191 - Love Troubles
The pain lasted more than it usually would. She couldn't touch him, it would usually make things worse.
Tears rolled down her cheeks and she reached out for him while instinctively pulling her hands back at the same time.
“By the Blood, Nicholas!” She gasped, like she was the one feeling his pain.
Like she was the one stretching and grunting on the floor of the room, like she was the one feeling like daggers were being twisted in her stomach, like she was one feeling like she was struggling to breathe even though that was something they had never needed.
Finally, after a long moment of struggle, he was alright again. He wiped the blood away and flashed her a smile.
“You have no need to worry,” he said, standing up.
“I have no need to worry? It took longer than usual! You may die if it happens again.”
“Iry—”
“No! It is our destiny that our union will bring nothing but death. You might not mind dying from this but I do. I will never forgive myself.” Tears streamed down her face then she wiped them away. “Also, I shall be Joined.”
“Joined?”
“Yes.”
“To who? You already have a suitor? How many are they that want your hand? Who is he?” His hand went through his hair roughly. I’m losing my mind, tell me.”
“Someone that isn't you.”
“He mustn't know you have a mate. I will grant him that knowlegde.”
“You will not meet him. He is in the Province and you are not permitted within the Province any longer.”
*You are lying.”
“Am I?”
She wasn't.
“Irysi.”
She took a determined step back. Unwavering.
“This is farewell.”
Without another word and without looking back, she left.
Nicholas was left to wallow in his sorrows and fall asleep with his heart full of depression.
He left the four open, just in case she would come back.
She didn't.
She didn't even wait for dawn, she left that night.
From his window, he watched her carriage leave the castle.
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It was a good thing to be in bed next to Valerick, it helped in many ways but it was something Zezi wasn't completely used to again.
There was still something between them that served as a wall, something that felt so insignificant, yet so great.
The silence was filled with a certain kind of tension, a certain awkwardness.
After all she had betrayed him, all that just wasn't going to go away. He had his fill of blood before settling in bed next to her, she had watched him while he did that. He wasn't saying anything about the meeting he had today, maybe he didn't trust her any longer.
Not that she blamed him.
She felt no negative feelings from their bibd though.
“Will you bury her?” Zezi asked in reference to Laura.
“She has been burnt along with the others. I will not honor my betrayers in death or while they live, just because they were once my own.”
A shiver ran down her spine at that.
Some minutes passed and all she could do was toss and turn. She couldn't sleep, her mind was burdened with too many things. Not just that, it wasn't easy turning with how big her stomach had gotten.
It didn't help that it was a warm night.
There was just so much heat; she could feel it from inside her body, consuming her and making her go crazy.
She wanted to go to the bathroom and lay in the tub but it seemed like a herculean task to even stand.
Everything felt difficult.
“Come with me.” He lifted her off the bed and carried her to the pool.
It was so relaxing to be this close to him once, to breathe in his scent of rain.
He took her into the pool with him, and stayed behind her, with his arms prepared to hold her from danger if anything would go wrong.
“How does it feel?”
“It feels like I'm floating.”
He laughed, really laughed.
Zezi frowned. What was so funny about the feeling of floating? Was he testing her? Was she failing? Did this have to do with him trusting her? Once again, was she failing in some way?!
He swam closer and if she looked down she would see his wavy reflection on the surface of the water as he stood so close to her. The darkness hid his face well and she was scared of turning, afraid of what she would see. The hair on her back rose with fear and goosebumps laced her skin.
What was going on? What was Valerick thinking? What did he have in mind for her
?
Some kind of punishment? Or maybe something worse?
Was she still his own or had something changed?
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