Sold To The Alpha
Blood L**t Chapter 19

Staring up at the irate Vampire, Halle curled herself up so that her arms were around her knees in a protective stance, Jason pulling Vallance tighter into him as he scowled at the Vampire King challengingly. 'Viktor' Justin said cordially, 'it seems we have an issue, could I proffer you a piece of grass to sit on?' he asked waving a hand toward the empty space near the fire.

Removing his eyes from his son, Viktor gave a heavy sigh and sat down across from the Alpha, his subordinates taking up position behind him. 'Why do I get the feeling I am not going to like this?' he asked rhetorically.

Justin gave an understanding grin, 'well it seems that your son and my daughter decided to go on a midnight stroll to visit Oak Ridge' Justin began as Viktor raised his eyes toward Vallance in silent anger as the young Vampire cringed. 'A walk? Alone? To a pack house that is roughly three days by vehicle?' he asked pointedly at Vallance.

'Yes, we have already had a discussion about our children's recklessness' Justin agreed also giving Halle a stern look as she gulped. 'So anyway, we happened upon them' he added as Viktor muttered, 'thank the bloods!'

'Yes, so we found them and this is where we replace ourselves in a situation' Justin continued, 'it seems that Vallance and my son Jason are mates.

Viktor raised his eyebrows in shock, 'no it cant be! The witch said your daughter was his best choice' he disagreed vehemently.

Frowning Justin looked at the two men huddled together, 'are you sure? What exactly did she say?' he asked confused.

Furrowing his brow, Viktor tried to recall the conversation, 'That they would produce a child that would be the strongest of both our kinds' he muttered,' she said that Vallance's best match was the child of the Alpha of Oak Ridge' Viktor continued as his eyes started to widen and he stared at his son, 'ohhh' he finished.

'Right family, wrong child' Justin prompted with a grimace.

'Yes, it seems so, she said child, I never thought to clarify that child was female, I just assumed as she spoke about them creating a child!' he muttered flustered.

'Wait, how can they have a child if they are both boys?' Halle asked, looking around the group for an explanation.

'We use a surrogate woman Halle' Vallance said with a smile.

'But how would that baby have both your DNA?' Halle protested, 'that won't work.

Vallance laughed, 'it's down to the marking Halle, once I bite your brother, my venom will adhere to his wolf DNA, he will remain a Werewolf, but will gain traits from me, like a longer life span. This means that any child we create with a surrogate will contain parts of both of us. That baby will then have the powers through it's DNA of both an Alpha wolf and the King of Vampires, it will be one of the strongest creatures ever seen!

The mouths of the listening wolves dropped, each trying to process the young Vampire's words.

'So you won't turn him into a Vampire?' Halle asked hopefully.

'No Halle' Vallance replied, 'we can mark without turning, I would never turn Justin from what he is unless he asked me too' he said with a smile at the warrior.

'Do not ask him to turn you!' Halle growled suddenly at her brother, 'I promise if you ever ask him to make you different from us, I will never speak to you again!'

Chuckling, Jason used his free arm to pull his sister closer, 'I have no intention of being a Vampire sis' he replied in a soft voice, 'I like being a Werewolf, though the thought of all that quiet does have an appeal' he added with a smirk as Halle punched his arm. 'So does this mean that the Vampire/Werewolf feud is over?' Leo asked apprehensively.

Viktor shook his head, 'unfortunately not, Halle is still betrothed to Vallance'

'Well they could just break it now as Vallance has found his mate' Leo argued.

Viktor gave the Beta an apologetic smile, 'it's not about rejection, its about the castle. When they left, Halle and Vallance made an oath to return, that is how they got out. The castle sees Halle as its property, she must go back!

'Over my dead body' Justin growled angrily

'Actually it would be over Halle's' Viktor replied, fixing the Alpha with a stern glare, 'If Halle does not fulfil her oath, she will die.

Staring at his daughter in horror, Justin whispered, 'there must be a way'.

'There is but first we must get Halle and Vallance back to the castle, it is the safest place for them, out here they are vulnerable' Viktor said standing up, 'I have a lot of enemies Alpha, and they will happily use my son against me. I am just glad that I decided to check on him before I retired tonight or things could have been a lot worse.

'Oh they are Viktor' came a soft voice from the shadows of the trees, 'they are so much worse than you ever imagined!

Stepping out from the trees, the old crone cast her gaze around the group, a smile playing at her lips.

'Agnes' Viktor hissed angrily, 'what are you doing here? Our business is complete.

