The Immortal story and forbidden love with the Enchantress

Chapter Eight

“As you all should be aware tomorrow is the gallery show where our clients will express themselves. Tomorrow people will be looking at us to see how our therapy skills have helped their family members, which is why you are to act as good representatives for our company. I have assigned you all places within the gallery that you will reside until three o’clock. I need you all to be at the gallery for twelve o’clock sharp, some of you will all have one session with one of your clients before. So, I expect you to make your way straight there after your appointments are over, and those of you who don’t any appointments you are to be on time.”

Marea is in the middle of the staff’s room reminding us of how important each gallery event is for our clients and for us. She gets excited during whenever it’s to do with the gallery shows. Me and Michelle are sipping on our individual tea’s, my flavour of tea is green with lemon. We are sitting on the counter and look at each other with our eyebrows raised as we sip from the mugs. Everyone else seems bored and are aching to get back to their lunch. Laura in the corner was eating her chicken sandwich when Marea announced her meeting, Laura was still eating when Marea was talking. Although Marea doesn’t like to  say it, she clearly likes when all eyes and attention is on her whilst she is talking. You know this because she’ll keep staring at you whilst your fidgeting or eating.

Laura goes to bite into a Yorkie chocolate bar when Marea narrows her eyes at her, me and Michelle  smirk in our cups, a snort escapes Michelle’s mouth whilst she takes a sip of her tea. Marea cuts her eyes towards us, whilst she is still talking. This causes Michelle to freeze with her cream mug still to her lips. Her eyes peer up at Marea, women and men around the office begin to smile and snicker, their faces look so evil whilst they’re smiling that it causes to me to laugh and splutter tea in my cup choking and laughing at the same time. It wasn’t one of my best moments, but you know, we move… Marea rolls her eyes before continuing.  But there is definitely a hint of humour in her smirk. Bet she’s probably thinking I deserved it for laughing. Anna is sitting behind Marea, she doesn’t even cover up the visible bite marks on her neck and shoulders. Is she trying to show something? She looks at me eyebrows slightly raised and cuts her eyes at me. Her attitude was the same no doubt but her presence seemed slightly off.

“Anyways… As I was saying, don’t loose your office and locker keys, if I have re-order another pair for any of you, expect that the money will be coming out of your pay- check. And that goes for all of you. Do I make myself clear?.” Everyone nods in agreement.  

Marea takes her time turning around, eyes slightly narrowed, red lips serious and a small line, she’s staring at all of us suspiciously as everyone holds in their laughs. Marea enters her office but Anna doesn’t go with her. Everyone presumes their snickering and giggling. We honestly act like school children; we all laugh at each other when someone does something wrong.  Michelle is just shaking; her green eyes are squeezed shut and she’s slowly rocking back and forth. Her red curls are covering the sides of her face.

I giggle  “Michelle you actually look possessed.” I start laughing at her, my obnoxious laugh is hard to conceal and her demon possessed self just makes it worse. She’s shaking even more holding her stomach. I have to take off my leather jacket I was beginning to feel hot from the laughing. Today I had a hot pink open neck shirt tucked into my black pencil skirt. I’m giggling with Michelle when the room’s murmurs and voices quieten down. People are going back into their offices with their clients. Michelle and I are just calming down from the giggles, she opens her mouth to speak.

“Did you get the next invitation to Erin’s party?” What already? The party was only two days ago.

“No, I suppose mine hasn’t arrived yet.”

“Oh, it’ll come soon. Saturday was magical wasn’t it?” She smiled at me; her green eyes glowing with glee. I nodded at her.

“It really was, I can’t get over how beautiful their place was. So big, it reminded me of a mansion I read about in a book.”

“Outside shocked me but inside shocked me more.”

“Honestly same, I know this is gonna sound weird but is it me or I am the only one who doesn’t remember the later half of the party?”

“Haha, you mean you don’t remember the last half?”

“No” It came out as a small squeak. Michelle laughs at me.

“Well you were dancing with Matt, then Marea started dancing with you both. Then Erin danced with you.”

“What really? I remember dancing with Matt and Marea slightly…” I put my hands to my face slightly embarrassed that I couldn’t remember anything.

“You were literally glowing, like literally. My head was getting a bit fuzzy due to the champagne, I thought I was hallucinating.” Her eyes blink rapidly. I interrupt.

