Chapter 222: ANXIETY
Chapter 222 ANXIETY
Raphael’s morning started quite bad. He barely had enough sleep the previous night and he couldn’t seem to concentrate on anything after waking up. Most of the wound on his face had healed by now, leaving some scars here and there which would disappear once he had healed completely.
He had his bath already and didn’t have the appetite to eat so he rather spent his time pacing up and down his small room. After a while, he finally sat down on his single bed, angry and annoyed. The anxiety he felt only worsened with each passing second and he couldn’t understand why.
“ This stupid feeling.” He cursed rubbing his chest. He knew what it and that was what made him angry. His stupid wolf… his stupid wolf was at it again. He couldn’t believe him. His damned wolf was yearning for it’s mate already.
It’s mate? What was he even saying?
“ Fuck!” He cursed and got to his feet again. Nothing has been alright since he set his eyes on that woman. It was like the world he managed to build again after much difficulty came crashing down. The way she had stared at him that night, Raphael couldn’t get that image out of his head no matter how he tried. He had even tried to picture how she looked like at one point, but her face never came into his view.
He had no idea how she even looked like, only her eyes were what he saw that night.
“ No..” His fists clenched. Raphael knew what was happening. The stupid mate bond had started to affect him again.
He shook his head and sat down. He won’t let such thoughts in his head. There was no room for another woman apart from Alena, in his life and in his heart. And he knew as long as he remained here, in this village, the mate bond will always find a way to pull him towards that woman again. The best thing to do was to get as far away from this village as possible.
He needed to leave this place at all costs.
He sat quietly in the silence till his ears picked up a sound. It came from downstairs. Someone was at the door. That didn’t make him move though. It was always some visitor of Madame Carla or the other so she always received them.
The knock came again making Raphael frown. He knew Madame Carla always answered without wasting any time so why was the person still knocking? Was Madame Carla not at hhome
Raphael pushed himself up and walked out of his room.
“ Ma’am.” He called as he searched for her. There were only two rooms in the house then a kitchen and a bathroom but she wasn’t in any of them.
‘ Maybe she stepped out then.’ He thought as he made for the door. As his hands landed on the knob, Raphael knew something was wrong. He suddenly felt the urge to yank the door open and see who was behind it.
Controlling himself, he pulled the door open to reveal a woman standing with her back to him. Her long blue hair which was almost reaching her waist reflected beautifully in the morning sun. Just the mere sight of it stirred something within Raphael. He had never seen such type of hair before.
The woman suddenly spun around, a smile on her face as she greeted.
“ Good morning Madame Carl—” The rest of the words never left her lips as their eyes locked on each other. Raphael’s felt his whole world come to a complete stop at that moment.
Those eyes, the same eyes he couldn’t get off his mind bore right through him. They were so bright and beautiful, the most beautiful he’s ever seen in his life, just like the hair that flowed down her back. A nose, just the right size sat on her face beautifully and long eyelashes accentuated those skyblue eyes. Her lips were pink and plump and her smile which slowly died down seeing him made her look out of this world.
She was just perfect.. extremely perfect.
Raphael was at a loss for words as he stood looking at his mate clearly for the very first time.
His mate.. that word alone was enough to make his blood start boiling again.
“ You…” The word came out as a small growl. “ What are you doing here?”
His voice finally snapped Avena back to her senses and she swallowed.
“ W– Well.. Well I… I just” She stuttered looking down. “ Well I just.. I came to– to deliver these..” She quickly gestured to the sack she was holding.
“ It’s– it’s the rest of the herbs the healer had requested.” Avena’s voice was shaky as she answered. Her palms turned sweaty all of a sudden and her heart hammered beyond control.
His gaze was so piercing, she wished the ground would open up to swallow her. “ Is– Is Madame Carla around?” She asked but got no reply. The intensity of his gaze made her look away.
“ I’ll– I’ll take that as she isn’t around then.” She pursed her lips. “ Can you hand these over to her then?” She asked looking back at him.
No words left Raphael’s lips and Avena couldn’t help but notice his clenched fists tightened. Maybe she came at the wrong time.
“ Uhm,” She cleared her throat. “ I guess I’ll have to come back later then. I– I… I’ll take your leave.” She bowed quickly and glanced at Raphael one more time before trying to leave hurriedly. She passed in front of him and that was when Avena felt hands grab her arms.
She gasped feeling herself being pulled back and a small yelp left her lips when her back was slammed against the wall.
“ You..” Raphael growled, his brown eyes turned darker. “ You didn’t just come here to deliver herbs did you?”
“ E– Excuse me?” A clueless Avena asked. “ Wha– What do you mean?”
“ Delivering the herbs was just an excuse wasn’t it?” He asked again.
“ I have no idea what you’re talking about.”
“ You claim you came to deliver herbs, so where do you think you’re going? Won’t you deliver the herbs?” Raphael tightened his grip and saw her grimace a little.
“ What are you saying?” She whimpered. “ You’re hurting me..”
“ Does it really hurt?” He tilted his head. “ Well this is nothing compared to the pain I feel after finding out I was given a damned mate again.
Avena felt her heart broke at those words. Damned mate? Was that what he thought about her?
“ Why—” She opened her mouth to talk but he beat her to it.
“ I hate you.”
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