CeliaTo say that I was stunned would be an understatement. Of all the things I would have expected to hear, this was the most bizarre.I kept staring at Nymeria for a while but she did not say a word and let me process everything. My gaze flitted to Jasper who had stopped twitching but he was still asleep.Nymeria walked to the other side of the dias and took a wooden bowl and filled water in it. Taking a cloth from one of the tables, she dipped it in the water and placed it on his forehead.I observed her as she looked after him like a nurse would care for a sick person.“So…your mother…does Jasper know?” I asked not sure of what question to ask first. Nymeria dabbed the cloth on his forehead and checked his temperature before answering,“Yes, he knows. I apologized many times on behalf of my mother and everything she did but he only kept saying that I was not at fault for whatever my mother did to him.”Her fingers traced his face and she placed her palm on his cheek lovingly and c
CeliaNymeria ground the powder and applied it on Jasper’s leg while handing me another vial. “He should wake up now, he has been asleep for a long time”I worried at my lower lip, “Does he not need more rest?”She shook her head and replied, “It will only delay the time but not improve the healing. We have to find the ink and we have to make him drink the potion I prepared after that. Hopefully, it works and he will never have to rely on the inking again.”I nodded my head, “Alright”We both stood on opposite sides and gently nudged me, trying to wake him up. Jasper stirred after a while and slowly opened his eyes.Relief flooded through me when I saw his face. Interestingly, his eyes looked a pale shade of grey instead of silver.Confused, I looked at Nymeria who could only shrug. His eyes had always been a bright shade of silver with golden flecks in them and the first time I had somehow hurt his eyes, they had bled a little.I let that matter rest and for now, decided to focus on
JasperI drank in her features, trying to commit every detail to memory as she argued with me. I always loved when she did that because it felt nice to tease her.She folded her hands upon her chest at the accusation, “That is so not true”I gave her a short smile, “That is very true and you know that. That is also the reason I allowed her to give you the knife throwing lessons.”As expected my line made her frown even more.She looked at me with squinted eyes, “What is that supposed to mean?”I was enjoying this so much.I scratched my temple and replied, “I knew you did not like her and were jealous of her. Jealousy works wonders when you try to outperform someone you don’t like. You try harder when someone you don’t like is better than you at something”Her mouth fell open and she gave him an appalled look, “that is so cunning”I shrugged, “It seemed to work a little but you got tired easily so I had to step in.”She opened her mouth to speak but closed it again.“I recall the day
Suddenly warning bells started to ring in my mind. This could not be going right. Something was definitely fishy.Celia’s eyes furrowed as she stared at Keltia, “why would you do me a favor?”Keltia reached the stone altar placed in the center of the hall and leaned back, her long fingers drumming against its edge.“Living a long and boring life makes you want to have friends…to have things others get easily such as friends, love, passion, etc. You see, I seek happiness by giving it to others. It is not such a bad thing, is it?”Celia gave me a worried look but I stepped forward, “We do not have time to waste, Keltia. And, I believe neither do you. So please be straightforward.”“Oh, but I am being straightforward. I was merely stating the bonus she would receive if she agrees to do something I want…”She took a long pause and trailed off as she clapped again. My gaze flicked to the hidden area of the cave and I heard the faint rustling of cloth.“...or rather what she wants.”Keltia
Jasper It was none other than Vasil. Celia’s eyes brimmed with tears upon seeing him and for a second they only kept staring at each other. And the way they did made me feel increasingly hopeless. I felt the need to either kill someone or just lay waste to this cave. Meanwhile, Keltia drummed her fingers again, “Spoiled for choice are you little girl?” So this was what Kelltia had really been after. To make me feel happy yet make Celia disgusted by the act. “A little birdie had told me that you were on the search of this particular young man whom I happened to come across while he roamed around blindly in the forest searching for you.” Keltia clapped her hands in excitement, “How fortunate that he passed out just outside my door and spoke a name the entire kingdom was aware of. Miss Celia” She giggled and I had the murderous urge to simply climb up the stairs and make Keltia drown in her own fire rising from the depths of her body. Vasil looked pale and tired but he was not gr
JasperI thundered at her line, “Just keep that fucking ink with you. I am leaving this wretched place and I don’t care if I die right now, I do not want that ink.”Keltia tilted her head and replied darkly, “Do as you please”I was shaking with fury and jealousy at what she had just proposed. If I thought my family and the way I had been brought up was cruel, then Keltia seemed like the epitome of cruelty to me.She had somehow known what Celia meant to me and was making me die a thousand deaths with every passing minute.But why did she hate me so much? I had not even met her before in my life and she had been giving ink to Nymeria all this time.While I tried to figure out Keltia’s motives behind this, Vasil’s face brightened.“Yes, yes. Celia, please come to me. You are mine. I feel the mate bond. I...I am sorry I pounced at you back at the Vampire Castle. I was a newborn and hungry.”I grit my teeth and could not stop myself from blurting out, “So you try to suck the life out of
Jasper My cock was throbbing wildly in my pants, wanting to take this further, wanting to not just stop at a kiss. My head kept telling me, I should have claimed her the rough and hard way when I had the chance to. She would have been marked by me and nobody would ever dare to lay a claim on her. That thought reminded me of her soft flesh and I ran my hands over her thigh, letting it rest on her buttcheek before giving it a squeeze. The fabric of her dress was flimsy and I could feel her skin beneath it just as she could feel my touch. But I was foolish enough to not claim her all this time and simply play this game of need and want with her. It had come to bite me back in the ass now. I was kissing her as if my life depended on it, wanting to just merge our bodies into one. She whimpered but did not push me away and my tongue explored her mouth. She arched her head back, her soft mounds pushing into my chest as I felt her nipples strain through the fabric. She wanted me, she
Jasper The bottle smashed into the ground, the small shards of glass flying everywhere. The ink was spreading in a small puddle on the stone cold floor. I clenched my fists and looked at Vasil who was giving me a smirk. I looked to the side and saw Keltia smirking as well. Vasil flicked his tongue over his fangs and got up from the ground. “Oops” He smiled and before I could open my mouth, I heard a scream from behind me. It was Celia who was staring at the smashed pool of inkpot with an aghast face. “Vasil, what did you just do?” She asked in despair and he only grit his teeth. “I should be asking you the same question. How could you do that to me? How could you kiss someone else when your mate is standing in front of you? Do you have no decency?” His tone was accusatory and he was livid. “Why did you not stop her then instead of watching it as if you were enjoying it?” He turned his attention to me, “I am not talking to you, you filthy cursed lycan. You are the living embo