The Vampire’s Forbidden Mate.

Chapter 17

Elara’s POV

“Lucien D’Aramond is my mate”

After telling this to Rose, my best friend she subconsciously left her mouth open in shock.

“What do you mean by mate? Schoolmate, classmate, or the other mate I'm thinking”

“I guess the other mate you're thinking”

“How the hell is that even possible. Wait so he is a werewolf?”

After she said this, I laughed because she was panicking and still got it wrong.

“Stop laughing Elara”, then she playfully hit me on my shoulder

I got all serious instantly and told her that whatever I tell her now and today shouldn't leave the kitchen. Then she nods in agreement.

“He is not a werewolf though”

“I thought vampires don't have mates” she said

“Well, I never knew that either. Anyway, he told me but I did not believe a thing that he had said last night not until some minutes back.”

“What made you believe then?” Rose asked

“Please don't be offended because it has something to do with your brother. So I saw your brother mowing outside and he was shirtless and looking all hot, but when we were both inside and we were communicating, at some point I felt irritated or should I say annoyed and I wasn’t comfortable. And this is how I always feel with every other guy but Lucien was just different.”

Rose did not say a word, she just went mute. I had to ask her to at least say something but she said she had nothing to say.

That hurt me, but what do I really want her to say?

So I shrugged it off and helped her out in the kitchen. Just this act made me tell myself to never say anything about it to her again.

When the food was ready, she served her brother first before serving us. She told her brother that his food had been served in the kitchen, so we both went up to eat in her room.

I did not have anything to say because I was a bit sad about how she cared less.

Rose finally broke the silence and asked what I was going to do now that I knew the truth, but I wasn't planning on doing anything. My whole life can't change because of just one person and how sure am I that it's not just his words that make me believe we are actually mates.

“I'm not going to do anything. I'm going to continue with my normal life. I don't need abnormalities and besides I have my biological parents I’m still searching for. I don't need any distractions”.

After I had said that we both dived into another topic and she brought up the topic of them relocating again and this made my chest hurt. My best friend and only friend is about to move and we have not spent much time together, this made us both sad and I could not finish my food, we both couldn't, but we had to cheer up anyway. I called my mother and told her I won't be sleeping at home today. The relocation is in the next two months but I couldn't bring myself to leave her alone after knowing, so I slept over.

Lucien’s POV

I couldn't sleep all night. I kept on having what-if thoughts about how things could have gone. Why does it have to be this hard?

I kept on recalling the whole night which made it much more difficult for me to rest. Then remembered how Thaloria became visibly clear and I had no hand in it.

But Elara is human, how was that even possible?

I need help at this point. I can't do this on my own. After much thinking, I was able to sleep in the morning.

As soon as I got up I got ready then headed for my father's chambers hoping to meet him before he steps out for his usual early hunting. Luckily I met him when he was coming out of his room.

“Father I have something really important to discuss with you”

“You have just five minutes, I'm already running late”, he said sternly then ushered me in to sit with him in his room.

“Father, we all know Lilith is not my mate and you and Mom are forcing this union I obviously despise. You and Mother are mates, so why do you both expect me to be with someone I'm not mated to?” I said

“Lucien, I would never have imagined that this day would come but if you must know the truth, my mate died during the wars between the werewolves and we the vampires centuries ago in the human world.” This information left me shocked.

“So my mother was not initially bound to you.”

“Yes Lucien, she was never my bound half, but I had to be with her as I was the vampire king that needed a partner to balance power.”

“Wow, I had no idea. But father you had the opportunity to be with your mate. You did not live with the fact that you knew your mate but ended up with someone else. I do not want to live with the fact that it should have been my mate standing by my side instead of someone I do not know, someone I do not have the time to get to know. Father, I have a mate, we have met but due to certain things it's not just easy for her to be with me.”

“Son you have lived for two centuries and I expect you to have the knowledge and wisdom to handle certain issues on your own. I won't be here with you for long because I'm ill. Something I can at least tell you is that we the D’Aramonds always get what we want either peacefully or forcefully, but that doesn't put us off as bad guys because we always find a way to make it right, because if you fold your arms and do nothing, my son, this empire that we have built will collapse. So be a man and stop whining without some action. Now I have to take my leave.”, he got up and left me in his chambers.

This conversation left me thinking throughout the day. I avoided my mother all through too. I would have also avoided Lilith but it doesn't seem like she was around.

When night fell I decided to go visit Elara and try to make things right.