“Oh my god glowing?, I thought I was hallucinating. What on earth was in those drinks.”

 She responds in a low voice leaning towards me slightly with her hand pressed to her bottom lip “Yeah and you threw yourself in between Anna and Erin whilst you were dancing with Marea again. She spun you away and went to pull you back to her, but you span between both of them.” Michelle looks at me surprised; I just look at wide eyed. I then look at Anna still sitting in the chair. She’s putting on dark red lipstick, the exact same shade as mine. I tell Michelle about how he showed me his bedroom and his literal walk in wardrobe. Michelle laughs surprised and eager for more information. Anna sits there glaring at us before she gets up and enters Marea’s office.

“No, I don’t even remember doing that, or even dancing with Erin, I don’t remember getting into my car, nothing. The last thing I can clearly remember is being fully dressed on my bed, and before that Erin on top of Anna in a room and they were making out and stuff and then before that I thought I saw.” I pause, having that strange memory come back to me. What happened that night? What can I say actually happened? That I felt strange and started acting weird after seeing Erin and that woman I can’t tell Michelle that I’ll sound like a mad jealous woman.

“I knew it, what was you gonna say Lisa, you thought you saw..-“

“Thought you saw what Lisa?” I gasp shocked out of my skin, Erin is standing to the side of us, he’s in a white open neck shirt, with a thin grey over coat. I look at his face, his face is serious, his icy eyes appear glossy, his hair snow white glows perfectly in this light. His curls poised high on his head, sides shaved, he looks so perfect. A few curls slightly fall down his forehead. I look into his eyes and a flash of his glowing eyes flicker through my head. A small voice inside of me sensed danger in them and I don’t know why; it was as though that night his presence was different he seemed hungry for something.

“Lisa?” Michelle says. She sounds a little awkward. She says she’ll see me later.

“Oh right, it’s our appointment.” I get off the counter and begin walking towards my office. Erin follows swiftly behind me; I feel his eyes on me from behind as we walk. I enter the room and slowly turn towards him; I taste slightly metallic saliva. Why do I taste fear? He shuts the door still looking at me with the same serious look in his eyes but there is a slight smirk on his face. He goes to sit in the wooden chair to which I race towards it, I’m there before he can even touch it. There is a quick flash of movement and I feel a strong grasp around the sides of my waist. I open my eyes, I look slightly down staring into his eyes, my hair falls over my face and some rest on the sides of his shoulders. He smirks closing his eyes and peering at my hair on his shoulders. he’s got me firmly placed on his lap facing him.  And I’m awkwardly on top of him. He feels cool underneath me, his eyes stare into mine, I go to stand, but he grips my waist and forces me closer. I nearly fall but he grabs my wrists and station them around his neck, he slides me towards him, our faces are inches apart. My eyes widen and my breaths become shallow. My heart pounds..

“What did you see Lisa?”

“I don’t know- “

“Cut it, don’t lie to me.” He says it sharply.

“I didn’t see anything; I don’t even remember what I saw it’s all blurry.” He stares into my eyes for a little while, eyes serious same way. His smirk returns.

“Lisa, tell me exactly what you remember?” pupils are so restricted. I’ve not done anything wrong have I? I mean I know I wore a masquerade mask even though I wasn’t supposed-

“Lisa-?” He says playfully, he pushes my hair behind my back, it makes me shiver.

“I saw you with a woman, you had no top on and- she still had, uh clothes on and you were biting her, and- you were biting and-.” Erin’s eyes cut to the side of the room, he looks slightly pissed, I know because his hands tighten slightly around my waist. But then his eyes move slowly back to mine.

“And what? “

“licking her-.” I try not to look disgusted; I look down into his lap noticing the sharp edges of his thin waistcoat. The energy swarms in me like an ocean, its waves are lapping inside me it grows deeper when I notice his sleeves pushed up exposing his strong forearms around my waist. I peer back into his eyes. I bet he licked her perfume off her and I hope it burned his tongue.

He positions himself so we’re slightly more levelled, he inhales my scent closing his eyes as he does.

“You smell nice, you like cocoa butter. Why was you just thinking just now Lisa?”

