BLOOD LEGACIES
Chapter 207: Why They Came

Chapter 207: Why They Came

In a powerful deep tone that almost shook the house and worse my very bones. "You come here... into my home and blame my female for a monster appearance... you better have an explanation for this"

"Do you think we come here just to bear accusations?" Owen snapped.

"Owen!" Oliver hushed him but I could still see how pissed he was in his eyes, I swore they were completely black for a second there.

"We come here because we wanna know if Emma summon that creature or not"

"And how do you intend to do that?" Dace asked, sounding calm but I knew that was just a facade, only his grip around his waist showed how aggravated he is.

"I understand your anger Dace, but do not forget Emma belongs to our clan"

"Both" Emilia cut in with a smirk. "She chose both remember"

"I’m aware of that" he faces Dace. "We are here for her blood, we can tell from there if she summoned the Manticore or not"

"M-My blood?" I found my voice.

"Yes, Emma," Vanessa said. "With a little part of the Manticore we found and your blood we can know, I’m sorry but this is the only way"

I gulped.

"It’s but a harmless magic," Oliver said.

"A magic you will perform in my house," Camile said, stepping forward.

"Forgive us for the intrusion because I’m very certain your son won’t let us take Emma, so it’s best we do it here, to ease everything," he said.

"Is this really necessary?" I mumbled.

"It is" he faces me with an unreadable expression. "You dreamed of the Manticore, able to sense it way before us, we need to know that we are not making assumptions here. For all we know... another could be summoned and that puts this town in danger, Yes we have an army of werelions but that doesn’t mean normal people won’t get hurt"

His words hit me hard and before I knew it I stepped away from Dace’s grip.

"I will do it"

"Emma"

"I wanna know too" I faced Dace with pleading eyes. "If I’m the one who called this Manticore I wanna know, I can’t just stand still when I might be the cause of this" If this was the way to ease everyone’s mind and mine... then I will do it.

He remained silent at my words but I took that as a yes and faced Oliver, I was nervous... scared even, I will get to my own blood and something I wasn’t a fan of.

"So what do we do?"

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I took a deep breath as I stretched my hand forward to Oliver.

"Relax Emma, this will not hurt," Oliver said to me in a calm tone.

"Aren’t you gonna prick me or something?"

"He will use magic, it will be painless" Owen’s words caused my body to settle a bit but I was still shaken by the thought of seeing blood. I have seen enough blood for this week, and I think I’m already feeling sick.

I turned my eyes to Dace who watches me, his looks were unreadable but I knew he didn’t like this... but there was no other way than this, I was torn between two clans right now and it was something I signed up for when I said I chose both, I have to see to the end of it.

"Emma"

I faced Oliver back, having him do this made me nervous, if it was Owen I would have been relaxed.

"Ready?"

I nodded and clenched my pants tightly and leveled my gaze on the piece of skin of the Manticore on the table.

"Prerún vibréa..." he began chanting in multiple alien languages, like some thread was leaving me I watch as my blood flow out from my wrist like a thread, my eyes widen watching the wonder on display and I was unable to take my eyes away, I thought I might panic seeing my blood but I felt nothing, my blood fucking looks like a thread, well that was comforting.

As if not enough the skin of the Manticore glide to my blood circling around my wrist, both flowing in harmony.

"Naturally Manticores are attracted to blood," Oliver said. "Anything that stirs their instinct to kill"

I gulped.

"We will know if you summon it when both merge"

The manticore’s skin and my blood? I gulped again, watching the two circling things before me, my heart thrashing to the point I could even hear it, the whole room fell into chilly silence despite the people in it, and all eyes on me like a hawk made me feel like I would dissolve from their stares any second.

It got so long that my wrist was hurting and I was forced to look over to Oliver and hope he would see that, but he remained concentrated on the spinning piece before me, still waiting... but for how long?

"Oliver nothing is happening," Vanessa said finally cracking the silence and stating the obvious but Oliver remained still almost like he was still waiting for a chance.

"Dad"

He flinched before bringing his eyes to me and I could see it clearly because it made me frown, ’disappointment’ he quickly replaced with a smile.

"It’s answered, you were not the one who summoned the Manticore," he said waving his hand, and the skin turned to ashes and my blood was back inside me like nothing happened.

I rubbed my wrist, nodding.

"Sorry for the intrusion once again. There’s someone here in town who summoned that Manticore and it’s... not Emma"

"You make it sound worse," Emilia said. I give it to her for being super blunt.

"Emilia" Camilie shut her before facing Oliver with a smile. "I’m happy you got your answer and you can see clearly that Emma’s not the one who summoned it, we will do our best to find the real summoner"

"Yes... but we still can’t overlook the fact that she dreamed of this creature" his eyes were back to me and I felt uncomfortable. "Perhaps we will rule that as your abilities we’re yet to understand"

Silence filled the room again.

"Let’s go, Owen, we’re done here," he said, pivoting to take his leave.

Owen stood for a bit watching me and I went back, I couldn’t read his eyes and he couldn’t read mine either, I think it was for the best. He turned on his heels and left.

"Emma" I turned my gaze to Vanessa.

"I will be fine," I said to her with a forced smile and she sighed.

"Come home soon okay? I’m more at ease where I can see you"

"I understand"

She nodded before following suit.

"Hand it to them to make matters icy"

"Emilia Alexandra Devereaux" Camile scolded.

"What? They were the ones who came here in the first place to blame Emma"

"They didn’t... they sort answers"

"But it was against your will wasn’t it?" Emilia faced me.

"I had no choice," I said in a shaky voice.

"No one blames you, Emma. It’s only normal they get to do this because of your nature as a half-witch"

"They don’t trust what I am... it all makes sense now"

She walked to me and her heels clicked as she did. She was more stunning up close and I couldn’t look away from her comforting light hazel eyes that remind me of Dace.

"I think I know how you guys feel, about not being trusted for what you are"

"Emma... You fit that’s the most important thing"

"You think I made the right decision? choosing both?" I huffed mentally scolded myself. "It was a stupid thought when I did because I thought..." my breath grew shaky.

"You thought you could bring the clan together even in the slightest" she mused.

"It was just a silent thought but now I know how stupid it is"

"Emma, you choose a path, and they don’t appear. You will have to make it to see it" she sighed. "And the bringing of the clans together? I don’t mean to be the sarcastic one right now but we have been here for more than a hundred years with all the differences and what made it possible was the blood pact and nothing else"

"W-What would you have done if not for it?"

"Remember when I told you when I set my eyes on this place and wanted it and my husband was willing to bring everyone on their knees to have this place?"

I nodded.

"We are werelions and we dominate... maybe at that moment I might have had your silent thought of living as one" she shook her head. "But some things are meant to stay the way they are made. Vicious, ruthless, beastly, that is what they see and I don’t blame them if they keep their guard up"

"I don’t think you’re those things"

She smiled. "That’s sweet of you, Emma"

I leveled my gaze, nodding and I felt her hand rubbing my arms. It gave me some sort of comfort.

"Dace" I mumbled looking over at the place he once stood. "Where did he go?"

"He left," Emilia answered. "The moment your blood was drawn"