Rose

3

Rosemary

It was a pretty cool morning. My hands were busy with shopping bags that I pulled out of the car. I couldn’t park her at the bar because frankly there was nowhere to go, and at least I wanted to get a fine. Going towards my goal, I stopped at a flower shop. We needed new and fresh flowers. Over time, I became one of the main maintainers of this small shop. I greeted the seller and started choosing. Each time I chose different ones to check which would last the longest.

- Maybe you had to ask this once, but which flowers last the longest in a dimly lit room?

"Grizzly," several voiced unanimously.

I spoke up and noticed that a woman and two little boys were standing next to me. The woman was very beautiful. Short curly ear hair, light gray eyes, small nose, pink lips. She hid her liana figure under a free-falling cotton dress decorated with floral patterns, which hid her knees. A voice in my head warned her that she was a witch. I smiled at her and bought the flowers she advised. I put a big bouquet on the bags and started carrying them.

- Miss !!! Please wait ...

Stopping for a moment, I turned my head to the side and saw the same woman with one of my bags in her hands. She just smiled and I realized it was probably lost along the way. I stretched out my hand to grab it when I heard something slip .... And that was another bag. Two other pairs of hands from an unknown location kept me and the bags from tipping over. As soon as I turned to the side, I saw two boys ... Teenagers.

- These are Milis and Nile my sons.

I just managed to nod. Avalanche spins anxiously in my head. For some reason, I was surrounded by anxiety. It wasn’t until later that I found out why. Mili was gifted with an oracle, a witch and a clarifier while in the meantime his brother Nile was a mediator between the living and the dead, but also had a lot of magic in himself. When they offered me help, I hesitated for a moment, but decided to take the opportunity. After talking for a little longer, Avalanche's opinion changed. When we finally entered the bar the woman stopped looking at Edgar and he was looking at her. It was the moment I realized what was going on. The man's eyes immediately changed color and filled with tears. Deciding to leave them alone, I took the boys to the kitchen. I prepared lunch for them and we had a quiet chat while eating. A few months later Luna Arija was accepted into the gang and we learned that we would soon have two bundles of joy. Aria was expecting twins. I remember when she thanked God and everyone she could when she found out she would have a boy and a girl. She said it was the last time she gave birth ... Although Edgar had a different opinion.

My life began to take on a steady flow. I had my own routine, which we diversified into music, self-defense and martial arts lessons. Edgar’s friends taught me further how to survive in nature. After all, to them I was just a weak person. When I wanted to escape from everything, I released Avalanche in one of the worlds. We like the northern worlds the most .... Strange as it may be, I feel at home. There we can run for hours and hours and disagree with anything. The thing is that there I feel freedom and peace. Looking at Edgar and Arija I see family, but I know my place is somewhere else. The longer I sit here, the harder it will be for me to leave... leave them. I tried not to think about it, but it is impossible to hide something from Milis or Edgar. One day, Avalanche offered the idea to leave. The moment I froze when I understood what she wanted to say. The bar is getting more and more attention and my safe haven is starting to crumble. My mind was interrupted by a round-the-clock radio that reported a series of deaths. And it was nowhere else but in the southern region. As the voice began to say the names of the victims, my hands began to tremble. Every name ... took shape in my head of the people I interacted with. And when the last name sounded I was screaming I felt like I was starting to run out of air the last name was none other than the woman who was raising me. I collapsed on the spot. I saw Mil running to me, his lips moving ... I felt him shake me by the shoulder to make me retaliate. He killed them ... It was more of a statement than a question in my mind. Avalanche was silent all the time. I looked at Mili anxiously again and felt tears fall down my cheeks. I hugged the young guy hiding my face in his chest. Soon I felt other strong hands around me. From the smell I realized it was Edgar. I was quickly taken to the lounge behind the bar and laid on one of the beds. Edgar stroked my back and tried to calm me down. His voice was like a lullaby and I fell asleep.

When I got up, my eyes pierced ... It was dark in the room, but I could see the figure sitting in the armchair. I tensed, but soon relaxed when I realized from the smell that it was Milis. I sighed deeply and started to get up when I was stopped by the guy’s voice.

- I know that your name is not Daniela ... I know that you are not human .... I also know that you are running and you are in great danger ... Do not be afraid. Only I and Edgar know about your secret ...

- What?...

- I'm an oracle .... I know about everything and everyone .... you're safe, but it's only a matter of time before he finds you.

