chapter 8: old friend

Sebastian’s pov

“sir someone is here to see you” Mark said as he came into my office.

and someone pushed him out of the way.

“hello old friend, do you really need your butler to announce me as well?  I am offended and honestly hurt” Chris said standing at the door with a huge smile on his face.

“because he knows that you cant be trusted, and I also need to mentally prepare myself to deal with you” I said with a small smile and his got bigger.

“still as cold as always, long time no see buddy” he said coming to sit on the chair opposite me like he owns the place.

Chris has been friends with me for years.

for more than a millennia and he was there when I met  Scarlet for the first time.

He was there when I fell in love and when I lost her.

him and Eliza are the only people remaining who know the full story about what happened back then.

Somehow everyone else who knew about it dropped dead.

I think that those witches didn’t want the truth to come out.

They wanted their story to be told and without contradiction.

they wanted to make my Scarlett the villain and make themselves heroes who saved the world.

“I heard that you are still hunting for her even now. buddy I care about you, and I have seen how this takes a toll on you every time” he said clearly concerned.

“she called you didn’t she?” I asked him and he just shrugged.

Chris has this tendency of disappearing and doing whatever he does.

but then suddenly appears out of no where which is annoying.

Every time when he comes back its because he thinks that I am doing something that I shouldn’t be doing which is usually when I am looking for Scarlet.

Unlike with Eliza he doesn’t hate Scarlet.

but he doesn’t like that every time when her reincarnation dies she takes a part of me with her.

I guess any friend who has been through a lot with you would understand.

he then tries to make me forget and move on by bringing woman after woman.

“she didn’t have to call me; you are turning the world upside down looking for her like you always did and the vampire numbers are increasing as if you are preparing for war” he answered, and I just shrugged.

“I am preparing for war” I replied, and he raised his eyebrows to question what I am talking about.

“a war with the witches?

Isn’t that what you were against and why you and your father fought tooth and nail?

Because you tried to stop the Salem Massacres and you are telling me that after all that effort you want to go to war with them?’ he asked me, and I nodded.

“but unlike my father I won’t start this war.

but they will, I know they will try to come and get Scarlet when I find her so I need to be ready for anything they might plan to do” I answered, and he gave me that look again.

“you sound so certain that you will find her this time around.

why do you think so?

I have never seen you so confident when it came to finding her” he said, and I nodded.

This time I was confident because this is her.

this girl is the closest thing to Scarlet as possible.

although she doesn’t remember her past lives she is so good at hiding that even I haven’t found her.

I met her, I met this one unlike the other.

this has to be it.

this is the time where I find her, and we reunite like what she said to me when she died.

This time it’s different.

I am someone who has been through this for centuries and I can feel it in my bones that this time its different.

“what happened when I was gone? You have changed a lot; you are like the Sebastian from a long time ago when you first met her” Chris said looking at me suspiciously and I just smiled.

I cant tell him about what happened or that I met Scarlet.

I guess I just want to keep that moment to myself and knowing Chris he would make it sound it was just a coincidental meeting.

I don’t want anyone telling me that what happened isn’t what I think happened because I know what it is.

Even though she didn’t remember she still had feelings for me.

she still looked at me the same way Scarlet used to.

And even though she didn’t know it she still kissed my cheek and gave me her bracelet.

I looked at the drawer, it had two bracelets in it.

the one that Scarlet made me centuries ago and the one that Charlotte gave me 8 years ago.

It can’t be a coincidence really.

there has to be more to it.

it has to be some kind of a sign that this time around we will find each other again.'

“and the peace treaty with werewolves? what’s that about?” he asked.

honestly I have spoken today more than I have in the past month.

When I didn’t answer him because I am honestly tired of answering questions he answered himself.

“you evil bastard, in case a war does break out between the witches and vampires you want to be in a position where the werewolves cant join them.

They can either sit aside and watch the war happen or they can join the war and that too on your side.

but I heard that they approached you first, why is that?” Chris asked.

“I guess they saw our number increasing and with theirs decreasing they want to be on our good side in case war happens.

the witches on the other hand are too distracted looking for Scarlet that they don’t even know what’s going on around them” I said, and he nodded with a smile.

Chris loves war more than anyone in this world.

so the mention of war completely silences him and makes him smile.

as for me the only thing that will make me smile will be having my beloved in my arms again.

that is one thing I can’t wait for.

are you also longing for me as well Scarlet?

Longing to see me just as much as I am longing to see you.

“sir its time, you need to go and meet the werewolves for the peace treaty signing” Mark said, and I nodded and looked at Chris who had a smirk.

“this is going to be fun” he said as he got up.