The Littlest Wolf 》 Jack Kline (Supernatural)

CHAPTER 12

THE BATTLE HAS JUST BEGUN

And Hope woke up with a gasp.

"Wh-What happened? Where-?"

"Hey, it's okay. It's okay, you're safe. You're home," Jack immediately ran to her side as she hyperventilated, her heart racing with adrenaline and the taste of blood in her mouth.

"Diane a-and Riley. . .I saw their head-!"

"What is the last thing you remember?" He immediately asked her, and time stopped.

"I. . .I heard Cami scream a-and, uhm, I ran downstairs and saw Riley and Dianes' decapitated h-heads. . .and I. . ." She looked up at Jack in realization, the small clips of memories invading her mind.

Blood. Torn off arms and legs. Teeth ripping out vocal cords. Claws tearing at soft flesh and ripping open their stomachs. . .

"I killed those people. . .I lost my humanity! J-Jack, I-" He took her into his arms, holding her as she sobbed into his chest and her hands clenched onto his jacket.

She's been dreading the day her humanity would switch off. It's happened to Niklaus, and hundreds upon hundreds ended up slaughtered. It's happened to Hayley, and Hope had seen it when she was just a baby. Every single person in her family has killed when they've shut off their humanity like a light switch, and Hope is now crying in fear that it may happen again, and she may hurt someone she loves.

"Hope, they were going to kill us. You don't need to feel sympathy for them."

"I-It's not that, Jack. I'm more vulnerable to that now. . ." Jacks' hand cradled her cheek and she looked up at him.

"You are not who your father used to be. You aren't a bloody thirsty demon, who aren't hungry for power. You are Hope Mikaelson - the miracle baby. You are the definition of amazing, you are everything someone would want, you are everything I want in a soulmate. Perfect beyond comprehension, gorgeous and beautiful can't even describe you, and your love for your family. . ." Hope could feel her heart jump out of her chest when he started to go off topic, but she didn't mind one bit.

Jack realized what he was saying, but didn't want to stop. Hope is perfect, and no one could convince him otherwise. He didn't care that his father had made them soulmates out of power, or that Niklaus had agreed with him, because he knew that he had a crush on Hope and no curse was going to get in the way of him falling in love with her.

"Jack. . ." Hope mumbled, looking into his eyes.

"Hope, I-"

"GOOD MORNING, VIETNAM!"

The two immediately pulled apart at the sound of Lucifer yelling and Jack panicked and fell off the bed and onto the floor.

"Morning kiddo! You seen Jack anywhere?"

"Uhm, no!" Hope replied immediately, trying to fan her reddened cheeks.

"You sure about that? I swore I just heard th-"

"Lucifer, wait until she's. . .awake. Thank god," Hayley breathed out, running up to her daughter and embracing her in her arms.

"After all that, and then you fainted, I thought. . .I thought we lost you forever," Hayley told Hope, who just wanted to stay in her mothers' arms for as long as she could before everyone would inevitably-

"Oh my God."

"Can you stop saying my old man's name?"

-go back to normal.

[SPOILERS FOR THOSE WHO AREN'T CAUGHT UP!!
I cried so much when I saw Jack coughing up blood tbh. If the show goes into more depth on that and if he does have cancer, I might make something out of that in this book that'll change it DRASTICALLY. Let me know if you'd like me to do that.]