Asher
We didn’t talk for the rest of the ride and I was grateful for that. It gave me time to think about the unexplainable pull towards her and my gaze kept drifting to her slightly parted lips. She was so near to me yet so far. The moment we had spent together in the woods felt like a decade-old memory already. Would I ever get to possess her body like that again? Would I actually open my heart to her?
Her big blue eyes were looking at me, searching my face. The carriage jolted just once before coming to a stop. I sat there looking at her, observing her cute face and the way her eyes danced from left to right and her breath quickened.
I held my breath for a long time, gazing into her wondrous eyes and I might have just leaned forward and kissed her if not for the knock on the carriage door.
Finally, I let out a deep breath and closed my eyes to let my emotions calm down. I opened the carriage and Robin was waiting right outside the door. The moment I saw the frantic look on his face, I hurriedly unbuckled the seat strap and turned to Kayla “Don’t come out unless I tell you to,”
She nodded and I didn’t waste a second getting out of the carriage and moving to him.
“Is there something wrong? I asked
He dug his hands into his pants pocket and looked around frantically. “I need to tell you something but I am not sure how you would react to it,”
I tensed at his words. I have never seen him so distraught with fear.
He looked at me uncertainly as I straightened my back and stepped more closer. “Brother, I saw Em.. Emily. I know you would think that I have seen a ghost but I am very certain she’s the one and very much alive.”
I stared at Robin as his words took their time to register in my mind and the deadweight in my heart began to feel even more heavy. The tremor within me intensified followed by panic and confusion. How the hell is that even possible? I watched her die before my eyes then how could she be alive?”
I felt a sharp bolt of pain course through me all of a sudden. It was as if an invisible sharp knife was hacking at my nerves, twisting and knotting them.
“Do you fucking know what you are saying?” I snarled, and my eyes were glinting with a dangerous emotion. “You are saying, you saw my dead mate and she was alive and breathing,”
Robin kept a straight face, his penetrating eyes on me and he didn’t even flinch at my tone.
“Do you hear how insane that sounds?” I asked, and we dwelt for a long seconds in silence.
He sighed and rubbed his face before pulling his gaze to meet mine. There was so much raw emotion rooted in his gaze. “Brother, I understand how crazy it may sound but I am saying nothing but the truth.
I knew this topic was sensitive and unbelievable but I was certain about what I saw. There was nothing different from the woman I saw, everything about her screamed Emily. She shared the same qualities with her, even down to the little patch of silver hue on her hair. I know this sounds crazy but you have to believe me. It was her.”
His words crumbled me and I let out an exasperated sigh. A headache was beginning to tingle my nerves and I felt my head throbbing already as if somebody was hammering a nail into my brain tissues. I didn’t know what to do about this information, I was extremely confused. Emily was dead. I mistakenly killed her with my claws and she took her last breath in my arms in the pool of her blood. Then how could Robin stand before me and talk about seeing a woman whose death has been haunting me for years alive and healthy?
Immediately my mind drifted off. What now happens to Kayla? How would she feel if she found out that Emily was still alive?
I could feel Kayla’s eyes on me even though she was still seated in the carriage which was a bit far from us. I didn’t want her to see me like this. If she did, she would ask questions and I don’t think I would be able to answer them. The universe has a way of melting hard, the most difficult punishment for me.
Robin touched my shoulder, reminding me that he was still in front of me.
“Did you speak to her?” I asked
He shook his head. “I was in shock and before I could speak to her, I couldn’t find her again. I searched everywhere but it was as if she had vanished into the air,” he said in a frail voice, probably realizing how crazy all of this sounds. “I know it’s hard for you to believe but have I ever lied to you? I know how difficult it was for me to summon the courage to tell you this because I have always wanted you to move on and heal from that trauma. But I can’t seem to keep this away from you.”
I studied him quietly and took in his constricted features. I trusted him with all my life and I knew how difficult it was for him to reopen a conversation about Emily knowing how painful and heartbreaking the topic is to me.
But I didn’t believe that it was Emily he saw. I guess he must have seen someone with the same resemblance.
However, I still can’t come to terms that Emily is still alive unless I see her. Wherever it was that Robin had seen her, I would search till I saw her and prove that she was not my mate Emily. But in the meantime, I have to keep this information away from Kayla. She doesn’t need to find out about this.
Could it be that she was still alive?
I felt a tumult within the depths of my soul. I don’t know why but I have a bad feeling about all of this. It felt as if there was a gloomy cloud waiting to be unleashed.