BLOOD LEGACIES
Chapter 331: Possiblity

Chapter 331: Possiblity

"Shifting to a Rogue once is a risk, but shifting the second time is a possibility"

"A possibility to what?" I asked with a heavy tone, my heart almost beating out of my chest.

He looked tentative now and I gave him pleading eyes, I didn’t want to be kept in the dark anymore, I really needed to know what was going on.

He took a heavy breath before speaking "A possibility of Dace not reverting to his original werelion form ever again" He shook his head. "Dace is a Rogue now"

"W-What?" I said in a trembling voice, time stopped around me and it was just me and my sharp inhale. I didn’t even realize when Grayson sat me down or when he walked to get me something.

"Becoming a rogue is many things," he began handing me a soda, which I took but made no attempts to pop it open, sensing that Grayson took a seat beside me and popped it open for me before placing it back on my hand. I haven’t moved.

"Emma" he sighed. "Are you sure you wanna know this? Dace has his reason for not telling you and I don’t-"

"Tell me..." I cut him off. "Please"

He sighed in defeat, it took a moment. "You said the first time Dace shifted to a Rogue was because of what happened to you, right?"

I nodded stiffly.

"Well as you know becoming a Rogue is like a trigger to something traumatic or painful, it takes even the strongest werelion to transmit into one. In what I was taught as a Venatores... it’s like a constant struggle for werelions to keep their mind and their beast mind in check, even when shifting it’s like a constant struggle trying to balance out their animalistic nature and what makes them human. In Dace’s case, he let his beast side take over to get rid of the pain of not seeing you"

My breath hitched as I took a drink from the can.

"In doing that... his beast side took over his body and mind... hence becoming a rogue. I’m not saying he’s succumbed completely as a beast forever. Rogues are the same species of Werelion but of a different nature, it’s like a genetic change in DNA or something, I don’t science I’m just stating the basics here"

"So Dace is a rogue now but he still has his sanity?"

He nods.

And I let out a breath I didn’t realize I was holding.

"But..." he continued and my body tensed once again. "Having his sanity doesn’t mean there won’t be a change in his DNA"

"In what way?"

He shrugged. "Increased bloodlust, animalistic behavior sometimes. Sometimes maintaining a balance between his desires and bloodlust will be a battle, he might result to any violence at any given time"

I suddenly remembered a week ago when we were grinding against each other intimately, his grip on my waist suddenly tightened as his claws came forth and hurt me. I gulped.

It all made sense now why he was aggressive with the rogue that attacked us, why he tried to scare me away... he did that because he thought it was the only way... he did that because he knew I would want to stay, and staying means he might hurt me subconsciously.

"I have never seen an Alpha become a rogue that is why Dace’s case is different"

"What will his family say, if they find out..."

"I don’t know Emma, but what I know is Werelions dislike Rogues, they view them as a failed part of nature"

~

I curled into a ball in my bed, my head heaving with thoughts after a talk with Grayson, I even asked why my magic didn’t work when I tried to save Dace. He told me it might be because of the fact that Rogues are strongest in agile and magic will have little effect on them.

I can’t stop thinking about Dace, I can’t stop thinking how he’s gonna deal with this new side of him. Although I’m hurt and angry he pushed me away I understood why he did it... he didn’t want to hurt me.

But I didn’t want him to deal with this alone... he has kept this from me for a long time, he hasn’t shifted for a long time because he was scared he might lose control.

Fuck if I wasn’t there tonight who knew how far gone he would act, I would have lost him again and the mere thought tugged my heart to the point I couldn’t breathe.

What will his family do? What will happen to Dace when they find out?

I cried myself to sleep, worried, and angry because I blamed myself.

If only there was something I could do, but the feeling of helplessness was back again and I felt so useless.

I can’t even help my boyfriend in his struggles, what a joke.

~

"What? So what now they are gonna force me to attend Night School" Grayson said pissed, his angry eyes on Vanessa.

"Look okay I tried talking with Oliver about what you want but this is the only way, you’re an Adams and you have part witch blood a part that might be similar to Emma and might get out of hand... you need to learn how to control it"

"I said I don’t want to do magic shit, I’m not about to wave wands like damn Harry Potter"

At this point, Vanessa and I rolled our eyes. But I understood Grayson’s preferences, he grew up as a hunter, trained as a killer in many ways, and doing something else will be different for him, it was like choosing another personality.

Why does Oliver have to be such a fucking annoyance? Every time! What’s his deal?

I set Tiger Jnr down and he happily ran to the other side of the room, maybe to snack from his bowl or something.

"Vanessa, why does Oliver keep pushin’ it?" I asked, hugging myself and she finally set her eyes on me. I could tell they were narrowed in worry, well I can’t blame her, my eyes were all red from crying myself to sleep.

"Oliver knows what’s best and I know you understand where I’m coming from, leaving the witch’s blood to dominate after a cycle is dangerous, his magic will work with his emotions and it will get out of hand" she darted her eyes back to Grayson.

"I understand you dear but this is for your own good"