"Big sister!" Beatrix ran into the living room, straight to the couch. Seeing that Lavana was unconscious, she looked at Carl with suspicious eyes full of wrath.
"Wait! Before you kill me, I'll tell you this. I did nothing to her. She fainted on her own." he said with raised hands in surrender.
"Hmph!" Beatrix focused her attention back on Lavana.
"Help me carry her to the room," she ordered but Carl retreated.
"What are you doing?" Beatrix asked, outraged.
This guy caused her to lose consciousness and wanted to shirk his responsibilities? That's not how it's done!
"I can't touch her, Beatrix," Carl confessed, looking distressed.
Remembering that loose ice chain around his neck. He was afraid that he'd be killed immediately if he went near her in the cruellest way possible.
"What nonsense! Come here right now and help me take her to the bed!" Beatrix barked.
"I can't, alright! You want her to kill me?"
"That means you're the reason she fainted? What did you do or say to her? It's your fault. Get here now."
"I can't. She or rather 'they' have forbidden me from touching her. What do you expect me to do?" he said in frustration.
"They? What 'they'?" Beatrix asked.
"Beatrix, she has 3 eye colours apart from her normal eye colour."
"What?" the little one exclaimed in disbelief.
"Not just that, she has different voices with the last sounding like a child. I really dare not to go near her. I will lose my life."
"Hmph! You're just making things up because you don't want to help, huh? Fine. Don't you worry, I'll do it myself and then we'll leave here immediately after she wakes up. And yeah, I'll wipe out your memory from age 2 till now. "
"Beatrix, that's unreasonable!"
"Who's unreasonable here is you, Mr Carl. It's your fault that she's like this." Beatrix spat and he facepalmed in annoyance.
"Alright! Do what you wanna do. I can't touch her. That's all I know." he walked into the kitchen.
"You..."
Guess she had no choice now but to make use of her witch sceptre. Lavana was unconscious. She'd never know.
She tapped twice on her index finger and the ring flew out of the finger. It transformed into her sceptre and she held it.
She looked at Lavana and sighed, closing her eyes, letting the sceptre leave her hand and just levitate.
"Oh Crystal ancestor..."
"Cough... Cough.." Lavana was no longer unconscious but hadn't opened her eyes yet.
Beatrix thanked her stars and immediately retracted the sceptre. It turned back to a ring and slid into her finger before vanishing.
"Big sister..." she ran over to Lavana who had already opened her eyes.
"Beatrix..."
"I was scared. You suddenly fainted."
"My mermaid spirit took over I guess," she said with a sheepish smile.
"Big sister..." Beatrix called after helping Lavana sit and drink some water.
"Yes, dear,"
"Mr Carl is irresponsible. I told him to carry you to the guest room but he didn't dare to. Instead, he made up lies about seeing 3 eye colours and hearing 3 voices. That's nonsense! I promised him that we'd leave when you wake up. I can't be here anymore. Let's go to my home." she said, looking pissed.
"Honey..." she called as she rose from the couch.
"Big sis?"
"Come with me," Lavana said and walked into the guest room.
"Okay," Beatrix said and obeyed.
But she wondered as to why Lavana's expression suddenly changed. It had better not be a bad thing.
>>>>>
When she saw that Beatrix had entered, she closed the door behind her and locked it.
She headed to the bed and sat on it, beckoning on Beatrix to do the same.
When she did, Lavana sighed.
"Big sis.... is there any problem? Your face doesn't look good." the little girl looked worried.
"Nothing is wrong, Beatrix. I just want to let you know something. Remember, I told you I'm an Omega."
"Yeah. But you turned out to be a mermaid. You lied."
Lavana smiled sheepishly.
"And I also told you I was trapped in a pack before escaping."
"Yeah." Beatrix nodded.
"Well, in a pack there are werewolves. I told you I'm an omega. I never lied to you about that."
"Eh? I don't understand. Are you trying to say you are an Omega and also a mermaid? Does that make you a hybrid?" Beatrix asked in confusion.
"I'm not a hybrid. I'm a tribrid." Lavana confessed.
"Like three identities?"
"Yeah." Lavana nodded.
