98. The Betrayal Pt. 3

CHAPTER 98

The Betrayal Pt. 3

JACOB

~Further away ~

Deep within the dark and dank cavern, I've hidden my quarry. This plan's major downfall is the amount of guano from the bats. I hate bats. The smell of musty-ammonia alone makes my sensitive nose burn. But of course, Vladimir thinks this is the best place to hide Aurora. I force her mouth open and drop more of the elixir into her mouth to keep her sedated and me safe.

The male I tricked into helping me, I killed and dragged his body in the opposite direction of where the cave is. Hopefully, it throws them off my trail at least for a little while. I send two texts to Vladimir and to Tomas, letting them know I have Aurora. I also send a picture of her as proof that she's my prisoner.

Two messages come in, and both are from Vladimir, warning me of how dangerous Aurora is. She's drugged and harmless right now; I'm not the least bit concerned that anything is going to happen. Several hours pass and my brother shows up. I rush over and hug him, thankful he's safe.

"Back off, Jacob, where's the hybrid bitch?" Josef says with a snarl. He was always the mean one out of the two of us.

I motion toward the back of the cavern. "Vladimir told me to keep her towards the back so her scent can't be picked up easily." I smile at my brother, proud that I pulled off the abduction mostly by myself.

"Wipe that smile off your face; you look like an idiot. We need to poison this bitch and be on our way." Josef holds up the poison, and I can tell it's a lethal dose of wolfsbane and something silver.

"What's in the syringe?" I move closer and take it from my brother. I slide the contents back and forth, looking it over, trying to figure it out for myself.

"Wolfsbane and Dimethylmercury, the combination should kill her in a matter of hours. After all, she's just a white Lycan, and the fucking abomination needs to die." Josef spits on the ground, then looks at the back of the cavern and heads down to investigate how I have Aurora situated.

I look at the syringe in my hand and then towards the back of the cavern. Honestly, I didn't think we would be killing her; I don't believe in hurting females. I think back to how I had positioned her in sleep in the back of the cavern. Aurora looks like an angel, innocent and sweet. My mom used to say that still waters run deep, and we never know what's happening in the depths.

Josef returns and looks down at his phone, then back up to me. "Don't fuck this up, or Vladimir will kill us both over it." Josef looks at me with his eyes so full of hatred. I don't know what happened to him, but this isn't the brother I once knew.

Once Josef is gone, I walk to the back of the cavern. I stare at Aurora, and honestly, I can't kill her. I can tell the drugs are starting to wear off; she should wake up in the next few hours. I need to slow it down and slow her down at the same time. My eyes fall on the syringe in my hand. I have a total of five milliliters of poison, and it seems the majority of it is mercury.

Tears flow freely down my cheek as I come to the decision I've dreaded. I'm a dead man if I don't do Vladimir's bidding. I grip Aurora's arm and turn it so I can inject from below, keeping as much mercury out of the needle as I can. I push the mostly wolfsbane solution into her vein, trying to avoid the mercury. It'll slow her down and make her sick but shouldn't harm her too badly. I accidentally push a little of the mercury in and silently curse myself for my stupidity.

I withdraw the needle from her arm and sit on the floor with the remaining poison that I have decided to use on myself. I shake it up real good and inject the contents into my own vein. It's pretty fast-acting as I feel it getting harder to breathe. My veins are starting to blacken as a result of the mercury. Falling to my side as I look at Aurora, her veins are faintly blackened. I can only hope she's stronger than me. I use my finger to write I'm sorry before I close my eyes. My body slowly starts to shut down, and all I can think of is how sorry I am for what I have done.