Walking down the corridors of the castle, dad was holding my hand leading me out the back way to send me away with auntie and uncle. As we exited the side door of one of the towers, I saw auntie and uncles carriage waiting in the courtyard. Scared, I tried to slow dad down by dragging my feet but he just picked me up and carried me the rest of the way. Holding on tight, dad carried me to the carriage and waited for mom to join us. Standing by the carriage, dad and uncle talked for a while before I felt a hand on my back and heard mom say “Remi, Remi honey you have to let go of daddy. We need you to go with auntie and uncle” followed by dad saying “it's for your own safety son. You need to go and be a good boy.” Leaning back to look at dad, I whispered “but I don't wanna go. I wanna stay with you and mommy.” After a few seconds, dad managed to hand me off to uncle who passed me to auntie inside the carriage. Picking up Seri, dad kissed her head and handed her to uncle before closing the door. Waving, dad told the driver to go and off we went. As the carriage left the gate, the memory shifted to the worst night of my life. Sitting at the dinner table eating, I could see the castle from the window when it suddenly erupted into red and yellow flames. Getting up, I ran outside without a word and ran towards the castle. As I ran, I could hear auntie and uncle yelling but I just ignored them and kept running until I reached the gate. Hiding just outside it, I saw my parents running towards me. Suddenly, I heard the bang of two gun shots. Then as I silently watched, I saw my parents fall to the ground and then get executed by two vampire brutes. Covering my mouth to stifle my cries, I waited until the brutes left before turning to run into the forest. Without knowing where I was going, I just kept running until I eventually ended up at the waterfall. Sitting there alone, I pulled my knees to my chest and cried.
Suddenly, someone hugged me from behind and the scent of warm honey and vanilla wrapped around me calming my mind and pulling me further into the dream making me uneasy. Then I heard a voice that couldn't possibly be there.
“Why are you so uneasy” he whispered aloud. I thought for a moment, then answered honestly “because even though I know this must be a dream, I want this to be real but if it was real you probably wouldn't be doing this even if I was crying in front of you.”
“How are you sure that some part of this isn't real?” he quietly asked still holding on tight.
“Because this is the night my parents died. No one came to me in the forest that night, in fact no one found me for two days. So you cannot possibly be real” I explained. Suddenly, he let go and then turned me to kneel facing him showing me the face of the person I thought was behind me. As I looked at his medium length black hair that was streaked with electric blue streaks and deep forest green eyes, he placed both hands on either side of my face and kissed me. Dumb founded, I couldn't move all I could do was stare in shock when he pulled away making him double over in laughter for a minute with his arms on my shoulders before he said “I take it that surprised you.” Finding my voice again, I said “now I know this is a dream. Maybe my mind is taking the worst night of my life and trying to make it something happy but if that's the case why'd it chose you when I'm not sure how you feel about me?” Apparently, it was funny somehow because he burst out laughing again. Taking a deep breath, he said “I kiss you and you have no idea how I feel about you” before wrapping his arms around me neck and descending into laughter again. After a few minutes, he seemed to calm himself down again. Then pulling back to look at me but keeping his arms around my neck he said “what if I told you our mate bond allows us to travel into each others dreams? What if I told you, I saw and felt everything you did up until you ran into the forest that night? What if I told you I wanted to find you so I willed myself to your side and then willed my scent to wrap around you to calm you not realizing it would pull your conscious mind to where I was?”
“Wait, so you're telling me you're actually here? This isn't a dream, well it is because you're in the hospital and not my room, but you're actually aware of everything we are doing?” I asked shocked.
“Geez whoever said hot guys were dense must've been right” he teased and then said “alright you want proof that I am here? I've teased you once before, do you remember what I said?” Blushing, I looked away trying to hide it.
“I see you do. You were staring at my mark and in order to get your attention I said 'what? Why do you look like you've seen a ghost? Or do you see something you like?'” he said quoting himself word for word. All I could think to say was “oh my god” before wrapping my arms around his waist and pulling him tightly to me before burying my head in the nape of his neck. We stayed like that for a bit before he said “hey” trying to get my attention followed by “hey, look at me Remington.” After a few seconds, I did as he asked and leaned my head up to look him in the eyes for a few more seconds before I kissed him. We stayed like that for another five minutes before I broke it and leaned my forehead against his panting. When we could finally breath normally again he asked “so do you believe me then?” Giggling, I said “well after all that, it'd be damn hard not too” making us both laugh again. After we had calmed down a little, I said “so can I ask you a question.”
“That would depend on the question” he said teased.
“I was just wondering what you thought about what you saw” I said looking away to hide my sadness. After a minute, he turned my face forcing me to look at him again and in a gentle tone said “we all have our past, some may have had a happy one while others have a sad one. I will not judge you for yours though I am a bit confused on the details but you can tell me when you're ready.”