"What? That can't be. Hybrids are seen as an abomination, and you say that you... you are a tribrid? This... You must be pulling my leg again, right? Hahaha! You must be acting again. Seriously big sis, if you want, you can be an actress on tv." Beatrix tried to laugh it off but Lavana's face remained serious.
"I'm not joking, little sis. I'm indeed a tribrid that is why I have a blur when you found me on the first day."
"I thought... You're really a tribrid?" Beatrix found it hard to believe.
"You want proof?" Lavana asked. Beatrix nodded. There were cases of hybrids which were already rare and now Lavana's claiming to be a tribrid!
"Alright. I'll show you." Lavana closed her eyes for a short while. When she opened them, Beatrix got off the bed. Lavana now had claws in replacement of her fingernails and her canines had elongated into fangs.
"Gosh! You are an Omega." the little one was convinced now. The eyes looking back at her did not belong to a mermaid but a wolf.
Lavana closed her eyes again and the features retreated. When she opened her eyes again, Beatrix gasped. Before she could say a word, Lavana's eyes returned to normal.
"You..."
"What do you think?" Lavana asked.
"You really are a tribrid. Then Mr Carl... he was right about seeing three different eye colors and... and hearing 3 different voices?"
"Yeah. I have a wolf spirit, a mermaid spirit and a dragon spirit."
"Dragon?"
"Yeah. Dear, I know this is a lot for you to process."
"Big sis," Beatrix touched Lavana's skin.
"How did all three features fit into your skinny body?"
"Amazing right?"
Beatrix nodded.
"Do you think I'm a taboo?"
"No, no," Beatrix shook her head vigorously.
"How could I ever think that? I think it's cool. I'll keep your secret safe for you big sis." she said and then hugged Lavana's stomach.
"I'm sorry for doubting you earlier."
"Beatrix..." Lavana placed her hand on the little girl's head and caressed it.
"You're my only family, so I want you to know about me."
Beatrix nodded.
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30 minutes later, Lavana came out wearing a black t-shirt and beige floral skirt. She walked to the living room and saw Carl seated on the couch, thinking.
"Mr Carl..."
Hearing her voice, he came back to reality. He quickly rose and walked to the back of the couch.
"You... why are you behaving this way?" Lavana asked in confusion.
"I'm sorry for spewing out your secret, miss Lavana. Don't kill me."
"What? Why would I want to kill you?" she asked in confusion.
At this time, Beatrix had also arrived at the living room with folded arms.
Lavana looked at her.
"Did you threaten him?"
"Er... I only said I'd wipe his memory from age two and then we'll leave. That can't be counted as a threat, right big sis..." Beatrix blinked her eyes severally and Lavana sighed.
"Gosh! This kid..." she muttered and turned to face Carl again.
"Look, Mr Carl..."
"I don't need any explanations." he interrupted her, throwing a bank card on the couch.
"My money's all in there. You can take it. Please, just go. I swear on my life not to reveal your existence." he begged.
Lavana sighed.
"We don't need your money. We were going to leave, anyway. That ring in your hand; if you try to spill the secret of our existence, you will die." Beatrix spat.
"Big sis, let's go." she ran out of the apartment.
Lavana looked at the fearful Carl.
"Whatever we did to make you pissed, I apologize and thank you for the clothes you bought for us and the food and for sheltering us. I will always remain grateful for your kindness. I understand how you feel. Don't worry. You won't see us ever again and that ring... don't worry about it. She's just threatening you. I trust, though, that you'll keep your promise. Once again, thank you for everything. We're leaving." Lavana bowed and walked out of the apartment.
She found Beatrix waiting for her.
"Big sis... I'm sorry. I got us kicked out." she apologized.
"It's okay. We'll survive," she whispered, rubbing the little one's hair.
She nodded and hugged Lavana's thigh.
"Let's go." Lavana took her by the hand and they walked towards the stairs, climbing down slowly.
When they got to the last stair, they heard a manly voice.
“Wait!”
The voice was familiar.nIt belonged to Carl.
What did he want?
“Big sis, let's go.” Beatrix urged.
“Let’s wait for him; after all, he's the one who housed and fed us with delicious food. Waiting for a few minutes won't hurt, alright!”
“Okay." Beatrix nodded.
