Staring at the two in the room, Harry was overwhelmed with emotions. He was bitten. By a vampire. Was that was he just heard? There was silence in the room, no one moved and no one spoke, they just stared at one another..waiting. Harry assumed they were waiting on a reaction from him, but he didn't know how to react. He was pissed, but more than that, he didn't really understand what this meant for him. Was this their way of saying he was going to die?
It was just never going to be over was it? His life was cursed with death and hardship until he finally did die right? Every year through Hogwarts, the year he left Hogwarts to search for Horcruxes, the year he spend alone after graduation and trying to repair the damages to the world, and the year he was currently spending with his girlfriend who made him feel two inches tall every time she spoke...and now, he was bitten by a teenage vampire, he was being told he was going to die.
Story of his life.
"Merlin.." Harry finally spoke, rubbing his eyes, he wasn't even scared this time around. He's had a death waver over his head and the grim reaper following him for the past 18 years of his life, finding out that death was on the plate again...well welcome to the Harry Potter show. "How long do I have then?" Harry asked, maybe he could at least talk to Ginny let her know he didn't mean to leave her hanging like this, he didn't want to die with her angry at him. Or in the least, thinking he was still angry with her.
The Alpha looked Harry over, with a raised eyebrow. As if the man was unimpressed with Harry's words, but then again, what was there to be impressed with? What could Harry have said that made the man look at him like that? Was it not a normal question for a dying person to ask? Alex spoke up finally, seeing Harry's confusion and distress on his face. "You would choose death?"
"Choose? No I would not bloody choose death, but looks like I'm out of options right? Did you not say a vampire bite was fatal?" Harry countered, getting angrier as he spoke to the older man, how dare he actually turn the tables on him? "I didn't choose to get bit, I didn't choose for your little vampire to loose control, I sure as hell didn't think that me coming here..or wherever hotel you run, would result in my death."
To the side of the room there was a snort, and both The Alpha and Harry turned to look at Aeron, The Alpha with a raised eyebrow, waiting on any kind of enlightenment that the vampire would like to share. Harry just glared, irritated with getting made of fun of. "Sorry Alpha, just, he is seriously choosing death over power. I told you I could just finish him when I called you."
"And I told you that Josh wasn't supposed to be around, want to explain how he even came to the room?"
"How in the hell did you think I was going to get Harry Potter out of the hotel and into the house without Josh seeing I was missing? He came and found me. I can't help that everyone saw wonder boy walk into the building, Josh probably was jumping over himself to get an autograph or something." Aeron came back with honestly, his mate was always going to be a bookworm, always going to thirst for knowledge, so when the Hero of the Light walks in, of course Joshw would know where he was. "I can't help that you raised a smart kid, if you had made him stupid, then I could have gotten around him." The vampire came back with easily, complementing The Alpha and defending himself all in one go.
The Alpha rolled his eyes, but couldn't help but be inwardly impressed with how Aeron waved off what had happen with complementing the Alpha and his son, which really was just the smart thing to do. Looking to back to their victim, "You don't have to die though, and you understand that we are telling you this because we want you to hear us out. We will let you leave here, just as you are. You will die, yes, but that is your choice. I'm sorry that I will probably send some men with you, just to make sure that you don't cause me harm because you were attacked in my hotel..Or we can turn you. Train you. Help you to get back to be the best you can be in your situation."
"So either I die or join your crazy life here?"
Letting out a defeated sigh, Alex stood up, "You have until symptoms start showing up really. Why don't you stick around for a little while, until then, if you want to leave after you see what I can offer..then that choice is yours."
"If I declined would you give me my wand back and let me leave?" Harry fired back with a glare, he was not scared of this man, even if the vampire in the back of the room was. Harry had never even heard of him, so he obviously wasn't that big of a deal. He was just another Lucius Malfoy, just without the blonde and fame.
Thinking it over, The Alpha offered Harry some incentive. "I'll make you a deal Mr. Potter, you stay here. See what life is like here, just until your symptoms show...and if you still wish to go home afterwards, I'll turn myself in as the reason you were attacked. We'll leave Aeron out of this, because he was my responsibility, but it should give you some justice."
"How do I know you're not lying?"
"Aeron will witness. I'll vow to it."
"Alpha you can't do that! What about Josh and Casey? What are you thinking?!" Aeron jumped in, unable to let this fall further out of control then it already was going. He couldn't let their leader fall because of this boy, he wasn't important to their cause and they could figure out another way. But they couldn't lose their Alpha on a gamble like this!
It was then did The Alpha finally come out, he grabbed Aeron by his very crisp dress shirt, "You will either do it, or you will leave. Why don't you go ahead and send Jagger in here instead? Do as your bloody told for once, so we can get through this without another fuck up. Okay?" The Alpha snarled at the vampire, inches from Aeron's face.
Aeron glared at The Alpha, but nodded nonetheless. "Fine. I will witness. But if this goes south, so does the cause." Turning his glare to Harry, he brought out his own wand to start the vow between The Alpha and the boy who lived. "Well, get up! We haven't got all night." Aeron snarled, officially finished with the newbie.
Harry watched the altercation between the two males, before he did stand. This man was going to put his life on the line to show Harry what it was like to live as creature? That sounded asinine, to the other boy too if anything was to go by. But the only thing was, if The Alpha turned himself in when Harry decided to go home, then he would live. True the vow. It sounded more than fair to Harry. Life for a life right?
Moving his arms out to the older man, they grabbed each other near the elbow as Aeron waved his wand over them with the indication. Then with no choice, Aeron started to speak the binding words.
"If Harry should choose to go home after symptoms, will you let him?"
"I will."
"If he should choose to go home, will you keep your promise to turn yourself in as the reason he was attacked in your hotel?"
"I will."
Aeron turned the tables, knowing that they can't be released until Aeron releases the binding, he turned to Harry, "Will you stay until your symptoms are at their worst, to give the offer you're being offered a chance?"
Harry was taken back by the turn of the tables being spoke to, but he couldn't let go and he couldn't deny even to himself that he it was a fair question. "I will."
"Will you in the least try to see what you are being offered to see and not just try to stall the time until you are able to leave?"
"I..I.." Harry didn't like that question, it could go any number of ways, he can't control if he wants to go home, but that wasn't the question. He can try. He will. "I will."
Aeron ended the binding spell, and he was not looking forward to explaining this to Josh. It was not going to be easy, but then again, maybe The Alpha would be able to get through this without a hitch. Maybe. The vampire was not certain, and he didn't want to gamble on this, but he did offer the best way he could to give their Alpha a chance. Who was he kidding. "Josh is going to kill me."
The Alpha hummed thinking about Casey downstairs, perhaps it would be best if they didn't mention it at all. "It'll be our little secret." Aeron nodded, as if he had a choice in this at the moment.
They both looked at Harry, before The Alpha grinned. "So food?"