Forbidden Mate: Awakening

My face turned red and I threw a pillow at her. She giggled and entered back in, “He brought you in early this morning. Both of you were looking really sweaty.” She said from the bathroom.

I rolled my eyes and tried to stand but rested when my thighs didn’t give me the energy to. “I’ve missed him. He asked me to keep him company last night.”

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My lips pursed and I felt embarrassed. Was I really that loud?

“I’m just pulling your legs, babes. Y’all have as much as fun as you want but truly speaking, you moan like a cow.” She said and laughed out loud.

I finally stood up and checked the time, 11pm. Sheesh. I’d been asleep for so long?

I entered into the bathroom and used a hairbrush to hit Sarah’s ass, “Who did you say moans like a cow again?”

We teased each other and had a good laugh.

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When I entered his office, it was a neutral feeling I had. Well, it was his dad’s office which was now his but the place had its own aura. It was Sarah who told me about meeting that occurred earlier that morning while we were spanking ourselves. I was happy for Tyler that he had finally managed to convince the council to his favour but I needed to have a talk with him. I felt like he needed to calm down with his lengths at which he wanted to go for the war. It was as if he was trying to make his father proud by winning this war, which wasn’t bad, but he wasn’t embodying himself.

I stood before him, and he raised his head to me.

“Oh, and to whom do I owe this visit?”

“Noone in particular. I just need to talk to you. I hope I’m not getting in the way of your work?”

“No, not at all. What is it, Lily?”

“The war. I know how badly you want to win it, just like we all do, but I don’t want you to lose your humanity while doing so.”

“What do you mean by that?” He arched an eyebrow.

“I mean, first, what is your goal with this war?”

“To wipe those creatures off the face of this realm.”

I paused then continued, “But there’ll be pregnant women, and little kids…”

“As far as that blood is in them, they’ll have to die.”

Was I looking at the Tyler I knew? Where exactly did this seed or stem of hatred and utter destruction come from?

“Tyler, your father had worked so hard to maintain peace between us and them. I know everything went down the drain once they started sending us threats but he’d never wipe out everybody, including his enemies, in a war. Just like the Delta War…he spared some witches and their houses so the fallen could serve as a precautionary example to the ones who lived to stay in check. That’s the same thing that’s to be done with this war. Why would you want to kill every vampire?”

“Do not bring my dad into this, Lily. His reign is passed and it’s his establishment that brought this war on us, don’t forget that. I have to deal with this and handle this so none of our people get hurt. Do you think I wanna hurt little children of any species? No, but I have no choice. We’re better safe than sorry.”

I was trying to reason with him. His eyes were filled with determination, his jaw clenched tightly, and I could see the fire burning in his soul. He had made up his mind, and nothing I said seemed to be getting through to him.

“Tyler, please,” I pleaded, “I understand that you’re angry and hurt by what’s been happening, but going into a full-on war could have serious consequences. Innocent people from our own kind could get caught in the crossfire.”

He fixed his gaze on me. “I can’t just stand by and let them continue in their destructive ways. They don’t mean good for us either,” he said firmly. “Those vampires threw the first straw. They invited this upon ourselves when they thought it amusing to send threats to us. They’ve attacked our pack, and they threaten everything we hold dear. I won’t let them get away with it.”

I leaned closer to him, reaching out to touch his arm gently. “I know you’re hurting, Tyler, and I know you want justice,” I said softly. “But we have to think this through. There has to be a less brutal way, a way to end this without resorting to so much violence. The pack may be left in ruins if we continue with this”

He shook his head, pulling away from my touch. “And we’ll rebuild…. Look, I’ve thought about it, Lily. I’ve thought about it a lot,” he said with a bitter voice. “But there’s no negotiating with them. They won’t stop until we’re all dead and neither will we stop until they’re all not existing anymore.”

I could feel the hatred for vampires dripping from his voice. How would he then feel if he found out that Adrian was…I couldn’t even imagine. I wasn’t trying to support the vampires, but we needed to fight constructively in the war not just with resentment. If we were consumed with hate, we’d end up killing ourselves.

“Tyler, I don’t want you to become the very thing you hate,” I said with a broken voice. “I don’t want you to lose yourself in this.”

He turned away from me, his fists clenched at his sides. “I won’t lose myself, Lily,” he said resolutely. “I know who I am, and I know what I’m fighting for.”

I could see the readiness in his eyes, and I knew that nothing I said could change his mind. He was a man on a mission, and he was willing to do whatever it took to achieve it. I don’t know what this seat did to him, but it was obviously getting to him.

“I’m gonna eliminate every single vampire off the face of the realm,” he declared with conviction. “I won’t rest until they’re all gone.”

My heart sank at his words. I knew he meant what he said, and I feared what would result from the war. But I also knew that I couldn’t stop him.

“Tyler, please be careful,” I said, “You’ve just started a new phase of your life as a leader. Please, just be thoughtful and strategic about your decisions.”

He turned back to me, his eyes softening for a moment. “I will, Lily. Don’t worry about me. ”

I wanted to believe him, but the fear in my heart was hard to shake. I knew that this path he was on was dangerous, and I feared that he might become consumed by darkness. I could see it in the way he looked.

“I’ll do whatever it takes to protect you, Lily…I mean our pack,” he stuttered but his voice was gentle. “I promise.”