Love Me Now

Chapter 6

"Miss Aragon?"

I was brought back into reality when Josephine, our housekeeper, knocked on my bedroom door. "Come in." I was sitting on the edge of my bed, just staring into nothing. It has been four days since that awful night. A petite young maiden entered my room. She looks fifteen but she's really eighty decades old. 

"Your father told me to get you something to eat. Is this alright?" She asked and put the tray on my bedside table. "I'm not hungry." I heard her sigh. "Very well. I'll just leave the tray." I heard her close the door behind her.

The memories of the incident still haunted me. The hunter's attack, Caine's silver stake. I glanced at my dresser. His stake was still there next to his brother's shuriken. My chest began to ache again, but I ignored it. I thanked God it was the end of the semester, or else I would have a lot of studying to catch up to. And Elena, she keeps visiting me, but I never talked to her. She cried in front of me, begging me to talk to her, but I couldn't. I knew what she was hiding now.

She knew that I knew.

"Who did this?!" My father in his commanding voice forced the truth out of me. "Severus, I think it's best if we let her rest first." Mr. Carlisle put his hand in my father's shoulder. I was still coughing from the powder. My father growled at him, and Mr. Carlisle removed his hand from his best friend's shoulders, and bowed his head in a submissive manner.

I felt my father carry me to his study, and let me sit in the couch. He opened the vault behind a painting and took out a bag of blood. He poured on a glass and handed it to me. I quickly drank to regain my strength. After gulping the last drop, my father sat next to me. Before he could say anything, I started the conversation.

"I don't know if you know, but there's a part of the border where no one was guarding it." I stared at my hands on my lap. I knew this conversation was heading to that direction. He was silent. "Why were you there, Arianna?" His tone was soft. But I knew deep inside, he restrained himself from being angry at the fact I was there. "I'm sorry, father. I tried investigating the crime. I wanted to see for myself." My voice was small. He sighed. 

"Thank you for the information, Arianna. But I don't want you risking your life for this. You're still young. You should go have fun and be a pain in my ass." He said. I almost smiled. "I know, father. But I wanted to help you lead the coven. I know it's hard for you to lead without mom. And I don't want to be a burden to you." He hugged me tight.

We stayed silent.

We didn't have the time to mourn for my mother's death, and right now we were both mourning. A sob escaped from him. "Daddy." I hugged him even tighter. "I miss her so much." His voice broke. "I know. Me, either. But mom would want us to stay strong and lead." He let go of our hug and looked at me with smiling eyes. He sighed and nodded. My chest began to ache again. My face scrunched up and I felt my father panicking. 

"Arianna, what's wrong?" I couldn't tell him. I tried to ignore the pain, but it was too much. Tears sprung in my eyes. "Arianna." He said in his commanding voice. I whimpered. "You've found your soulmate, haven't you?" He asked, anger evident in his voice. I just nodded. The pain in my chest worsened. I sobbed while clutching my chest. "And you haven't accepted him?" He was now raising his voice. "Why wouldn't you accept that Arianna? Look at yourself, you're in pain!"

The pain slowly disappeared. I steadied my breathing and looked at my father with sadness palpable in my eyes. "Who is he?" He asked. I shook my head and new tears were about to break loose. "Who. The. Fuck. Is. He?" My father was now fuming with rage. And before I could stop myself, I blurted out "Caine."

My thoughts were interrupted by a knock on my door...again. I looked up to find my father peeping his head inside my room. I smiled sadly at him. "Father." I acknowledged him. He opened the door and walked to my bed and sat next to me. "You haven't eaten in days." His voice had a hint of sadness in it.

"I'm not hungry." I said straight faced. "You need your strength back. Please eat." He took me hand and held it for dear life. I nodded. "I'll eat." He sighed in relief. "Good." He got up and walked to the door. "And dad?" I realized I need to go out. "Can I go to the club? I need to take my mind off of things." He smiled. "It's good you're going out again. Go have fun. Just be careful." And with that, he closed the door.

Might as well eat and regain my strength. As soon as I finished my food, I took a hot shower and prepared for a night I won't remember. I wore my laced underwear, hoping I could find someone tonight and forget about him. I found a black see-through blouse and wore it with my signature black pants and black combat boots. I tied my hair in a messy bun and put on minimal make up. Just mascara and a maroon lipstick. Then I shifted to the club.

The club was almost full and I had trouble making way to the bar. After a few minutes of squeezing myself to the crowd, I reached my destination. "I'll have a Long Island Ice Tea, please." I batted my eyelashes to the bartender, and he winked at me. "Coming right up." I turned to look at the scene unfolding in front of me. Hormonal vampires grinding their way to comfort. I sighed. I can't believe I'm almost one of them. "Here you go, m'lady." The bartender put the glass on the counter. I turned around and lifted the glass.

Well,here's to hoping that one day, I'll forget you, Caine.

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I guess this is a long one. *nervous chuckle*

Lots of love,

Chelsa