Taming The Beast In Him

Roseline POV

I took a sip of the coffee, I was feeling its warmth as it burned down my throat, my heart was in chaos my head was a bit light, as I bored my eyes into his. I felt the need to take deeper breaths, I can't think properly at the moment when especially when the lurking thoughts of what happened to me two days ago.

I felt the hand of my brother, he was very close to me and my heart sank, while he gave me a very reassuring smile, he was looking at me comfortingly, then he caress my hand gently which made me smile. I then felt a presence by the door, I lifted a brow to see who it was, I had that dreading feeling that I have tried to ignore, I know how my mate easily gets jealous and I don't want that to happen, I then noticed that it was my mate, his fist was tightly clenched and his brows were raised in clear dissatisfaction. before I could say a word, he left abruptly, I was scared, I don't know what he might be thinking and I don't want us to fight at the moment, my mind was in chaos, I wondered what could have possibly made him angry.

That's when I noticed the awkward position that I was in with my brother, I immediately removed my hand, feeling awkward by the whole situation, I stood up while, feeling light-headed, I walked towards him in hopes to make amendments. that's when I came to notice that he was pacing back and forth, as he frowned.

"Why are you angry?" I asked, he turned to look at me and without a word, he left me standing there, I was a little bit infuriated by his actions, even though something felt a little bit weird, I attempted to recuperate my thoughts while wondering why he was taking things a bit personal.

"Why are you taking it personally?" I asked, already frustrated by his actions, he kept on walking towards the deeper part of the forest, I wondered why he was heading in this direction, but I kept following him In hopes to make things right with him.

"Please stop, we need to talk" I urged him, but he was infuriated, it was clear just by the way he kept on walking without bothering to turn back and look at me, I felt slightly guilty for being too close with my brother for that I want to apologize, He kept on walking and going even farther Into the forest, I desperately wanted to stop him from going any farther but he was hell-bent on achieving his aim, by stalking deeper and deeper into the forest.

I stopped walking before I pitched my nose, slightly frustrated, I took a whiff of the air, and that was when I Inhaled the deep murky scent lurking around him, I knew that was not the scent of Jefferson, my eyes pried open, looking at him deliriously, I could barely think straight, my emotions weres a bit but unnerving.

"Jefferson..." I called out gently, he then stopped walking, before he turned to look at me, he was now in a black tuxedo and his hair was a little darker than normal, his eyes were bloodshot red, his skin was a little paler, I was scared to the extent I was having the urge to turn back and run.

"Who... who are you?" I asked in a panic-etched voice, he smiled mischievously, before he came close to me, and had my hand in a vicious and predatory grip. I was scared when I bored my eyes into his, he then roughly pulled me, and leaned in for a rough kiss, I felt slightly enraged and guilty, and I felt like the little energy left in me was being stuffed out of me, I was struggling aimlessly to be out of his grip, but he was just too strong and I couldn't possibly fight him, I felt the raw urge to cry. I wondered why bad things kept on happening to me, a tear slipped from my eye before I heard the man brutally kissing me, stopped in his actions before he let out a husky groan.

The side of his lips was bleeding, he scoffed when he noticed the real Jefferson, I could understand, just by his sweet intoxicating scent, I found myself having the urge to pull back a little, which I did, my fist clenched to a tight ball, in response to what just happened, but I was feeling a little bit dizzy because of what happened to me.

I drew in a deep breath while trying to calm myself down. Then I saw that they were both fighting aimlessly, the man was groaning at the Insane strength of my real mate, and the fake Jefferson then transformed into his real self.

The fake Jefferson was now wearing a dark cape, his eyes were were bloodshot red, his skin was pale and his fist was tightly clenched, he sprawled his thin lips to a smirk, and his well-carved eyebrow was raised, he then cracked his pointed nose as his batted his lush lashes.

"Who are you..." I found myself asking in pure horror.

Heart-churning laughter erupted in the forest, while Jefferson was still standing there with his fist tightly clenched.

"Or rather who are you?" He retorts back to me, after taking a new breath to calm himself down.

My brows were furrowed at his question, before I could understand what was happening to me, he was close to me before he smashed his lips against mine, I wondered how he was so fast, he showed me how the way the vampire king had Jefferson in his firm grip and he bit down on his neckline and sucked down the flesh, And I noticed this familiar face was having a sinister smile while looking at the scene where the vampire king was about to bit Jefferson.

That's when I was able to notice the familiarity, he has the features of the vampire king, could this man be the son of the vampire king?

"I'm here to take revenge" his voice echoed before he disappeared.