After throwing fits, things smoothed out between Alpha Lowe and him, albeit it took a bit of time.
Six months to be exact.
Alpha Lowe came to the conclusion that his son-in-law was going to be an annoying preteen vampire with anger issues. He also learned that if one of the sides did not give up, they would end up hurting each other badly.
Nicolai sat on the cold dusty floor peering at the broken ceiling, thinking about all that happened in the past.
He still couldn't believe that the pack actually believed Rue's lies or the fact that Rue's mate never appeared.
She was twenty. It was past the prime time she can find a mate.
He sat her silently. She was chewing on a gummy loudly.
"What? you want a gummy?"
"Nah, why are we here again? In this witch's den,"
She smacked him hard. "Don't call it that,"
"Fine, a witch's adobe," he evaded her smacks. For a small girl, she really packed a punch. He massaged his aching arms. "What about witch's breathe."
"The witch did not die here. She left so you don't have to worry about witch's breath or curses or anything for that matter. We are here to calm your mind."
"Calm my mind? I am calm woman,"'
"No, you are not. Look at your leg,"' she pointed at his shaking leg.
Nico grabbed his leg and manually stopped the shaking. "Fine I'm anxious. I don't know why okay. It's like this for a few days. My heart has been pounding as well. Maybe I'm sick. Should I go to the doctors?"
"Or you are getting close to meeting your beloved," she looked up at him.
Nico froze. "That's unlikely.... I think," he scratched the back of his neck.
"Stop that," Rue pulled his hand away. "You're going to scrape it red.." she lowered the collar and peered at that spot. "See it's red! Can't you keep your hand still?"
"I'm trying, okay. I don't know what the fuck is going on!"
Rue looked at him with an unknown look. "Nico, you're going to find your mate for sure..."
Nico tried to sit casually but his heart was really acting up. Patting his chest, he glanced away. "Won't our ruse be shattered by that?"
"Don't worry, there won't be any problem...." she stood up patting his snow-covered butt. "let's go to your home. I have something to discuss with your dad," she held out a hand.
Sighing, Nico took her hand. "What do you guys even talk about? Gosh, these secrets are killing me."
Again, he was really bothered by his father and Rue keeping secrets from him.
In the six months he was here, he really got close to Rue. She was really like a sister he did not have. It felt very comforting to talk to her.
But the only problem was she never talked to him about her worries.
Walking through the frozen lane, he looked at her carefully. She had that small frown.
He patted her forehead slightly. "Careful, you'll develop a wrinkle there,"
She gave a fake laugh. "Y-yeah.."
Reaching his home, she directly walked over to his father's room.
Nico secretly tried to eavesdrop, but the thick walls were soundproofed.
Sighing, he gave up and walked over to his room to take a warm bath.
Nicolai stripped all his clothes and gazed at his reflection. The spot on the left of his neck was bright red with few nails marks.
"Fuck," he smeared some Vaseline on it. Well, it didn't help one bit. it was still red and raw.
"Beloved, huh?...."
Without realizing it, he was blushing softly. He patted his cheeks.
"So I really have a beloved.... or a nasty rash."
He walked over to his bathroom and took a well-deserved bath.
After changing his clothes, he walked down to hear loud shouting.
Rue was on the verge of tears and his father was trying to coax her. "we have to let them meet… they have to meet the moment he is here.." she whimpered softly
As soon as he got close, they stopped their discussion. He hugged Rue close.
"Whoa, what is going on? Dad, did you make her cry?"
His father just sighed with a defeated look on his face. "I-it's nothing son.. don't worry. We have talked and solved our troubles..."
"Talked? It looked like you guys fought," he patted Rue's trembling back.
She pushed away from him. "Nico, meet me close to my house late at night..I have a lot of secrets to reveal…" she let out a sob. "Please come on time.. You have to come,"
Nico looked at his dad for permission.
With a sad smile, his dad nodded.
The whole vibe was weird between them.
After Rue left, he closed and locked the door. "So you guys finally willing to explain it to me?"
"She will explain it to you tonight." He pulled him into a tight hug. "You will get to know all our secrets today."
Nico did not feel that excited. His father sounded rather sullen and Rue was literally sobbing. This so-called secret was obviously was not good news.
Wiping his eyes, his dad moved away. "Get some sleep. You have to stay out late tonight."
Nico nodded and obediently walked over to his room.
'So is it the war or the Alpha king or... what is it?'
He found a random book on his table. "Huh. This is not mine," he picked it up.
It was a hardbound leather book with hand stitched bindings.
Curiously, he opened it up. Inside there were pages and pages unknown writing. It was a language that he did not have any knowledge of.
"hmm curious…"
As a vampire, his dad had trained him in all languages and political knowledge. It was impossible for him not to know a language.
If all else failed, he had the technology to depend on.
He picked up his phone, snapped a pic and uploaded it to the translation app.
But he set up for disappointment.
Even this search result came out to be unknown.
He flipped it until the book randomly stopped on a page. There was a small piece of white paper.
Nico flipped it over.
His hands started to tremble. It was a pencil sketch of his mother.
"No way. Is this mum's book?"