Beloved & Mate ✔️[Fang and Canine Series Book 1]

Chapter 16

Lana's POV

It was middle of the night and the sky was dark, making the stars shine out brighter. The only source of light was the hazy moonlight coming through the windows. Lana was sitting up in bed, looking out the window.

Everything was calm. Silent. Her vampire senses were always on alert. Even more so now that Roman had moved in with her. His safety and protection came first.

Lana did this every night. Checking the possible entries for an intruder, the alarm system, the sources of movement within her vampire earshot... she was a little paranoid maybe but it was a habit. And it was too late to rid herself of this habit.

Cruel-some years in her life had forced her to always have her guard up. This was the warrior part of Lana. A part she hoped her beloved would never have to see.

The dark side to her and the actions of that part of herself would not go well with Roman's innocence. He was pure, he was happy. Lana could not live with herself if she dragged him into the darkness along with herself.

Roman was stronger than Lana in some ways. In the ways that counted. He was pure but not naive or fragile. He knew of cruelty and violence but still radiated unrestrained joy. His will to live and enjoy was strong. Many things that in which Lana's case, have worn out, weathered along the years.

Lana and Roman's vampire and werewolf bond was still unusual and harboured aspects to be uncovered but it was a right match.

Darkness always needs a light, as Lana needs Roman to survive. The only thing was that Lana didn't want to surround her powerful pure white light in an endless black darkness.

Lana turned her gaze from the window to the side. Roman was peacefully sleeping beside her. The sound of his steady deep breaths was having a calming effect on Lana. He was laying on his side, his face turned towards her. The moonlight coming in from the window was illuminating his beautiful serene face. Lana's stone hard heart painfully gave in at the sight of her beloved.

If her eternity could be narrowed down to one single moment and stuck into a loop, right at this moment, she would gladly forget the past and forswear the future. Because in the past, she barely lived/ survived without her beloved and the future was too uncertain to rely upon.

A possible future could hold endless promises spent with her Roman but to imagine that, one would have to be a optimist and have wishful thinking. Lana had neither of those and on top of that, dreaming had lost it's appeal.

Lana leaned over to brush a strand of Roman's silky black hair that had fallen on his forehead. She gently tucked it behind his ear. She continued to watch him, committing every single detail of his body to memory.

Looking at him, her dark thoughts seemed to be holding at bay. Memories that tortured her over and over for the rest of her existence. Roman seemed to be holding those at bay.

Lana teared her gaze away from Roman's peacefully sleeping figure and continued looking out the window.

And with that, the memories started flooding back in.

Roman's POV

Roman was overjoyed. He was dreaming of his mate. Her kisses, her touch, her knowing gaze. He sighed happily and extended his arm to touch Lana.

But he couldn't touch her in the dream, she was far away, like in a different world. A thousand years away, in another life, where Roman wasn't there with her.