Mine to Claim

Chapter 51

Relief is an emotion that I rarely feel. And today is that rare moment. Watching Nora confess her entire encounter with Alcina gives me huge relief, especially when she agrees that her daughter is a traitor. She will aid us in punishing Alcina, when the time comes.

However, today is not that time.

Today, I need to live with this small amount of relief that we are safe, even if it is for a short time.

And I need this short amount of time. Nikita needs this short amount of time. More so, Fenris needs this short amount of time. The wolves need their Queen back by their King's side or soon, the other territories' Alphas might see it as a weakness on Fenris's part.

Looking around the corridor, I wait patiently for Nikita to get ready. After she agreed to meet my brother, she requested for some time.

"I need to look presentable."

That's what she had said even when I don't understand what presentable means. She looks like an angel. There's no need to dress up, that to not when she's meeting my brother.

She's inside her room, right now, in Fenris's home, and I am pretty much antsy because she locked me out of her room. She's shy of me seeing her. That's fine but she's also nervous.

She's nervous because she doesn't know if I will appreciate her physically.

That just makes me take two steps back in our courtship.

I was almost starting to think that she's ready for me to take the next step in our relationship but looks like I still have a long way to go.

Suddenly, the wait feels unbearable.

Luckily, I do not get much time to ponder over my depressing thoughts because Nikita opens the door, and I am once again spellbound to her presence.

She looks beautiful with her hair down but with her hair tied up in a braid, like it is now; it's a sight to see. She has little tendrils of hair, falling out of her braid, which frame her face, making her look much younger than she already is.

It almost makes me feel like a criminal for touching this otherworldly Goddess.

"You are projecting your thoughts," whispers Nikita, dipping her head to look around us and then continues. "I am not a Goddess, Dominic. Don't put me on a pedestal where I don't belong."

Her words though soft and innocent, do not fail to pierce through my heart. The meaning behind her words tells me exactly why she feels so underconfident about her aura. Her memories, her entire life has been a curse because she's my mate; because she was reborn to fulfil our legacy.

What would I give to see her carefree and happy?

"I do not wish to be carefree, Dominic. At least not in the way that you are thinking. I am what I am today because of my past. And I am slowly learning to accept it, live with it and leave it behind. I am finally free," she speaks but her voice catches when she talks about being free.

Her face speaks volumes, letting me inside her mind, allowing me to realize that she's come a very long way in this journey.

The first time that I had seen her, she was this frail, scared and hopeless girl. She didn't know what to do with her newfound freedom. And here she is standing today, all on the strength of her own courage and fearlessness.

I might be her anchor but it's her Will to live, that gives her this strength to fight her memories and overcome them. After going through all that she went through; it's truly a magnificent sight to see her aura, so pure and so full of light.