Fated | The Heir of the She-Wolf

Chapter 24

Chapter 24

[Valerio]

I entered the small infirmary building an hour later, still feeling smug about the look on Austin’s face when he heard that Eleanor slept with me last night. In my room, I corrected myself but still feeling oddly satisfied.

I walked in the room where the two children were laying and sleeping. The room was dark, lit only by the moonlight peeking through the windows. Eleanor, Austin and Clara were around the beds and talking in whispers. When they heard me walk in, they turned around and I noticed Eleanor glaring at me with anger in my eyes.

Oh, love, glare as much as you want.

I swallowed a chuckle that was threatening to come out and reached for Clara who was the highest ranking person in the room after me. I had also called for Augustine and Francis to come down here but they had both made excuses and did not join us.

“Eleanor tried performing the spell but she gets sick every time she gets to the middle of it.”, Clara said and looked at Eleanor with genuine concern in her eyes. “I can try to do it but I am afraid my magic will not be accepted well by these Triad buddies laying over here.”, she gestured for the kids – a girl and a boy, clearly twins, who were sleeping peacefully.

“Are they under a sleep spell?”, I asked noticing the black veins on both their arms.

“Yes. The pain was too much for them when we came in so Eleanor did it.”, Austin replied.

I looked at Eleanor and nodded at her in agreement despite the ice cold way she was still glaring at me.

“What happens when you try to heal them?”, I asked her.

“She gets sick…”, Austin started talking in a protective manner.

“I asked her.”, I looked at him and then back at Eleanor.

“Um… I don’t know how to describe it. I can feel myself channelling the spell but when I try to complete it, it is like I get… suffocated, like I am shrinking on the inside. I just can’t finish it and the black in their veins comes back.”

I looked down at the children and at their arms again. Only one type of magic could do such damage and it was magic channelled from the darkness. Whatever happened to Eleanor’s parents, it was not good.

“The magic that injured them is magic created with darkness. You are not strong enough to pull it away from them because your body is too weak. You have to feed on me again.”, I said and noticed Eleanor shifting on her feet uncomfortably. One more thing she did not share with Austin, I see.

“Again?”, Austin asked in a low disappointed whisper.

“Yes, again.”, I hissed at him and quieted him down. “You have a problem?”

“Stop it!”, Eleanor hissed in return and I was surprised to see she was looking at me. “Just stop it already! Fine, I will feed if I have to, but just so that I can help these kids!”

With that, she walked past all of us and out of the room. I followed her, leaving Carla and Austin staring behind us. Thank God at least Carla was not acting like a little jealous prick.

I saw Eleanor walking past two nurses and into another room. I closed the door behind her and she turned on her heels to face me.

“Let’s get it over with.”, she said and heat and rage were radiating from her body. Her hair was a complete mess, moistured from the rain and framing her face like a black waterfall.

She looked like a pissed off angel and left me completely surprised when she pushed me to the wall six feet behind me. My body collided with the wall with a loud thud but before I could react Eleanor was in front of me, her hands on my chest and pushing me back. Even though I could easily turn her around and move her away from me, I didn’t. I was searching her eyes and I knew she was feeling the sharp pain from her canine teeth growing, but she didn’t show any signs of it. She looked determined and fierce and so damn sexy. In a second, she buried her face in my neck and pierced my flesh, taking in my blood in her mouth.

Shivers went down my spine and my head started spinning with pleasure. I closed my eyes and buried my face in her hair, inhaling her scent – a soft note of roses and jasmine. Without realizing my hands went down her waist and I pushed her towards me, pressing her body against mine even tighter. Eleanor kept feeding and I did not mind it. At all. In fact, I loved it.

When she pulled away a few seconds later, disappointment washed over me. I wanted her back on top of me and her mouth and tongue on my neck. I pulled her back in and she fed again, this time more fierce than before. My hands kept their place on her waist and my fingers were clutching her pullover. I needed more than this, I needed more of her. With a quick move, I put my hands beneath her pullover and felt her bare skin, soft and warm under my touch.

Eleanor pulled away immediately, startled by my move, and looked into my eyes. The green in her irises was again replaced by dark red in beautiful contrast with her pale skin. I pulled one of my hands from under her blouse and held her gently behind the neck.

I leaned her in towards my face and kissed her.