“That's good to know. I will not judge you for yours either no matter what it may be. So, when you're ready to tell me I'll listen” I said as I looked into his beautiful deep forest green eyes and kissed him again. Breaking it again, I asked “so can I take this as you like me at least?”
“You think if I didn't that I'd keep kissing you or that I'd let you kiss me?” he asked sarcastically. Laughing again I said “well I'd hope not” then after thinking for a few seconds, added “wow baby got 'tude” before becoming serious again and continuing “I won't ask you to accept me right now. I know we don't know each other very well but I hope that one day soon you will.”
“Yes I do” he said bopping my chest before adding “and thanks for that. You're right we don't know each other very well but I want to change that. As soon as I am allowed out of the hospital, we are going to meet and talk.” Frowning, I said “too bad that when we do that I won't be able to kiss you like this” before kissing him again with a hunger that wasn't for food. While holding him in my arms, all I could think was how much I wanted and loved him. “I want him to love me, I want him to accept me, I want to be able to kiss him and tell him how much I love him everyday” I thought as we kissed. Just as we broke the kiss, I was pulled out the the dream by someone shaking me awake.
“Remington. Rem, you need to get up or you'll be late for school bud” uncle said with his hand on my shoulder.“Alright dad, I'm up” I said moving to sit up as he took a step back.
“Be downstairs in twenty minutes, so you have time to eat before heading to school” uncle said before turning to leave my room. As he closed the door behind him, I couldn't help but think about that dream.
“So, he knows about my past” I thought as I walked into the bathroom and then touched my lips remembering the kisses.
“Oh my god, he kissed me! Not only that but I kissed him!” I said aloud standing in front of the mirror. Suddenly, I felt this wash of happiness and love come over me before I looked up to see violet eyes looking back at me.
“Luci, how are you here? Isn't Kingston awake and are those your emotions or am I feeling Kings'?” I asked kind of confused.
“Your link is more stable now so even though King is awake I am able to still talk to both of you. Not at the same time though I can hear if one of you asks for me while I'm with the other. And those are a mix of both though they are mostly his. He won't admit it yet but he's already in love with you and he knows you feel the same because even I can feel that” he said with a chuckle.
“Oh wow. I didn't know I was that obvious” I said laughing.
“You both are but maybe not to each other. Now get ready for school. You may even have a good day today” Luci said before reseeding into my mind again.
“Alright that was strange. He loves me too though” I thought as I stripped and got in the shower. Five minutes later, I was in my closet trying to find something to wear. Eventually, I settled on a black v-neck sweater, dark wash faded jeans, my biker boots and leather jacket. Heading to my dresser, I grabbed my sun pendent and put my hair into its usual half ponytail to show off the dual coloring before grabbing my bag and heading downstairs. As I walked into the kitchen, auntie and uncle suddenly stopped talking. Walking over to the coffee pot, I grabbed a mug and started pouring some into it before asking “what? Why do I get the feeling you guys were talking about me?”
“We heard you crying in your sleep again. Was it the same nightmare?” mom asked gently. We all knew it wasn't a nightmare but a bad memory that haunts my dreams from time to time. We just call it a nightmare since Serenity doesn't know anything about it being a memory.
“Yeah, same as always” I said solemnly.
“I'm sorry honey, I wish there was a way to make it stop” she said touching my arm.
“It's fine mom. I'll be fine” I said taking a drink. As I did I noticed I couldn't taste it and realized it's been a while since I last had blood. The longer we go with out it, the less human we become including being able to taste food.
“Do we have any blood bags?” I asked after a minute.
“Umm yeah we should. Wait, how long have you been without?” mom asked getting worried.
“Only five days roughly. Definitely not the longest I've been without and I could still taste food yesterday so it's not that bad. I must've just forgotten with everything that happened this weekend” I said shrugging and putting my coffee on the counter as mom headed to the fridge. At that moment, Seri came into the kitchen and said “yeah, I figured you would but I didn't know how to make you do it with as stressed as you've been. I figured you'd remember soon so it wasn't gonna get that bad. Luckily your symptoms started before we left this morning.”
“Next time try to remind him okay sweetie” dad said kissing her cheek.
“Okay dad, I'll try” she said smiling as mom pulled three bags out of the fridge and handed her one and then handed two to me.
“You need to take care of yourself otherwise Kingston won't have a mate to love” she scolded and I took the bags from her hand. Checking the time, dad said “hurry up and drink those before you're late.” Opening the valves, we did as instructed. As I finished the last drop on the second bag, I checked the clock again and saw that we still had three more minutes before we had to leave. Throwing away the bags in the hazardous waste bin, I picked up my coffee and placed it in the microwave to reheat it for a minute. Pulling it out, I downed it in one gulp and placed the empty mug in the sink.
“Come on kiddo, we've got to go” I said picking up my bag and grabbing my keys before heading towards the door with Seri following not far behind.
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