Avalanche spun the wheels restlessly in my head. I heard his footsteps echo in the room. When his hand touched mine I nodded and bounced back. I pressed against the head of the bed and hugged the bent legs, pulling them harder to the chest. I felt uncomfortable and insecure. Avalanche’s anxious breathing didn’t help me at all. I heard Milis sigh and pulled towards the door.

- You can sleep peacefully Daniela you are safe here. But when Edgar tells you to run you will have to run.

These were his last words before he left. My skin shuddered at the thought of my persecutor. My thoughts revolve at a frantic pace. I spent my entire stay with Edgar and concluded that if he had wanted to, he could have complained to me a long time ago.

- We'll be fine, Rose. He's an oracle ... He probably knew who we were before we met.

- What are we going to do now?

- Nothing ... We can't do anything ... We just had to wait and hope that we could spend as much time here as possible.

I just nodded. Although Avalanche’s words were reassuring, her tone betrayed that she was panicking. When the internal dialogue was over I settled in bed more comfortably and closed my eyes. The next morning, Edgar told me to take a day off. Of course it grew into one of many of our disputes and as a result I had to choose: a week or a month without working at the bar. Of course the dispute quickly went out and I was banished from the bar for just a week. At first I was very pissed on Edgar, but later I realized it would benefit me. I spent a few days in my small but cozy two-room apartment. Since I lived at the very top, I also owned the roof on which I had created my personal oasis. Swings were built here on which I often fell asleep, and the whole area was planted with plants. A piano stood in the corner protected from moisture. When I returned from the store, I rushed to my corner of paradise with my purchases. Here, surrounded by flowers and vegetation, I could think calmly and feel more at home. Also play the piano until people around me start screaming to stop.

The week went by pretty quickly and I got back to work. I was rested and Avalanche was calm. That’s how things lasted until Edgar finally dared to hire another, and then a few more employees, as things started to slip out of his hands. It was crowded here on Friday and Saturday nights. Edgar even hired a vampire to work. Diona was a pretty quiet and calm girl. As it turned out the girl was purebred, but since her parents died Diona grew up in a children's shelter. Vampires usually live in families just like wolves and their diet is practically no different. The girl only drank blood once or twice a month and it was mostly an animal. But like all of us, we had bad days, but Dione's bad days were .... unbearably difficult for everyone around her if Milis wasn't around. Because as you probably already realized, Milis was Diona's chosen one. Milis didint agree that Dione should be working in a bar, but the girl wanted to work and just couldn’t bear the thought of being a burden. So time slipped for several more months until I came to the bar one late evening. I quickly take off my jacket and ran to my workplace. Seeing me, Asina breathed a sigh of relief and pierced the gaze of the killer. I had a shivering skin for a while, but soon everything was as it used to be.

- I think you will have a guest today.

Diona uttered, placing a tray on the island. I just looked at her but said nothing more. I noticed that there was no my folded flower on the tray so I put a new one and stacked drinks saying which table. It didn’t take more than five minutes for my nose to catch the most amazing smell. Suddenly the Avalanche started joyfully jumping in my head and when I looked up I saw the source of that smell. A tall, dark-haired man with amber eyes stared straight at me. I didn’t control myself and slowly lowered my eyes down and bite my lower lip. He was a real peas of art. The broad shoulders, chest, and part of the muscular arms were hidden under a white shirt, as the looser dark blue pants fell freely down, leaving plenty of room for imagination. I noticed my folded flower in his palms. He treated her as if it were made of porcelain. The man slowly approached me. I felt like my skin was shivering from his gaze ... but in that pleasant sense. I felt those deep amber eyes pounding my soul, making my heart beat faster and my legs bend. I tried to calm down, but all my efforts went in vain. As I panicked at his impact on my body, Avalanche jumped playfully in my head, repeating the single word "Mate."

Gabriel

I left my company quite hastily. I couldn’t wait any longer than I needed to. I felt my heart beat in my chest. I paused for a moment trying to calm down. I couldn’t believe myself when I looked at my hands and realized they were shaking.

- Get the f*****g hold of your self!!! And you dare to call yourself alpha ... You act like a teenager during school dancing.

