YOU ARE THE ENEMY

As Adira and Shira were walking through the various hallways of the castle heading to Laura's workshop, it felt like Adira was back at the mansion.

Everyone they walked by, was staring at her, and murmuring to themselves. Just like the mansion, except this time it wasn't disgust she saw in their eyes, it was fear.

"Why is everyone whispering about me?" She asked Shira who was walking beside her. Shira glanced at her. "Imagine your father brought a complete stranger into your home to replace your mom."

"What?"

"That's how they are feeling."

"But I'm not here to take anyone's place!"

"I guess we'll have to wait and see about that." Laura came to an instant stop, right in front of a door, "This is Laura's workshop." She gestured to the door. "She does most of her potions here, we should find her—"

"Wait, isn't that Theodore!" Adira cut her short by gesturing to Theodore and beside him was Liam, the pack's beta, swiftly walking towards them, from the end of the hallway.

"Yeah it is…"

"And he looks angry…" Adira observed from the short distance. Shira glanced at her with no reply, and walked forward to welcome Theodore, getting there, she placed her arms around his neck and gave him a deep kiss.

"Babe, what are you doing here, I thought you were supposed to be out keeping those humans from finding our pack?"

Adira knew she shouldn't be jealous, but she couldn't help herself. She found herself wishing that Shira could just fall off the surface of the earth.

"Actually, that's why I'm here." He turned to glare at Adira. "Adira, we need to talk!" His voice tone changed, she could hear the anger in it. But what had she done?

"Is everything okay?" Shira gently moved her right hand down to his chest, she could sense the anger radiating from him and was trying to calm him.

"Everything is fine!" He aggressively walked out of her hands, over to Adira. "We need to talk!" He grabbed her by her wrist and dragged her away, leaving Shira standing there, feeling jealous.

Liam, who was still standing behind her, walked past her heading after them, but she hastily grabbed his hand pulling him back. "What is going on?" Her eyes filled with curiosity as she stared intensively at him.

Liam was loyal to Theodore, and certainly wasn't going to snitch on him. "Theodore would have to tell you that when he gets back!" He smiled and walked away.

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Theodore dragged Adira back up into his room, and locked the door behind him. He swiftly turned around, his anger well vivid in his eyes.

"What's wrong? Is this about the kiss yesterday?" She poured out. "It was you who kissed me remember, despite you having a wife to be, so I should be the one who is angry!"

"What? No! It's not that."

"Then what is it?"

"Why didn't you tell me!" He roared. "Why did you make me believe you were human!"

"W-what are you talking about? I am human."

He abruptly walked over, and held her forearms tightly, while glaring down at her. "Don't you dare lie to me!" One of Theodore's bad habits was his anger, an issue Adira was about to find out. "I have done everything to try to help you, and you betray me?"

"Theodore, stop it, you're hurting me!"

"Am I? Does it really hurt? I want you to feel it all, I want you to feel what I felt when I found out, that you were a f**king vampire!"

She gasped, forced herself out of his tight grip, taking a step back. "It's not what you think you think?" Her voice was so low, it was barely audible.

"It's not what I think? You say, then tell me what I think is wrong. Are you not a vampire who has lied your way into my pack!?"

"It's not like that.."

"Are you not one!!!?"

"Theodore, listen to me!" She walked forward and gently held his hand. "Don't you dare touch me!" He aggressively knocked her hand away.

"Theodore, I don't know who told you about my ties with the vampires, but I was already running away, cutting it off. That's when you saved me from the car crash, the reason I didn't follow you back then was so I wouldn't miss my bus, my only chance to leave that life behind."

"If you were going to get on a bus and leave, why did you go back to the forest looking for me? And do not lie, tell me the truth."

"No lies?" She took a deep breath and exhaled. "I didn't go back to the forest looking for you, I went back in there looking to escape my enemies that were after me…"

"So you didn't come back for me, she was right. You are nothing but a liar, and a manipulator!"

"Who was right? What are you talking about?"

"Aurora was!"

She gasped, shocked at how he knew Aurora's name. "How do you know that name?" Her voice low, wavering in fear.

"You know, I wouldn't leave your side all through the night, but when our patrolling unit spotted a group of humans who were heading our way, I was forced to leave and now that seems like a good thing, because I never would have met her and learned of your lies!"

"Met Aurora, how?" She pushed on.

"I met her in the forest!" He exclaimed and continued. "I had taken a few werewolves to help scare the humans from discovering our pack settlement. Only when we got there, we found out they were no humans. It was four vampires, headed by Aurora, that's how I met her!"

"Aurora…." She turned around, backing Theodore for a few seconds. "This far in the forest? could it be they are searching for me?"

"Yes, they are." He pulled back her attention. "But I made sure she knew that this was werewolf territory, our part of the forest and to trespass would mean war."

"That's good right!" She gushed in excitement. "That means they won't come here anymore and I am safe, I can stay here in the pack." A smile settled on her face.

"Even now, you are still so selfish..." His voice sounded so cold, it instantly killed the smile on her face. "Just thinking about yourself, not about what your being here can cause for the pack!"

"But I am—"

"That's enough Adira!" He yelled, cutting her short. "You cannot stay here, not while you are one of our biggest enemies!"