I woke up in Rava's lap. I immediately tried to push her away only to end up getting grabbed by Heather.
I suddenly realized that I'm actually in a car. This is the first time they let me out of that damned room.
"What the hell?" I say.
"We're going to the vampire castle." Heather says.
"I didn't need to come along." I say.
"You don't get a choice." Alexis says scrolling through her phone.
"If you're right about the royals taking slaves then we'll kill them. But if they were looking for the wolves in their dreams then we'll work something out." Rava explains.
"I don't care about that. We had a deal that I'll get to see that pup daily." I say.
"You can go a few days without seeing it." Heather sighs.
"Not when it's at risk of abuse." I state.
"What's the big deal? You can go a few days without seeing it." Alexis groans.
"And you can go a few days without seeing me." I argued.
Rava suddenly pulled me back into her lap her grip on me extremely tight.
"Sit there and be quiet." She says.
Her tone was the same as always but I got the feeling I shouldn't test my luck. At least not too much...
"You're legs aren't comfortable." I grumbled and looked out the window.
"What?" Rava says confused.
Before I could ask why she sounded confused the other two spoke up like they were just wronged.
"Are you insane?!" Heather asked.
"Take that back!" Alexis demands.
I looked at them confused.
"Dramatic much?" I ask.
"Whenever we were upset or had a nightmare she let us use her lap as a pillow and it was really comfortable!" Alexis says.
"So you have to be lying or not well in the head to say otherwise!" Heather adds.
"You wanna sit on her lap then? Resting your head on it and sitting on it are two completely different things." I argue.
"That's.. fair. But it's way to awkward for us to do that. We're not kids." Alexis says.
"Neither am I." I point out.
"But you're our little wolf." Heather says.
"No I am not! I'm your prisoner." I counter.
"Enough." Rava says.
The rest of the ride was.. quiet. The air heavy with unspoken words. They had to physically drag me out of the car.
What? I really didn't want to be in the castle of vampire royalty. That just sounds like a death wish for a wolf.
Eventually the triplets decided to just carry me. One would carry me for a bit then the next one and it went in a loop.
All the way to the throne room. Heather was the one who carried me into the throne room.
"You three must be my granddaughters!" A smooth feminine voice says joyfully.
"Calm down dear. They want something and it's not to bond with us." A masculine voice says.
It was deep and wisdom filled but also aged like wine.
"Wait are they carrying a wolf?!" A concerned voice asked.
Suddenly I got a scent of a wolf. I immediately thrashed in Heather's arms and came face to face with a beta wolf.
He was definitely old. But he was too old. Wolves have a max of 500 years and he looked like 1000 years have passed.
"Do you have wolves here as slaves or do you see wolves in your dream and hunt for the wolf you saw?" Rava asks.
Damn straight to the point.
"Haha! Definitely my granddaughter. Yes we see them in our dreams." The masculine voice says.
I look and see it's the current king. Oh shit..
"Why do you ask sweetheart? If you have that wolf chances are you already had your dream and caught you little one." The queen asks.
"Because our mother was killed by rouges. We went on a killing spree recently and she helped us see that there may be more to the story." Heather says.
"What?!" Both the king and queen yelled.
"How long ago was she killed?!" The king asks.
"Years ago. We were just now strong enough to act." Alexis says.
All three of the girls are talking quite.. plainly. No emotions, no volume changes or anything.
"Why weren't we informed of this sooner?!" The queen asks.
"Don't know." Alexis answers.
"Did that human not tell the council what happened?!" The king bellows.
"Watch it. Our father went to the council and they laughed. Then the alpha who our mother cheat on him with and it's pack beat him half to death. After that we were raised far from the supernatural world." Rava says.
"I see." The king says calmer now.
"So why did you come to see us?" The queen asks also calmer now.
"Like we said our wolf enlightened us on some details and we came here to make sure we got the full story." Heather says.
"What does that have to do with us? We hadn't even known she was killed till just now." The king questions.
"Our wolf told us that the wolves have been on edge during that time because their own have been going missing and a lot were turning up dead. They found that whoever was taking them was doing so for the vampire royal family. So they assumed they were being used as slaves." Rava says.
"So you came to see if we got your mother killed indirectly or not and was going to act accordingly." The queen says.
"Correct." Alexis confirms.
"Were you also responsible for so many packs disappearing?" The king asks.
"Yes. Also we apologize if we killed someone's wolf." Heather says.
"Don't worry no one has reported such a thing." The king waves it off.
I already snuck up next to the old wolf.
"You're a beta? How long have you been here?" I whispered.
"900 years." He whispers back.
"How are you still alive?" I ask.
"Are you trying to curse our wolf?!" The king and queen both roar as their heads snap to me and the old wolf.
Both of us jumped in surprise.
"They.. have been giving me their blood periodically. Which adds years to my life. They apparently have a lot of research on this sort of thing and found that wolves can die from or reject any venom that they put in us. But if we have their blood then we are forced to accept it. Or something like that." The old wolf explains.
"This is a whole generational thing isn't it?" I ask.
"That it is." He sighs.
"Did they threaten you?" I ask.
"Yes. They took my pack hostage and killed my alpha. It's descendants are alive and well. But as soon as I do something they don't like it's off with their heads." He says sadly.
"At least your pack is alive.. those three murders killed my entire pack in front of me." I say clenching my fists.
He gasped.
"Don't call us monsters. We have names and we told you them." Heather says.
"How are they keeping you if you don't have a pack?" The old wolf asks.
"They found a pup to threaten me with. He's not from my pack but I'll be damned if they kill him." I explained.
"Makes sense. Use our instincts against us to force us to be around." He shakes his head.
"Have you been alpha ordered?" I asked.
"Wait.. they can do that to us?" He asks.
"Apparently. They already did so on me." I state.
"Damn. What happened?" He asks.
"I was starving myself and they alpha ordered me to eat." I explain simply.
"How the hell are you two talking like this?" Alexis asks.
"Like what?" I questioned.
"Like you've known each other for years and have fought in war together." The king says.
"What's the difference between being stuck with you monsters and a war?" I asked.
The old wolf choked on his laughter and shock.
"She got him to laugh.. he hasn't laughed since we got him." The queen says.
"So are you still able to do your pack duties?" I ask the old wolf.
"No sadly." He says.
"Then what the hell do you do all day? Cough up dust like the antique you are?" I ask.
"Pretty much. Unless I have to deal with those two." He says.
"Damn. We have fur and instincts that chain us to these monsters of ours huh?" I say tiredly.
"Pretty much." He agrees matching my energy.