Hello, here is the continuation of She Wolf. You may need to read that series before reading this story. None of the characters in this story is real. So please read and then relax.
I want to thank Overstar for taking time to edit this chapter. Any mistakes found throughout the story, are no reflection on the gentleman that edited this story. Please do not allow any errors you may find to detract from the story.
Also I'd like to thank Navaura, MizT, and Donalde for beta reading this story for me. Also Boneams, thank you for your words of encouragement.
Chapter 3
"Cantar, you need my help? Give me one reason I should lift a finger to help you?" Thomas demanded. This girl was the bane of his existence. She made his life a living hell. To escape her, he moved to another continent.
"Listen, Thomas. I know I was a bit mean to you, but-" he scoffed.
"A bit mean. Really, that's what you call emasculating me, being a bit mean. Look, Cantar, what do you want?" he stared at her stunned. She had no idea how much she hurt him.
"I need you to analyze something. Do you still have your lab?" she asked as he stood staring at her speechless.
"Cantar, I am already doing important research on other things. I truly don't have time to entertain you. Now if you don't mind, I want you to leave." He insisted.
"You know what Thomas, folks in hell want ice water but they are shit out of luck. Now I know you despise me and really I could care less. I need your help. I will not leave until you listen." She took three vials from her bag. Thomas looked at them and then looked at her.
"Where did you get those? If that is what I think it is, then it's extremely dangerous." Thomas explained, his voice so low and still that Cantar froze. If he saw the bottles and reacted like this, then she had to know what was in them.
She took a deep breath and regained her composure. " Can you tell me what it is?" she asked, realizing what he'd said. Thomas was stock still. He wanted to refuse, but she seemed desperate.
The part of him that was raised to be a gentleman could not abandon her. He picked up the vials and said, "Come with me Cantar. This won't take long." She followed him to the laboratory in the back of his home.
"Now, if my suspicions are correct, one drop of this substance will destroy a full grown plant in seconds." Thomas stated. Donning a pair of latex gloves, he had Cantar to stand aside. Very gently with decisive precision, he took a small drop of the gooey substance and transported to the dark soil of the plant. Within seconds the leaves turned brown and the entire plant disintegrated right in front of them.
Cantar gasped. Whatever was in that vial destroyed a perfectly healthy plant, and her mother had been feeding father this for decades. Her heart pounded.
She's been poisoning him. She's trying to kill father.
She had to know.
"What will this substance do to a vampire, an old one?" she asked, fearing she already knew the answer.
Thomas looked at her, and took the rubber gloves off, disposing of them quickly. He then removed his glasses. As much as he despised Cantar, if someone was using this substance on another vampire, then it needed to be stopped. "Cantar, what is going on? Tell me."
"My mother has been feeding this to my father for decades. She told me it was protein and I believed her. But I learned that she has poisoned both my sister in laws and they can no longer carry a child. So I took the vials to see if my suspicions are right. She's been poisoning Daddy." After she said that, she sat on the nearest chair trying hard not to cry. Thomas stared at her dumbfounded.
"Cantar, if she has given him this for decades, then his life ends the moment he stops taking it. He will die if he does not drink her concoction. There is not antidote, and I cannot create one because the compound would be to explosive. I'm so sorry." He whispered, wishing just this once that he could be the hero. "However, this is not what she gave your brother's wives. There is a plant that is believed to cause miscarriages. It grows in the Amazon. If I can get a blood sample from them, I can test it to see if they have traces of the plant in their systems. " Cantar looked relieved.
"Really, can you hurry?" she gasped, relieved that maybe some good could be salvaged from this, "I'll tell my brothers." She stopped. The only one that listened was Kale, but even he might doubt her this time, "Thomas, come with me. I can't explain all of this and he'll understand you. You are a scientist, so he might believe you." She pleaded
Thomas looked thoughtful and answered, "Ok, but, we must hurry. Can you alert them that I am accompanying you? I don't want to deal with aggression. Male vampires are extremely aggressive when another male encroaches on their territory."
Cantar called Kale.
Kale, I found out something. I have a friend. He can explain. Can I bring him to your home?
she queried.
Yes, Cantar, Hurry.
Kale answered. Rising from bed to meet her in the library, he knew she had important information concerning mother. Within minutes Cantar and Thomas appeared. Brenwan was sleeping but awoke when Kale left their bed. She knew the situation was volatile, and she dreaded the fact that Kale would insinuate himself in the middle. She was shocked to learn of Esmeralda's treachery, and she felt horrible for Shari. However, she wasn't angry. She didn't want children. She had never discussed this with Kale because pregnancy never occurred for them.
But since he'd learned about the poison, she had to tell him the truth. Despite how she felt, she knew her mate, He'd spent his entire life trying to win his mother's love. But unlike others she recognized Esmeralda for what she was. She did not love her children. In truth, she didn't want children. She did care for Garrick, but that was because he was to replace his older brother. However, since he'd chosen to side with Gernick, her tolerance for him was gone.
Esmeralda was dangerous. She wanted complete rule, and she'd do whatever it took to get it. Brenwan heard Cantar and her friend arrive, and decided to join them in the library. When she entered, Kale was listening intently to the young man that accompanied his sister. "Hello, Cantar. Who is..." Cantar turned to face her sister-in-law.
"Brenwan, this is Thomas Macavi. He's a chemist. He analyzed the substance I found in Momma's closet. It's bad." She explained.
"Hello, Mrs. Ivanov," Thomas greeted Brenwan, "It's a pleasure to meet you. As I was explaining to your husband, the substance in the bottle is arsenic. It's deadly to humans, but harmless to vampires, unless the potency is increased. His mother has found a way to make it even more potent. She added a plant extract that causes hallucinations and dementia to vampires if taken in large quantities. The truth of it is, she is controlling your father because she has gotten him to become dependent on this drug."
"Wait, mother would not..." Kale froze. Over the last decades, he'd began to notice that father would become weak and mother always gave him a drink. No one else was allowed to drink from the goblet. Father would seem ill, then right after he regained enormous amounts of strength.
