The Immortal story and forbidden love with the Enchantress

Chapter six

There, that’s the last one, I smile satisfied at the two drawn images that Erin has done of me, both pinned perfectly to my wall that is filled with all the pictures, poems paintings etc that my clients have created  for me the past year. The sun is shinning brightly through both the office windows, I look outside counting the cars that are lined up in the car park. I see Marea walk outside, she’s in a black turtleneck vest, tucked into a dark red pencil skirt, her long hair glows like snow on her back in the sunlight. She’s smiling at someone, almost as if on cue the music playing in the staff room changes to Roslyn-Bon Iver & St. Vincent, I see a dark purple car pull into the car park and Erin emerges from it.  The first thing I see is his dark sun glasses as well as his curly snow white hair, even from here you could see the perfectly shaved sides of his head, today he’s dressed in a dark button up shirt that clings to his torso perfectly revealing his strong physic, and he’s wearing knee length shorts. He meets Marea by the entrance, she has her arms crossed and I can see her mouth moving, he hands her a clear bag full of what looks like keys and she turns and starts to walk back inside. He turns and looks straight up towards my direction I nearly jump out of my skin. Hands in his pockets and a faint smirk on his face. I quickly spin around. I jump backwards startled Marea is standing with her arms crossed in front of me! I didn’t even hear her come in and how did she get here so fast in those black heels!?

“You need to stop doing that” I blurt out

“Doing what?” She says her red lips forming a little side smirk. “I wanted to give you your new key for the new pigeonholes I had installed in the staff room.” She hands me a silver key she turns around and walks towards the door her hair flowing behind her “Oh and, try not to lose it, takes weeks to arrive once ordered.”  I smile and nod at her. As she leaves Erin knocks and enters.

“I’m not like my sister you see; I don’t just barge in unannounced; you’d think I’d be used it by now, but it still pisses me off.” His shades are tucked into the top of his shirt.

I tried not look surprised, but he swore, that means he’s getting more comfortable in my presence. Good.

I jumped startled when I heard a loud “BLAREEEE” coming from the staff room, Erin didn’t even flinch.

“Someone was trying to turn down the volume when I arrived.”  He looked amused by my reaction

“Oh, doesn’t anything scare you?.”

“Not at all, not even in the slightest.”

We’re both still standing so we go to sit down, I instinctively reach for the wooden chair as does Erin, we are just inches apart, the energy wells up inside me and the words start flowing.

3rd narration:

Her eyes are defiant, and dark she raises an eyebrow her dark red lips are smirking her eyes challenging. Her hair hangs over her shoulders as her gesture is bent, her arm outstretched with her hand on the chair. Her skin glows, the sheen her skin carries catches Erin’s eyes.

“You want to fight me over this chair?” She says playfully eyes confidently fixed into Erin’s

“No-“Erin whispers, his pitch low and amused

She straightens, becoming eye level with Erin as she smoothly mimics his tone “Then I suggest you let me sit down.” Her hand slides over the rim of the chair brushing playfully over his hand. He looks down watching, his jaw slightly tenses but he eases it looking into her eyes and tilting his head slightly lips parted.

Erin turns to sit down but doesn’t take his eyes off of her, he’s amused by her dominance over the wooden chair. Or was it the dominance she had over him in that moment? He couldn’t be sure… But either way he liked it.

Lisa POV:

We sit down, I’m smirking at him he has a small amused smile I watch as it grows wider he’s smiling , he has a beautiful smile I feel frozen in this moment I feel so good to see him smiling at me because of me. And just like his sister his eyes gleam in the light. A glow emanates from within, making him glow.

“Erin” I say my face is serious now, “why is your sister worried about you?”

“She’s not worried about me.” A pause “She just doesn’t like how I do things, and she thinks therapy will help me to come to terms with that.”

“What- what things?” I stutter, the room has grown dark, the golden rays from the widows have disappeared completely. The room feel dark and the air around me becomes tingly..

“I can’t stop myself from wanting.” Erin’s eyes are fixed downwards, he bites his lower lip sliding it out from under his teeth, he looked hungry almost. The air around us feels static.

I laughed slightly nervous

“What? Wanting what?” My voice a whisper

 His eyes locked onto mine their icy glow pierced right into mine, that unsettled me then he said slowly, lowly.

“Control.”

“That’s not always a bad thing-“Wait, what was that, his eyes they flickered, it was for a miller second, but they almost appeared completely white! I’m leaning forward looking into his eyes. He bends forward slightly.

The sun is back making everything glow in its soft rays.

