AIDEN BAHEDIA I look at Andre, Alex and back at Andre it kills me to do this but I need to. I take a deep breath before telling them what I called them for. “I will be out for a day or two and I can only trust you both with my wife’s safety. These few days will be fun and relaxing and all I need is a assurance that my baby girl is safe”, I tell them and they stare at each other. “Does Seb know?”, Andre folds his hand and chuckle and I lie, I nod. “Don’t make it obvious I asked you both to keep an eye on her, any external or internal threat should be dealt with in respective of who they are”, I inform them and they are silent. “Uncle’s burial?”, Andre asks and I nod. “We will talk about it when I get back”, Andre nods. They stand up to leave but I tell them to stay back a little longer. “Don’t do anything to endanger her life, Andre. Don’t do anything stupid”, I earn Andre and he smirks. “I will keep her safe. You don’t have to ask”, he leaves the
SASHA VAHEMIR I stand before Aiden’s door and take deep breaths and stare at the door rehearsing what to say to him. I didn’t know he was doing it for me. I thought- I need to learn to lean on someone. I can’t fight this battle on my own. I hate to admit it but I need him. That plan was well thought of. They spread two different stories to different people. One, a great witch can force my powers hidden behind the trauma. Two, Davil been the official sitting sourde de san needs to get an ancient staff to be the sourde de san until I am ready. The second rumor would force him out definitely seeing as he wants to rub it on my dad after kicking my ass. I and Tareem went to the spot the supposed staff ought to be. We met someone but he disappeared when he caught our scent. Tareem said he smelt Tash’s dust and he knew he was facing a threat. I asked why he was worried, he said he has someone who he is protecting who might slow him down. So seeing Tash play with his preys after co
SASHA VAHEMIR “Mum”, Laura laughs loudly as Mrs Bahedia holds her hand as they sit comfortably on the sofa of the living room. “You need to be coming here more often. You are family”, Mrs Bahedia spits out. “I am not. Your son and I are not a couple anymore”, Laura complains. “What happened?”, Mrs Bahedia asks curiously. “He said he needs to focus on his marriage with Her Majesty”, Laura explains and Mrs Bahedia’s face squeezes into a frown. I hear the sound of the door leading to the other room and stairs and I divert my gaze there. Aiden stares at his mum and ex girlfriend and back to me. His eyes begging me to let him explain. I smile assuring him I trust him. I walk to him and wrap my hand on his waist and rest my head on his chest as I hear his aggressive heartbeat. It slowly becomes calm. He lift my chin and pecks my lips and wraps his hand around me and squeeze me. “I missed you”, he says and I smile. “I missed you too. I have a lot to
AIDEN BAHEDIA “What?”, I hear Tareem trying to calm down someone. I look out my window and see Tareem pushing a livid Davil back with one hand. Their voices are not loud. I just tap into my super hearing to listen on their conversation. It isn’t an invasion of privacy if they rant on my property. “Sasha called crying. I knew something was up with how lean and tired she looked and she assured me she was fine. I stopped checking on my little sister and they decide to make her miserable”, Davil complains and Tareem look around and up to my room as his eyes look at me. His pupil dilate and I know he is angry. “I will handl-“ “Let me handle it. She is my si-“ “She is my best friend. I know she was off too but we know she will stop us if we barge in. So calm down and let me handle it”, Tareem tries to make Davil reason with him. “You think I care about that. I should have never given her to this accursed family. Every day is like an unbearable curse for
SASHA VAHEMIR I waltz in and they all have their heads bowed. I wasn’t able to meet Davil for the introduction yesterday because of the ruckus at the pack, so it was moved to today. I halt before Davil , his head is bowed. I jump on him and hug him as he swings and chuckles into my ear. He drops me but my head is still on his chest as I hear his peaceful heartbeat. Why did I hug my brother? Simple. He protected me. He was willing to burn down the pack for me. That is the greatest form of love. I am grateful he didn’t hurt Aiden though because I have never had it in me to hurt my brother. Even if he does things that everyone else does to annoy me, when he do it my heart melts. He has been my strength, my weakness and my world. How stupid of me to forget? “I am sorry for all the words I said to you. I-“, Davil holds my face and kiss my forehead and pull away. “I am sorry I let Tasha walk all over you. Never again”, he smiles and I nod and hug him one last time. “
SASHA VAHEMIR “Are you there yet?”, Davil asks over the phone. “Yes, I am”, I nod. “There are a lot of Vampires here. More people come tomorrow, won’t they?”, I ask and he chuckles. “Oh yeah. More from both families. Prominent personnels as well. So hold your head high, be graceful and have fun”, he advice and I roll my eyes as I pace around my room. “What about mum? I haven’t seen her in a couple of days”, I ask and he sighs. “She and Mrs Darc went to Belgium to gather some information, Mr Timon’s wife will meet them there after she rounds up some business deals. Mr Darc and Mr Timon are on their way to France right now”, he answers. “What do y- what is actually going on? I don’t like this. I don’t like the fact they are doing this for me”, I blurt out my thoughts. “They are doing it for the kingdom. We are done doing nothing. He crossed a line by appearing to you and we need to find the asshole and kill him. Don’t worry about them. They are stro
