Soul Ties

Chapter 22: Unanswered Questions

Scorpius dips his head into the crook of my neck, his fingers tracing small swirls along my chest. There's no doubt in my mind that he can feel my heart banging it's way out of my rib cage right now.

"Why does this feel wrong and yet so right at the same time?" he purrs, running his fingertips over my collarbone. I give underneath his touch, my body reacting without any hesitation. The fog in my mind isn't as heavy as before our strings tied, but it's not light enough for me to fight through it either. I have enough of my mind to know this isn't what I want, but not enough control to do anything about it. A blessing and a curse. For some reason, I think about my dad. Then my thoughts quickly shift to Caelum.

Was this the son he raised? Someone who would do whatever he wanted regardless of how it made anyone else feel? A man who obviously has never heard the word no. Who took pleasure in teasing the magic right out of me, using it in his favor even though he claimed this wasn't what he craved either?

As my back arches against Scorpius, my mind races to Seren. A prick of fear follows the lusted haze I'm in once I imagine how Seren's meeting with her mate will go. She was tougher than me in all aspects, but would she be strong enough to resist this?

My hope sinks. It's possible that she'll go through the same thing I went through once Scorpius and I came in close proximity to each other. What worries me the most is if she'd actually enjoy it. My stomach drops lower, tears trying to force their way out of me. I swallow hard, forcing myself to push the thoughts out and focus on Scorpius again.

He rakes his teeth against my neck, nibbling gently once he reaches the collar of my suit. Spinning me around to face him, he places both hands against the wall on each side of my shoulders.

Then he looks at me. His black eyes stare at my blue ones, the contrast so intense it makes me shudder.

Scorpius was my complete opposite in many ways. Now that I thought about it, he was my opposite in almost all ways. From his confidence to his physical size, even our homes couldn't compare. But as he stared at me, deep black eyes searching and studying my own, I start to feel something. I can't describe exactly what it is that overcomes me, nor can I even remember after when it flees just as quickly as it comes, what it was I see in his onyx colored irises. All I know is in that moment when he swirls me around and we're face to face, eyes locked, something changed. Something in him.

"Your eyes are like oceans," he says, looking back and forth between them. His thumb traces my left cheekbone. "Like the water I've always dreamed of seeing."

I almost let my curiosity get the best of me, about to lean my cheek deeper into his thumb, but he pulls it away, leaving behind a chill where his touch had been. My head is now almost clear of the blinding desire that was consuming me before. Yet, his voice intrigues me. So does the frown painted on his face.

"Have you never seen the ocean before?" I ask. He looks down, his brows furrowing together while he stares at the floor.

"Scor-" He slaps his hand over my mouth.

"Don't. I think I've had enough mindless lust for one night."

He's right about that. This soul tie thing was becoming more confusing by the second and the last thing we both needed was to go through it all over again. I can barely wrap my mind around what's going on from one second to the next. I needed a break and so did he.

He pushes away from me, rubbing the back of his neck and sitting on the bed looking somewhat defeated. I don't move. I just watch the wheels in his mind turn, working through whatever he could be thinking about.

"Safe to say Thysus didn't mention this to you when you visited her," I state pointedly.

It bothers me that she failed to tell us something of this magnitude. That it would be this strong when we met. This seems too huge of a thing to leave out and I feel a little infuriated realizing she knew this would happen. Was this her game? Letting us figure out just how this soul tie thing worked on our own?