He starts speaking softly

“I’m going to tell you the story about the immortal man, he enjoyed the feel of women, the feel of their warm tender skin, feel of their hair, sound of their voice. He was enriched every night with beautiful women. He often challenged himself with what beautiful women he could have, but one day he got his hands all over the Vampire King’s daughter. As punishment the vampire King decreed no woman was to touch him within the kingdom and if they did they would face death. But the young prince hungered for women hungered for control… The vampire king at the time was ruling over the magical kingdom, every century or so it would be decided that a different magical denomination would rule the kingdom. It was the Immortal’s turn to rule over the kingdom, many magical beings didn’t trust the immortals due to their dark past, and the prince wasn’t representing his people very well. So, it was decided that if he could prove that he had a genuine heart then his family and all his people could get the chance to make some changes to the entire kingdom for the next century.

The prince kept to his word and agreed to obey the vampire king’s orders, especially considering he got off quite easy for what he had done. He went to the human realm and was under a night filled with stars when he met a young stunning human girl. She was beautiful she had dark long curls, dark lips and big bold green eyes, she walked with a grace, she enchanted the young prince. She glowed in the moonlight, she was bold and confident her voice light but deep and beautiful. She had been going for a walk and had stumbled over the prince, she had landed on top of him in her white nightdress. From that moment on they became close they would meet every night and the feel of her was like nothing the immortal prince had ever had. He craved her all the time, the Vampire King threatened death to any women who touched him within the kingdom, but he said nothing about the human realm. The time eventually came when he decided to tell the kingdom about her and after many doubts and disputes they decided to accept the human into the kingdom, which hadn’t been done in over six centuries. She was to be married and eventually become the queen to the immortal throne, the prince had fallen in love and it was so pure that the magical beings believed in him and his people. For to love a human was seen as taboo because they are considered weak because they had no magic and power hungry. There was one faction of beings that didn’t live harmoniously with other magicals and they were banished, these were witches and enchantresses, known as femme fa-tale's or hags. They were known for their meddling; they couldn’t love purely. We were worried that they had been interbreeding with humans. They are strange beings usually female; not all are bad, but they still can’t be trusted. They lust for control and power, and for that they were banished to reside with the human’s as they were seen as one in the same. The young girl with dark hair had just been a scullery maid who looked after the King in the human world.

The truth was, she was an enchantress, born and raised to believe she had to fight for power by enchanting men and seducing them, she had seduced the immortal prince, but she was truly in love with him. But when word got out the magical people learned of her true identity they no longer trusted her; she had kept her identity a secret. The prince forgave her for keeping her power secret, she had admitted that at first she was attracted to the idea of a rich life with him, but she realised she loved him more than any rich life. But it simply wasn’t true, the enchantress found that eating and drinking the foods of the magical kingdom improved her already strong powers of seduction. She soon became consumed with seducing the people behind closed doors to get what she wanted, she enjoyed it.

 But one day the prince caught her trying to seduce his sibling. She begged the prince to forgive her and that she didn’t want power she wanted him but love from enchantress can only be obsession. But the young prince was so angry and turned away from her, he found the young girl’s friend from the human world and seduced her. She was so hurt that she ran away, her friend had also been an enchantress, but her friend was obsessed with their relationship and jealous and convinced her to kill herself. The immortal family line was forever banished from the magical kingdom everyone began to threat that their presence would only cause dread. Without the magical kingdom and the magical food, it meant the immortal line would slowly diminish. A lot of them died but only two remained but they had to feed off of souls to keep alive.”

“Wow, that’s such a tragic tale” Erin face is turned towards the window, throughout the story he’d glance at me through the corner of his eye. His expression was mostly hidden. “And your parents told you those stories?”

“The whole point was to warn me and Marea and that our actions have consequences and sometimes they can lead to horrific outcomes. You see Lisa.” He turns looking at me now “I’m very much like the immortal prince, Unlucky which has led to me losing close relationships. I’m thankful I have Marea, she may not like my actions, but we only have each other.. That is why she is worried; she wants me to be happy because I am the only family she has left.” He smiles I nod finally understanding.

“So, you’ve experienced bad luck with love? Is that why you won’t give women more?”

“I prefer control.” He looks me straight in my face when he says it, he’s not ashamed or awkward about it.

“That way you don’t have to be afraid of being the one who gets hurt.” His expression was unreadable, but his icy eyes told me I was right.

“Do you believe in myths or legends?” His hands move up to the top of his shirt as he begins to unbutton it.

“Hmmm- I can’t say, I don’t know. I’d like to think or even imagine sometimes that they are real...” He nods raising his head slightly his eyes are gazing down into mine, lips slightly parted he continues to unbutton his shirt, revealing his collarbones and chest.