Soon Carl got close to them but he kept some distance. He was away from them by 3 staircases.
“If you don't want the card, then at least take this. I'll keep my promise and if by chance… things don't go too well for you... you guys can come to my restaurant and eat for free.” he said.
“No, Mr Carl, you've done enough. We don't need it. Thank you for everything." Lavana said.
“No, I insist. Please!”
“She said no need. Don't you get it?" Lavana's eyes had changed color and her voice was different.
An ice chain was immediately launched at Carl. He couldn't dodge it. The ice chain wrapped around his neck and started to tighten.
Beatrix was stunned.
She knew about her big sis' ice ability but had never seen her voice change. The temperament and aura were different from the normal Lavana that she knew.
“Big sis…”she called out in uncertainty.
“Beatrix, once you get home. Lavana has to take her own path. If it's destined, you guys can meet again. And you, Carl…”
The ice chains immediately vanished as Lavana gained control.
“Gosh! Mr Carl, I'm so sorry. I…”
“Just take it and leave!” he threw the money at them and then ran up the stairs hurriedly, coughing as he did so.
“Now I see why he's more determined to throw us out. Who would want to live with the fact that he could be strangled anytime? He doesn't have the courage. Big sis, it's a waste to leave the money here.”Beatrix bent down to pick it but Lavana prevented her from doing so.
Instead, she launched a small fireball at the money on the staircase.
“I don't think we should take it. We will survive,”she said.
“Alright. Anything you say.”
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3 hours later.
They'd trekked along the road for such a long time. There was no cash with them and they were hungry.
“I told you we should have taken that money. It would have helped us a great deal.” Beatrix complained.
“It just doesn't feel right to me,”Lavana said as she held her rumbling tummy.
“How about we try the 'Dine and Dash' method?”
Lavana poked Beatrix's head.
“Why's that the only thing in your head?”
“How about we eat and wash plates like we did last time?" the little girl suggested again.
“No. Let's see if there's any vacancy for work. I will work. You can just stay close to me. When they pay the wages, then we can eat.”
‘Then, where do we sleep?”
“Well, that…”
Suddenly, a car splashed water at them. That spot on the road was bad and so contained muddy water.
“Hey! Are you blind? Look at such enormous space on the other side, you are intentional. I'm gonna…”
“Eish! Your temper is too hot. Maybe the person wasn't intentional.” Lavana chided.
"Hmph!" Beatrix folded her hands and her stomach grumbled loudly.
“I'm sure that it's not just the water splashed on us that's making you mad.”
“So what? A hungry person is an angry person.”Beatrix defended, unfolding her hands.
“I beg to differ. I'm hungry too but am I angry?”
The car that had splashed water on them reversed and the driver came out. It was a black-haired, tall lady wearing sunglasses, a blue chiffon gown and 4-inch silver heels.
“Hello, um… I'm really, really sorry. It wasn't intentional. I got distracted somehow…”
“Beatrix… run,” Lavana said and the two immediately started running.
“What the…” the lady was so shocked that she took off her transparent glasses.
Why did they suddenly run away while she was apologizing? Was she that scary? Was anything on her face?
She took out a mirror from her gown's pocket and checked her appearance.
There was nothing out of the ordinary… wait! What was that smell?
Her eyes widened and she looked at the two whose figures had almost disappeared.
The older one was an Omega. How could she not know it immediately?
What was an Omega doing out here in the human territory? Did she have a tragic backstory like maybe… she escaped from a pack? Her pack needs more people and she was willing to recruit this Omega before she turned rogue. Rogues are mostly not willing to join a pack considering their experiences. Instead, they want to destroy packs. She took off her heels and started racing in the direction that the two had fled.
She didn't know about the younger one. Maybe a normal human girl or a little unshifted Omega but she's got to rescue these two before they fall into the wrong hands.
Lavana had carried Beatrix on her back so she could run faster. She was like a blur.
She turned her head for a moment and gasped.
That lady was about to catch up to them? No, she couldn't allow it to happen.
She'd escaped from Ralton pack. She didn't want to go back there again until she was strong enough to ruin them all.
So she had to run!
