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"Just that"

"Yeah and when Douard chased one of them, another attacked me and I got hurt while running away."

Sam said, whimpering even now.

"You are that weak!"

Betty exclaimed.

Turning towards Martha, she twitched her eyebrows.

'Not again!'

Martha looked the other way, not wanting to carry that nonsense on.

'Why would you tease me with Sam? He is not even my mate.'

'Huh?!'

'MATE!'

Her wolf inside bulged and reacted to the thoughts and words of Martha.

Soaring her eyes everywhere, she couldn't sense to whom her wolf reacted.

Her eyes stuck on certain someone.

'Am I dreaming or what? Is it really going to come true?'

Her thoughts filled with questions and confusion, she only stared.

"W-what are you looking at?... Did I do anything wrong now?"

Sam stammered.

"Nothing!"

Martha looked the other way.

'He mustn't be. I don't want any vampire in my life.'

Her thoughts even more grimaced.

'Grrr…'

Her wolf growled again violently.

'Tch! My fate.'

Her expectation and destiny rivaled.

"I am tired."

"Yeah yeah with the thoughts and stress. Go rest up. Tomorrow might bring you a beautiful day."

Betty teased her giggling up.

"Look at Sam blushing before going."

Martha turned only to find her heartbeat go faster and gaze at the blushing face of Sam.

'Urrrgh!'

She is pestered enough to burst in anger and go rampant.

But…

"Good night!"

A simple blow of words from Sam's mouth, changed the course of her emotional drive.

Looking at his baby face blushing and red eyes, she paused to her step unknown.

'Bathump'

'Bathump'

Her heart beat raised and became violent.

'Grrrr…'

As that was not enough, her wolf growled softly.

'What?! Why? Please! not this.'

Her thoughts were totally messed up and heart was totally tangled with his words.

She stood frozen.

Blinking and only the face in front, even though she wanted to walk away, her feets didn't obey.

'Thud!'

She fell to her knees.

The urge of smell and presence of her future mate in front and only resisting drove her to her very corner and made her shattered out into her senses.

"What happened? Are you fine?"

Douard asked.

Gliding up the eyes to him, she only looked helplessly.

"I can't. I don't want to. My damn feets. Argh! This fucking heart."

Her words are clear and sound in her claim.

She is resisting for a vampire but destiny played some foul play.

She thought.

"May I …."

Sam was not even finished…

"NO!! Not you. Stay away."

Martha screamed.

"I am sorry!"

Betty felt guilty teasing her but…

"My wolf. It's not obeying me."

Martha wailed up.

Even though her calm and composed appearance, she seemed troubled just to maintain her voice.

"Mother… Sam whom she is pointing to… that vampire there must be her mate."

Geld said to Alene's mind.

'What?!'

"How can that happen? It's unbelievable."

Alene panicked inside.

"Calm down mother… She is a vampire too. That's why her vampire is trying to bond with Sam's vampire. Her wolf, on the other hand, is his mate and Sam too has fallen in love. Too bad. That she is trying to resist."

Timothy in his usual maturely manner telepathically informed Alene.

'So strange. I thought I was only a hybrid here but…'

"No. she doesn't have a vampire but vampire venom which causes this mutation and urge when near another strong vampire or the blood inside recognizes it's partner."

Timothy cleared her misunderstanding.

'It is a very long night.' Alene thought.

"Martha, let me help you."

Frank approached her.

'Tzzing'

"Ouch!"

"What's that?!"

Betty exclaimed.

"I felt a sharp shock from her body. She is really frustrated and her wolf is rampaging inside."

Frank said with a shocked expression and…

"How can that happen?"

Ned asked.

He returned after a long trip.

He wasn't with us all the time.

"Ned! Look at martha."

Betty shouted.

"I know that."

He said with an expressionless face.

He knew what was happening.

"What triggered her! She can't stay like this for long. It will be fatal to her wolf."

He said.

"What is going on?"

Frank asked.

"M-may I say something?"

Sam stuttered.

"She needs blood."

"Blood!"

Betty exclaimed.

"What do we do now?"

Alene panicked.

But suddenly, Sam jumped in front of Martha.

Everyone looked shocked.

"What are you doing?"

Betty shouted.

But Sam didn't listen and slowly neared martha.

He bit his wrist and made a cut.

Blood dripped and brought his hand over her mouth.

"Aaaah!"

Just two blood drops and Martha screamed.

Frank and Ned were having a hard time holding her but after drinking blood from Sam, they could relax.

'Whew!'

Wiping sweat off of his forehead, Frank stood up and sat near the fire.

"What really happened just now? Anyone will bother telling me?"

Betty asked.

"Betty!"

Alene called her.

"What?"

Alene just stood quiet after that.

"Don't tell me you also knew this?"

"No!. It's not like that."

"Then what's it like? Everyone seemed to have hidden anything from me. Don't you think there is something called ``believe in between."

"Betty!"

Frank called her in a deep voice.

She turns, but her heart races as she can burst at any time.

"I have actually hidden something from you all this time."

His voice deepened.

"What?"

"We're all hybrids."

Betty couldn't believe it, she was kept in the dark all this long.

"Hybrids!"

She mumbled.

'Hybrids! Then what am I?'

Her senses lost her and mind went blank at the thought of being a hybrid.

"Am I…"

"No! You are a pure-bred werewolf. And most others are."

Ned intervened.

"Ned! Jake and Adam are exiled. Proceed with our third plan."

"Oh! So soon."

"We will hold a naming ceremony in the temple. Let everyone sleep well and we'll depart after breakfast."

Betty fell to her knees.

Holding her face with shaky hands, she tried collecting herself but…

'I lived my whole life with a lie and…'

"Betty."

Douard approached her and placed his hands on her head.

"Let's go to sleep. I will explain everything tomorrow."

'Sob sob'

She grabbed his hands tight and eyes brimming with tears, she sobbed.

'Lift!'

Douard lifted her and brought in her tent.

"Tell me…"

Betty asked with a heavy heart.

Douard turns and looks at her eyes. Eyes filled with utter disbelief.

He sits down and explains…