Sexting With A Vampire
Chapter 102

Rebecca

I stare at the letter in my hand before clutching it. "So, alpha William isn't a good person?"

"Yes and no."

"What

do you mean yes and no? He can't be both..."

Greta laughs, but the sound is bitter. "Oh, yes, he can."

"How?"

"William defeats demons and keeps the country safe..." Greta drags out a kitchen chair and takes a seat. "But he isn't afraid of using compulsion to make everyone please him. I've heard he is the worst kind of player too, and he does whatever he wants." "Player?"

"William doesn't date, but he compels women to please and massage him, not that he needs to use his powers. Most werewolves want to become his luna desperately."

I swallow thickly. "Not me... Not if he has become the thing I was trying to protect him from-a demon."

Greta shoots me a sad smile. "Look, I'm not sure what happened during your latest time-travel journey... But if this future is the result of your journey, then I'm sorry. Because William is a monster now, Rebecca. And since he is out after your a*s, I would stay home from school if I were you."

"I can't do that."

"Why not?"

I roll my eyes. "Because I need to attend my classes? And William can't be that bad, right?"

"Okay," Greta grimaces. "If you don't believe me, go to school tomorrow, but don't say I didn't warn you. William is ruthless, and he is coming for you. And trust me, you will regret meeting him."

I hear the warning loud and clear, but I'm too curious to stay at home. I'm unsure when William will come for me, but September is here, so he knows I'm back.

***

The next day when I'm walking to school, every person freezes around me in the courtyard.

What the heck?

A girl ahead of me is deathly still. Mid-step as if someone plugged out the electricity from a walking toy. Even her hair that was swaying from side to side is now frozen. Freaky...

I look around with a pounding heart.

Did a demon do this?

It would take someone powerful to stop time...

The winds aren't blowing. The trees aren't moving, the cars on the street stand still, and the drivers are frozen.

A couple of students sitting on a bench are entirely paralyzed. One of them is stuck biting into an apple, and I hold my breath at their dazed expressions.

"Beautiful, isn't it?"

I spin on my heels, only to take a step back when faced with a broad chest and ripped, tattooed arms crossed over it. It's William, but something is different. He is more intimidating now as an alpha. Taller, broader, even more muscular. Intimidating.

Daunting.

I gulp and avert my eyes to the paralyzed people since my nerves won't let me crane my neck to meet his eyes.

"D-did you..." I exhale. "Did you do this?"

William breathes a laugh above me. "Is that how you greet a person after twelve long years?" "William... This is-..."

My voice trails off, and William chuckles. "Amazing? If you're impressed now, wait until you see this."

He clicks his fingers, and my eyes widen when every person in the courtyard moves with robotic movements. It's like watching ballet, but with creepy dolls whose moves are inhuman. Compulsion?

But there are so many people... Every student is dancing creepily, and William breathes another laugh.

"Here is my favorite move-the pirouette."

He points at a girl performing dance moves her body certainly isn't in shape for. I think I hear bones cracking, and I gasp upon seeing tears running down her cheek.

It's like the body still possesses feelings even in a vegetable state, and discomfort settles in my heart.

"William... This isn't right..."

"But I'm having so much fun watching these people!"

"William!" I shout in panic. "Stop! Just stop! This isn't you! Make them stop dancing!"

"You certainly are brave for talking to me like that. I would be careful if I were you, Rebecca. I came to visit my old nanny, but we are hardly close enough for you to order me around." "Is that a threat?" I ask him.

There is a dark chuckle. "So what if it is? It baffles me that you dare raise your voice at me."

Why is he being such an a*****e to me?

What the hell has happened to William?!

He wasn't like this in the other timeline-an absolute psychopath! No, the other William was kind!

"And it baffles me that you're threatening me!" I counter. "You're acting like a total a*****e!"

Suddenly, William moves forward with lightning speed.

We fly off to the nearest tree. The impact hurts, and I groan. Beefy arms land on either side of me, and I feel a strange magical power seize my movements. I'm paralyzed. "You must be stupid for talking like that to an alpha-"

I lift my chin and stare into William's face.

Shock flashes in his widening odd-colored eyes. His jaw drops to the floor, and I'm sure my expression must match his because I didn't expect him to be my mate.

The mate-bond flares between us, and William's huge biceps bulge when he moves his arm away from the tree. He clicks his finger, and the people around campus stop dancing. Time resumes, yet he won't budge.

"Thank you for that... Now, if you could please just let me go."

His eyes are roaming my face. "I think not."

"What?!"

He totally ignores my anger. "You're my mate..."

I hiss at him, angry that I can't move. "Let me go! Stop seizing my movements, you swine!"

He arches a thick black eyebrow. "Swine?"

"Yes, only a swine would freeze someone like this and prevent them from moving their own body!"

"Or someone insanely powerful..."

I growl at him. "Why are you doing this?"

