Vampire Wedding Ch 4 - Betrayal

Chapter 4

On her way down stairs Meghan heard a commotion. It sounded like her mother and……her father? As quickly as she could Meghan raced down the stairs dropped her things and ran into the livingroom where the noise was coming from.

"What are you gonna do? Just up and go back to the life that we tried so hard to escape from? Anna think about what you’re doing." That was her father Klayton’s voice. When she entered the living room she saw her mother looking away from her father and tears streaming down her face.

"She doesn’t have any choice on the matter!" Ryan’s voices boomed. "Wait a minute. She does. Either she goes with Meghan and help her with the ceremony or she stays here with you. It doesn’t matter to me because in thee months time Meghan will be a Villasaci and a vampire."

"No!" Meghan cried out running to her mother and wrapping her arms around her. "Please, mommy. Don’t leave me!" Anna held her daughter while she wept.

It tore at Ryan’s heart to see his future wife crying. Surprisingly it made him angry that she wasn’t in his arms searching for comfort. Why couldn’t she be in his arms weeping? It doesn’t matter she will learn, he thought to himself.

"Look, Anna ," Ryan said in his best let’s-keep-the- peace voice. "Meghan is going to be scared and won’t know what’s going on. Since you are her mother I think you should be there to help her. She loves you very much and I don’t think that our mating will be a happy event with out you."

"Why don’t you change your mind?" Anna suggested while still holding a weeping Meghan.

Ryan smiled wryly and said, "That’s not an opposition."

"Well than I guess we’re gonna have to go."

"But, Anna-" Klayton tried to plead.
"But nothing, Klayon. We have left our family and past and it has caught up with us. I think it’s time we go back."

"With all do respect, Your majesty." Klayton bent his head in preparation of what he was about to say. "I like being human. Even though I love you so I love being a human. My dear beloved Anna don’t you love the privileges of being a mortal has to offer?"
He could see her thinking about what he said.

"Think about all the things we have been able to do with out living in fear of being discovered. You were able to become the cook you have always wanted to be. You and I both were able to cherish the warmth of life passing through our veins and we have been able to do so many things, my Love. Is that worth giving up?"

Meghan tensed when she looked up and saw her mother contemplating what to do. Wasn’t it obvious that she should go with her daughter?
When Anna pushed Meghan away Ryan got even more angrier at Anna than he already was. Since she was human he could read her mind and knew what she was going to do.

"Meghan, honey," Anna looked down at Meghan and Ryan closed his eyes. He didn’t want to see the expression on the girl’s face when Anna said what she was going to say. "You know I love you right?"

"No!" Meghan’s cry made Ryan even more pissed. He could feel his controol slipping and if they didn’t get out of there fast things were going to get ugly soon.

"Mom, y-you can’t l-leave m-me" shee desperately clung to her mother like a child scared of the monster under her bed. Her sobs shook her thin body while her mother patted her brunette covered head. The one person causing her pain was the one person who could give her comfort.

Klayton felt uneasy. He loved Meghan like she was his own and after him and Anna fell in love she was his own. He tried to explain.

"Meghan, let me explain. We-"

"Why are you trying to leave me? Why are you making my mother leave me? I thought you loved me." she pushed away from Anna and took two steps backwards.

"You’re my parents. You’re supposed to be there for me. I thought you loved me!!"

"We do love you." Anna took a step forward only to have her daughter take another step back. "Meghan we tried to-" she kept trying to close the distance only to have Meghan move away again.

"You tried nothing! All you’ve done is run. You ran away from everything and lied to me. Now you’re trying to run away from me." Meghan kept taking steps back until she bumped into something cold and solid. When she turned around to see what it was she saw it was Ryan.

His face was stony and his expression was murderess. It was odd that she felt the yearning to comfort him and calm him down when he was the one who was making this all happen.

"How could you do this to me?" her emotions and tears were too much and all she wanted was someone to hold her.
Without even thinking about it Meghan turned around and wrapped her arms around Ryan’s waist . It shocked him because he didn’t see it coming. After hesitating for a moment Ryan wrapped his arms around her and held her while she cried. It took everything in him not to change and beat the living shit out of her so called family.

He looked up at the both of them and saw the expressions of sorrow and guilt. Good, he thought, they should feel guilty for hurting my betrothed. With out a word Ryan picked her up by hooking his elbow under her knees and using his other arm to support her back. He didn’t even think Meghan knew what was happening. She didn’t acknowledge it or stop crying; she just snuggled up more to him and continued to cry.

"We’re leaving now." Ryan announced in a barely controlled voice. "Get her bags and bring them to the car. That’s the least you could do."
Without waiting for their reply he turned and headed out the door. It took some trouble trying to get his keys out of his pocket but he did.

After putting her daughter’s things in his trunk Anna walked up to him as he was sitting Meghan in the car. She wasn’t sobbing anymore. Tears were just running down her face and she seemed to be staring blindly out of the window.

"I do love her," said Anna quietly; sadly.

"You have a funny way of showing it." Ryan turned to walk to his side of the car but Anna stopped him.

"Please, please, take care of her. She needs to do this. She’s more like her father was than she ever was like me. I always wanted to be human but her father loved being a vampire. I’m not saying I didn’t love him I’m just saying we were different. Even though she thinks this is all crazy she needs to do this."

Anna didn’t wait for what Ryan had to say, she just turned and walked back to Klayton. The engine roared and Anna turned to watch the car back out of the drive way. She wondered if she would ever see her daughter again.
"Come on, Anna. Let’s go inside." Klayton ushered her inside to the couch where she broke down and cried. Klayton held her while she prayed over her baby girl and her new family.

TO BE CONTINUED