Chapter 4 Palmyra's Epiphany

Palmyra's POV

The Prince of Darkness came to me three months ago, after those fucking demons snuck their fangs into me. I found my mate apparently. He's the brother in law to my dad's friend. He is also a werewolf according to the bastards that have me locked up. I kept escaping them and then running to his home, after my first time escaping when I discovered that Luc's place was close by. That's how I found out that we were mates. When I first was taken by these monsters, I managed to escape, running towards my dad's friend, Luc's house. He is also a werewolf, everyone that lives with him are. My dad even knew and never told me and according to everyone here and my dad, Elijah is my mate. I got to talk to my dad the first week that I was here. When I first saw him, he was with Luc and a whole bunch of other people that I didn't recognize. Upon seeing them enter the clearing the same time as I did, I ran faster, hoping that they would help me. I tried screaming, but I had cried so much the few weeks prior, that nothing would come out. It was as if I was in the middle of a dry desolate desert with no water in sight. Ok, I know that is basically what a desert is, but this feeling was in my throat. I could do was reach for the people running towards me, only to never be fast enough. The people chasing me were so much faster, they wouldn't give up. I just wanted to be away from them. Just as I was about to reach them, someone in front of me yelled something that I couldn't quite make out, just before I felt a sharp pain in my neck. Someone had bitten me and this pain was a lot more painful than when I was first taken. This pain was felt immediately and as I dragged away screaming and kicking, then everything went black.

{Flashback}

"It's going to be so much fun. I can't wait. Girl's weekend, here we come"

"Are you sure that your parents won't be pissed Palmyra? We were supposed to be going to their place for Christmas break, remember," Violet inquired.

"They might be a little upset, but they'll get over it. I go home for every break. This time, I want to do something fun and different."

"Ok, only if you're sure."

"I am Violet, don't worry. The bed and breakfast that we're going to has a spa, which I so happen to have full access to, without paying a dime. My mom's ex-husband owns the place and I get access to it whenever I want. Just don't tell my parents if you ever meet them. They don't like it when I am around him."

"Why does he come around, it's not like he has any ties to your mom left or anything, right?" Violet asked.

"He's actually my biological father. My dad adopted me when I was just a baby. My parents don't want me around him, because they think that he is a bad influence and he was the one that drove my mom away to begin with..."

Violet gave Palmyra a questioning look and she continued to speck. "He was abusive towards my mom. She divorced him when she was pregnant with me. A few months later, when I was 8 months old, she met my dad. They dated for months and then got married when I was a year and a half. My dad adopted me six months later when I was two."

"Oh."

After a another couple of hours or so, Violet and I got hungry and we needed more gas to continue on to our destination, Lake Harriet in Minneapolis. We've been driving for six hours now, only a little more than two hours to go. We were supposed to go home to Richmond Heights, but at the last minute, my biological father hooked us up with a girl's weekend at the bed and breakfast that he owns. My parents don't like me being around him and I understand why, he was a dick to my mom. But, he is my father and there is a part of me that wants to get to know the other half of me, even though the other part of me wants to hate him. I can't though and I don't know why, but it drives my parents crazy. We came to a roadside diner with a gas station, so we decided to stop and kill two birds. After filling our stomachs and gassing up, we got back on the road.

After about forty-five minutes of driving and in the middle of nowhere, my car started to sputter and jerk, while Violet started acting erratic. I almost didn't recognize her. Where is normally calm and collected, she was now agitated and jumping, claiming that we were in danger and needed to get out of there quick. She started to claw at the seat and I swear that her eyes changed from green to black. Just as I was about to ask if she was ok, my car officially stopped dead in its tracks in the middle of the highway. "Fuck!" I muttered, opening my car door and attempting to step out, after opening my hood. Violet grabbed my arm and told me to stay in the car. "It's fine Violet. I'm just going to check to see what's wrong with it. Are you Ok? You have been acting weird for the past few minutes."

"Yes, I'm fine. You just need to stay in the car," Violet said grabbing my arm once more, trying to prevent me exiting. I pulled away from her and told her once more that she needed to stop worrying and that we would be fine.

As soon as I stepped out, I was approached by a tall lanky guy. He had the blackest hair and eyes as black as night. His hair came down to the middle of his back while in a low hanging pony tail. He had the palest of skin, dressed all in black head to toe. He looked like he just crept up out of the shadows. I looked him into the eyes and they held something inside them that I couldn't quite place. It was nothing; no soul, no emotion. It looked like pure evil. As I stepped away, he introduced himself. "I'm Tezcatlipoca. You are?"

When he spoke, his voice was gentle, a complete opposite of what I was expecting. Putting me at ease, I relaxed a little and stepped forward, introducing myself. "I'm Palmyra and this is Violet," I stated pointing to where she stood. She was very agitated and if looks could kill or what seemed to be the growl coming her or even her now angry black eyes, this guy would have dropped dead, where he stood. "Are you ok?" I had asked, as I heard Tezcatlipoca give a muffled ear piercing shrill, if it had me any louder, I would have been deaf. I turned and looked at him, he asked, "Do you ladies need help with your car?"

"No! We are fine. We'll figure it out," Violet responded with a hatred laced voice.

Ignoring her completely, I told him that we did. I stepped aside so that he could look at it. As he stepped towards me, he grabbed me by the front of the shirt and shoved me into another guy. Where the hell did he come from? I let out a yelp, while Violet growled just before jumping mid-air and changing into a wolf. What the fuck just happened? I wondered if it really did happen or if I just imagined it. But, after blinking my eyes, I saw that Violet was still a wolf. She was on top of Tezcatlipoca. Violet was attacking him, while he tried to throw her off. I stood there in shock, watching in horror; then a gun went off. It had to be pretty down close to my head, as now, my ears were ringing and I could not hear anything. Just before I fell to the ground, I saw Violet or her wolf drop as well, Blood flowing from her head, it was everywhere there was and nothing left of head. It had been completely blown off.

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