'Did you think that, if you didn't tell me I wouldn't know? I have been observing the store day and night for two weeks straight' (Thief)*smiles*
The thief proud of his thief behavior was really a sight to see, a car is seen from one end of the alley Rowan quickly recognizes the car and stands up and dashes towards the car, while running he frees himself from the stuff the thief used to capture him,
'You called for backup.' (Thief)*troubled*
'Yes, when you were behind me.' (Rowan)*smirks*
Rowan had already noticed that this guy was gonna do something stupid for safety he had alerted Lily and asked her to come to the alley as it would be the best place for anything bad, right when things were going fine for them, a van came on the other side of the alley and around 6 men came rushing out,
'Catch that guy' (thief)*screams*
Each and every guy had a sharp object that could make one bleed, the best option, for now, was to get out of the place, Rowan who was coming near the thief took a U-turn and started to run back but he fell and the thief almost caught up, he tried to slash Rowan who had just gotten up, on the urgency of the situation, Rowan released his martial art in a hurry and thus, for few seconds his mark was revealed, his fast response hid it and he ran away from the thief, later Lily dealt with those guys and they never appeared in the city again.
'You are talking about the one in the watch store.' (Rowan)
Rowan was confused by the thought that, out of the blue Lily was asking for a scene that happened months ago,
'Yes, not the robber one.' (Lily)*calm*
'Yeah, Yeah, *realizes* wait!' (Rowan)*horrified*
'It seems like someone carried a video recorder and recorded, the pictures are from there, your mark is revealed clearly and perfectly, no doubts' (Lily)*calm*
'What am I to do now?' (Rowan)*confused*
'Go back.' (Lily) *stern*
Rowan didn't know what to say next, Lily was stern and had already made up her mind in sending Rowan back to the village for safety, them knowing Rowan was a werewolf was not a big deal but, knowing that he was the next Seer was the problem, for Rowan those words hit him like a knife, he walked down and went to his room,
[This mark, this damn mark, why? why me? what wrong did I do?]
Rowan had a break down, he was all fine, he was happy before the mark appeared, he was able to provide Lily everything she wanted, cooking for her, going to the food festival with her and even accompanying her to the forest tour he was able to do things which she wanted but, this mark messed him up, Human marriage, a small ceremony, he was not able to do that, it was a small event, he didn't need any ones permission for it, he was able to do it on his own but, as the next Seer he needed permission, it was those men's fault that he was getting close to all type of shitty people, he blamed himself the most, if he was more cautious he would have been able to not get into problem, the moment the problem started he was annoyed and angry, it was not like he didn't want to do that ceremony, he also wanted yet, it got messed up, the time he didn't see Lily after coming down he was afraid, frightened by the thought that maybe because he had got into problem Lily was angry, he knew how much Lily wanted this ceremony, he could see the joy in Lily's face while choosing decorations, venue and rings, the joy when she said that they had picked gown for the wedding, he had not yet seen the wedding gown guarded by the white curtains surrounding it, that day, which was supposed to be their wedding day, the morning Benny had come to inform Rowan that, according to the elders instruction everything was canceled, she was unable to break the news to Lily even though Lily would have already known that, the wedding would be canceled according to the condition, they never talked about the wedding again as it was nothing but, a sad topic.
Rowan was done with this even risky he wanted the wedding to be held, this was his first rebellion,
'Lily.' (Rowan)*excited*
'Are you cooled down?, I talked to Benny and John, they will take you back by tomorrow morning' (Lily)*calm*
'I am not going.' (Rowan)*calm*
'What?' (Lily)*confused*
'You heard it, I-am-not-going-back.' (Rowan)*stern*
'ROWAN!' (Lily)*frowns*
Not going back is as same as staying here even with the risk, Rowan noticed the panic in Lily's voice, it was clear, she didn't want to Rowan in danger, Rowan walked near Lily held her hands, looked straight into Lily's eyes and spoke
'Let's hold the wedding.' (Rowan)
'Is that important now?' (Lily)*worried*
'Lily, I am tired of those elders, we have read those history books, right? none of those heirs were treated like us, they had the freedom to explore and go wherever they wanted even, the current Rulers were not treated like us so, why are we treated like this?' (Rowan)*doubtful*
That was true the current Seer and Sibyl were not treated like them, According to the tradition, the moment the heir mark starts to appear, the heir's are obliged to write diary entries until they become the rulers, even after acquiring the mark fully they are obliged to write diary entries, the entries they have written during their succession period is passed on to the next one in their succession period, Lily and Rowan had also read the succession diaries and it was clear they did have restriction but, not like them, they were allowed to roam around enjoying themselves, they had those study period but were not confined to a mansion but the whole territories of the clan, it was far different than Rowan and Lily, they didn't even need to give out daily reports to the Rulers. it was almost scamming.