'No Viktor, your business may be complete, but mine? Mine is only just getting started' Agnes replied as she gestured her hand and other witches appeared around them, each one holding their hands out chanting a ritual as Agnes threw something at the floor causing a shimmering shield to encase them all. Looking around, Viktor tried to move but couldn't, 'what is this?' he demanded as Agnes cackled.

'Just a precaution Viktor, I don't want one of your minions trying to attack me as we have our chat, that white wolf blood I traded you? Lets just say I kept a little bit back and it gave me the ability to produce this special little shield that none of your underlings can penetrate. My sisters here are casting a spell to stop any of you moving until our task is concluded' Agnes whispered, her eyes glittering with excitement.

'What white wolf blood?' Justin asked attentively.

Turning to the Alpha, Agnes gave him an evil grin, 'why the white wolf blood that your warrior traded with me for a potion to make a teenage Alpha to be, forget all about her family and friends.' she replied softly.

His eyes wide, Justin gasped, 'Graham? He gave you Isabella's blood?'

Agnes' smile widened as she saw the pieces clicking into place in the Alpha's mind, 'don't blame him Alpha, he had no idea what I planned for that little trade. That little pup thought I wanted it for my collection' she added with another cackle.

Turning back to Viktor, Agnes' eyes darkened, a rage burning within them as she looked at the Vampire with hatred. 'When Graham came to me and told me he had access to the white wolf's blood, I was ecstatic, a very highly prized item. So I made him a deal, a small vial of the most precious blood on the planet for a little spell to make the owner forget all about her past.

'But how did you know I would need it?' Viktor growled.

'Viktor, I have had my eye on your for centuries, biding my time, it wasn't hard for me to replace a little birdy who tweeted in my ear that the young Prince was getting older and was still without his match. I knew you were getting desperate Viktor, and I knew you would come to me for answers. When you appeared at my door that night I already knew what you wanted and who you were seeking, but I went through the whole charade of searching via magic for your son's other half!' 'Then why didn't you just say it was the Alpha's son!' Viktor snarled.

Raising her eyebrow, Agnes' lip curled slightly, 'because I needed your son to leave the castle Viktor or I wouldn't be able to reach him, I knew that Halle being so young that either the Alpha would come and as the war raged, your child would emerge or that they would set out to replace their true mates, one of these would have brought him into my grasp' she said quietly

'Why do you want Vallance?' Viktor growled a slight panic to his voice.

'Because he is the last in your line, your most loved and cherished being and I want you too suffer Viktor' Agnes replied softly.

'Why are you so upset with Viktor, why are you doing this?' Justin asked finally struggling against his invisible bonds.

'Because he murdered my sister!' Agnes hissed, her eyes as dark as coal as hatred rolled off her toward the Vampire who glared back at her.

'I didn't kill her Agnes! She was killed by the humans' he roared back.

'No!' Agnes yelled, losing control of her emotions, 'you turned her Viktor, you made her like you and the humans were scared of her! I watched as they cut her head off all because you decided to make her immortal so she wouldn't be able to leave you! So now I'm going to make sure that you never turn another person into one of you!

Raising her hand, a syringe with a luminescent green liquid that shone under the light of the fire, glaring at Viktor, Agnes gave him a grin, 'this little concoction will wipe out the Vampire colony, every Vampire descends from your bloodline, either through birth or bite. You very kindly gave me the key to your own demise when you handed over your venom in exchange for that free pass into Oak Ridge and I used it to develop a serum that will destroy the venom that runs through you both from the first Vampire. Once I take out the last descendent of the original Vampire King, it will move to you and then to every other Vampire who will all cease to exist as their tether to the immortal world will be gone!

'Why not just use me' Viktor croaked as his eyes raked over the witches gleeful face, 'why Vallance, he is your nephew Agnes! Why would you hurt your sister like this?'

Agnes' face contorted into rage, 'he is not my sisters son! He is your spawn! I want you to suffer for what you did Viktor, I want you to stand and watch hopelessly as his life drains from his body before you are subjected to your own agonising death.

Suddenly lunging forward she grabbed Vallance by the neck and plunged the syringe into his jugular and pressed on the top, injecting the liquid slowly into his vein. The boy's eyes widened slightly before he started to scream in pain. Lowering him to the floor she stepped back as the Vampire prince screams echoed through the trees mixed with Jason's who's own cries tore from his body at the pain of watching his mate that lay in agony at his feet.

Looking around the group, Agnes gave a small wave to Viktor, 'Now our business is complete Vampire, I'll see you in hell.' before she threw a second vial to the ground lifting the barrier and the witches all disappeared into thin air.