Chapter 0126
Lola
I’m not used to living in such a big place. The castle is too big. I don’t know why people want to live here when it takes forever to get from one room to another. I know vampires move fast, so it might not be a problem for them, but I have short legs and climbing all the stairs is not fun.
Emory doesn’t agree that they need to install elevators in the castle, but she’s taller than me and doesn’t understand how hard it is. I don’t like being out of breath because I want to go to her room or visit the library. I like the library a lot because most of the vampires seem to avoid it, and the librarian is really nice. Miss Willow is usually the only person at the library, and she recommends books to me and even sits down and talks to me if I ask her questions.
She’s seated at her desk and looks up when I come near here. She gives me a soft smile in greeting. Miss Willow is pretty, and she’s not mean like some of the other vampires. She doesn’t say nasty things about me behind my back.
“Hello, Lola,” she says. “Have you finished the book you checked out already?”
I hand her the book I’m holding, and she takes it carefully. “I read through it last night after Emory told me to go to sleep. I just had to know how the story ended.”
She smiles and places the book on the trolley. I follow her as she pushes the cart toward the shelves to the right to put away my book and a few others.
“You read fast for your age,” she comments.
“I didn’t have much to do at home so I would read a lot,” I tell her. “Luna Helen didn’t let me watch spend much time with the other children. She said I didn’t need to have friends.”
“Who’s Luna
“Who’s Luna Helen?”
“Emory’s mom. She doesn’t like me very much.”
Miss Willow’s eyebrows furrow. She looks concerned. “Why do you think she doesn’t like you?”
“Well, it’s because my dad is mated to her, and he had me with my real mom, so Luna Helen sees me as a’tragedy.“”
“She said that to you?” Miss Willow asks. She looks upset. “She told you that you’re a tragedy.”
I shrug. “Emory always told me that people who are hurt will hurt other people to make themselves feel better. I think Luna Helen was really hurt by my dad, and that’s why she was mean to me.”
“She still shouldn’t have been mean to you. It’s not your fault what your father did.”
“Yeah, but nobody ever blamed my dad for anything before ‘cause he was the Alpha. Now that Emory’s the Alpha, everyone is angry at my dad. He did a lot of bad things.”
“They should blame him,” she agrees: “When people do bad things, it’s important that they’re held responsible for their actions.”
“Emory said that too. I thought I would miss my dad, but I don’t really. He never really liked to be around me much. He liked Emory and Colt more.”
Chapter 0126
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Miss Willow looks sad. She moves closer to me and runs her cold fingers through my hair. “He doesn’t deserve you. And you should know that it wasn’t right for him to treat you that way.”
“I know. Emory says sometimes men can be real jerks,”
She smiles. “That’s true.”
“What’s your dad like?” I ask. “Do vampires have dads?”
She hesitates before answering, “I wasn’t always a vampire. I did have a dad. A long time ago.”
“What happened to him?”
She turns me around slowly and guides me to a table with her hand on my back. I sit down, and she takes the seat across from me.
“It’s a sad story,” she tells me. “It’s related to how I became a vampire.”
“How did you become a vampire?”
I’m curious because some members of my pack have told me my whole life that vampires are all evil and heartless, but Miss Willow has only ever been nice to me. If she’s nice, then maybe not all vampires are bad. Otherwise, she would have to be secretly evil, and I don’t think she is..