AIDEN BAHEDIA I touch the space beside me and I don't feel her. I open my eyes in horror and jerk out of the bed and look around the room but don't see her. I run out of the room and down the stairs as my heart race so fast. How did they get her right under my roof and I didn't notice? I halt when I see her talking with Mr Tyrone and Raven, with new guest surrounded around the castle. They neck turn to me dramatically as they widen their eyes while Raven burst into an uncontrollable laughter. Sasha uses her hand to touch her face in embarrassment. Mr Tyrone is smiling from ear to ear. I look down and knew why they were like that. I ran downstairs in only a boxers. I shut my eyes in a brief embarrassment. She walks to me and hold my hand and introduce me to everyone. Isn't she embarrassed? She is Queen. This could make headline but she didn't care. She is proud and I just smile. I grab her by the hand and into our room. "Were you that scared?", She tease and I roll m
SASHA BAHEDIA I stand before the mirror the size of a TV in the closet and love how the Milla Hydrangea dress looks on me. The red flower print suits my style and Aiden walks into the closet. He stands behind me and I swirl for him and he smiles and I pull me to him. He bends down and kiss my lips. "Does the slit have to be this long?", He whispers in my ear and I push him away. "The slit is so pretty. Don't worry no one dares touch what it yours", I peck his lips and get to looking at the crown braid I made early this morning. "You are breathtaking", he kiss my hair from behind me, his hands slides around my waist and I smile "Sasha Vahemir can't be caught looking homeless", I say boldly and he shakes his head smiling. "I can wait for y-", I spurn and wrap my hand around his waist and raise my heels to kiss him. "Raven and I will come soon. Mr Tyrone said relatives of my mum will be visiting today so I need to stay back to meet them", I kiss him agai
SASHA VAHEMIR The page flips and end at a certain page, and I understand. It is the evil presence in my room trying to communicate with me. "The individual conjuring the spell must make a pact and sacrifice something they love to ensure the wicked of evil spirit don't possess the body", I translate to English as I read it aloud. "What do you need?"I ask no one and every spirit around, and the page flips backwards, and it stops at a certain page, and the subheading is written 'HUMANITY'. "If I come back in one piece, I'd give you more than my humanity" I promise, and the candle lights on its own. The page flips to the page of reliving ones memories and life history. Why am I making pact with the spirit? I am seeing things that are ikely to happen as a newborn or while mum was pregnant with me. And I am staying longer than usual, so many evil spirits roam and search for an available host, and I need a little backup...... more like a little protection. Do I trust the
AIDEN BAHEDIA Ever since Sasha's appearance the pack as been in disarray and it is hard calming everyone one downing seeing as the person we are going to war with is the coven and Sasha Vahemir. With a threat like hers it shouldn't be taken lightly. Would I have the heart to fight against the woman I love? The answer is no but love is never enough. We must fulfill our duties to our people now. As I walk to my parents room to talk to my dad, I hear my parents argue. I halt to hear what the fight is about so I know how to tackle it. "You knew?", Dad asks in utter shock and disgust. "Oh I knew. They needed to dethrone her and her father won't bulge. Her dad would have been a big threat to our revolution so we used his daughters discovery against him and it worked. They promised me security, he promised me things and he kept to it. They waited patiently until she was old enough. But they made sure we started breaking her as she got a little older. Do I hate her personal? No but
SASHA VAHEMIR There is laughter, jubilations as we feast because of Tash's new born. He has been carrying his child. He refuses to let the child feel the warmth of another. Abigail has been smiling but with a glint of sadness or is it.....regret? She has been brewing with laughter as she stares at her husband and her son. She must be proud of Tash. She really hit a jackpot. "It will be me soon", Tasha's excited voice whispers into my ear from behind me and I spurn and hold her in my arms and she laughs. "You are in your feels. Not bad Sasha. Not bad", I push her away lately pretending to be angry and she comes back into my arms, she uses my hand to wrap around her herself while I act all stubborn and non chalant. "Come on. I am your only sibling. I should be given special treatment", I lock my hands with her at my middle. She is the split image of the woman in the limbo but alot younger. Why is that so? Someone nudge me and I tilt my neck to the side and I see Victo
