Chapter 3: Claire
Mates…. mated…. I was mated to Oliver and Myrnin, it was impossible and yet I felt them both inside me, their energy filled me with their power.
"But…. I…" I stuttered out not sure what to say…. what could I say?
Mating among the vampires was one of the most sacred thing in the entire supernatural world, to be mated to a vampire was to be the most treasured thing in that vampire's world. Human or vampire it didn't matter, a mate was a mate; a thing to be loved and treasured. Now here I was mated to not one but two men who were currently watching me as if the world had been laid at their feet or that one of the most beautiful things in the world was just given to them.
"I don't' know what to say." I finally said.
Ameile nodded as if she understood then turned to leave.
"I'll take my leave you three to complete your bond, congratulations to you all." She said and then was gone.
Turning to face the two men, I wrapped my arms around myself and wondered what to do next.
"Claire…." Oliver started then paused. "I…we won't hurt you."
I watched as Oliver carefully moved to stand infront of the lab table I have moved behind when Ameile had shown up.
"Tell us what happened…please." He said and I shivered at the sound of his beautiful voice.
Letting out a long sigh as I leaned back against the wall as I stared off into space, as memories of the past weeks played over and over again in my mine. Now that I was a vampire I would never forget anything, so that meant that until I got to a recall old age all of the horrible things that Shane had done to me would remain fresh in my mind, playing over and over again on a permeate replay.
"After Frank died…. Shane changed. He started drinking and I'm pretty sure he is doing drugs, he would be fine one day then the next he would go out and come home pissed off." I said calmly. "He would start off with the name calling then he would beat me."
Myrnin snarled and Oliver let out a hiss but I just kept talking.
"He never hit me when Michael or Eve were home, he didn't want anyone to find out. But a couple of days ago it started getting worse." I said as memories of Shane choking me into until I had blacked out came to mind. "I wanted to leave but I was afraid that he would come after me."
Oliver reached out and gently cupped my face and made me look at him, his dark eyes boring into mine. Once those eyes would have intimidated me but now they made me feel… safe cherished.
"I will never…ever let that boy hurt you again." He said in a flat tone that spoke of death.
I stared at him and I knew that Shane was as good as dead if I did do something now.
Shacking my head, I stepped back and away from him, and pulled myself up to sit on the lab table.
"Shane doesn't need to die Oliver, Shane needs serious help…I think it's the drugs messing him up. When he started drinking he would do it away from everyone and the only reason I knew he was doing it was because I found all of those bottles in his room." I said as I remembered confronting Shane about the drinking, remembered to how he had looked so ashamed but hadn't stopped.
Myrnin was in front of me then baring his fangs in rage.
"That is no excuse!" He hissed and placing his hands on my thighs began to slowly stroke them up and down.
"You belong to us! That boy doesn't get to hurt you! NO ONE IS ALLOWED TO HURT YOU!" he hissed.
Oliver tensed and made to pulled Myrnin away but I held up a hand to stop him, I was long since used to Myrnin throwing tantrums.
"I was the one who was hurt, I get to decided how Shane is punished." I said firmly, leaving no room to argue or debate.
Myrnin snarled and took off into the back room, the sound of objects smashing came not long after.
"You need to feed properly." Oliver said and taking my hand, helped me off the table and lead me towards the portal.
"Where are we going?" I asked as locations flashed by in a blur that I barely saw clearly.
"To my home, I can have some feeders brought there along with some clean clothes." Oliver said as a living room came into view.