Nora’s POV
I shuffles through my bag for the damn keys as I walk inside the elevator. I cursed under my breath, I swear I kept it separately this time! But I don’t remember where that separately went! Urgh God damn it!!
I walk out if the elevator when I reached the top floor, “Hey babe” I heard Sebastian’s voice. I look up to see him smiling at me, “Hey honey” I say and peck his lips then go back to the struggle to search my bag, “Can you open the door for me? I think I lost my keys” I sigh in annoyance. I heard him chuckle, “Have you checked the pocket inside the zip?” He says, stifling a laughter.
My eyes narrow at him, “What you laughing at?” I say with a snort and open the zip, “Don’t you think I have already lo–” I bite my lips where as he is grinning like a Cheshire cat. I bite the insides of my mouth and pull out the elephant keychain that had the house keys, “Fine” I say string to stop myself from smiling.
“You don’t need that anyway…” He said and curved his arms around my waist pulling me towards the lift. I furrowed my brows in confusion, “Why? Where are we going?” I ask as we stepped into the elevator, “Well… You do deserve an explanation for… Kristen” he trailed off, I rolled my eyes, “For talking about something so private you surely are doing a great job by taking me.. where exactly?” I ask him sarcastically.
“Park” he replied clicking his tongue. I frowned comically mocking him, “A PARK instead of our house… Well done” I patted his shoulder. He gave me his side smirk and pulled me to him, wrapping his arms around my waist. He tucked a piece of hair behind my ear, “You see love.. I did wanna talk to you about it in our house… But you… You know where the sharp and dangerous objects are kept and I am not in the mood to heal my broken bones and torn muscles.” He said, I looked at him like he has gone crazy, “I would never!” I say looking at him wide eyed.
He raised a brow at me giving me the ‘Who are you kidding?’ making me roll my eyes, “Fine but that doesn’t mean I’d break your bone..” I said as we walk out of the building to the backyard of the building. We sat on the bench of the empty park, thank the gods.
We sat in an awkward silence for a while, I knew he was trying to form the right words to tell me..
“It was after Laura and Arthur got married, that they wanted to spent some ‘alone’ time together..” he signed looking in the space
“I couldn’t stay in the same house where my best friend who I see as my sister is screaming on top of her lungs” he said in disgust.. maybe remembering something. His nose scrunched up in abhorrence, “They wouldn’t even let go of each other for a second, it was annoying. Really annoying.
But truth to be told I was jealous” he pressed his lips together. The air around us suddenly became a little bit depressing.
“I also wanted what Laura and Arthur had, an Erastis. One who chose to love you over being destinated. My soul mate whom my soul chose.” He said and intertwined my hand with his and brought the back of my hand to his lips and peck it.
“I used to gloat most of my time going on runs and hikes. And that’s where I met her…” My lycan growled inside my head when I saw a twinkle in his eyes.
“Daisy” he sighed with a small smile. My breathing suddenly became ragged but thank fully he didn’t notice it.
“When I first met her in a hill trail I thought she was lost. When I approached her, thinking of offering help. She started beating me with a wooden log and screamed ‘bloody murderer’ on top of her lungs.. literally” he chuckled leaving my hand and rubbed the back of his neck.
“Only when a man I used to see regularly on that trail came and yelled at her,, did that fire cracker stop hitting me. God I remember that day” he chuckled with a big smile on his face, my poor heart started to slow down with his blows.
“She had this big green eyes which looked at me with so much embarrassment. Her soft cheeks had turned red.. then she further hit me with her innocence by biting her ruby lips and profusely apologising. Even the man said he was sorry for his sister’s behavior. He offered her to check my wounds but I denied and went on my way. Days passed but I couldn’t get rid of her face from my mind. Her eyes, her nose, her lips, her hair had invaded my mind. She was haunting me. I had enough and went back to that trail and lucky enough I found her. I acted like I was lost and went to get her help though she didn’t believed my poor acting skills, she accompanied me to the a new trail. We started getting to know each other and before we knew, we’d meet everyday and started falling in love. I was madly in love with her, even my lycan didn’t refuse. He was just quite.. almost seeing what my next move is and never stopped me from doing anything.” He said leaning back on the bench.
I could hear the breaking sound from my insides, a hollow had been formed inside me. I don’t know what broke though.
“It was only after two months that her parents saw me with her and shunned her for staying with a man in a jungle. They said so many mean things to her, calling her a whore was my breaking point. I yelled at them saying that we never even kissed each other, sex was a different thing. They questioned her chastity even then. Having had enough I told them I wanna marry her. The four of them looked at me crazy. The parents were shocked, her brother was relief and Daisy, my Daisy was ecstatic. And within a few weeks we said the wows. My parents were a enraged when I told her I love her even though she was not my Erastis. But I was young and madly in love. I didn’t listen to them, they warned me of the consequences of my actions but as usual. I didn’t listen. I told them that I would reject my Erastis if she comes for I my soul mate was Daisy.” My Daisy? My heart cracked a little more and a tear rolled down my eyes thinking what if he would have rejected me as well. I would have nothing to live for.
“I didn’t care. I was happy finally. That I had someone that I could love. The only problem was.. she was a human and I am a lycan. I feared that she’d leave me but I had to tell her before we said our wows. She was a little superstition so she forbid me to see her before our marriage, mind you we had the human traditional marriage. But somehow I convinced her to just talk to me through a big screen separating us. I told her everything. About me being a supernatural, about having an Erastis and my pack. She didn’t speak for a minute, I thought she left but she erratic beating of her heart was enough to tell me other wise.” He said touching the ring finger of his ring hand.
“She just asked me one question, ‘What would you do when you’d meet your Erastis?’ to which I replied that I’d break our bond by an witch.” My head snapped towards him in shock. He hung his head low in shame. My heart started thumping strenuously against my ribcage. Breaking a bond with an Erastis is a sin, it means instant death. No matter how strong you are, mentally, emotionally, physically, psychologically. You. Are. Dead.
Both of them.
“Continue” I whisper creating some distance between us. I saw him reaching out for me but decided otherwise, to which I was forever grateful.
He sighed, “She wasn’t exactly happy with my answer as I expected. She told me if I ever found my Erastis, I’d first tell her then we’ll decide what to do. But I knew her better, she would have sacrificed herself for me. She told me that she didn’t care who I was and she loved me regardless. That when I knew she was the one. I didn’t need my soul to decide for me when I didn’t know any better. We got married the next day and consummate our marriage that night. We were just like any other couple at that time. Deeply in love and couldn’t get our hand off each other.” He sighed, I could hear his hear fluttering. I closed my eyes consoling my lycan who was howling in grief.
“That night I tried my level best to mark her but my lycan for the first time ever opposed. He didn’t wanna mark Daisy.” My hand shot to cover my mouth that was just about to divulge a sob. I looked at him, I don’t even know this guy anymore. Marking someone else other than your Erastis means death of your Erastis. I shook my head as tears ran down my eyes. He tried to pull me to him but suddenly I became repulsive to his touch. I sat on the other side of the bench with my back facing him.