Hiraeth - [Alucard/Adrian Tepes x Lycan!Reader]

[8] Useful

"Does this have any relevance?" You pulled a dark blue mystical-looking book off of me of the shelves, and flipped it open to a random page.

Your pitiful attempt at relaxation was short lived; Sypha decided it was best for all of you, besides Trevor who can't read of course, to look around and try to find any information that could help in the fight against Dracula. You begrudgingly agreed with her, but decided to follow her for reference of what to look for. You see, reading wasn't the problem here for you, in fact you were quite educated in literature, it was that you knew very little about magic and what you were looking for. That, and the fact that a large number of these books were in languages you couldn't even identify.

"Nope~" Sypha replied in a singing voice without looking up, her eyes glued on the book she was holding. You growled in frustration, this had to be at least the eightieth book you asked could help.

"You didn't even look at it..." You mumbled, placing the book back on the shelf.

"I didn't have to." She smirked, pulling out a different book.

In retrospect, you had been choosing all the books with the prettiest covers, maybe you needed to look for a more simple looking one. You placed your fingers along the spines of the books, as you walked not far from Sypha. Your finger stopped at the spine of a more plain looking book, it was a brown leather bound book. Thinking about it you realized this one was beautiful to, in it's own unique way, all of them were. You pursed your lips, but still decided to pull this one off the shelf. When you opened the first page you were pleasantly surprised to find this one in english. Though, after more inspection, you grew disturbed. You clenched the book.

Werewolves.

It was a very simple title; One which was heavy on your soul. You wondered if you should read it, you didn't know much about your kind in the reality of things. Of course, you knew what you had learned from the experience of changing, but that barely scratched the surface. You let out a sigh, deciding to make yourself calm, it wasn't a big deal. Just a book.

With a gulp, you turned the page.

"That book must be interesting, you've been reading it for about thirty minutes now. Did you find anything?" You snapped you head up from the book to Sypha, who was giving you a curious smile.

"Uhhh nothing...just...." You adverted your eyes, should you tell her? Was it even something to keep secret. "It's a book about werewolves. I was wondering if I could learn anything from it, or maybe a way to cure it."

Sypha's smile snapped into a frown. "Why would you want to do that?"

"Do what? Cure it?" She nodded. You furrowed your eyebrows and crossed your arms over your (Large/Medium/Small) chest. "Why not? I'm a monster."

Sypha had placed her hands on your shoulders in a reassuring way. "Trust me. You are not a monster. Far from it actually." She smiled. "If you were a monster you wouldn't have stopped from charging us, and you wouldn't even feel bad about it. So I can promise you're not a monster."

You put on a smile. "Thanks, Sypha."

"What did you learn, though? I will admit, I might be slightly curious of your kind too." She now has her hand in her chin in a thoughtful way.

You chuckled at her curiosity. "I learned that silver kills me. And don't worry, whichever Belmont wrote in this, they didn't leave a cure instruction. In fact, they said they weren't entirely sure if there was a cure." You explained.

"Hmmm, well that's good. I wouldn't want you any differently." She smiled. "And I'm sure Alucard feels the same." You blushed when she brought him up.