His Vow

Four

“STOP!” Stephan shouted as he used wind telekinesis to remove his brother’s body from Rose’s. He had watched enough of the fight while trying his hardest not to attack his brother but he couldn’t just silently watch his brother kill the woman he loved. It was the first time in his life that he had wanted to attack someone so badly.

He quickly ran towards Rose and covered her naked body with his jacket.

Alexander quickly shifted back. He wasn’t going to let his brother ruin his chances of killing. He tried using his power on him but realized that it was still blocked. He groaned and ran towards his brother. He was about to attack but was suddenly pushed back again. This time however, it was their father who attacked him.

“That is enough.” He calmly said as he walked towards the two angry brothers. “If you lay one finger on her, I will banish you. Understood?”

Alexander froze. Banishment from the family meant banishment from the werewolf community—he’d have to live the rest of his life as a rogue: one of the dirtiest creatures of the night.

Unlike what the stories told, being a rogue didn’t mean you were evil or that you didn’t have a pack. Being rogue in the real world meant that your human form and your wolf intertwine and become one. Most of them either had wolf bodies and human heads or wolf heads and human bodies. Although they were able to come out during the day, they couldn’t because of the community that they lived in. A community where humans didn’t know of the other living beings on their land. It would cause chaos if a human spotted a rogue.

Although rogues weren’t evil in the literal sense that they wanted to be; they were still evil in the sense that they had to be to survive. A lot of people call vampires, a non-existent creature of the dead, a bloodsucker. Little do they know that those vampiric stories derived from people who have spotted a rogue sucking on the blood of a child. In order for a vampire to survive, they need to drink the blood of a virgin. In the society that they live in lately, there weren’t many virgins existing, hence they had opted for children. Innocent and angelic children were being sacrificed in order for them to stay alive. That was something Alexander couldn’t accept. He may be considered evil amongst many, but he had a soft spot for children. No matter what had happened, he couldn’t be banished.

“I asked if you understood.”

“I understand.” Alexander said as he slowly retreated. He was angry and he knew that if he stayed any longer he would attack the next person who said a word.

Rose’s body was on fire. Literally. She quickly opened her eyes and sat up. She immediately regretted her actions as her whole body was aching.

“You’re awake!” Someone shouted from behind her. She groaned at the loud noise. Her head was pounding and the loud voice of whoever was behind her was making it worse.

“Oh, please excuse my rudeness.” She said as she walked out from behind Rose. “I’m Wendy, the Royal household’s doctor. You’ll see me around a lot.” She cheerily smiled. She was a very young and beautiful woman. Rose was surprised that she was a doctor at such a young age. She looked no older than Rose herself.

“Why is it so hot?”

“You’re sleeping on a portable heat bed. Wolves need to be warm in order to recover quickly. You’ll be fully healed in a few hours.” She stated matter-of-factly.

“I feel like death.” She groaned as she slowly lay back in the bed.

Wendy laughed as she turned the heat up a little higher.