I finally opened my eyes when I felt the car roll to a stop and the man beside me pulled at the gear viciously putting it on park. I might have seemed to be asleep but at some point I wasn't because he has been keeping me awake by certain emotions I could not ignore no matter how hard I tried to block them. The sound of doors open and close filled the air as all three passengers exited. I threw my legs down and straightened in my seat before I finally let the light pour into my eyes and my gaze met with Hunter's whom was trying to open the door for me, a smile spread across my face as he did
"Good morning" he said helping me out; as soon as my feet touched the grounds I lunged into him with a hug
"I'm glad you're her mate, my father" I let the warmth in him influence the feeling of a little girl in her father's arm, at first Hunter tensed up but he later returned the embrace.
"We should go in so you have a better rest" Cassuis parked right at the his castle entrance, Lord Orpheus walked towards me immediately
"Why are we here?" he questioned impatiently
"Relax, I promised you the power orb and you will have it" I intended not to let him on the whole process because he would probably ditch me just like Cassuis said. By his facial expression he didn't seem to accept the way I was treating him while all other tremble at the sound of him.
"Let me worry about the finding the Paradlag and you work about that treaty" I went around him and entered Cassuis depressive castle, this is the second time I was walking into it willingly. I sat the whole day in my room to acquire a fix of the new energy I was feeling, it was strange that I never felt it before. I sat by the edge of the bed, legs underneath my weight and concentrated all I could to find him but I kept getting distracted by the new found existence of the Paradlag.
The images I saw were all scrambled and didn't make much sense but when I saw the flash of that waterfall, I had been acquainted to since when I was a little girl. I couldn't be mistaken that it was the same waterfall I jumped off and it was just couple of meters away from the point I was sitting and could practically hear it. Besides all the noises around I could block out but not the sound of the water, it upsets me as it is. I stepped down from the bed and pulled the covers down with me before getting two pillows and placing them aside of me and wish to try and locate Jake again.
'Where are you Jake?'
a tear slipped out of my closed lids while I forcefully try not to crack the castle in two from the strain in my head. I opened my eyes again pulled his phone out, placed it before me and placed a tip of my finger on the screen. Ruby said although we had one blood running through our veins, it also partly depends on the mental and spiritual strength of the person that is why other Rayleigh blood possesses unique powers and strength. The locating technique varies from each person, others doesn't even need a quiet place or concentrate, others take days to locate in one sitting and others find it hard to all together; just like me.
The sound of water had been a haunting in my life and now for the sake of the person I really do care about, I will make that haunting into a source of tranquil and energy for me. I was going to imitate the energy and depths that the sea has and will not stop until I catch a glimpse of him. To my disbelief, it actually worked. The barely noticeable tingling on the tip of my finger was now amplified as I could feel shock waves pass through my whole body and the darkness that prominently took over my lids when I closed them was starting to light up. I was in a place, very bright, fallen leaves and full green scape before my view shifted to a huge tree and to its trunk was an opening and I suddenly felt him. His energy embedded the air in an inebriating manner, it engulfed me whole. Although I couldn't see him, I could feel him in my heart and I knew he's safe now.
My heart brightened with joy at the view I had just before I left a sensation on my left cheek, something slightly touched me and I beamed. It was a heavenly touch and it struck through my heart strings
'Is that really you Jake?'
I let my eyes opened again with the hope that I didn't just locate him but he located me too but then I saw he was hunkered down in front of me instead with his touch still on my cheeks and his face in unreserved tenderness towards me. I was shocked at my own reaction to his touch for a moment before I removed my face from his trace picked up Jake's phone and place it safely in my pocket.
"I need to be alone" I said yet again not really intending on getting off me floor
"I cannot keep away while your claim is on me"
I could see the helplessness in him while he spoke; he wasn't even trying to hide it like the first time. It was like he gave in, I simply stared at him for a while and I could see the intent of getting closer in his eyes just before he leaned in , "I cannot hold myself back any longer; you are also bonded to me by the mark I wear"
Precipitously, he grabbed me off my feet and I was caged in his arms. His gaze was intense as he looks down at my dumbfounded face. Not in my wildest nightmares did I ever imagine a person like him with me getting intimate, it was a side of him I could never be able to picture while he always wore that demonic face. Instead now I was facing his most relaxed, infatuated and somewhat happy face.
"You will be mine alone even if you don't accept me presently" with that said he crashed his lip to mine, munching on my bottom lip teasingly and careful enough to make me fall for it. I went blank against him and all I could notice was the warmth I was starting to receive from him, without any realization I was returning the kiss myself.
