The Professors Memory

Chapter 8

Greetings my lovely readers,

I've included a little song with this chapter, a song that has really stuck in my mind in recent days. We listen to the radio at work and the lame station plays the same set over and over again (it's great if you like the song, annoying when you don't!) so I get to listen to it a lot. It has an explicit content warning at the beginning but I can't figure why. Maybe it's because she gets her freaky on with her man but it's pretty tame. I don't know lol. I like this song, it think it sits reasonably well with this chapter. Words are at the end.

xMishx

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Olive sat on the very ornate lounge, her fingers wrestling each other on her lap. She was seconds away from becoming a mess and she didn't want that. Danika sat beside her and wrapped her arm around her, pulling her in for a hug. That was what set her off, now the tears slipped out. She wiped them away as she pulled from the hug, wishing this nightmare be over with.

'He really has no memory of it?'

'None.'

'How can you be sure?'

'I have searched his mind Olive, I haven't found anything about the stream or watching you as you fished, the meal that you shared under the stars, the necklace he gave you. Nothing.'

'How is that possible?'

'We do not know, that is why Lucian has called Phabel's father, he will be here very soon.'

Olive frowned at her. She listened to the sounds around the place, there was the crackle of the fire, the ticking of the clock but no phone call had been made.

'How on earth can you tell that?'

'Very good hearing.'

'Vamp trait?'

'Yep.'

'So am I supposed to forgive him because he remembers nothing?'

'That is completely up to you. You are the one that has suffered all these years where he has been blissfully unaware of it. Well, I wouldn't say blissfully.' Danika said dryly.

Olive's head perked up, wondering what she meant.

'Explain.'

'He has been so engrossed in his work but also he feels very lost and he doesn't understand why. Craves intimacy but does not bother to seek it out, is jealous of others who have the luxury of finding their mate but never thinks that his mate walks this planet. Now that we know of that night and in particular, you, it makes sense now.'

'It does?' she frowned.

'It does if you heard the conversation I heard just before.' Danika grinned at her.

She stands from the lounge holding out her hand to Olive.

'Come, his father has arrived.'

Olive stopped Danika as she reached for the doors to the formal lounge, she didn't want to be upsetting any vampires or whatever this shape shifter thing that Phabel was. She knew that vampires were strict on their rules and didn't want to be punished for being disobedient.

'Should I curtsy Lucian, really, tell me.' she whispered as they crossed the entry toward the formal lounge.

'Lucian already told you it wasn't necessary. In private when you are with friends, it is over the top and Lucian isn't really one for the formalities. Eris however....' her eyebrow raised.