Damien
I haven’t recovered yet from today’s shock. I am still trying to figure out what happened. Clara isn’t here. She has been taken away and I can’t run after Fabian and get her. When Lazarus had taken her, I had every damn nerve to go split his jaw and get my woman back but Fabian is her father. I can’t just take her from him. He has every right to take her and keep her away from me.
I close my eyes and try to accept the reality that my biggest fear since I knew Clara has happened. I have to face the reality now.
I am beginning to wonder if Clara is really going to reject me. I know she loves me and her feelings for me are so strong but she also cares about me and my family.
That day when she left the house after the Caitiffs had shown up here, she was trying to avoid this but it was inevitable. It has to happen. She had left because she was worried about what her father could have done if he found out about us.
“I am giving you the last warning Damien! Don’t ever come near Clara or anyone else in my family or my pack. What if she got killed or hurt in anyway, I would have ruined you and your entire dear family. I have done it before and I wouldn’t hesitate to do it again!”
His wonders echo in my head. He was threatening me and the safety of my family. It was long ago when he killed my parents and my other clan members. Would he really kill someone from my family just because I am his daughter’s mate?
I know Fabian is a very ruthless Werewolf and most of the times he does things basing on his emotions other than thinking carefully about them. He ould even kill me. I know he wouldn’t hesitate to do that if he wanted.
The door of the house opens and Luther, Orpheus and Katherine come through. They had gone out to feed. I didn’t want to go with them despite the fact that Clara fed me last night, I am already depressed out of my senses. I just want to sit here and mourn over my loss.
Luther walks to the couches and sit beside me. No one has said anything to me since the incident. I don’t know if my expression is scaring them off and causing them to get speechless, but either way, I don’t want to talk to anyone right now.
Katherine’s eyes turn pitiful when she sees me. Do I look that miserable? I don’t want this pity Party. I would have run away to my bedroom but everything there reminds me of Clara and I don’t want to drown in thoughts about her. I have already been doing it for the last nearly five hours and I haven’t stopped yet.
“I didn’t expect Fabian to just drag Clara away. I thought he was going to do worse,” Orpheus says, cracking the grave silence that was in the room.
“He had to act a bit civilized in front of his daughter. He doesn’t want her to get the right impression of him,” Katherine says.
I know they are trying hard to start a conversation but what they are saying is not making me feel any better. I have every urge to dash through that door and go to Fabian’s house. I could just sneak into Clara’s room, probably through the window incase she has left it open.
I am sure I wouldn’t fail to get a hole to crawl through and find my way to Clara’s room, just incase Fabian hasn’t put guards around the house and Clara’s room. That would be extravagant but Fabian is capable of doing anything.
“What are you going to do now, Damien? Are you just going to let Fabian take Clara away from you? Just like that?” Katherine asks me.
“I don’t know,” I simply reply. Even my voice sounds soar in my throat.
“What do you mean you don’t know?” Katherine asks, her face frowning in disappointment.
“What can I do? Fabian is her father. It is not like he has kidnapped her or something. She is at her home not in hostage. She is where she is supposed to be,” I reply and Katherine goes silent. She shoots me an angry glare.
I know my family cares a lot about Clara though they dislike Fabian a lot. That’s why Katherine doesn’t look any bit of pleased by my response.
“So you are just going to let her be there away from you? Why do I feel like I want to be with her more than you want to be with her?” she asks.
“I never said that I don’t want to be with her. I really do but I am out of options now. Gosh! I don’t even have any options,” I reply.
“The options don’t have to bring themselves to you! You have to think of them You have to come up with a good plan,” Victoria’s voice sounds from behind the couch. I am too depressed to even sense her presence.
“All you need is a proper plan that doesn’t involve any blood shed,” Luther says.
“What do you suggest that I do? Because the only solution I see is eliminating Fabian. That is the only way I can get Clara back. He even threatened to use his pack against me even after his death!” I say.
Killing Fabian doesn’t feel right at all. I don’t know if it is because he is the father of the woman who owns my body andsoul or because he is literally and practically my father-in-law.
“You can’t kill Fabian. You know that it will hurt Clara’s feelings. You have to thing of a better plan that doesn’t involve any bloodshed, Damien. I don’t think Clara’s feelings for you will remain the same if you killed her father,” Victoria says.
“I never said that I want to kill Fabian. I just said that it is the only way Clara and I can be together again. I am sure that Fabian is going to do all that he can to make sure that Clara rejects me,” I tell them.
The dark cloud of rejection had also been roaming over our relationship. That was the first thing the council told me when they got to know that Clara and I are together.
“Clara is not going to Reject you. I am sure of that. She loves you a lot despite everything. There is no way Fabian is going to force her to do what her heart doesn’t want,” Victoria says.
I would like to believe that. I would like to keep hopeful that even when Clara is away, we are still going to be able to have the bond connecting us together. At least I know that I haven’t lost her completely. There is still a small ray of hope.
The door clicks open and Raul comes in with Emma, Justin and Logan. I saw the way Emma and Justin reacted to the way Fabian dragged Clara away from here. They seem to have liked her. Who wouldn’t like her? She is a sweetheart.
The other three Anthony, Elia and Heather are also doing great but Logan, Emma and Justin are the most social and curious ones. That is why they are eager to learn and are going to adapt pretty quick.
“How are they doing?” I ask Raul who had taken them for a feeding session. Maybe this will be able to get my mind off losing Clara for a second.
“They are doing well. Justin’s fangs have developed pretty quick. Logan is doing great. I have no complaints about him. Emma just needs some more time and careful supervision but she is also doing well,” Raul briefly reports.
“That’s good to hear,” I say.
“If all the other turned can be distributed amongst the Ventrue families, I am sure they could also get the opportunity to adapt as fast as they are,” Orpheus says.
“Oh, by the way, we met Lauren and Grayson from Mithras’ family. They told me that Mithras and Cassius have set the council meeting to tomorrow night. Celeste has agreed to it and they told us to inform you about it so that you can prepare yourself, ” Raul tells me.
“Okay. We need to come up with a proper solution for all those victims that Lazarus turned. I am going to suggest that we distribute them amongst the families of the Clan,” I say and Luther nods.
“That is obviously the right thing to do,” Orpheus says with a nod.
After having a long conversation with my family about the turned humans, I head upstairs to my lonely and quiet room. Clara just entered this room a few weeks ago but she has dominated the atmosphere of the room.
The room is unusually quiet and awfully cold. Many things have changed since Clara stepped into my life. If things had gone well in our relationship, this could have been our bedroom. I wouldn’t mind if she decorated it with whatever she wants but the major decoration that matters the most is her beautiful smile. It brightens everything up.
Oh, god! Will I ever be able to recover and go back on track of my normal life? If going back to my normal life means losing Clara, then I would be better of sneaking around and having a lot of shortlived but happy memories with the woman that means a lot to me.
I walk to my window and stare outside into the woods. This is the same window that Clara escaped through last time but this time she was taken away while I watched. She was taken away in front of me but there is nothing I could do about it. I hate this! I hate feeling this helpless. There must be a way. There is always away. I don’t remember ever praying to anyone but if God is really there just do this for me. Please show me the way to getting my Clara back.