The Human Bride

Chapter 15

She sat there frozen, unsure of what to do. Her ridged posture made Theodus grinned. Now that he could see. He saw her. He wants to protect her, he wanted her by him always. However, he knew he couldn’t do that. He made an oath. Rosalind eyes shot to Soren who instinctively wrapped his arms around her in a protective way. He pulled her into his side and she almost melted in the wave of protective warmth coming off of him. The beast king scowled at the sight of his friend holding his beloved so close. Natasha moved to sofa behind Rosalind lent down and whispered in her ear

“Come with me” Rosalind had never moved so fast. She scrambled out of her place between Soren and where Natasha was sitting. She ran slight out of the room without a single look over her shoulder. Natasha followed her as she ran through the kitchen and out the door at the back, through the garden to the trees at the side of the property. She felt a though anywhere else she would be exposed, out in the open. That feeling of vulnerability scared her she didn’t want to ever feel like an animal being lead the s*******r, like she did before she came to live here with Natasha, Soren and Noah. She loved being with them and the thought of her being taken away from there made her heart weep. Once sh passed the tree line she fell to her knees and sobbed. This was not what she wanted. She knew she only had two year until she became a walking incubator for the vampire inside. She only has two years until she was carted off to god knows where. She heard the crunch of the leaves on the woodland floor just behind her she jumped a span. It was just Natasha.

Natasha inspected the young girl. Her hair was a mess and her dress was covered in dirt from where she assumed Rosalind fell to the ground. Natasha looked at the quivering girl and frowned slightly. This was not how it was in her day, nor was Theodus a normal regular man. He is wild and animalistic beast. Natasha opened her arms out and Rosalind flung herself and buried her face into Natasha neck and sobbed. Natasha rubbed her back and shushed her genially like you would to a small child who fell and grazed their knee.

“Come on little flower lets go inside” Natasha suggested pulling away from the inconsolable girl. Rosalind just nodded, unsure of how her voice would sound or even carry at all with how hard she was crying. The old women wrapped her right arm around Rosalinds shoulders and placed her left hand generally on her left arm and guided her inside back towards the kitchen.

The men sat there in silence. No one made a move to speak. The only think that you could hear was Noahs soft snores as he slept calmly on Mikahils’ lap. Ragnar looked over at the couple. He smiled at the sight, he know that he was the one that hurt and broke Mikhail’s heart. He was happy that Mikhail found his happiness. Soren, on the other hand, sat there fidgeting and cracking his knuckles. Theodus was hunched over slightly, his chin resting on his palm and sat there thinking. His beloved was a child. A young teenaged girl who was absolutely terrified of him. That was his problem and he only had two year to fix. He didn’t know how to convince her to not be scared of him he wasn’t allowed to see her until she was seventeen. His only option if Natasha would allow him to was to write letters to her and come and visit her on special occasions. He was sure that Natasha would let him but he would need to ask for permission now that Natasha was her guardian.

“Alright that’s it I’m going to find them” Soren said getting to his feet. This made Mikhail laugh and Soren glared at the cackling vampire who abruptly stopped when a hand made contact with his face. Mikhail’s eyes grew wide and he peered at the sleeping human in his lap. Noah cracked an eye open and frowned. He nussled his face into Mikhail and mumbled

“Could you please shut your loud a*s mouth, if your not capable then please just f**k off” that’s when Theodus laughed. This aggression the younger mans voice sent Theodus into a hysterical laughing fit. Mikhail just stud up and turned with his back towards the others and dropping Noah carelessly on the chair, who shot up and threw a cushion at his head and mumbled “Asshole” Mikails walked toward the door following Soren. The pair left room and went looking for the pair of women. Thedus went to leave and Ragnar shot him a glare and said

“Stop! I wouldn’t chase her, she is clearly scared and upset seeing you could set her off and make sure that you both never get any kind of relationship what so ever” this made Theodus frown

“How would you know?” Theodus grumbled

“My third mate she was just the same, a small frightened little thing” he let out a dry chuckle “It probably didn’t help that I killed her parent and her older brother” Noah, who was still laying on the sofa and privy to the conversation that was being had between the two kings, sat up and looked at the two men with furrowed eyebrows.

“What?!” He exclaimed “You are both useless, and you” he pointed at Theodus “Don’t take advice from him, he is an i***t” and he pointed at Ragnar. Theodus the sat oppressive Noah on the seat that Soren was occupying before and stared menacingly at Noah and then nodded at the young man to urge him on to keep talking. Noah sighed, then rearranged him self on the seat to make self more comfortable. And so it began