BLOOD AND Lightening

Chapter 42

HADIR

"You called," she said looking in the same direction as me or perhaps just avoiding contact,

"Are you alright now?" I asked her, and she stared at me with a strange expression but refused to say a word, Nimai still doesn't know that anything she does to me with her powers backfires to her and I do not know how to elucidate them to her without her knowing of the curse.

"Still can't manipulate your energy," I asked her

"Haldir, please why did you send for me," she asked impatiently, Not being able to read her mind is a great disadvantage, and all her expressions are evolving around anger making it hard to tell, why is she so enraged, 'Could she be jealous'

"Are you jealous Nimai,"

"seriously Haldir!" she screamed,

"seeing you using my name without any difficulties you must really be angry, which confirms you are jealous"

"I hate you" she blurted out as I felt tears falling down her cheeks making me weak, "Why are you crying?"

"I don't know, am not supposed to be this miserable," she said with her voice several pitch higher, all of a sudden different emotions are playing out on her face, each of them replacing the other.

"Tell me, why should I be jealous, why should it be you, I tried to stop myself, I convinced myself there are all nothing but carnal desires, but I know I am lying, I have accessed the reasons why this might be happening to me, no matter how good you appear sometimes, your one wrong outweighs the good, I feel you are a karma a mistake I might have committed in my past life," She cried, I had no words but I hated every word coming out from her mouth, those words were familiar to me but I guess we have different reactions, as I took a step forward, her words are painful.

"Do not approach me" she warned "Do not come close and try to hug me, I am warning you, I might hurt you again"

"Why are you acting like this?" I asked her feeling helpless, I am helpless, my lack of words is doing more harm than good, being the quiet fellow has always been to my advantage, and people assume I have it figured out because I appear so, but at the end am just a vampire who happens to processes silver hair and somehow gifted with enormous strength, which has caused me more harm than good, am not as perfect as people deem, am quiet because I actually don't know how to say a single thing without offending anyone.

"That's the thing with you, you never speak when you are supposed to, you hug me and think everything sorts itself out," she said as if peeking from my heart, "Use your words, as disorganized as it may seem to you I need to hear something from you, do you? Do you perhaps? Do you perhaps like me Haldir? Yesterday.."

"I like you" I let it go, I did like her

"you like me?" she asked as if surprised, wasn't it obvious? I thought I made her uncomfortable with how obvious I was becoming, again I tried going for a hug, I crave her warmth and the fragrance that oozes from her hair.

"About CARA, I did not agree to the arrangement made by her and the family but I have to allow her to stay to see their next plan"

NIMAI

"I have calmly rejected her but seems not even my position can stop CARA, I have decided she won't be staying in my mansion too" I went quiet not necessarily listening to him but realizing how overboard I acted, slowly the anger and rage that formed within me slowly disappeared as I listened to him, as expected his choice of words weren't very convincing but I believe him, one of the many personas I had presumed the devil processed which was arrogance, he was far from that, on the other hand, audacity he has that in abundance. He speaks like a child forced to deliver a speech in front of his elders, his words strength to the point. He went ahead explaining while he traveled only to catch himself after realizing he was telling every plan of the new hybrid massacring his people. As he finally stops speaking searching for my eyes I kept my face neutral processing his words, "I like you" he had said, I know it's not like he had said it. he can tolerate me would have been a better choice to express his words right but I have the choice to take that as a confession.

"I will marry you Nimai," he said making my heart skip faster as I stared at him "Let's get married," he said holding onto my hand slowly the familiar expression I know him of appeared, I am very greedy I do not want to be tolerated I want to be loved, I do not just tolerate him, in fact, I can't stand him most of the time, his audacity is overwhelming and the ugly past we have hunts me in my dream sometimes but for some reason my heart choose him, he wasn't a gentleman too, rarely does he notice me, even when I purposely want him to, I had forced myself to believe I was interested in Zephyr but I still looked out for his eyes, for his reaction and our constant bickering, the warmth his cold hands leave on my body making me long for more than just random short hugs, how many times I have held myself from touching his shiny hair.

"How do we get married without anyone knowing?" I asked him as I watched his face lit up into an evil smirk, he slowly moved away from me and appeared with a folded paper that was beside his bedside and slowly handed it over to me, "You signed the marriage paper without reading Nimai" he said as I immediately took it from him.

"That's a lie" I let out as my eyes ran through the book, it was indeed my Name and my writing "Wait, what, when?" I asked dumbfounded and slowly I recalled, "The chef!" I let out in realization.

"why will you do this without letting me know," I asked in confusion facing him with the papers still in my hands, 'so this means that we are married, and we just consummated our marriage last night' as my mind began to ran around I felt my cheeks flushing in embarrassment

"you had said we should get married and I granted your wish," He said smiling as if he had accomplished something

"So you did it solely because I requested it?"

"yes, there is nothing you will ask of me that I won't be able to do, including making you the duchess of Alfredo," he said with a low tone approaching me, my hands into his as he slowly draw me into an embrace, "I will keep you safe here Nimai, no harm will come to you"

"I am not afraid" I shamelessly lied as our bodies locked together, maybe I fell in love with his eyes, they are astonishing and captivating, they are like a gateway to wonderland, a blessing to every being that looks at it, I want to be the only person who can see it up close, but that will be too much and selfish, his smirk gave out that our emotions aren't the same and I will settle for this, I will stop myself from overreacting.

"After everything is settled, after I find out and resolve this case then you can stop being my wife if you want or otherwise, solely your choice," he said

"what about your choice, do you really want me as your wife?" I asked as a knock on the door interrupted us

He slowly detached from me and walked to the door, standing there was Thanatos with his usual stoned face as he announce the arrival of Haldir's mother making me tense up, I had completely forgotten about her, earlier I had decided not to ask him anything he doesn't feel like explaining but I still can't ignore the glaring curiosity in my mind, he turned around to look at me as I slowly approached him.

"Wash yourself up and join us in the throne room," he said calmly, something really changed after last night, like his eyes and mannerism while talking to me has changed, I watched him walk away as he suddenly, stopped

"And we now share a room in case you haven't noticed," he said with a cocky smile while I rolled my eyes at him, as he left I rushed over to take a look at the changes, and indeed there lays different feminine things laying around, they weren't here yesterday not in the morning, just a few moment I was gone and everything has been changed, the door opened with force to review over cheerful Star beaming with cute smiles as her purple eyes lit up the room, I watched her with a raised brow hoping she explains her mood as she slowly embraced me as if contemplating whether it's the right thing or not.

"Finally your grudges have been settled and your belonging has been merged, maybe soon tiny cries will be heard all over the castle, and a big feast will be held with an open gate" Star explained with gestures and excitement, she ran around the place without saying the supposed words but I knew immediately what she was talking about,

"Sorry to disappoint you but nothing like that will happen before it gets to that stage I will kill everything," I said praying I will really be able to kill this sudden emotion that came with an overwhelming need of possessiveness,

"Why will you say that," she frowned " you have finally been able to make people see that master is not a lone being like he was deemed, the rumor of him not being able to have a mate and the sudden news of your marriage has caused huge arguments in the alleys of Alfredo, imagine proving them all wrong, having a family and breaking the curse," Star said, every one of her words unfamiliar and intriguing.