Descendant Of The Red Moon

Chapter 20

Jill passed me the toast and I stopped myself from yawning for like the hundredth time. I guess the weeks of me sleeping in till 12am because I stayed up until late at night were getting to an end. Alexander thought it was a good idea to train with me and maybe taking in how lazy I had become, that might not be the worst idea.

“Remember, we’re all going out for lunch tomorrow”, Veronica pulled me out of my thoughts and I sleepily nodded at her. Right, I had heard Alexander mention it before… I swallowed the toast and let out another big yawn, a stupid tear escaping my eyes because of all the yawning.

“Oh come on, it’s 1pm. You’re lucky you don’t have training with the rest of us, we start at 6am”, Amélie chuckled and I thought at all those times Alexander indeed left before the sun was even up.

“Well, I need my beauty sleep”, I commented, dramatically throwing some hair over my shoulder resulting for the three girls to start laughing.

“No you don’t, you look absolutely delicious every minute of the day”, I turned around just as Alexander walked in with a big smirk on his face. Turning my blushing face back to the rest, I watched as Amélie shook her head with a look of distaste on her face “Stop, not in front of my food”

Alexander ignored his sister’s comment and stepped up behind my chair, leaning down so his arms were wrapped around my shoulders “You ready to go?”

I looked at him from the side and I felt myself getting distracted again. He was just dressed in a shirt, that didn’t leave much imagination to what he had hiding underneath I might add, and some sport shorts yet he looked as handsome as ever. I loved it when he dressed all fancy in his suits, but I loved him even more when he looked like this. Relaxed, comfortable.

He raised a brow at me and I slightly shook my head, unintentionally pouted my lip.

“Do I have to?” I sounded like a whiny kid and he chuckled as he gently started pulling me to my feet “Yes you do, my love”

“Whatever”, I quickly took one last bite of the toast and waved at the rest before he pulled me out of the room.

He didn’t immediately take me to the training however. He slowly walked us around the forest and I felt myself enjoying the outside more than I’d imagined. It was just something about this forest that made it feel magical compared to other forests. You could blame it on the fact that it belonged to werewolves but to me it was just the air, everything that felt different.

We held hands the whole way, eventually approaching an open fields and I already started dreading what was about to come. I was never really that athletic and just the thought of PE at school made me sulky.

I focused back on Alexander and my eyes widened as he suddenly pulled his shirt swiftly over his head, disregarding of it somewhere on the floor “Wow, what are you doing?”

His green eyes came to mine and seeing my reaction, the corners of his mouth quickly lifted “What? Something wrong?”

“Yes, that’s distracting”, I accusingly pointed at his muscular chest, his broad shoulders, his v line that was in perfect view and his- Nope, stop. Focus Tori.

“Welcome to my world, babe”, he spoke playfully as his eyes darted to my top and I quickly zipped up the jacket I was wearing all the way up. We were going to train, just train…

We started off with two laps around the field and not because he wanted to go easy on me but because that was all it took to leave me completely out of breath. How much longer is this going to take?

“Can we just do anything else but running?” I practically begged him and after some more whining he had luckily agreed.

“Alright, let’s start with some basics”, he said as he clapped his hands together “Try and attack me”

I looked at him weirdly as he motioned for me but I just stood absolutely still “Wait, I thought we were just gonna train?”

“We are but fighting is a big part of that”, he answered calmly and my eyes slightly widened. No, he can’t be serious. Does he even remember what happened to the last people who fought with me? Not a f*****g chance that I’m taking that risk with him.

“I’m not fighting you”, I crossed my arms over my chest before continuing “What if I can’t control myself? I would never forgive myself if anything happened to you”

His lips turned into a smile before he took a few steps closer to me “That’s exactly what we’re going to be training on”

“Alexander…”, I gave him a pleading look but he didn’t waver. Why isn’t he worried about this, like not even a little bit?

“I trust you, you won’t hurt me love”, he sounded so sure as he spoke and I let out a big sigh, closing my eyes. Just remember what the witch said, trust your instincts but don’t loose yourself with it.

Opening my eyes, I found him still patiently waiting before I leaped myself at him. My attempt however was quickly shut down as I found myself on the floor on my back, his tall frame hovering over me. His beautiful eyes shined with mischief and I felt myself slowly losing in them again. Stop, focus.

“What’s your next move, little one?” he taunted me and it made my competitive side slowly come forward. He wants to play? Fine, let’s play.

I let my eyes slowly take in his every movement and I could see his heartbeat slowly relax, indicating he wasn’t to focused on what I was doing. Stupid move alpha…

He seemed too distracted with his victory that he didn’t notice my elbow connecting to his rib, giving me the opportunity to turn us around. Your turn big guy…

I focused back on his face as his smile suddenly turned into a worried expression “What?”

“Your eyes, love”, he commented and I quickly got off of him, taking deep breaths. f**k… And here I thought I was doing a good job…

“Don’t worry, you’ll get it”, he tried but I frustratedly ran a hand through my hair. 5 minutes, 5 f*****g minutes and I already failed. How on earth am I going to keep this hidden if I can’t even keep my s**t together for a few minutes.

“Victoria, it’s alright” Easy for him to say, he literally grew up with this s**t. What if this gets worse? What if something like this happens in the house or even worse, when I’m with my parents or Jake? I would never forgive myself.

