Under The Shadows

Engulfed

"Mate. You are our mate, Kiara!" Balthazar replies that takes me into a phase of shock and awkwardness!

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MATE.

That word, so deep yet so simple. So short yet long enough to draw me in. I never knew a word can do that to me. It dug a pit of hole in my stomach and I have no idea what to say. What does that even mean? What am I to them? Why does that word feel so much engraved within me that I am feeling heavy in my chest?

I am trying to utter a word; anything would be great but no chance. I feel my heart beat so fast and loud.

"Kiara…" Zacharias speaks, almost like a whisper; his voice is sending tingles to my stomach. "Please say something?"

I turn to look at him. The concern is dripping from the stare he is giving me right now. I am sure they can hear my heart thudding so hard, I am afraid it might break the rib cage and fall into my lap!
I feel scared to speak anything. Slowly, I feel Balthazar's warm touch in my skin. It felt so hot on my hand. I realize that I am shivering. I look at him slowly. His eyes are glowing.

Oh god! What do I say? I have no words.

"I…I don't know what to say! I…"

"That's okay my love" Zacharias speaks up.

I again feel the tension rise up. I feel that both of them are glaring at each other. When is this going to stop? When will I be able to breathe around both of them normally, without them trying to kill each other? Never. It will never happen, will it? They are both natural enemies. How will they resist the urge to murder one another? Ughh!

I hope this topic gets to different direction. Why did I even ask any of this? Can't I stay silent for a god damn day?

And then the distraction appears.

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"Here's your pizza" Chris brings the only good thing that can happen right now in front of me. It smells divine and heavenly. The cheese is melting and I see the sausages and black olives that distract me from everything that happened before.

After a split second, I breathe in and pick up a slice without looking at any of them. Oh goddd!!! That tastes so good. The cheese drips from the side of my mouth but do I care right now? Not really. And the sausage is another best thing that has fallen into my mouth for now.

As I finish the first slice and look up my eye contacts with Chris. What the hell? Why is she still there? And why is she gaping at me? I turn towards Aiden to find out his eyes really wide. Okay, what did I even do? I turn slowly towards Balthazar finding his eyes glowing and black veins appearing in his face and his ear tips red like a ripe tomato. No help here girl! My only hope, I turn towards Zacharias and now I lose it. his eyes black as charcoal and his jaws clenched so tight. What actually happened here? I turn to look behind me, nothing! So, whatever happened here is because of me.

"What?" I ask them raising my eyebrows high. Dramatic, I know!

"How can you eat pizza like that?" Chris chirps up in a squeaky voice.

"Like what?" I ask shocked and slowly move my head towards Balthazar "Can't she see your…veins? Won't she know you are not…normal?" I try to whisper.

"Don't worry about his veins! I am a ware wolf myself! I am just better at hiding my identity. But leaving that topic behind, you ate pizza like you were…you know?"

"Like…what exactly?"

"You turned me on Kiara!" Balthazar spits the truth, so bluntly that I can feel heat creeping up my neck and spreading towards my cheeks.

"I…I didn't mean to…turn anything on. Really."

"I am leaving" Zacharias declares. "For a break. Will be back in a minute!" and just like that, he is gone.

"Me too." Balthazar is out of sight in a second.

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I look with pleading eyes towards Aiden, "I didn't….ughhh"

"Do you realize that you were producing sounds, Kiara?" Chris asks playfully, that goofy smile already creeping up in her lips.

"Wh…what sounds?"

I hear both Aiden and Chris breaking into a fit of laughter like there is no tomorrow. This is so embarrassing. Dad never told me I ate pizza like that. How…what…oh my god, I am going to go mad soon.

I have to divert the topic. They are laughing too much and that is making me too much embarrassed.

"What's mate Aiden?" I ask, dead serious.

Chris and Aiden both fall silent. He looks at Chris and with an understanding nod, she is gone. Aiden draws in a sharp breath and looks directly into my eyes.

"Kiara, all Vampires, Ware wolves and Lycans have their mates. Soul partners. Lover of their life for eternity.  We wait for years and decades to find one. And when we do, we give our everything to them. The thing is it can be anyone! And so, you are the mate of both of them. I know its hard to choose because a Lycan may go crazy and bring out a bloodbath if he or she does not get their mate and a vampire might kill themselves and others around if they don't get theirs. You are in a dilemma I get that. But Kira, you will have to choose!"

What does that even mean/ How can I choose any of them when I have no idea about any of them! Do I know them? Nope. Did I meet them before? Never. Has it been really long enough to trust any? I don't think so. But then, do I feel that attraction? That pull? A huge yes.

What am I going to do now? How can I choose? I suddenly want a normal life. The life I had with my dad. No worries and nothing. I always felt safe. Why did this even happen?

"I don't know Aiden. To be honest, I was about to leave this place next year. I hope to resist all this for the time being and I will be gone. You don't have to worry. They won't find me. Because Aiden, I cannot choose, not between them!"

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