The Lycan's Partner

Chapter 3: Dream

Ethan rolled his eyes and said lazily, "Don't overdo it".

Aeturnus smiled at Ethan's answer then pulled Ethan's body closer and clung to his body, "Go back to sleep, you look very tired. By bathing with me, you will get energy and your female werewolf scent will be covered by my scent".

Ethan, who knew that this would not end soon, finally gave up and was about to lean his head on the side of the bathtub but Aeturnus immediately brought his head to his chest and hugged Ethan. Aeturnus whispered right in Ethan's ear, "Go to sleep".

Ethan slowly felt more comfortable and finally fell asleep in Aeturnus' arms. Aeturnus who saw Ethan who had been sleeping

looked smiling then slowly released his hand that was hugging Ethan and took a small knife that he had prepared beside the bathtub. The hand that had gently touched Ethan's body now very roughly brought a knife to cut his own hand until blood was dripping and dripping on Ethan's skin. The water which was originally white because of soap and smelled of soap has now changed from drops of blood that came out profusely to change the colour of the water to red and smell of blood.

But even though the blood flowing out of his hands was a lot, Aeturnus' face was still flat without any expression of pain at all. Very cold, Aeturnus who seemed to have numbed it still supported Ethan's body in his arms with his own blood for him to soak. Only Ethan was sound asleep without realizing how cold and heartless the person holding him was.

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The sun had not yet risen, Ethan had opened his eyes and looked around. He was wearing his pajamas and sleeping with the blanket covering his body neatly. The discomfort he felt earlier had disappeared but he could faintly smell the distinctive aroma of Aeturnus, he inhaled his hand and felt the scent of Aeturnus envelop him. But the figure of Aeturnus was not seen at all around him.

Ethan got out of bed and found a small note on his nightstand, a message from Aeturnus. Ethan saw it and immediately took his cell phone to enter Aeturnus' personal contact which was written in the note left by Aeturnus. After that, Ethan saved the note in his nightstand drawer.

Ethan put down his cell phone after texting Aeturnus to inform him that he had received a message from Aeturnus and also to tell him that it was his personal cell phone number. Ethan was getting ready to start his work and didn't look at his phone again.

On the other hand, one of the children from Aeturnus named Agnis was closing a luxurious and majestic door in a room that looked dark and there was only light from a candle in the middle of the room. The candle shone on a white coffin with a gold ornament that was tightly closed. Agnis walked out of the room, He still had to close a few more doors on his way out until there was a staircase that was only about 1 meter wide. He walked up the stairs until he came to a sliding door, he pushed the door and he came to a room full of books. He took out his cell phone and called someone.

"Aaron, come tomorrow to accompany dad who is sleeping," said Agnis to the person behind the phone before hanging up the phone.

A few days had passed, Ethan looked at his cell phone and there was no answer from Aeturnus. He knows that Aeturnus is not someone who can be easily guessed and his arrival is always sudden so he is not at all surprised if Aeturnus doesn't reply to his messages but on the other hand, Ethan feels worried because his body feels strange. He did feel that his body was fitter and more relaxed than before but he felt that there was something strange about his body even though he himself still didn't know for sure what had happened.

Ethan receives a message from his younger brother, Eden, who says that he will go on vacation with his lover for a week. Ethan who received the message felt a little worried but he couldn't stop it either. He was about to tell Aeturnus but he remembered that Eden's lover was the son of Aeturnus and it was certain that Aeturnus already knew about Eden and Aaron's departure. Ethan put down his phone and was about to turn away to continue his work but his phone rang. He saw who was calling him and it was Aeturnus who called him.

"Hello, how are you?", greeted Aeturnus from behind the phone.

"Hm, what's wrong?", asked Ethan who somehow felt a little annoying remembering Aeturnus who had not visited him for a long time and contacted him even though the two had exchanged information.

"Tonight I will come to pick you up, come with me for an examination in my laboratory", said Aeturnus who got straight to the point.

"Okay, I'll be in the office until 6 pm," replied Ethan telling the schedule.

"Okay", said Aeturnus who then ended the call.

Ethan sighed and put his phone back on the table then he returned to focus on finishing his work.

Ethan had finished his work and turned off the computer in front of him, he glanced at his watch which was already 6.08 pm. He just needed to wait for Aeturnus to come to see him. He felt tired enough that he wanted to close his eyes for a moment while waiting for Aeturnus to come.

The sound of a baby's cry sounds so loud, the sound of footsteps walking very hastily was also heard approaching the room where the baby was crying.

"Mama!!", a boy's voice was heard calling for the mother who had been lying peacefully on the hospital bed covered with a cloth.

The nurse who was in the room tried to calm the boy who was crying by the bed and trying to hug his mother. The two bodyguards following the boy knelt behind the boy and muttered sadly, "Madam...".

A butler who was standing beside the boy knelt down and grabbed the boy's shoulder and said softly but still sounding firm, "Young master, I am so sorry. I beg you to be patient."

The boy was still crying over the departure of his mother, the sound of his crying was not inferior to the sound of a baby crying in the arms of one of the nurses. The baby cried very loudly as if he knew that his mother had left him.

"All this because of him!!!", screamed the boy cursing the baby who had only been born a few moments ago in this world, a baby who had not even been born a day and had never felt the warmth of a mother's embrace.

"Young master...", the butler tried to calm the boy who was still crying.

"Mama~ wake up huhu...", the boy turned around and tightly gripped his mother's hand that came out of the cloth covering his body.

