Damien
I get down the stairs and everyone is awake. What? It is so rare to find everyone awake before the sun goes down. Most of them sleep through out the day. I didn’t even manage to have a peaceful rest today. I had a terrible night last night.
“Hey guys. You are all up?” I say while walking into the room.
“Yes, surprisingly,” Luther says and walks past me.
“So you guys up to something?” I ask them.
“Yes, there is a lot of work to do outside. We are heading out to do some work outside the house. Some are going to do some retouches inside the house,” Raul replies.
“That sounds like a good plan. The house needs some new paint,” I say and Luther nods.
“Are we going now?” I ask.
“Yes,” Luther replies.
I am relieved that I can finally do something useful and get my mind off my runaway mate for some time. We head out and put our energy to use. I am pretty exhausted when the work is over. The sun has come down, and the house has gone back to its old beautiful vibes.
“Have you given a thought about the suggestion that Celeste and Mithras gave you?” Luther asks me as we head together back into the house.
“I have been thinking a lot about it,” I reply.
“And what have you decided to do?” he inquires from me.
“I don’t know yet. I know that Clara left me after finding out that her father and I are not at good terms and I am sure she doesn’t hate me. Rejecting her would really break her heart and that is one thing that I have no intentions of doing. I don’t want to lose Clara. She means a lot to me even though I never even got a chance to say that to her.
“You have Victoria. I know she means so much to you. My situation might be different since I only got to be with her for mere hours, but it doesn’t matter. I love Clara so much and I am not going to Reject her. There must be some other way of solving our situation other than separating,” I tell him.
“I agree with you. I don’t see the reason why you should reject someone you still want. It will hurt more than anything in this world,” Luther says.
“I don’t know if the leadership council of the Ventrue will be able to understand that. I also don’t want to put my family in danger. Just know that it is so hard for me. I have already got my partner but it feels as if she is a forbidden fruit,” I tell him.
“I respect their leadership. They have really managed to keep our clan together in harmony, but I don’t think they will understand how you feel. They will work in favor of the majority whose life will be at stake when Fabian makes another attack,” Luther says. I know he is saying the truth. I can’t blame Celeste and Mithras. They are doing what is right for their subjects. They won’t make any personal favours according to my feelings.
“So what are you going to do now?” he asks me.
“I was thinking that maybe I should go and see Clara,” I reply.
“You are going to her home? In Fabian’s territory?” he inquires.
“Yes, buy I will have to be careful not to get caught. I really miss her. I want to see her. I hope she wants to see me too,” I reply. I don’t know what I would do if she refuses to see me. I don’t want to go to the negative thoughts right now. I need to stay positive so that I can keep my spirits high when I walk into my enemy’s territory.
“Do what your heart wants. You should know that I have your back. I support your every decision except when you make up your mind to reject her. Victoria really likes that girl and I won’t respect your decision incase you want to Reject her,” he says.
“Thanks. Your support really means so much to me,” I tell him and he waves me off.
“Don’t mention it. We are brothers. We should be there for each other all the time,” he says with a reassuring smile. I am so lucky to have such supportive individuals around me. Sometimes I wonder what on earth I did to deserve them.
I get out of the house at eight o’clock in the night. I don’t want to go in the middle of the night and freak her out, in case I find her. I am positive that I will find her.
I reach Fabian’s territory and look around the environment. Fabian has managed to build a great town over here. I notice the mansion in the centre of the settlement. That must be the Alpha’s house.
I sneak to the back of the mansion and try to use my Auspex abilities to trace Clara’s scent. These house is pretty big. There are probably many stinky werewolves in there, but my girl’s sweet scent stands out.
I can trace her scent. Her sweet scent makes my nostrils flare and my mouth starts to water. I follow the scent to where it is coming from. Up there! It is coming from the third floor of the house. That must be where her room is, or she is somewhere else with someone.
I use my Auspex abilities to detect if there is someone there with her. There is movement nor sounds. She must be alone, and that will work just great for me.
Now, how do I get up there? I haven’t done jumping to such high heights for a long time. I can’t go through the door because that would be a very big mistake.
The window is open. That is a good thing. I have to make sure I can land in there without breaking my limbs.
When I make sure I can reach my target, I focus and make one high jump, right up through the window. The room looks pretty, exactly how I imagined it. It looks very organized too, but Clara is not in here. Where could she have gone?
A door clicks open, and the only thing that comes into my mind is to hide. I can’t find anywhere to do a quick hide so I jump st stand in the middle of the room, ready to face whoever is coming through the door.
Fortunately, Clara is the one that comes in. I let out a heavy sigh of relief and stand confident. She stands there wide-eyed as if I have grown two heads.
“Damien?” he voice is so small, filled with doubt. She’s not happy to see me. Maybe I came at the wrong time, she doesn’t want to see me right now.
“Clara, I thought I should come over and..” I start to look for an excuse, suddenly feeling the need to explain myself. She pounces onto me, wrapping her hands around my neck and her legs around my waist catching me totally off guard. Whoa! I wasn’t expecting that strong reaction! I would have landed flat on the floor it hadn’t been for my suddenly acquired stamina.
“Damien, you came to me!” she squeals in excitement while hugging me tighter. I put my arms around her and enjoy the feel of my girl in my embrace again.
“I had to come find you, baby. You know I can’t stay away from you for long,” I tell her.
She lets go of me and stands on her feet, her cheeks suddenly turning a pretty shade of pink.
“I am so sorry about that. I was just overwhelmed with excitement. I wasn’t expecting you to be here,” she tells me.
“I wasn’t expecting myself to be here either,” I tell her and she gives me a bright shy smile. I missed that so much. I reach out my hands and hold hers.
“You left without saying goodbye,” I tell her and she looks down on the floor.
“I just couldn’t think clearly at that time. All that was in my mind was leaving you,” she says. I lift her chin so that she can look me in the eyes. Her big beautiful brown eyes look watery.
“Why?” I ask her.
“I don’t know. At that moment, I thought that maybe if I am not there, my father won’t come looking for me. Then there won’t be any trouble. I don’t want your family to be hurt again because of me,” she replies. I knew it! I knew that is what she was thinking when she just disappeared without a trace.
“Why didn’t first talk to me about it? We could have figured things out together,” I say.
“You walked away angrily after knowing that I am the daughter of your enemy. How could I have faced you after that. I couldn’t find you anywhere so I just left,” she says.
“And you thought that would make things better? Well, it made things worse. My life has been very incomplete without you. I can’t live without you, Clara,” I tell her and tears start flowing down her cheeks.
“Don’t cry,” I ask her and try to wipe off her tears using my thumb. She immediately grabs my shirt, bringing me closer to her and wraps her hands around my neck. She presses her lips against mine and I can’t resist the invitation to kiss her without demur.