************************************************************************ - Will it hurt you? – Stefano touches my arm, concerned. - No. – I lied. – It will just be messy and I will need a few days to recover and get back to normal. You should all stand back, please. Adam and Jones exchange baffled looks and take a few steps back. I wait until I’m satisfied with the distance and signal them to stop. Stefano didn’t move, tough. Of course, he didn’t. - Don’t even say it, Catherine. – He has a really serious look on his face, a very unnatural expression for him. – I’m staying by your side, where I belong. - I don’t want to hurt you. – Stefano just shrugs and keeps looking at me awaiting. That’s not the real reason why I wanted him away from me. I don’t think it would hurt him, I think I have been too hungry for a soulmate all these years and here’s someone I love. I couldn’t predict what that hunger might make me do. I look at him and I remind myself that Fate approves of him otherwise She wouldn’t have put him in that restaurant. The only problem is that she put Adam, too. No, I chose him. No more going back now. - Opening myself like this means I will bare my soul to you. – I whisper to my vampire lover, so that Jones can’t overhear us. – I hope you find me suitable for your soulmate. – Stefano widens his eyes when he understands what might happen. He bends over and kisses me very lightly, with his hands resting on my waist. - Yes. Please, yes. – He whispers back. I knew he wanted to say more, we both did and later we would be able to talk freely in each other’s arms. *********************************************************************** Catherine Seward has walked the earth for 634 years and there's still so much of her past that is kept secret, even from her. She is no vampire, shifter or witch. She is an Immortal who has to deal with her people's curse. Catherine has been hiding the existence of the Immortals and their origin from the whole Supernatural World, other Immortals included. Nowadays, he goes by Adam Reeves, an FBI agent and he has been alone for over a century. Forever young and never dying. No others of his kind, or so he thought... It all changed one day when Catherine let her guard down and, once again, Fate put her Soulmate in her path... Old enemies show up, blood is spilled, betrayals are revealed and unexpected friendships bloom. Can this Immortal Queen lead her people out of the darkness without losing herself in the process? One thing is for sure: The Supernatural World will never be the same again.