saturn

3

astrid's pov

i sat up for a few hours waiting for something to happen, but eventually i just sinked deeper into the sheets and aurelia's hold to fall asleep but sleep wouldn't come easily. my mind raced back to the 6 strangers at the gas station, the way the man locked his eyes onto mine and smirked did something to my soul, the way the rest of the men ran out of the store and looked us drive away had me wanting to cry and run back.

i knew that wasn't possible though i couldn't drag anyone else into our mess, if i could save aurelia i would save her too. from all the books i read i knew mates would be possible, and in the supernatural community they actually tested for a mate bond at a young age but since we were humans, and human/supernatural pairing didn't happen often we didn't get tested.

when our powers first appeared, we had earned the tattoo soon after, the angel number 888 on our sides same side same spot with wings on the side of the numbers and a halo on top. unsure of what that meant i researched and researched our parents were so happy that aurelia and i shared a mark and therefore a bond meaning we would always be together no matter what.

they just didn't know sharing this mark and our gifts would bring their end. closing my eyes i tried to even my breathing but i ended up tossing and turning trying hard to not disturb aurelia, i knew she was tired from being up for so long but i just couldn't find sleep. "what's wrong pretty" i heard her ask behind me, i had no doubt her eyes were still closed.

"im just trying to get comfortable" i said hoping to try to ease her mind, she always worried about me. i didn't hear her say anything else so i assumed she went back to sleep until i felt her moving, she then pulled my body towards her, making her the big spoon. she put her head on top of my bonnet and kissed my neck and ear before rubbing my stomach lightly in a circular motion to help me sleep. sleep soon found me after a few rubs, in my dreams i saw 6 men standing in the distance.

waking up i tried to move only to feel arms locked around my body, my head somehow ended up on aurelia's chest and her hand on my ass rubbing it slowly, her breathing even. i looked up at her and placed a few kisses on her jawline to encourage her to let me go, "baby i have to pee" i whispered in hopes that she would ease up. she sighed a little deeper letting me know she was awake and i felt her slowly ease off of me.

i got up quickly hoping to let her rest so more who knows when we'll have time to sleep in again, looking in the mirror i noticed a few hickey's from lia's activities yesterday and smiled at myself, i started taking my bonnet off and then began brushing my teeth and face. walking into the kitchen i grabbed our snack bag and pulled the food out heating it back up in the microwave so we could at least eat the pasta and chicken from yesterday.

aurelia soon walked into the kitchen and sat on a barstool, just looking at me and waiting for the food to finally beep. "i think we should stay here astrid" she never uses my first name so she must be serious. "i don't know maybe we should keep moving, our mates might find us all too easy, the court mind find u-" she cut me off with a shake of her head.

"we slept a full nights sleep in a bed made for 20 people baby, we're about to eat breakfast at a table and we haven't done that in years 7 to be exact, our parents wouldn't have wanted us unhappy and always on the run" she said her eyes hard and determined. "so your unhappy with me" i asked knowing that wasn't all she said but i didn't wanna unpack her other very good points. "you know that's not what i'm saying pretty girl, but we might be able to settle here and be happier then we've been on the run."

i took in the fact that she wasn't wrong we did sleep good, well once i finally fell asleep, but there was no attack on us in our dreams. we would be eating breakfast in our pj's at an actual table something else we haven't done in years like she said, maybe this could work. "okay but let's make a plan a good one, because i can't settle down here just to get uprooted" i said as a smile slowly took over her face.