The Emergence Of The Wolf - Completed

27. The Warning

When I saw the phone, I lost all my senses. I forgot about the urgency to get out of Arthur's home. All I could think about was calling my parents. The mansion didn't have phones in the hallway or rooms I cleaned. I remember looking and hoping to see one. Yet now, I had one right in front of me.

"It's useless and dangerous," Lea was shouting in my ear. But I didn't care about anything else.

My parents were old-fashioned and still had a house phone. So I dialed the number that my parents had not changed since I was in kindergarten, so it was burned into my brain.

Almost immediately after the first beep, I heard my mother's voice. It was a simple "Hello," and I felt my heart melting. All my worries were gone for a second, and I was a little girl again.

"Hi, Mom," all I wanted to say was, but I could not speak. Why did I call? I could not even think one step ahead. What was wrong with me?

I was about to hang up, but I still wanted to hear her dear voice.

But instead, I heard another person speaking. It made me freeze.

"Sabrina, I am at your parent's house and willing to do anything unless you return to where you belong. And if you are not back by nightfall, your parents will not see the sunlight tomorrow. Or instead, I could also bring them to the Agora for the blood supply we often require. What do you think I should do?" Mr. Jules said.

I could not believe he was at my parent's house. But, of course, he was! I was gone for almost two days from his mansion. I remember how he threatened me with their lives in the car when he kidnapped me and put the collar on me. Could he see where the call was coming from?

I dropped the phone like a poisonous snake. I could not let my parents die or be worth becoming live blood suppliers for the vampires. I knew then that I had no choice but to go back. I was a fool. I should never have run in the first place.

"What did I tell you?" asked Lea.

"Why did you not remind me that I can't even speak," I asked her.

"I thought you knew that. I could not imagine you would skip that little detail," Lea replied.

Maybe it's for the best. I can't have vampires take my parents. So, I know now what I have to do.

Lea and I kept on searching the house for an exit. We found that everything was locked and sealed. We had to go back as soon as possible.

"What if we break the glass window," she suggested.

"I think we might have to. I was worried that Arthur had an alarm system. I didn't want to repeat what happened in the mansion. I also wanted to get out of here without implicating him. So, it would be best to leave quietly. However, it might not matter." I told her. "If Arthur doesn't come back by sundown, we'll have to leave no matter what. I hope he understands that I need to go back. My parents' lives depend on it. And I don't even know what has been done to Jakob."

My heart was pounding. I was trying to figure out what to do next. Any step I took, except for returning to the mansion, would lead to more and more people getting hurt.

We kept roaming the house, looking for something. Eventually, I ended up in a relatively empty room, with a few couches and a glass table in the middle.

I decided to sit down, breathe, and clear my mind.

In the middle of the glass was a giant book with a gold binding. It looked antique. I was drawn to it for some reason.

That book must have been really special to Arthur for him to place it in this empty room. Was this some sort of vampire bible?

The book's title was "The Sacred Book of the Blood," stated in golden letters. However, there was other writing under it in some language I had never seen before, not even the symbols. So, I figured it must be vampire language.

I opened the book and started skimming through its pages.

Many of the first pages only had the same unfamiliar language, just like the cover. Then I saw pages with English next to the strange language started popping up here and there. Then eventually, more and more pages had both languages. I began to read the English paragraphs. I realized it must be a translation, but most of the book was not translated.

I wondered if Lea knew anything about the language, but she didn't.

I could not stop looking through the book and reading it. The first translation was this paragraph:

"After the Transfer, the laws were established:

The Elders' law:

The following articles must be followed

One - The Three Elders are to overview how the rest of the original laws are followed on Agora Island.

Two - In the case of any of the Elder's death, he is to be replaced with the next oldest vampire in the Agora

Three - The Elder can only be appointed if he has been able to read the original scripture. Otherwise, he gets disqualified, and his rights and responsibilities are passed to the next oldest vampire in Agora.

Then the translation was skipped, and I found the following text:

The wolf protection law.

The following Articles must be followed on Agora Island:

Two - The three clans have been chosen as the Master’s and the protectors of the packs of the werewolves in the Agora.

Three - The head of each family becomes the Master of the pack.

Four - If the Master dies, his first and oldest heir should become the next Master, inheriting all the lands and pack that the original Master owned.

Five - The werewolf must submit himself/herself to the Master from birth.

Seven - The Master must mark the werewolf as the contact between them.

Eight - The werewolf must be living under the Master's command.

Nine- Each werewolf has only one Master, and that contract can't be changed unless Master and werewolf both agree".

I remember some of those articles from my trial when I was almost put to death for breaking numbers Five, Eight, and Nine. However, they were not spelled out quite the same as in that dreadful place in front of the Elders' courtroom.

I also noticed that Articles numbers One and Six were missing. I kept looking at it, trying to make sense of it. I could see both the original and the translation. Each letter in the original language looked like some hieroglyphs chained together. Some signs looked like a wolf's head and some like a fang.

Then I heard the car engine outside. Did Mr. Jules' guards find me already because of the stupid phone call?