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Story: Three Mates & A Tribrid
Rose's POV
I can't believe that I've been here for a month already.
I don't want to say that I've lost hope along the way, but I'd be lying if I said that I wasn't worried.
I've started showing by now and it was harder and harder to ignore the signs of pregnancy.
I couldn't hold down my food and I was growing uncomfortable with the weight gain and tenderness in my breast. Not to mention that I missed my mates badly.
I haven't heard from Atticus again after that first night, but it could have something to do with these magic inhibitor chains that I wear daily.
I was also slowly getting used to the same daily routines.
I was fed properly, but I knew that it was for my babies and not for me.
I was routinely checked to make sure that my health and the babies' health were okay.
Unfortunately, I was also stuck talking to Damon every day.
The hooded figure would oftentimes make an appearance as well, although they never showed their identity.
I was currently getting another check-up by the doctors as the hooded figure stood silently in the room.
I looked over at them getting angrier and angrier at this situation.
"Are you just going to stand there like you're from the fucking purge or are you going to tell me who the hell you are?
" I asked, glaring daggers at the figure.
Everyone in the room grew silent and still. "I'm done with this shit," I said, before grabbing a sharp tool meant for medical procedures and held it over my stomach. I wasn't going to actually do anything but my babies seemed to be the only thing making me worth keeping around at this point.
The hooded figure stood still as everyone in the room grew nervous at the situation unfolding.
The figure motioned their hand, signaling god knows what.
I watch as two guards bring in a skinny redhead.
No. "Jackson?" I asked, wide-eyed. My poor best friend was being dragged in while tied up and paler than usual.
"What did you do?" I asked, still in shock.
"This prisoner has withheld valuable information regarding the tribrid and refuses to cooperate.
Therefore, he has broken the oath with the council board and is being withheld proper dietary needs for his species.
" An older man spoke as he brought Jackson further into the room and pushed him to his knees.
Jackson's dietary needs were obviously blood, that's why he looks paler than usual.
"What oath? He used to be part of the vampire clan." I was beyond confused at this turn of events.
"Poor thing. The three species are a part of the council.
You don't think that it was suspicious that we knew you were the one who killed the alphas?
Jackson is a part of the clan, therefore, he's a part of the council.
He broke the oath when he freed you which makes him a traitor.
" The man looked over at the hooded figure.
The figure lifted their hood off of their head, revealing their identity. No, it can't be. "Since you need to be reminded of who's in charge here, I'll show you," she said as she removed the knife. My knife, from her cloak.
I looked at Jackson who smiled sadly at me. "I tried to protect you as long as I could, Rose. I'm sorry that they're doing this to you. Save your babies." I stared wide-eyed at the woman who reached down and sliced Jackson's head clean off of his body.
I shook violently, trying to hold my tears in. "Let this be a reminder that if you don't cooperate, this will be your mates next." I don't even think I was breathing as I looked into the cold, blue eyes of the woman that I trusted most when I was younger.
"Mom?" Before I was able to say anything else, I felt a prick on my arm before the room started spinning and suddenly, I was surrounded by darkness.
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I woke up with a groan as I felt myself lying on the small cot in my room. I looked to my left, seeing that my mother was sitting in a chair next to me. Huh, so I didn't imagine that.
"Good, you're awake. I didn't really see us meeting again this way, Rosalie," She said as if we were talking about the weather over brunch.
"What the hell is going on?" I asked, cutting to the chase because I'd have to be fucking stupid to not see that she betrayed me.
She rolled her eyes. "Well, you sure are chatty." I honestly couldn't fucking believe what I was seeing right now. How could she act like this situation wasn't beyond fucked up?
"I thought you were dead," I said, sitting up on my cot.
She shook her head, looking at me pitifully. "That's just what your father wanted you to believe. He knew of my plans for you, Rosalie," She said, leaning in to stroke my hair. I froze. I didn't even know how to react.
I pulled back out of her reach slightly, looking at her with calculating eyes. "What are you talking about? What plans?"
She gave me a small smile. "What did your father tell you when he ran away with you?"
I furrowed my eyebrows, trying to remember the details of the night that my father told me that we had to flee our home.
"I-I don't know. Just that someone found out about me being a tribrid.
But that could only be true if they were there when I was born.
.." My eyes widened as I looked up at my mother.
"Or if someone who was there told them."
I couldn't believe it. My own mother told the council of my existence. She was indirectly involved with what went down with the alphas. She was responsible for the torture, imprisonment, and rape that I had to endure.
"That's right, go on. What happened?" She looked at me as if she found it fascinating that I was finally figuring her plan out.
"You didn't want to hide me but dad did." She nodded her head for me to continue. "You wanted to use my powers for something." I really didn't like where this was going if I was right.
She gave me a psychotic smile. "You're right.
I did want to use you for something." Her smile instantly went sour.
"But your father took you away from me. My only child.
" She shook her head and stood up. "When you were born, it felt like a miracle was given to me.
Me and your father tried having children for years, but I was considered infertile. "
She walked towards the other end of the room as she had a distant look in her eyes. "Your father needed an heir, so he was going to have to mate with another she-wolf if I didn't give him one of my own."
I looked at her wide-eyed. "Why would he mate with someone else?"
She sighed as a sadness clouded her vision. "It wasn't as common for vampires to mate with werewolves long ago. It also makes it harder to become pregnant with a hybrid child. Hybrids are considered more dangerous and powerful, which is why many of the council members are oftentimes hybrids."
I nodded my head in understanding. "So how did I come about then?"
"Well, I had to do something. I knew if your father mated with another woman, then he wouldn't feel the same way about me anymore. So, I went to go see a powerful warlock. I don't know what he did to me, but the next thing I know, I'm pregnant." She laughed as she had a smile on her face.
"So how did you realize that I was a tribrid?" I really never thought that this conversation would ever come up. I've always wondered how I came about.
"You were born on a solar eclipse, which is extremely rare in the supernatural world. Not only that but you had all of the traits of each species. It was such a shock but we could already feel just how powerful you were."
"So what did you want from me? Why did dad take me away?" I asked innocently.
Her eyes turned hard as she looked away from me.
"I needed you to help start the war against supernaturals and humans.
" My eyes widened dramatically. It was unheard of and against the council's rules to start a war between the races.
"But don't worry now. I won't need you soon enough," She said as she began walking to the door.
I glared at her, my words dripping with hatred and venom. "You killed, Jackson."
She glanced back at me as if she couldn't be bothered addressing me fully.
"He was a useless full-blooded vampire. His death means nothing to me, but so much to you.
Let this be known, Rosalie. I'm not the same mother you knew.
" And with that, she walked out the door and left me to sit in my own pitying silence.
I stayed staring at the door. I couldn't believe everything that I just heard. My mother betrayed me. She wanted to use me for her own evil purposes and now, she was going to use my babies.
I have never missed my mates more than I did at this moment. I felt like I couldn't move, couldn't talk, or couldn't even breathe. What do I do? I'm helpless. I'm weak. I'm a fucking tribrid and yet, I'm basically useless at this point.
All I could do now was sit and wait. Either for escape or for my babies to be born. The question is, would my own mother kill me after I give birth? Honestly, I wouldn't doubt it at this point.
I laid back onto my stiff cot as I stared at the now blacked out ceilings and thought everything over again. I exhaled as tears began to form in my eyes as I rubbed my stomach, thinking about my mates. "Please, don't forget about me guys," I whispered to the empty room.