My wolf roared, forcing me to take action. He was right. Finally, out of our vip lodge, I looked around the area and noticed the bar and pulled towards it. I soon saw my hardworking queen. I didn't see the ends of her long dark brown curly hair tied in a pony tail so I guessed they would reach her buttocks, the white short-sleeved blouse fitting snugly to her little waist and small chest lines. The island of Bar, which was crowded, soon dissipated and her smell overshadowed everyone else. Suddenly she stopped and looked up at me. Stunned for a moment, I hold her gaze. The girl's face flushed immediately, and my wolf quietly encouraged me. The closer I got to her the better I could hear my Luna's heart beating, I watched her as she looked up and down my body with a lustful gaze biting over her plump lower lip. My own breathing accelerated as the response to her actions would be clearly visible, but I thanked in silence to the bar owner for the lighting. When I finally reached the bar island and sat down I saw her perfectly. Her figure was small and I guessed she lost weight because the clothes were a bit loose and then another "human" smell reached me. I felt that the goddess of the moon thought of making fun of me. My Luna... is human. Normally no race coexist with the humans. They are unreliable, cowardly and weak ... But when you think about it you can say it about any race. I ordered water with ice and then a non-alcoholic cocktail. I saw other men lustfully gaze at her small figure. I repeatedly restrained my wolf so that I would not make somethink stupid like take someones head or break someones neck. The only thing that calmed me down was her voice. During that time, no one tried to touch her but of course there was some who trude and each time no one succeeded. Not because they got away, but their hands just froze in the air. I finally decided to talk to her. Because it seems every time I order a drink it is made by another bartender even though my Luna is completely free. I waited for her to pass by so I could hold her by the hand, but there was no luck. It look like she avoided me. And then when she was lost out of my sight I senced her behind me and I turn around. At the same time the well-drunk elf held her by the hand and at that time it was as if something had happened. The elf suddenly began to tremble, and withdrew his hand as if unburned, and he began to tremble. Meanwhile, my mate stood in front and looked at him coldly and indifferently. Suddenly the weather got heavy and my instincts told me to go to her right away. I did. I cought my Luna in a few steps and grabbed her wrist. What happened later ... well, I could say I didint expect that at all. When I grabbed her hand she turned abruptly and that little fist hit with my face, and if more precisely my nose. I didn’t let go of her hand, but her face changed several times. From anger to surprise then to relief and finally regret.

- Oh god, oh god, god ... I am very sorry .... Oh god let me see if I broked ...

I watched as she collected handkerchiefs from the nearest table and began to clean my nose. It had probably healed by now and all the pain was gone when her hands touched my face. Her green emerald eyes were filled with love and care and I didn’t control myself. I raised my hand, in which I hold hers, closer to my lips and kissed her. Not loseing the eye contact... not even for a moment. I saw her flush and biting her lower lip. If only she were a she-wolf everything would be easier. Her smell and innocence ... it was really hard not to mark her. I felt her fingers press my nose and she sigh with relief. I saw that she was hesitant, but I wasn’t sure about what so I took her other hand as well. Looking at her palm, I saw how really small her hands realy were. She leaned over and I leaned down. I put those little hands on my shoulders, and wrapped a hand on that small waist. The girl paused for a moment as if fighting an inner struggle, and finally, shortening the distance completely, brought those soft lips close to mine. I was in the ninth heaven. Her body clung so perfectly to mine and the moment was ruined when we were separated. Trelas went into killing mode and I was starting to hit when my arms tilted and I felt completely exhausted.

- What do you think you are doing Daniel? !! if you need an audience then go to the theater !!! here is not a motel ....

- but Edgar...

- no talk ... to the office ... now !!!

When I recover a little I stood up. The man in front of me was older but I dont think he was her father. So the father's theory fell through. Besides I clearly felt like he was a wolf. I also did not see the similaritiesdid so most likely they will not be related. I thought quietly to myself, as abglass of water came out before my eyes. The former man had disappeared somewhere while I was sitting in a chair trying to recover by sipping water.

- Its a real miracle that you are still functioning ...

The voice was young, but I really did not understood what that man was speaking. Turning my head to the side I saw a young man of a very similar age as my sister. His purple-blue eyes betrayed who he was. Witcher or oracle. Neatly combed hair, loose dressing style and two dotted marks on the neck. Vampire food source.

- My chosen one is a vampire ... my duty is to feed her.

- how are you?...

- Looks like my mom's spells still works on you. I am free to read your thoughts. And don’t worry about your Luna she is fine. And yet Alpha Gabriel youhave to spend the night with her. And when I say that you have I mean that you must.