Then I was shoved into the darkness as some untamed wild ambiance took over me. His hand came up to my back and pressed me completely against him before he flew us both into the bed, both of us moaning from the passionate kiss. Some how I helped his shirt off his body, It started off slow as our lips never parted but his hands made their way up my neck, with one motion the fasteners all came free exposing my skin. My fingers were interlocked around the back of his neck the whole time while he pushes up reached underneath me and unfastened my bra. He teased the skin of my back electrifying the hunger inside of me before trailing them back and cupping the sides of me. He successfully pulled me down to the bed and our eyes locked for a moment before he yanked off my upper clothing, he pressed back down on me; his tight muscles against my breast I could hardly suppress my hand movements when I felt his lip on my collar bone.
He nibbled on my skin while he insert himself in-between my legs and his hand reached for my forearm that was around his bare torso. I moaned as he sucked on my skin pulling my hand down and restraining them in his fist over my head. I felt an arousal in-between my legs as he pushed against me lightly, I bit down on my lower lip harshly. We were both closed down there and it was just a teasing technique, it was setting me off guard and on fire as well.
My body cried for more of him and I wanted my hands free but it was either I couldn't move them or he didn't let go off them. My eyes fell closed as he moved down to my breast teasing it with his lips before he shifted against me going lower, biting as he did.
I moaned as his hand reached lower to my pants and drew the zipper down fast and started working the pants down, now I was just in my panties.
As his lips reached my abdomen his fangs pierced into my skin, coming with it a slight but enticing sensation of pain. I took control after that pinning him to the bed, either leg caged his side while I slightly sat by his waist line. I trailed my hand over his upper half making him move underneath me in pleasure before I started to lean over him, impatiently he reached his hand to the back of my head and pushed me down connecting his lip to my upper collar another electrifying bite set off through me but this time it came with it horrifying memory and uncontrollable fear.
This was a different vision; the world was dark and empty of feeling but that of hatred and war. Everything laid in ruin and I was standing in the middle of it, hands by my side as though something was missing from inside me; I could barely recognize myself from that. Dark exhaust filled the air and I could feel it effortlessly in my throat as the cries of the world engulf my hearing, the innocence and hope once reaching wasn't all downed into the sand, vanishing. I could feel the aggression, the fear and the pain but they were all foreign; only perceived by me. The darkness swirls and ends where I was standing, like a black hole existed where I was eating away all good and bad, the darkness reflected in me.
I removed myself from above Cassuis and stopped in the middle of the room my hands shaking frantically, gave my back to the bed and I could only feel the overwhelming darkness in my chest. I felt his touch on my bare back which startled me to turn over and look at him in ewe before I glanced at my disturbed bed
'What was I about to do?'
We locked eyes and I could see he was worried and confused by my sudden withdrawal from him
"What is wrong?" he asked urgently, I caught my breathe before answering quickly
"I need to keep looking for the Paradlag" I wrapped my hand around my torso suddenly feeling uncomfortable while just some moment ago I was willing to feel him against me.
"No, at this moment you don't" he inched closer to me while I took a step away from him
"This is the reason I am here" His face dropped in disappointment before he turned around get him shirt and jacket off the floor and turning towards me again, he came around me just by the door before he stopped cupped the back of my neck and pulled me closer but I hindered his intention to kiss me by placing a hand over his chest before locking eyes with him
"Please" I begged, disappointed yet again he darted out of the room instantly and I locked the door behind him instantly. I breathe with tears running down my cheeks before shuffling back to the foot of the bed and sat down hugging my legs against my chest.
The dark visions I kept having doesn't make sense to me just yet or why I kept having them when Cassuis is around me like that? Does it mean there is something dangerous about him I don't know yet? Is it part of his past or a vision? Moreover, I felt disgusted by my own acts just now. How could I be in bed with him? I even dared to like it
"I'm really sorry Jake" I said out loud before rising to my feet and getting to the other side of the bed that barely noticed tonight's events. I sank in it pulling some of the sheets to cover my exposed upper half
I looked up to the quiet ceiling trying not to think about him or Jake but just focus about the Paradlag and what I saw in the city of gods. After coming in contact with the stone, it fed me information of the past; and it involved Cassuis coterie grounds but I don't know how or why. The images were just flashed of Luther, Xena and the war behind them; then baby me and some bright light before I saw the same forest and the sight of Cassuis castle and my intuition was it has to be here.
I rolled my eyes lids down slowly before shutting down into a sleep