"Why?"

"Yes?! You weren't like this before..."

"What are you talking about?"

"You would never have frozen me like this in the other timeline!"

"Oh, but the other me died, didn't he?"

"So what?"

His lips curl to form a smirk, and then those eyes, god, those eyes, meet mine. "You either die a hero... Or live long enough to become the villain, Rebecca." "And which one are you?"

"Well, I'm the villain, of course," William reaches out a finger to lift my chin and study my face. "You sure are interesting. I didn't expect you to be my mate... Were we always mates?" Ager ticks against my jaw. "No..."

"Fascinating..." He twirls my white hair around his finger. "It looks like I've found my luna."

My eyes narrow, and I grit out my following sentence. "I won't... Accept you as my mate... Not like... This."

"Why not?" William shows his teeth in a wicked smile. "You wanted me to become powerful and not be afraid to use my abilities. And it sure was relieving when you told me that. I've been living the dream ever since I met you in the past." "This was hardly what I meant..." "This?" William smiles. "Talk in a way that I understand."

"I didn't mean for you to compel people for your own entertainment and make them dance like marionettes! You don't respect free will, and that's messed up, William!"

His grip on my chin tightens, and he growls. "You got some nerve talking to me like that..."

I challenge him by keeping eye contact. "Well, I'm not afraid of your threats, and I will talk to you however I deem fit-what will you do about it, huh?"

He stares at me, and laughter rolls off my tongue.

"Violence? Is that your plan?" I snort. "I've been through that kind of treatment already. So go at it. Punish me for giving you a piece of my mind, alpha-I won't let you break me!"

"You won't let me break you, huh? Your sharpy tongue fascinates me. It makes me curious about what secrets you're hiding inside your pretty little head. Let's go on a little journey, shall we?" Before I know it, the scenery changes.

The sky turns into a ceiling. Bookshelves surround me on every side, and I slowly absorb my surroundings.

William and I are standing inside a library of my memories. He looks around before taking out a random book from a bookshelf.

"Let's see what was so important that you had to time travel to tell me to grow stronger," Willam sends a patronizing smile my way. "I've been dying to find out for the last twelve years."

I don't even stop him.

Why should I?

I got nothing to hide. William, however, might be shocked to find what is hiding inside my heart and memories.

I cross my arms and nod at the large book he is holding. "Are you sure you want to find out and open Pandora's box?"

His eyes meet mine, more demon than human. His lips curl, and he flips open the first page. "I'm not afraid."

A bright light blinds me when he stares at the page, and scenes from the other timeline play one after one. It starts with me meeting William, to us talking, having s*x, and running in the forest together with his younger twin sister. More memories unravel like blooming flowers.

There is his mate in the other timeline, Emma.

There is my pain...

There is me admitting inside that I love him.

I see the lake and Davis attacking me while William tries to defend me from his jaws.

The last thing I see before everything turns black is William telling me to change everything...

"I won't survive this! But you can still change the outcome of this battle-go back! Use that power of yours! You have to!"

That sentence breaks me even now, and the new William gasps.

We return from my head within seconds.

I calmly lean against the tree while William stares at me with disgust and confusion visible on his handsome features. He is even more attractive now, filled out, swollen with muscles. Damn alpha genes...

I hate the mate-bond too for making him seem irresistible. It's a constant battle fighting the urge to kiss him.

"I don't understand you..." William says. "You're so weird."

"Why?"

"You... You fell in love with someone who wasn't your mate."

It's my turn to smirk. "That's right," I look William up and down and meet his eyes. "But you don't have to worry. You're clearly not the same person, and I'm no longer smitten."

He leans in closer. "You don't really have a choice in the matter. I could make you smitten. All it would take is some compulsion."

"Do it then," I dare him. "It won't be real love, and that bothers you, doesn't it? Because deep inside, you're still that lonely boy who feels as if no one accepts him."

His eyes widen, and his shock weakens the spell on my body. I take that chance to slap the s**t out of his face. William gasps at the impact, and I make a run for it. Time is no longer frozen, and I realize there are werewolves jumping out of a car parked by the curb. Will they seize me?

And oh-my-god.

I can't believe I hit William!

I rush forward, but I get blocked by William's werewolf men. I stop in my tracks, unsure of my next move. Fear is flowing through my veins like liquid ice. There is no way for me to fight all of these werewolves.

William's voice brings me out of my stupor. "Let her go."

Wait.

What?

He continues talking, whistling at me too. "That was such a good left hook... Impressive..."

William is... Laughing?

"Damn, it's been long since someone last dared to go up against me. I had started to forget what pain even felt like..."

He likes to be hit in the face?!

What a weirdo!

Bewildered, I don't turn around to see what expression William is making. I must have hit his face so hard he lost his mind. There is no other explanation for him letting me go.

But I won't complain. I hurry towards campus and pray the crazy demon alpha will leave me alone.