Hidden Bite (Book 3 of Bite Trilogy)

Prologue

Prologue

I wiped the mist of the small window with my little hand. I moved closer to see the woman standing in the middle of the white field covered with snow. Her eyes were closed, and her face was partly tilted, facing the sky. There was smoke from her mouth as she breathed, her hands were clasped behind her back and her half-tied hair with snowflakes was flowing as the wind blew.

She had been there for an hour. Wasn't she cold?

The woman looked so innocent as she spread her arms and turned in slow motion as she rotated her body in the same position with a smile on her face.

How I hate myself for being locked inside this young body because even with its stupid young emotions were affecting me. I just found myself blushing like an innocent boy while admiring the woman from the outside— who looked exactly like my mate, Claret.

No wonder why Claret had that beauty . . .

She was dreamingly playing with the snow while waiting for her mate, Claret's father—Sullivan.

She's the beautiful goddess who brought my Cordelia to life. She was a woman filled with mysteries and sacrifices. She even knew our world's untold stories.

I took a step back when I saw Sullivan's shadow. He's Claret's idiot father, who wanted to kick my damn ass the moment I stepped inside their house. If I had the power, I could easily make him the hardest ice sculpture. There's no way Claret inherited something from him. I knew that everything came from her beautiful mother.

It had been weeks since the blue fire sent me inside the past, and until now I couldn't decipher my purpose. Should I do something from the past? Should I alter it or I simply watch everything?

Everything seemed so well, except Sullivan, the bastard antagonist.

The blue fire made this damn past complicated because a few days ago she visited my sleep, and with her power, she took my ability to speak.

Wala nang lumalabas na salita sa aking bibig at ang tangi ko lamang nagagawa ay tumango kapag kinakausap ako, dahilan kung bakit mas nagniningkit ang mga mata sa akin ni Sullivan, lalo na at nakakapagsalita ako nang una nila akong natagpuan.

In the eyes of Claret's mother, I was a fragile handsome kid who got lost in the forest, but in Sullivan's perspective, I was a dangerous, filthy vampire kid with ulterior motives.

"Bakit kaya hindi na makapagsalita si Zen? Stop scaring him, Sullivan! I told you he's just a kid," she said.

I was glad that I happened to mention my name before the blue fire took my ability to speak. I didn't want to be called by another name.

"Uh-huh?"

Natigil sila sa pag-uusap nang pumasok sila sa kanilang maliit na tahanan. I wonder why this Sullivan couldn't bring Claret's mom somewhere comfortable. Why were they inside a forest? Were they really poor?

Ah, my baby's lucky to be mated with a royalty like me.

"Oh, you're awake!" She greeted me with a smile.

Sullivan and I eyed each other, but Claret's mother blocked our view together.

"May snow sa labas, Zen! Let's go outside! A boy like you should play!" I groaned inside my mind.

No way.

She held my hand and pulled me outside the house. She tried to play with me by throwing snowballs and to satisfy her, I made my own without using my damn power.