But no matter what detour she took, the lady was still behind her. They got into a lonely road and she was checking constantly to see if there was anywhere she could enter. A water body would have been best.
“Stop there!” a figure suddenly appeared in front of her, causing her to halt.
She saw it was the lady that was on their tails.
When did she get past them?
“You two…” before the lady could say another word, Lavana turned around to flee but she quickly held her hair, causing her to stop.
“Leave us alone,” Lavana yelled in frustration.
"You are an Omega. Why are you two out here all alone? Do you know how dangerous it is?" the lady asked.
"Stop pretending to be kind. I know your intentions. If you don't let go of my hair this instant, I will burn you to the death." Lavana spat.
"Hey, Hey. Calm down, honey. I'm not out here for your life. I'm here to protect you instead. How about this? I swear to the moon goddess that I have no bad intentions in my heart. If otherwise, may I be struck by thunder." she vowed with her hand on her chest.
"Is that enough to convince you?" she asked.
"No. I don't trust you. It's better to be alone." she refuted.
The lady sighed.
"How about I treat you guys to a meal? There's a restaurant nearby," she asked, trying out her luck.
Hearing the word 'Meal' from the lady, their stomachs grumbled and the lady chuckled.
"Seems your stomachs trust me," she commented.
"Lady, we don't know each other and don't owe each other anything..." Lavana was interrupted by the woman.
"Yes, we do. We know each other. We recognize that we are werewolves. I owe you for splashing water on you guys, and you owe me an explanation."
"Nonsense logic." Lavana put Beatrix down.
"If you don't leave this instant..."
GRRR! GRRR!
Her stomach was making its needs known, not minding the situation at hand.
It made her embarrassed but she still had to put up a bold front.
"I happen to have some biscuits here." the lady took out some biscuits from a small container and ate one.
She extended one to Beatrix.
"No, I must not be tempted. I must not fall for her trick." she repeated in her head but her stomach and hand were too honest.
Before she knew it, the biscuit was already in her mouth.
"Beatrix!" Lavana chided. How could she just accept snacks from strangers? This lady here was no ordinary stranger but a werewolf, alright!
"We can't escape that far with empty stomachs. Besides, she'll catch up with us in no time." Beatrix said in defense of her actions.
"You..." Lavana was rendered speechless.
"Let me treat you guys to a meal. What do you think?" the lady asked.
"You promise to let us go after that?" Beatrix asked as she collected another biscuit from the lady.
"Well, I could find a good apartment for you guys or you can come stay at our pack. It's small but we are all family.
"Family... Beatrix, let's go." Lavana took Beatrix's hand.
"Don't go. If you don't want to stay in our pack, I can at least get you guys somewhere to live." the lady looked troubled.
"And what in the world makes you think we are homeless?" Lavana retorted with arms folded.
"Can you guys stop this fight? Big sis, this is practically free food. We don't need to try the dine and dash method anymore. I'm Beatrix and this is my big sis, Lavana."
"Oh? I'm Magnolia Hernandez of Blood Star pack. Nice to meet you." she extended her hand to them.
Beatrix shook the hand with both hands.
"Same for me and big sis. So where is the place to eat? I'm dying here." Beatrix said in a loud voice.
"I was going there, anyway. Let's go together. Please?" she winked at Lavana who eventually gave in.
"Alright. But if you try anything funny, I'll deal with you." Lavana warned.
"You have my word, hun. Let's go, shall we?" Magnolia pointed backwards.
Lavana nodded with her belly grumbling.
"Have one. It's delicious." Magnolia gave two biscuits to her.
"Thanks." Lavana said as she put one in her mouth.
Her eyes widened in awe.
"Isht sho guud." she said, quickly putting the 2nd one in her mouth and licking her hand.
"Let's hurry. I'm afraid my stomach is empty too."
Lavana squatted and Beatrix got on her back.
She looked at Magnolia and they both nodded before racing back to where they had come.
When they got closer to the car, they greatly reduced their speed so that others could see them.
Arriving at where the car was, Magnolia took out her car key from her other gown pocket.
She pressed a button and opened the back passenger door for them.
"Thank you," Lavana said as she let Beatrix enter first before her.
Magnolia then closed the door and walked over to the driver's side and then opened the door.
