The Amber Witch Saga: Beginning

CHAPTER 5: Joy and Agony..

Anastasia woke up to heavy knocking on her dorm room’s door. She tried to move but a large muscular hand was wrapped around her waist tightly. She immediately became conscious to the stranger’s presence. She tried wiggling out of his grasp but this action only earned her a deep growl from the man behind her.

“Keep doing that and we will not get out of this bed for a few more days. If you’re not already aware, you are rubbing your behind on my man part...”. Just the thought of what he was suggesting, made her red all over.

“Someone is on the door.” She managed to squeal out.

“I heard that already. Whoever that is will stand outside until I am done snuggling with my mate.” He huffed. His words made Ana blush more than she ever had, in the span of 20 years of her life.

“I don’t even know your name.” Suddenly the ceiling was so interesting for her to stare at. She was aware of stories about werewolves. Back in her normal life, werewolves, vampires and witches were a myth which no one believed in. She, on the other hand has researched, pursued leads and done so much more, only to find out that she herself is the mate of the most powerful existing wolf. It was joyful as well as a little bit overwhelming for her. According to legends, wolves loved and protected their mates above their own lives. It was either both the mates lived, or none. The bond they shared was too strong and the other mate, on the former’s death would mourn and finally die. There was a lot of information one could gather from the holocausts preserved by certain clans who called themselves Hunters. But mostly people back in her world did not believe in such stuff.

“I have so many questions. Will you answer them?” Damion’s unexpected question had Ana confused. Shouldn’t she be the one asking questions?

She faced him after a lot of wiggling about in his embrace. He chuckled.

“I wanted to spoon you.” Damion fake pouted which made her laugh. “It sounds like chiming of bells.”

“What?”

“Your laugh.” Damion scooped her even closer.

“Alright you can ask me now.”

Damion cupped her face. “While I asked my Beta to investigate about you, he mentioned that you went MIA for the last two years. Since I already sensed you strained relationship with your parents, I want to ask if they hurt you in any way? Is that why you went underground? Because they harmed you?

Damion looked calm while asking the question but inside, he was seething in fury. If this disappearance was indeed because of his mate’s parents, he wouldn’t be able to control Elijah anymore. He will rain destruction.

“That part of my life is a secret. I cannot tell you anything that much personal about me yet. I’m sorry. But no that wasn’t my parents’ doing. It was just…. Something else.”

“My love, I really want to know what it was. Please tell me.”

Damion made puppy eyes in front of his mate. He was a possessive creature and wanted some control over his mate’s life. Even Elijah needed assurance that they will be as important to Ana, as she is to them. Anastasia, however was confused. She has learnt many lessons in her life, and the most important one of them being that strangers should not be trusted too soon. She has made many mistakes and suffered their consequences. She grew up unloved. Her younger brother was adored by her parents and her elder sister was cherished, while she only got the leftovers of the kindness her parents had to spare. She went through mental abuse, a lot of it. When she wandered outside her abode in search of love, it turned out even worse. People took away parts of her only to never return them back. This made her untrustworthy. She did feel some attraction towards Damion but she was doubtful if she should tell him about her life yet. This relationship needed to grow before she can be real to him.

“I.. I cannot tell you. Please try to understand.”

Damion was hurt and confused. He did not understand why Ana don’t want to talk about her past. Even if she has done something bad, he was ready to ignore that part. Hell, even he has done some really twisted s**t in the past. He was ready to tell everything about himself to her, but why can’t she do the same?

Damion huffed in annoyance and got up from the bed.

“Please don’t leave me.” Anastasia was on the verge of tears. It always turned out like this. He didn’t even wait for her to give an explanation. He did not care, in her eyes.

On the other hand, Damion was frustrated and angry and confused. He waited almost 10 years to be with his mate and she does not even trust him. He turned back to look at Ana and she looked crestfallen. The first impulse he had, was to get back into bed and comfort her, tell her that he is restless, but there was so much s****l tension apart from all the hurt and anger that he just couldn’t stay there any longer. He wore his shoes and went away.

Anastasia, however was heart-broken. There was really no one who could understand how she feels.

Just hours ago, she and Damion kissed, shared a sudden intimacy. And now… he didn’t even want to look at her just because she refused him something so small. It all seemed so comical to her. Everyone is the same eventually whether she likes it or not. Just a couple of seconds after he left, she heard the door slam. She instantly felt cold, in heart as well as in body. She looked at the clock and it was almost eight o’ clock. She was starving, apart from being angry and sad. All the physical pain that had been tormenting her vanished in such a short amount of time, except the hurt was still there.

Ana got up and started getting dressed for the dinner. Midway through her struggles, someone knocked on the door. She peeked through and Andrew was standing there with concern evident on his face.

“What happened Ana? You look stressed.”

“I happened to oversleep today. I was tired. I didn’t mean to worry you or anyone…”

“Hey, hey calm down. You look like you are going to cry.” And it was true Ana did feel like crying. She was holding back her tears all this while.

“Well, you skipped Dinner, so I thought I would check up on you. Everyone has been worried about you.”

‘Skipped dinner? But it wasn’t even 8 when I started getting ready’ she thought. Andrew saw the visible confusion on her face and asked her if there was something bothering her.

“No, I’m... it’s fine. Are you going somewhere? You look all dressed up.”

“Yeah. I also wanted to ask you if you want to go somewhere out. You know, change of scenery! There is a pub downtown. They make excellent sandwiches.” Andrew was looking at her with such puppy eyes that she couldn’t refuse.

“Alright then, I have mind linked everyone else and they will meet up with us in 15 minutes, right here. Until then, let me help you wear something nice.” He flashed his set of flashy pearl white teeth which made Anastasia smile.

“Mind link? As in talking to each other though your brain? That is some serious telekinesis shit.” Ana exclaimed.

“Yeah, it is something that people from the same packs do.”

In reply, Anastasia only formed an ‘o’ with her lips. “Alright kiddo come in.” She held out the gate wide open for him and he sauntered in like a cool gentleman.

“I am not a baby.” Andrew pouted.

“Oh, you are definitely one. Look how you walk and talk.” She chuckled.

“Hey, No I am definitely not. It is established and now you go get ready. It gets a little colder outside the academy so, wear something comfortable and warm. You’re still a young witch so you don’t know how to access your inner energy for extra warmth.”

“How do ‘YOU’ know all that? You are a werewolf, aren’t you?”

“Uhhhh, it’s a part of the school curriculum, learning about other species. Now off you go… just get ready. Others will be here soon enough.”

Ana was standing in front of her wardrobe. Huh, extra warm? Everything she had was extra warm. She hated the cold as it is. She settled for a beige Pashmina turtleneck sweater and black skinny jeans with her usual knee-high leather boots. She was satisfied with her appearance.

When Ana came out, everyone else was already sitting in front of her fireplace. She took her chocolate brown coat and they went off together. But they were absolutely unaware of what was about to come.