Chapter 44 EZEKIEL
EZEKIEL
I soak myself in the cold bath trying not to think about Dalia. I'm just so conflicted right now and I think I'm losing my mind. I don't know what to do. Whatever I'm feeling for Dalia. It's becoming too strong and I can't handle it anymore.
I know she's nothing like her mother. I can see Dalia's pureness. She's ready to lay her life down for others. She's kind hearted and has a very strong will. She's an ideal mate and Luna. But at the same time I can't stop thinking about what happened one hundred years ago.
I don't care if you call it pride or not, but accepting Dalia is giving Selene the upper hand. She threw Dalia in front of my face and made the mate bond between us so strong to prove to me that she will always bend me to her will whether I like it or not.
Because why should it be her daughter…. Why can't it be someone else? Why does she need me to fulfil her destiny? .She knows how much I hate her and yet she made her daughter my mate. At first I thought I'm so strong to resist the pull I felt towards Dalia…. But right now I can't explain how weak she makes me.
And the most frustrating part of this is that I don't know if what I'm feeling is the mate bond or more than it. It just drives me crazy.
I bring my glass of vodka to my lips and gulp the content in one go. I love the burn it inflicts through my throat, but I hate the fact that it's not strong enough to clear my mind from Dalia…..To take my mind away from her perfect body, her plush lips, her tempting breast or the way it feels to touch her. I groan and dip my head into the water.
I fucking hate this shit.
And the fact that the conversation I had with her earlier didn't help matters. I actually wanted to apologize for being a dick, I didn't expect things to go over board. Instead of apologizing and earning her forgiveness. I turn into another dick.
I know Dalia is innocent with whatever beef I have with her mother. I'm sure she doesn't even know what happened one hundred years ago and what her mother did. And she's taking all this destiny stuff so seriously. What if this is another selfish act of her mother.
No….. I don't think so. She won't do that to her daughter.
‘You are just being unbelievable, Ezekiel. Just accept Dalia as your mate. She has nothing to do with all of this.’
I ignore Erik and raise my head from the water. I pour a good amount of vodka in my glass and gulp it down at once. The burn is there but it's not doing enough.
…….
I don't know how long I spent in the shower, but eventually I left it when Nikolai mind-linked me and said that Sarah and her daughter are awake.
Are we really not going to get anything from her?
That's another problem to worry about. I can't believe we went through all that trouble to get Sarah and her daughter out of the mental hospital just for nothing. If she's in her good state of mind. I'm sure she will help us find the witches.
Dalia said for us to stop this war we need to find a way to lock the gate of hell permanently. But the problem is that we don't know how. That's why we are trying our best to find the witches. We believe that they have the answers we need. Those bitches can't be working with the devils if they don't know anything.
And then there are another set of witches who are not working with the devils but they want Dalia. They too must know something. So we just need to find either of the witches.
We become more sure with our presumption when elder Owen said that witches have the ability to open or lock the gate of hell. But of course they will need a medium. And elder Owen is right because that was how I closed the gate of hell one hundred years. Even though I refused to admit it, without the help of Sabrina– a pure blood witch– I wouldn't have been able to close the gate of hell and stop the war.
In the past we did coexist with the witches. Not that we are best of friends but our relationship is mutual until Selene ruined it all. Though I won't blame her for what she did, because the witches called for it.
But I don't care about our relationship with the witches and their hatred for us. Once we find them, they will help us lock the gate of hell whether they like it or not. Another problem is knowing what the medium we are going to use is. But it's one step at a time. We need to find the witches before they help the devils fully open the gate of hell
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When I get to the room where Sarah and her daughter are, they are throwing a fist. It's a good thing they are chained. Others are there already, including Dalia. I glance at her. I really don't know what I'm going to do with her.
“How long are we going to keep them here? It is not like we will get any information from them,” Lena says, her eyes fixed on Sarah and her daughter.
“What if we get a psychiatrist doctor for them.” Dalia glances around at us “I know whatever that is happening to them is not normal, but what if a medical approach can cure them.”
I notice that she's a little bit pale. She was okay when I spoke to her some hours ago. What's going on with her now?
“They were literally in the mental hospital. Of course they were receiving treatment there,” Lena cuts in.
“I know, but we didn't know their condition before this. Maybe they were worse and now they are getting better. That means medicine can still do this.”
“Let's give it a try, it's not like we have any other option,” Nikolai says.
So eventually we agreed to find a psychiatrist doctor we can trust for Sarah and her daughter. I still haven't told Jerald that his family is here and I'm still yet to know what to do with him.
“Are you okay?” I ask Dalia. She's heading towards her room and I followed her.
“I'm fine,” she mutters. I know she's not, but no need to push it. She won't tell me if she doesn't want to.
“Can I ask how you find Sarah?”
“It's a bit complicated. I can't explain it.” she simply replies. And again I don't push it because she won't tell me if she doesn't want to.
“I've already told Lena about you working in the hospital so you can start work whenever you want. And also you will be receiving a salary.”
“I don't need it.”
“No you do.” I cut in. “I won't let you work without being rewarded.”
She sighs as she stops in front of her room and holds the door knob. “I need to rest.”
“Sure…..”
Why do I feel like I don't want to leave her presence? I want to go into that room and lie on the bed with her.
What will it feel like having her in my arms every night while I sleep?
She opens the door and closes it behind her. I sigh and walk back to my room. The moment I enter my room, I feel a sharp pain in my head. I start breathing heavily as I fall on my knees.
‘Fuck, Ezekiel….. it's that time of the month.’ Erik whimpers.