She got in and looked at the two, who were admiring how beautiful the car was.
"It's been over a decade since I got in a car," Lavana mumbled.
"Well, you are in one now and may be in one as often as you want," Magnolia said.
Lavana didn't reply.
Magnolia fastened her seat belt and encourage the two to do the same.
Lavana had a bit of an issue with doing this, so Beatrix helped her out.
"So we're all set?" Magnolia asked.
"Yep. To the food!" said Beatrix, causing Magnolia to laugh.
*******
Yum Yum planet.
This is a top-notch restaurant. It took the trio 19 minutes to arrive here.
Now that they were in and already seated, a waiter came to them with the menu and Magnolia ordered the dishes she wanted, then she gave the menu over to Lavana. She saw the words but couldn't make any sense of them, so instead of stressing herself further, she just gave it to the little one.
"Well, we'll have this and this and this." Beatrix pointed at the dishes and the waiter wrote them on the small notebook.
"Is that all?" he asked.
"Yeah." said Magnolia.
The waiter took back the menu and walked away briskly.
"So, you can just call me Maggie for short."
"Rix." said Beatrix.
"Okay. I'll call you Rix for short. How about you?" she looked at Lavana.
"Lava." she said.
"Okay. Rix, Lava. So where are you guys from and where are you going before I met you two?"
"Er... we had nowhere to go. We were just..."
Lavana quickly covered Beatrix's mouth with her hand.
"She's just a kid."
Beatrix put down Lavana's hand.
"I'm a little lady." she protested.
"How about this? I'm 23. How old are you two?" Magnolia asked.
"19 and she's 5." Lavana replied for both of them.
"Okay." Magnolia nodded. "So after we're done eating, you guys can pay."
"Eh? What do you mean?" Beatrix stood up from her seat.
"You know we clearly can't afford..."
"Shh. Sit down, little sis." Lavana signalled her to sit and she reluctantly did so.
This lady wanted them who had no coin on them to pay? This is a top-notch place. Them two were the only ones who looked like street rats. The rest had cars and walked in wearing lavish clothes and accessories. Here they didn't have any money...
"What do you want?" Lavana asked.
If it comes to worst, she'd just burn this lady to death. She's killed 3 f*cking vampires, alright. Magnolia will not even be number 5 on her kill list if she were to add the deceased teens from Ralton pack.
"Hey girl. Calm down. I know you must have this backstory that you don't wish to share with me. That's fine. I could give you guys a really nice apartment and the material things you desire, as long as it's within my power. But what about other wolves attacking you. Forget about rogue wolves. Since you are packless, then you may face the chance of becoming a rogue yourself. What about your little sister? Would she..."
"Stop. Just stop it, Maggie. If eating this meal and letting you pay for it means that my sister and I would have to sacrifice our freedom, then no way." said Lavana.
"I was just joking earlier about you guys paying for the food. I..."
"Your orders are here." the waiter had come back carrying two trays filled with food. Another waiter also came with him carrying two trays.
The first waiter gently put the food down from the four trays, arranging them in an appetizing manner.
Beatrix could barely hold back her drool at the sight of this delicious food.
But she couldn't eat this time without Lavana allowing her.
"Just eat, Beatrix. The ones on our side are all yours."
"Eh?" Beatrix's eyes widened.
Her big sis said she wasn't hungry? At this moment, Lavana's stomach chose to grumble again, announcing that it had nothing left to tap into.
"Big sis..." she tugged on Lavana's skirt.
"I already said you should eat."
"Lava, you don't always have to be like this. You see..." Magnolia got interrupted.
"How about I satisfy my stomach first?" she said while putting a spoonful of the food in her mouth.
Her eyes widened in amazement.
Magnolia sighed and prepared to eat her food.
Maybe it was better they take it slow for now. This Omega's past must have been really tragic, such that she'd closed her heart to any so-called help. To open her heart would not be easy.
She glanced at Beatrix who was happily eating her food, humming an unknown tune.
"Maybe she might be the key?" Magnolia thought.
A/n:
So next month updates should be better than now. My other book, Alpha's luna's a Fae-siren mage is coming to an end. Thanks for your support. I loe you all. Accept my kisses :)