Love And Hatred (GXG)

Eight

Sorry for long wait, had a lot of studying, trying to find an apartment, playing a lot of rdr2, and writing another story I am excited to post when this one is finished. :)

I jawned and rubbed my eyes, unaware of where I had been sleeping, when it finally hit me that the vampire had taken me to bed which had become a weekly routine after my first time with her, I found the vampire sound asleep next to me. She was facing the other way. I brought my hand to her bare back, the skin was soft, but also cold to the touch.

The woman turned around and smiled at me, I retreated my hand and covered my chest with the duvet. "Good morning." She smiled while she brought her hand to my cheek and stroked it.

"Morning" I replied

She made me get dressed quickly since she told me we were going out. I had not been outside in months, I was excited so I quickly got dressed.

We walked outside, and her hand went onto my back, behind her manor was a beautiful birch forest which we walked into, there was a small trail that we followed, and tall grass and flowers surrounded the landscape, it really was beautiful especially when rays of sun shone through the trees.

Suddenly, Lilith stopped and seemed to look around for something. I was curious about what she was looking for so I looked around but saw nothing. "What is it?" I asked the woman beside me. She didn't reply as she kept looking for something. I heard a twig break in the direction Lilith was looking so I checked to see. A gray wolf walked out of the tall grass. The wolf snarled at Lilith.

I looked up at Lilith to see her reaction, her face was cold as stone. Maybe they knew each other. "So you are the wolf I have been smelling, you have been wandering around here for weeks.  What do you want?" She asked. The wolf continued to walk up to us, Lilith placed me behind her as if she was protecting me, I found it very sweet of her to do so. 

"Answer!" She stated firmly. The wolf however seemed to grow angrier, it walked up to us, her face close to Lilith. I was surprised that neither of them had attacked, if someone came up to my face like that there would have been a fight a long time ago. The wolf walked past Lilith and licked my face, I chuckled as it tickled. The vampire pulled me away and put me in her arms. "Do you know this wolf?" She asked me.

I did not recognize her, she was not in my pack and she was not in any of the other packs I had met. So I shook my head. I felt Lilith's grip on me getting tighter, I felt as if the two women knew something I didn't. I looked between them both, the hard face of Lilith and the warning snarls of the wolf.

The wolf decided to finally turn to human form, the bones formed in place, and the fur disappeared. There stood a woman, just as tall as me, with brown hair, Her skin had a good tan to it. And she was naked. She walked closer to us and looked at Lilith. "She is my mate." My eyes widened, is that why I had gone into heat? My mate was close by after all.

"Mate?" I asked. Of course my wolf could not alert me of my mate because of the collar, but it did make sense, I did find her incredibly attractive, just like Lilith. The woman looked at me and smiled. "Yes, we are mates, have your wolf not alerted you?" She asked.

I shook my head and pointed at my collar. "I have little to no contact with my wolf with this on." She looked up at Lilith and glared, It was clear the two did not like each other, it was understandable seeing the circumstances.

"It is for your protection Eleanor, and this woman is a liar. She is not your mate." Lilith spoke, and her hand went to stroke my head, in an attempt to calm me, but I had a feeling this was more of a self-soothing action. The wolf scoffed. "Are you serious? You expect her to believe you over me? Why would I lie? Take off her collar, let her find her mate." She crossed her arms and frowned. I thought that was an excellent idea.

"No." I heard from above me, her chin was resting on my head. "She lives here, I will not take off her collar, just for you to run away with her and get killed. She is safe here with me." She replied, my stomach fluttered just hearing those words. I felt ashamed for feeling like that in front of my mate, or I believe she was.

"Then I am staying because we are mates."

"You are not staying." I turned in Lilith's arms and looked up at her. "Please Lilith," I spoke. She turned to look between the both of us. I knew she was making a difficult choice. "No." She replied. I sighed, what did I expect? I should have expected that she would say no. 

Lilith began walking back to the manor with me, but of course the other woman would not let her just walk off with her mate. She had turned into a wolf again and this time she attempted to attack Lilith. The vampiress moved away and let go of me to fight off the wolf. Was she really able to fight a wolf double her size?

The wolf was clearly angry, so she tried to go for Lilith's throat. Lilith fought off any attacks, she was defending herself more than anything. When I saw blood on both of them I decided I had enough. I would not let someone fight to death because of me. I stepped in the middle of them and looked at them both. "Enough!" I yelled.

They had stopped. Blood coated the fur around her mouth and throat. Lilith had a visible gash on her chest, her dress torn from the claws and teeth of the wolf. I wanted to care for her like she had cared for me when I had been drugged "Stop fighting, please. Lilith why do you have to be so difficult? Can you not let her stay or at least take off my collar for one minute?"

"No, I cannot. I- There are certain things that..." She seemed like she was at a loss for words, a side of her I had never seen before. She was unsure of herself, but why? Was there something about my mate that triggered such a reaction?

"This is not your mate because your mate is in my home. I have refrained from telling you because she does not wish to reveal herself to you, just yet." No that was impossible, who could it be and why did Lilith know and not me? "Lies!" The woman snarled, she had quickly shifted to her human form again.

"I-" I was not sure who to believe. I will not lie, I had a hard time believing Lilith, why would she hide such a thing from me? "Who is it?" I asked the vampiress, she bit her lip and shook her head. "I will not tell until she decides to reveal herself to you."

I had made my decision. The story was flawed. "I want her to stay." I pointed at the woman in front of us. The woman seemed relieved and smiled at me. Lilith sighed, she pinched the bridge of her nose and turned around away from me. I had not seen her that upset ever before, I do feel as if she did care for me a lot.

"Lilith?" I asked. She turned around to face me again, a defeated smile on her face. "If that is what you wish." She spoke. I grinned and hugged her, and she returned the hug, holding me tightly. It was comforting. I was glad I got to finally meet my mate, however, it had not turned out the way I had hoped.

The wolf smiled too. She approached me and shook my hand. "I'm Reagan." She smiled. "Eleanor," I replied. Lilith was silent on the way back, she must have had a lot on her mind. I truly admired her for letting Reagan into her home when she clearly disliked her.

We walked inside, Reagan was given a blanket to cover herself when she walked in. I noticed the stares of the other maids, they were glaring at Reagan and could see the clear slash on the vampiress's chest. Wounds like that usually healed within hours for vampires. 

I was glad they both were okay.

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Posted: 18.02.23