chapter 6: monster

Sebastian ‘s pov

I looked at a photo of Charlotte, where could she be??

I know for one that she isn’t dead because even the witches are still looking for her.

Its been 8 years but I still haven’t found even one thing to tell me about her whereabouts.

And sometimes I don’t know whether to be happy or angry that she is so good at hiding.

I mean if I can’t find her then those witches cant find her too which is a good thing.

Someone knocked and opened the door before I told them to come in.

“relax brother it’s just me” Eliza said with her hands up.

I didn’t say anything but kept looking at the photo, she came and stood next to me and looked at the picture.

“I guess your obsession with her isn’t over yet.

I heard that you are once again turning the world upside down looking for her” she said with venom in her voice.

She didn’t like Scarlett back then.

and ever since then she hated all her reincarnations even though she never met any of them.

I don’t know her story or what went on with her and Scarlett those years ago.

I am not bothered enough to ask her about it.

“its been centuries, move on Sebastian. How does one obsess over one girl for so long? What is so special about her??” she asked clearly getting irritated.

I could explain to her, but it would be a waste of time.

how do you begin to explain the love that Scarlett and I shared?

Even if I do explain will someone who didn’t experience it or who wasnt there understand?

 Especially someone like my sister.

Eliza doesn’t even understand the first thing about love because she has never experienced it in her entire life.

We didn’t get it from our parents.

nor did we give it to each other, maybe it’s because we didn’t know how to love each other.

But Scarlett did, she knew how to love me, and I learned how to love from her.

she is my first love and I intend on ensuring that she is my last.

“why are you back?” I asked her and she looked outside the window.

“it’s almost time, so I came to see them. I need a reminder that I am lucky and should be grateful to be alive” she replied.

I didn’t answer her.

the truth is that I don’t need to see them to know that life is worth living.

I need my Scarlett.

I need the woman who has kept me alive.

i am only looking forward to seeing her.

it  has been the only thing that has been keeping me going for centuries now.

“it’s been a long time; you should go and see them too. Afterall they are family” she said, and I shook my head.

“they are not my family, and you should stop regarding them as family.

I wish to never see them ever again and I don’t want to talk about this. leave” I said.

she knows very well that I don’t like repeating myself.

so she left without saying anything else.

Eliza and Scarlett are the only family I have.

Where can you be Scarlett?

Are you even still alive or did you do something stupid again?

please be alive this time.

I promised you that I would find you and I will.

so please wait for me just like how you promised me you would wait.

In every century,a reincarnation of Scarlett was born maybe one or two times and a few of them killed themselves.

Scarlett is known and has been made this monster.

every witch fears  her and when their kids even hear the name they have nightmares.

At times when she found out who she is she would kill herself because she is afraid of being this evil thing that people hate. 

they have turned my beloved into a monster

I don’t know what hurts more.

the fact that I lost her or losing her over and over again, but not this time around Scarlett.

I will find you in this life.

I have to find you in this life so we can finish off what we started.

then it will be me and you against the world.

Then we can figure out how to get rid of this blood mark curse once and for all.

because if you still have it then I will keep losing you over and over again.

plus, you won’t just accept me easily.

you don’t remember who I am so I might have to make you fall in love with me all over again.

or help you regain your memory.

I know how to do the latter but how do I help you to get rid of the blood mark?

The person who created the curse is dead and there is little to no information about it.

It was like she made sure that there was nothing about the curse, there is no way to break it or even how to weaken it.

from what I heard in my many years of doing research on this the spell cant even be moved.

long ago witches found a way to move a curse from what person to another.

It was done when a parent has wronged and they die.

the curse would be moved to their kids.

and they will do so until someone in the family finds a way to break the curse.

But the blood mark is different, there is nothing about it at all.

I spent years and years studying the bodies of all her reincarnation hoping to find a clue but nothing.

I spent years looking at the blood mark hoping for a clue but nothing.

but one thing I know is that the only person who can help me with this is Scarlett so all I need is to have her remember me.

but first I have to find her, with her father dead where else could she be?

Where are you Scarlett? Are you okay? Are you still alive and well?