“Lisa-“ He says my name so smoothly it makes me shiver slightly. My eyes open wide

“Ye-s.” I feel awkward, what is he going to say. He starts moving closer to me, ah no don’t do that stay there my voice explodes inside my head.

“I want you- to-“ I’m trying so hard not to look.

My eyes widen even more … He takes a step closer to me, I suck in a breath slowly. His shirt hangs open now…

“to come to my party this weekend.” I don’t respond he’s leaning over me slightly with his hand resting on the back of my chair. He stares at my face and expression. I’m trying to hold down my nerves, why do I feel nervous? I feel my eyes dart towards the window behind him, he’s too close. His skin glows in front of me but I try to ignore it.

I can’t even think. He’s doing it on purpose the little..

“I only want to hear yes and nothing more.” His hand is slowly moving wait what is he doing!? His finger holds my chin lifting my face towards his, I almost feel powerless. He’s gazing into my eyes now, they look so sad, but there’s something else there as well….Is he trying to guilt trip me. How can someone look sad and hot at the same time?

“Erm maybe-.”

“It’s not just me who wants you, Marea does as well. I’m dying to see you as a sexy pirate.” I feel my face grow hot. I look away, instead resting my eyes on his outstretched arm resting on the back of my chair.

This is become way too intense I go to stand up, his foot is on the base of my chair and his hand pushes the back of it firmly so that I can’t stand up. He’s leaning closer, now I see his controlling side he begins to tip my chair backwards. I grab his leg and draws it closer to me so that he loses his grip and balance. He falls just inches above my face hands griping the back of my chair for dear life, good. Not the only one who likes control b***h I smile at myself. He smirks and lets out a quick breath laughing lightly, it was as if he read my thoughts. His face is even more beautiful up close, his skin is perfect his eyes dilate into mine.

I grin saying “Now I’ve got you listening, Ill attend- But only if Michelle can come to.”

He gets up lifting me by the hands, my hands fit perfectly into his and his hands are cool and firm but smooth. I look down at my dark black painted nails. It gives me the chance to glance at his exposed chest. His abs are perfectly shaped, he looks like he could be a model.

“Don’t worry she’ll be there as well.” He says it so smoothly and richly. There is excitement in his eyes like a blazing icy fire. I hadn’t realised that we were so close one of his fallen curls was slightly touching my forehead. He moved one of my tight curls out of my eye then pulls it like a spring.  “I look forward to seeing you there, I expect you remember our little deal Miss Storm?”

“oh” I say nothing to see his reaction I just grin, his eyes narrow, his face becomes  stern and annoyed, it just makes me laugh some more, he looks extremely sexy when he’s trying to act pissed. “Hmm maybe I should make it wait until next time.”

He says richly “Oh is that right?.” He slides his hand down my arm holding my wrist and pulls off my bracelet. He holds it above my head and no matter how hard I try to reach it or pull his arm I can’t get it. I try to poke him, but his body is firm, and he just watches me with a small smirk on his perfect face. I’d slap him but I wouldn’t want to mark that pretty face, also that would be a violation to my position.

“Alright then.” I say it smoothly. “I think it should be themed as your Immortal story.” I cross my arms. He grins at me I feel transfixed whenever he smiles like that. My heart feels as though it floats higher in my chest as though it wants to reach his.

“Ouu I really like that idea Lisa.” He glances up I almost see the idea swarming his mind. He looks back down to me, we’re still quite close I poke one of his curls. He grabs the same hand and slides my bracelet back into place, I shift slightly, still holding on to my arm he pulls me closer to him. His eyes rest on mine then rest on my lips.

“Well, well, well aren’t we cosy, Lisa I assure you his hair is not as soft as it looks because mine is softer. For goodness sake Erin button, up your shirt it’s not that hot. Lisa a word now please.” I jumped out of my skin; Erin just stood looking at Marea. He goes to leave the office, I watch him as he walks towards the door, he turns raising his arm and leaning his elbow on the door frame. His lips part again he raises his chin his eyes peering down my body then up to my eyes confidently. He stares into my eyes and winks before smirking at me and leaving.

Marea waits to hear him leave and then says something I really didn’t expect “Don’t fall for his charms Lisa if you can help it.” Her eyes are serious, but she has a smirk on her face “It never ends well for women who fall for him. He will never fully love someone he won’t allow himself to do it.”

“I have no such intention Marea.” I could never fall for someone again, could I? “I mean I just don’t do relationships. “

“Neither does he Lisa but catching feelings for him would be a waste of time.”

I looked at her puzzled… I was just about to ask her why when I saw her feathery hair sway swiftly as she left the room. She pauses leans back at the door frame “I look forward to seeing you Saturday night,.” That’s when it dawned on me! I don’t have my costume!!!