Beyond the walls (Ruby Rose)

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Ruby's pov

The letters I'm reading now make me feel proud. I've managed to get on the good side of several other noblemen, just enough for them to agree to meet with me. This a big step towards restoring Solris to the way it should have been all this time. With the help of these noblemen, I'll be able to make right everything my father made wrong through trades and other business.

I hate that man. I remember how my mother would tell me I shouldn't say that after I'd come to her in tears and a fit of rage after my so-called father would reject my attempts at some sort of relationship. She'd tell me it's too much of a strong word to throw around and that I was much too small to understand it's powerful meaning. Now that I'm older, I understand what she meant clearly. And it's also clear I was on the right track. He was an awful man that didn't deserve any other emotion other than hate.

But as much as I'd like to disassociate myself from him, I do have one thing in common with him that I don't actually mind. And that's the fact that I fell in love at first glance with a woman of extraordinary beauty and personality.

I didn't quite believe that it would happen though. It sounds so farfetched and ridiculous when it's not you. It's a thing that all vampires go through apparently, fall in love with the one they're meant to be with. But since I'm only half-vampire, I didn't actually think I'd go through this too, yet here I am, head over heels for Evangeline Griffiths.

As soon as I saw her in that square, standing with natural grace but still very nervous, I knew she was my soulmate. Her big bright hazel eyes looked up at me more curious and shocked than afraid and her plump lips were slightly parted as she tried to calm her speeding heart that matched mine.

She seemed surprised when I picked her, as if she didn't understand how I would compare her to those other girls. But I didn't even notice them once I saw her.
Now all I have to do is get closer to her, in hopes, she'll want me too, before I marry her.

After reading through some letters and documents, I decide to join Eva in the library.

I find her sitting in one of the grey couches, paging through a book and biting her lip in concentration. She looks like an actual angel with the light from the window cascaded on her skin. The sight makes me smile.

I take a seat next to her and she looks up at me, her face brightening up, making my heart melt.

"This book is very interesting. I didn't even know that there was so much history about Solris." She says excitedly as she carries on reading.

"Well, a lot of things happened in this town." I comment softly. She looks at me again, surprised for some reason.

"Were you there for all this?" I laugh and shake my head. "Not all of it. I'm not that old you know."

"Well, how old are you?" She looks hesitant to ask but her curiosity weighs over it.

"Technically, I'm one hundred and twenty-five." Her widened eyes make me laugh again before I continue. "Though my ageing is a little different considering I'm only half-vampire, I'm not quite sure how it works."

"Wow, that's...Wow." Her adorable shocked expression just makes me fall for her more.

"Does that mean you're not freaked out by that then?" I ask jokingly but feel a little insecure about it.

"No, I'm not freaked out at all, I'm just amazed. You look like you're in your twenties. This is the most extraordinary thing I've seen." She says as she moves her knees onto the couch and caresses my face with her soft hands, looking at me with astonishment and, dare I say, adoration. She seems to notice her very forward gesture and blushes embarrassed, probably thinking I'd be offended by the sudden contact.