“Sweetheart, calm down”, I felt his arms on my shoulder and even the tingles didn’t distract me. How can they even all feel so comfortable around me? Don’t they remember what I did to the hunters?

I felt his hand tighten on my shoulder as he tried to turn me to him and I quickly pushed his hand off me “Leave me alone”

Oh god…

It didn’t take long for all the anger and confusion to change into panic.

“I…”, I looked at him with wide eyes as he slowly sat up from where he had landed a few feet away.

“Victoria, it’s alright”, his words barely registered as my eyes trailed to the huge, bleeding wound on his right arm. I did that… I f*****g did that…

“I hurt you”, I finally spoke and he quickly jumped to his feet, making a move to get closer to me.

“No, I hurt you”, I rapidly took steps back and I could feel tears slowly building up in my eyes.

“It’ll heal, don’t worry about it”, he spoke softly and held his other arm out for me “Please love, come to me”

How can he be so calm about this? I could have killed him.

“I just need to calm down for a moment”, my voice sounded weakly and I took another step back as I saw he wanted to protest “Please, just for a bit”

He looked at me with big eyes and I just begged with my eyes. I just couldn’t right now…

He weakly nodded his head and I turned around, wasting no time as I started running back to the house.

I ignored everyone I passed and went straight up to our room, entering the bathroom. Stripping myself of my clothes, I stepped over to the shower and waited as the water slowly started heating up. I felt guilt completely consume me and I broke down in sobs as I stepped under the water. Standing absolutely still, I slowly let the fresh water wash away the tears. Why couldn’t I just be normal? I don’t ever want to hurt someone else I love but I just can’t seem to control this…

I would give everything right now to just be human… I’m just nothing but a bother to everyone, a constant danger.

I quickly washed the rest of my body and tied my robe around me before stepping out. Even standing in front of the sink, I couldn’t bring myself to look at myself.

There has to be something, someone that can help me with this.

And then my mind clicked. My grandfather…

I know I promised but at this point, what choice do I have? It’s either risk getting captured by hunters or staying and hurting the people I care about. That was an easy choice for me but I knew that realizing it was going to be a different story…

I softly flinched as I heard the bathroom door open before it closed again. I felt goosebumps spread all over my skin as I felt his presence behind me and I took in a sharp breath. I didn’t need to see or hear him to know it was him, I felt it.

His hand softly came around my waist as he pressed my body against his, his face going down to nuzzle on my neck.

“I’m sorry”, I whispered softly and I felt his strong arm around me slightly tighten as my eyes watered again.

I looked at him through the mirror, his eyes already staring back into mine and I could just feel his rapid heartbeat, the blood pumping through his veins, the adrenaline going around paired with the many other hormones. His eyes seemed to focus differently on mine and when I stared at them myself, I found them colored brightly orange, almost gold. So that’s what they look like…

“I’m sorry”, I diverted my gaze down and I felt him gently lift my face again so I had to look in the mirror again “Don’t ever hide them from me”

His voice sounded so soft yet it easily replaced the fear by many other emotions.

“You are the stars to my sky my love, as long as you stay right here in my arms there’s nothing that could possibly change that”, he whispered and just like that my heart started picking up it’s pace again.

“I love you no matter what” This was it, the moment every girl dreams of whenever they were little. To love and be loved by someone to an extent where you can’t even get yourself to explain it with words. He gently started pressing kissed all along my neck, his lips feeling featherlight as he moved them against my skin. I couldn’t help it as my breaths became unsteady, completely under his control.

“Alexander”, I lowly called out to him and he abruptly stopped, a groan coming from him as he completely trapped me between himself and the sink with no space left for me to go.

I felt his heavy breathing on my neck and his heartbeat that thumbed heavily against his chest.

His hand softly left its place from my waist and reached for the knot of the robe, my knees going weak as he slowly pulled it loose. My head fell back against his broad chest, my eyes closing, and I took in a sharp breath as his fingers made contact with the naked skin of my stomach. I was so lost under his spell and never wanted him to stop, making me open my eyes as I heard him whisper against my ear “Tell me to stop”

I swiftly turned around in his arms, instantly meeting his clouded gaze.

“If you want me to stop, you have to tell me now”, he spoke as his fingers tightly dug into my sides as if he would loose control at any minute now. But I knew he wouldn’t and it was one of the reasons I loved him.

I slowly reached up and pushed the robe of my shoulders, leaving me completely naked in front of him. It didn’t make me feel nervous, his gaze made me feel nothing but precious and absolutely loved.

The green in his eyes had me absolutely hypnotised, making me feel like the luckiest person alive.

“I love you”, I whispered but his lips came down to mine in an instant, making my heart explode by the feelings I already felt for him. If I had to put an amount to how much I loved him, it would even overthrow the existence of time. 

I shortly pulled back and jumped up, my legs tightly wrapping around him as my eyes glued to his.

“You’re mine”

“I’m yours”

No matter what fate still had planned for us, there’s was no denying that my heart belonged to him in every way. I loved him, truly loved him.

This time I connected our lips again and I felt him carry me out of the bathroom, shortly after dropping me on the bed as his body never left mine.

There in that moment, I felt like I wanted to stay with him for the rest of my life, to give him my everything. So that night, I did.