"Mama... mama?! wake up... uhh mama", a soft voice came from the mouth of Ethan who was asleep in his chair with his forehead wrinkled and tears streaming down the sides of his eyes.

A hand gently stroked Ethan's hair and said softly, "Don't cry, I'm here".

Ethan who was breathing heavily slowly calmed down and the wrinkles on his forehead disappeared. Aeturnus stroked Ethan's head very gently, his face looked very gentle, staring at Ethan who was sleeping. Aeturnus muttered, "The more I'm with him, the more I...".

Aeturnus didn't continue his speech and instead sighed and removed his hand from Ethan's head. Aeturnus turned and stared out the window, waiting for Ethan to wake up on his own. Ethan opened his eyes and was immediately surprised by the presence of Aeturnus who was already in front of him and looked out the window. Ethan glanced at his watch and saw that it was already 8 pm, he sat up straight and fixed his wrinkled clothes.

"Are you awake?" asked Aeturnus who didn't turn to look at Ethan.

"Ehm, sorry I fell asleep. Have you come since earlier?", asked Ethan who got up from his seat.

"No, I just came a moment ago. Can we go now?", said Aeturnus who finally turned to face Ethan who was standing beside him.

Ethan nodded "Yeah, come on".

Aeturnus walked closer to Ethan and held his shoulder, "Close your eyes".

Ethan nodded and closed his eyes. When Ethan opened his eyes, he was in a room full of old books that looked clean and well looked after.

Aeturnus removed his hand from Ethan's arm and walked to one corner of the room. He pressed a book which made the large bookshelf slide and revealed a door behind it. Aeturnus looked back and called to Ethan, "Come here".

Ethan was worried that Aeturnus would do something bad to him by taking him to a secret room but on second thought, Ethan felt that it was very natural that Aeturnus had a house with hidden rooms. Ethan walked over to Aeturnus and followed Aeturnus into the room.

When the door was opened, it turned out that inside was only a small room with a sofa and table in the middle of the room and also a bookshelf. Aeturnus opened a sliding door that didn't look like a door at first and went inside. When the door was opened, there was a staircase inside.

Ethan followed Aeturnus to go down the stairs, he looked around and felt that everything looked quite scary and mysterious.

Aeturnus glanced at Ethan and said, "Don't worry, I'm not going to secretly kill you here".

Ethan just stood there and looked up and down. He realized that if he looked up there would be many stairs going up, as well as when he looked down there were also many stairs down but every time he went down the stairs he seemed not to see any room around the stairs, even though he had just left. from a room to this staircase but once he was on the stairs he no longer saw the door of the room.

"Interesting," Ethan muttered under his breath.

Aeturnus heard it though Ethan spoke quietly and said, "I built it like this not to protect myself nor to keep people from getting in here".

"Huh?", Ethan was confused and looked at Aeturnus.

"This place is used to keep the vampires from getting out of here easily," said Aeturnus, who suddenly opened a door that Ethan didn't see at first.

"Come in, welcome to my laboratory", said Aeturnus who invited Ethan to enter.

Ethan nodded and walked in, he saw a room large enough to be a normal laboratory. It's just that there is a single chair with a table that looks like it is at the end of the room with a bookshelf beside it, plus a wine bottle on the table which makes it look elegant and luxurious.

"I'll take some of your blood to check", said Aeturnus who took his white lab coat which made him look smart.

Ethan nodded and sat on the chair that Aeturnus pointed to. After Aeturnus prepared his tools, he sat in front of Ethan and was ready to take Ethan's blood sample. Ethan took off his coat and rolled up his sleeves but Aeturnus stopped him.

"Take off your clothes, I also need to check other things," said Aeturnus who looked at Ethan.

Ethan sighed and answered slowly, "Do I have to take my clothes off once?".

"Yes," said Aeturnus quickly.

Ethan slowly unbuttoned his shirt and glanced a few times at Aeturnus who was looking at him seriously. Ethan swallowed his own saliva seeing Aeturnus' gaze on him. Aeturnus smirked at Ethan who looked embarrassed then his hand slowly touched the collar of Ethan's shirt and helped remove it from Ethan's body.

This was the first time for Ethan to take off his clothes in front of other people, let alone to be looked at like that. Ethan was so shocked when Aeturnus' hands touched him and helped him take off his shirt, that he no longer dared to look at Aeturnus and just looked down.

White skin with six-pack muscles that looks very beautiful, slim body with a small waist that has always been covered with clothes. This time Aeturnus was the first to see him, Aeturnus couldn't hide the smile on his lips.

"White skin and a nice body, plus a handsome and stunning face. I'm very lucky to be the first to find him", Aeturnus thought looking at Ethan's shirtless body.

Ethan was embarrassed but he tried to cover it up and said, "Quickly get the blood and do the necessary checks".

Aeturnus who heard Ethan's words returned to the world and answered Ethan softly, "Okay".

Aeturnus starts taking Ethan's blood sample and then performs various tests again. Aeturnus looked at Ethan's face which was quite close to his face while examining Ethan's pheromone glands. Aeturnus felt he was hypnotized by Ethan's handsomeness and quickly kissed Ethan's cheek which made Ethan so shocked that he almost fell off the chair. Aeturnus immediately caught him and supported his waist so Ethan didn't fall.

With a mischievous voice, Aeturnus teased Ethan, "Why? One day we will also do more than this, you have to get used to touching and doing intimate things with me".

Ethan was about to answer but suddenly the door sounded, "Knock knock knock".

"Father, this is Agnis. Kenzo wants to meet you", someone called from outside the laboratory.

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To Be Continued