SASHA VAHEMIRI stare at the card in my hands and everyone I love are circling me, everyone except Davil. I don't know how to feel about any of these. I don't know why I can't feel anything. It is like I have lost my ability to feel. It is like the pain became to much for me to bear so my brain shut down my ability to feel. Tasha is sitting beside me as she holds my arm. They all stare at me with pity in their eyes. He is marrying his mistress two days after I signed the divorce. I don't know how I should feel about this. "If you don't go I won't", Tasha rest her head on my shoulder after speaking. "Say the word and we will all stay back", Tash utters. I should go. I will attend the wedding. I want to know how quick it is for him to throw everything we both shared out like it didn't happen. I want to know if there will be any trace of guilt in his eyes when he says his vow to the woman he had sex with right before me. "I will attend the wedding", I place my han
AIDEN BAHEDIA I knock at the door. My chest aches so much and I know it isn't from me. It is from Sasha. The door opens and Sasha's eyes are red like she has been crying. She just opens the door and walks towards the bed, no hug, no kisses, nothing. "You okay?", I ask and she just ignores me and sit on the bed as she bites her lips as tears fall. I look at the tiles and I see the test result and I sigh. She saw it. I kneel before her and hold her hand and she shakes her hand off mine. She is angry. Please not now Sasha. Please. "I told you we can't have kid-" "Did you ever want a child? Because that is the vibe I am getting off you", she spits out and I lose my cool. "That is harsh. Yes I want kids with yo-" "Oh stop those lies. You heard I couldn't give birth and you stopped trying. You didn't ask if it could be reversed. You left me to mourn our child on my own. I begged you to stay, if you had stayed I will still be carrying our child. I wasn't important
SASHA BAHEDIA I wake up in the morning to an empty bed, body pain and a cold weather. I rub my eyes and stand up and I stretch before leaving the bed. I don't see Aiden around. Did he just leave after having an aggressive sex that felt so much like a goodbye? I just sigh and check my phone incase he sent a message. I check and I see a message from him, it reads; I went out for some urgent work and I won't be around until later today. The maids are at your service. I called Tasha to keep you company. I love you so much and take care of yourself. I walk to the bathroom to take my bath. I come out of the closet wearing a black short on one of Aiden's big red shirt and my slippers and I bump into an excited Tasha. She hugs me and then pull away. She draws my hand towards the bed and we both sit down. "So I have something fun planned for us. Today is for just us. We get to talk and catch up", Tasha squeeze my hand and nod. "So let us get going", she stands up and drag me
AIDEN BAHEDIAAs my wife waltz in, she runs into my arms and hugs me so tight and I know something is wrong but I don't ask. She would tell if she wants me finding out. I lead her to our room and all we do is cuddle in my arms until she fell asleep. What did you do Taet? "Baby? Let us try to have another baby", her voice is low but catches me off guard. "Baby gir-" "Please", she holds unto my chest and the straddle around me as she plant kisses over my face. I gently push her off me and lay her down beside me. She sits up and arch an eyebrow waiting for an explanation. Why these sudden behavior? She came home sad and disturbed and now she wants kids. Did she forget when I said we can't have kids? "Stop please. I am not having sex because I want kids. I can have sex because you want it or I want you. But for kids that is nonesense talk. Stop making it hard to accept that I can't have a kid", I feel my anger slowly rise and I stand to my feet and turn my back
SASHA BAHEDIA "This isn't the Darcs castle", I speak up when taet and I enters my room. We are at a hotel. At the outskirt of Dahmatra. I spurn to Taet as I wait for an explanation. "There is a protective spell hovering around this hotel so no word said here gets out. We can't take the risk of talking about this when people are around. We don't know who to trust. So I suggested this. Don't worry we are not staying in the same ro-", he walks down the hall and opens a door. I walk behind him and he opens and say under his breath in Italian, "Un solo lavoro Veda, un solo lavoro" I laugh when I see what she did. I and Taet will be sharing the same bathroom. Taet couldn't even look at me and I just smile. "It is fine. We just have to knock whenever we want to use the toilet", I try to calm him down. "We will meet back in your room in five minutes", he shuts his door and I hear him cuss and I just smile stupidly.**** His room is very simple just a bed, cen
SASHA BAHEDIA I open the door of our room and look out the window and I see both men turning their back against each other. Aiden speaks and then walks towards the building. Davil swirl and looks at Aiden and smiles at him. He is proud of him but I wonder why. Davil looks up and I wave and Davil waves before entering his car. I watch his car leave and my chest aches. He didn't think I needed comforting, is it because he wanted me to pick up myself with any help from him. Is it because now isn't the time for some pity party? Is it because he is happy he took a little of his pound of flesh and didn't see the need to pretend? I really want him hugging me and assuring to bring the culprit the justice but he can't because that involves bringing himself to justice. Do I want that? I really hope this makes you feel better because it is does I will gladly watch you ruin me. "Sorry I took l-", I feel Aiden's hand wrap around my waist his head on my shoulder and he kisses my c