Sinful Mates 1-3 novel Chapter 57

　　She brushed his hair back like a mother would a child and in that moment, I could tell she truly did love her sons, it looked innocent like a doting mother would do. It suddenly made me wish my mother were still here. I felt saddened by the fact my mother would never again look at me the way Caroline gazed at Theo. But it did no good, he didn’t even bat an eyelid.

　　I heard her sigh. “This is one of the things I hate about being a vampire, the rest is okay but once we become stuck like this, it’s always hard to come out of it. Consumed by one’s thoughts can sometimes be the worst sort of torture” I heard her murmur. Her thumb brushing his cheek soothingly.

　　“May I ask how you became like this?” It was something that I had wondered because Theo didn’t like talking of it.

　　“Did Theo tell you he was a twin?” she asked. I shook my head this was the first time I have heard any mention of it. She nodded understandingly.

　　“I had two sons Theodore and Benjamin” she said looking down at Theo.

　　“They were identical twins, when the plague hit Benjamin didn’t survive, I couldn’t risk losing Theo or Tobias, so I spoke to who I thought was a doctor, who reckoned he had a miracle cure for illness. I was scared for my other sons. I would have done anything for them. We weren’t aware that Tobias could change us back then, we didn’t realise because him being werewolf was shocking enough and we were still learning about what it was he was” She stared off absentmindedly like she had been thrown back to the time she was talking about.

　　“So, I met this man, he claimed to be some form of witch doctor. He was strikingly handsome and a little mad very eccentric. But he said he could help if I had have known back then what he would do, I never would have agreed. So, I brought Theo and Josiah to him, he gave us some wine and we gave him a hefty sum of cash, literally everything we had. Tobias didn’t agree, he said something smelt off about him. It all happened so fast Tobias was in shock and didn’t have time to react. Vampires are a lot quicker than werewolves, which I am sure you know that already” I nodded having witnessed it myself. Theo always got to me faster.

　　“So, we accepted the wine which at the time we didn’t know was actually laced with his blood, next thing we saw darkness. Tobias said he snapped our necks and started laughing like a madman. We woke up, not even realising what it was we were. Well, that was until the hunger took over. Tobias dragged some drunk man in, and we couldn’t help ourselves we killed him draining him of his blood. We became monsters and for a long time Tobias had to cover up for us, well until we found the watchers that was, and they introduced us to the council. We made an agreement with the watcher after saving one of their family members lives. He was one of Tom’s ancestors. In exchange for helping us they get to live longs lives, free of illness. In exchange they help cover our tracks when needed which is rare with the council nowadays.”

　　“So, Toms family helped you back then and because you saved a family member made the treaty that you still have today?”

　　“Yes exactly, Tom’s family are called watchers, they originally worked under the council, but after Tom’s ancestor became Ill and we found our blood had healing properties we saved her and Richard Tom’s ancestor asked to be permanently assigned our family, which was granted and in return if someone falls ill, we help ensuring they only die from old age and not before their time. Even with medical technology advancing over the years and we not being required much, but the treaty still stands.”

　　“So, what happened to the vampire that changed you?” I asked.