed his father. He had darn near killed himself. He never would fully shift. If by some miracle, he had a mate,he had no idea what she would be. Because he was a hybrid the only hybrid of his kind at the moment. And the only hybrid. No one besides his mother and the fae knew he existed. He knew that if he let his sister live she would have hybrid children with her mate. A mix of vampire -werewolf children. The first of their kind.The thought made him smile his nieces and nephews would be like him in a way. Then reality hit him like a ton of bricks. They would never exist because she was going to die. To end his suffering. He did not want to do it, but it had to be done. He was tired the memories took a lot out of him so he walked back to his small cave and settled down. Hoping that when he woke up he would have a solution. But he knew he would not.

Katerina's pov
The smell of bacon roused me from my sleep drawing toward it's heavenly aroma but by the time I made it to the kitchen it wasn't the bacon I was after. My mate stood with his back toward me cooking the bacon in a skillet his black hair falling into his eyes adorably. My wolf was practically swooning as we took him in, sweatpants hung low on his hips and his shirt had been discarded somewhere leaving me to ogle at his bare chest.
My wolf was yipping in my mind urging me to go forward and wrap my arms around his bare torso so that's what I did. She was almost purring at the contact like an over grown cat instead of a wolf. I mentioned this but she just rolled her eyes and wagged her tail. My mate smiled turning to face me, he buried his face in my neck inhaling my scent. I shivered in delight as his fangs scrapped against my mark.
     Subconsciously, I tilted my head to the side giving him better access to the sensitive skin. He proceeded to nip kiss and suck his way down my neck drawing purrs from my lips. Xavier chuckled" If I didn't know any better love i'd say you were more cat then wolf." I huffed in response shaking my head. Mood ruiner. I sent him through our link backing away from him with a scowl.
        He frowned his brows furrowing as he reached out to me,but I just snapped at him walking farther out of his reach. He gave me a raised brow before trying to gently pull me back to him. I let him but turned my head away when he tried to kiss me. He sighed "Come on love I'm sorry I was just teasing ." I shook my head keeping my lips sealed unyielding to say anything to him. He leaned down before placing a tiny kiss to my mark followed by sucking.
        I practically melted into a puddle at his feet. He smirked knowing I couldn't resist with his mouth on my mark. Cocky vampire I thought before sighing out "Your forgiven."A grin like that of a child on christmas had taken residence on his face. I rolled my eyes but couldn't help it I broke out into giggles. He smile grew even wider as his arms tugged me tight against his torso stifling my giggles. I nuzzled into his chest inhaling his scent that was all mine. Standing there in his arms I felt complete as if nothing could go wrong. And I hoped nothing would. That I would have more blissful days with my mate.