My eyes are wide “I was slightly drunk I don’t remember anything.” I’m rambling now my eyes are squeezed shut. “please just let go of me this is so weird.” He pulls me forward so that I am just inches away from his face, he keeps his serious eyes onto mine as he moves towards the side of my face. He takes one of his hands from my waist and tucks my hair behind my left ear. His lips slightly brush my ear. I involuntarily shiver as he whispers

“Lisa don’t tell anyone what you saw, that’s private between us now, also as my therapist you’re supposed to keep to the strict rule of confidentiality.” He moves my hair back, holding one long dark spiral in between his thumb and forefinger he carefully places it back, I nod.

“And I know you were drunk, but that’s not what you were thinking, you thought it was funny that I was licking her didn’t you?” He says it so smoothly, looking all amused. I begin to slowly shuffle backwards to get off of him,  he holds my waist running his hands up and down my hips and into my waist.

“Touch is a very beautiful thing, and if you know how to do it right it becomes addictive.”

The energy was swarming around me, I began to relax forgetting everything around me. His icy blue eyes stare into mine, what’s weirder is that I’m wearing a skirt, so I’m quite sure he can feel my underwear. He bends forward slightly as I shift, I pause. He has an amused look on his face, he raises his chin slightly lips parted. He places his hands back around my waist firmly to guide me off his lap. My eyes widen because he stops, I slightly lean back towards the other chair, but he pulls me firmly forward. He inhales my scent again his lips brush against my ear I feel him smile, like proper smile. I hear his breathing deepen. What’s he going to say? My eyes widen but the energy inside me tells me to obey. He slowly runs his tongue over my neck. The feeling makes me sigh slightly. I have to take every fibre of my being to tell me it’s wrong. I jump off of his lap and land in the soft spiny chair. Truthfully, I wanted more…

“Did you really have to put me on your lap like that! Erin?!”

“Felt good, didn’t it?.”

“I am not one of those women.” He laughs softly at that.

“ But you are one that enjoyed it You didn’t enjoy it?.” His eyes told me he did his smirk told me he already knew the answer. “You could have gotten up if you liked, I think you like the feel of my-.”

“Cut the crap Erin.” He smirks at me clearly enjoying my obvious frustration. I take a deep breath closing my eyes. I run my hands over my face and eyes. I want this feeling to go away, I can’t let it take control of me again.

“Erin, can you tell me anything about your past?”

“I’ll tell you anything you want. Just ask.”

“Okay, lets start with your childhood.”

He tells me that he and Marea was raised by his mother and father, but that they died due to getting a mysterious illness that the doctors weren’t sure how to cure. He said he had a good childhood. He told me that his father always spoke of the immortal stories and taught them to be vigilante. He said his mother enjoyed helping people and was a florist. His father was a fisherman. He told me he draws designs for various things and fixes paintings and can re-create paintings for people.

“I’m sorry about your parents.”

He nodded sincerely, his tattoo of the anchor and rose made sense now.

“Erin? Have you always been crazy about women? Marea told me she doesn’t like the way you use them.”

“Marea has a way of doing things and so do I. Women are crazier about me than I am about them. I can’t turn down a beautiful woman now can I?” He smirks bending forward slightly. He begins painting some paper with dark red paints, browns and light reds.

“What about how they feel? Doesn’t it concern you that you use them?”

“What like Anna? She looks and feels great.”

“Ahh okay…” I didn’t want to hear any more about Anna.

“People make their own decisions .”

“You don’t care about their feelings?”

“No.”

“What about Marea’s feelings?”

“ She has things she does and so do I because we’re adults.” He looks up at me from painting then sighs, “ I don’t entertain serious relationships they are a waste of time.”

“You ever have a relationship?”

“Yeah- “He looks sad, really sad, his chest rises and falls stiffly.

“You don’t have to speak about it- “

“I’m ready to speak about it.”

I just nod “Her name was Lilly; I called her Lil. We were together for two years. I was gonna marry her. She was the only one who could tame me.” He smiled slightly whilst painting, his chest rises and falls. “She’d sing to me and write me songs, she made me so happy, she’d play with my curls, and she had the most beautiful laugh and smile. She literally glowed all the time, she was so stunning and beautiful just one look at her always took my breath away.” He paused taken by memory. “Marea loved her, she knew my parents and they accepted that I wanted to marry her and make her mine forever. They were happy I finally settled down and chose to treat a woman like a queen. She was a queen she should have been queen in another universe.” Erin had been painting a rose but it’s kind of resembles a heart.

“What happened between you two?”

He pushes the painting away

“She died.”