Chapter 94

Chapter 94
Matitus POV

I was a little startled to wake up and find Silas in bed with us and Elora. Hopping up, I notice Dragus is already awake and has gone somewhere. Looking over at Silas, I can see he is also already, just not willing to move to wake her as she slept half across him, her head resting on his chest. I chuckle when I notice she was also drooling on him.

“Might have to get a tarp for the bed,” I tell him as he wipes the drool off his chest with his hand.

“She is asleep, I sure as hell am not waking her, besides I don’t mind at least she is letting me near her,” Silas whispers back. I nod, for once she is getting decent sleep. Hopping up, I put a shirt on, Silas watching me as I walk back out of the walk in.

“What time is it?” I ask him and he turns the alarm clock on the bedside table around. 6:30AM. “What time did Dragus leave?”

“About an hour ago, I went to the caves to check on the Dragons, but they refused to leave them.”

“Probably best that way, some aren’t too stable,” I tell him, and he nods in agreement.

“Are you alright with her?”

“Dragus won’t like you leaving me with her,” he says,

“Yeah, but I am sick of being stuck in the castle,” I tell him, tired of this entire situation. I know Elora is scared of him, but he can’t earn that trust back if she isn’t around him.

“Are you alright with her or not?” I ask.

“Yes of course, but she probably won’t like it, how long will you be gone?” he asks.

“Two days, we were planning on doing this after she has the baby, but I would rather do it beforehand.”

“You sure that’s wise? She hasn’t got long left,” he says, brushing her hair off her face. I know he loves her, but he needs to get his temper in check. Unfortunately, Elora is just as strong headed as he is, making them clash constantly, though I don’t blame her, it’s still no excuse for the things he has done.

“I am going to go before she brings on the waterworks and guilts me into staying,” I tell him, grabbing my shoes.

“What do I tell her?” he asks, and I can feel his worry about her reaction.

“Tell her we went to the caves and will be back when we can, if you need us send Dakari,” I tell him, and he nods.

Grabbing a bag, I throw in a change of clothes in it before walking over and bending down to kiss her head. She shifts, and I hold my breath, hoping she doesn’t wake before I leave. When she doesn’t I kiss Silas goodbye, leaving him with our mate. God, I hope I am not making a bad decision by trusting him with her, but to gain trust you need to give a little. His actions over the last month show he is trying, and something has changed in the last few days, something was different with him.

It’s like he was battling his own demons that torment him, he still hates Fae, but yesterday, I noticed something scared him. I have this nagging feeling it has something to do with Elora, he is scared for her. I tried to pry into his head but whatever it is, he doesn’t want us to know because he has kept his walls up tighter than before.

Walking outside, I run into my brother walking out of the stables as I go past, heading to the greenhouses so I can shift.

“Where are you coming back from?” I ask him.

“Them damn bloody rocks Silas had moved here from the ruins, heavy bloody things. He has done alright with them though. Aldrin was excited when he saw them yesterday.”

“Why’d he move them again?” I ask.

“They are nearly done, he wants to replace the fountain out the front, you will be shocked when you see what he did with them, I am little shocked myself considering how much he hates everyone,” Dakari says, and I nod. “Where are you off to?”

“Caves, hey do me a favor and keep an eye on Silas, I won’t be back for a couple days.”

“What about Dragus?”

“He is already over there.”

“You sure that is wise, leaving her with him I mean.”

“He won’t hurt her, at least not intentionally.”

“Yeah, intentional, or not probably best he doesn’t hurt her at all, especially given she can give birth any day now.”

“Are you going to do it or just give me a lecture?”

“Both, I will keep an eye on her, but he touches her, you will be coming home to one mate not two,” he warns me. I nod, I know I can trust him with Elora and Silas. One plus is that out of everyone, Dakari doesn’t fear him, so wouldn’t hesitate to step in if needed.

“Thanks.”

“Enjoy, try to get some sleep baby bro, you look like shit,” he says patting me on the back.

“Yeah, impossible to sleep with her, seriously who has anxiety while asleep?” I ask, shaking my head, her nightmares and panic even while sleeping made it near impossible to get a proper sleep.

“Come get us if she needs anything, or anything happens.”

“You know I will,” Dakari says, walking toward the front of the castle while I walk toward the greenhouses out back in the far fields. Now to find Dragus and hope he doesn’t kill me for leaving her with him.

Elora POV

Waking up, I find I am still in the same position I fell asleep in. My face heats up when I realize I drooled on him.

“Sorry,” I mutter, and Silas laughs softly as he wipes my drool off.

“Why didn’t you wake me, I would have moved?” I ask him, sitting up and stretching only to notice Dragus and Matitus aren’t in the bed. Looking over at the clock on the nightstand, my eyes bulge, it is 10:30. I am a little shocked I slept that long and in the same position.

“Where did they go?” I ask in panic, they left me with him, left me in bed with him alone?

“They went to the caves, they will be back before you know it,” he says, sitting up and putting his legs over the side of the bed before standing up. I watch as the muscles in his back move as he stretches, his back cracking loudly making me wince.

“Next time wake me,” I tell him.

“You mean you will let me sleep in here again?” he asks, looking down at me, making me realize what I just said. I say nothing realising how stupid that was to say. “It’s fine Lora, come on you must be hungry,” he says holding out his hand. I am hungry but my need to pee is greater than my hunger. Climbing off the bed, he sighs when I don’t take his hand before walking into the walk in. I waddle off to the bathroom to pee. When I finish, I come out and find him gone. He had laid my dressing gown on the bed and my slippers. I put them on, deciding to go make something to eat and hoping I can keep it down today.

It was always an odd feeling walking into the kitchen and expecting to see Marian scolding everyone, or busily rushing around the kitchen. I miss her and this place just doesn’t feel the same without her. What was more shocking though, is finding no cooks in the kitchen, only Silas as he rummages through the fridge.

“Where is everyone?” I ask looking around.

“I told them they can have time off till after the baby, they left this morning after the storm,” Silas answers when suddenly, Peter walks in behind me.

“Hey Silas, Elora,” he says, giving me a nod. I watch as Silas passes him the teabags down off the shelf and Peter makes himself a cup of tea.

“Didn’t know you drink tea Peter,” I tell him.

“I used to drink coffee, but Silas reckons I talk too much when I do. So, tea it is,” he says, and I see Silas smirk at what he said. I am more shocked to find out they actually have spent time together and how comfortable Peter seems to be around him, because when I first came here, Peter would run at the mere sight of him.

“Can you help me with stables, doors blew open overnight, one is broken, and hay is everywhere?” Peter asks.

“Yep, need to remove the tree from the back rooms too,” Silas tells him, and Peter shakes his head.

“Nah, Pluto and Ares did it this morning and put some boards up,” Peter answers him.

“Okay I will finish up here and come over, have you eaten this morning?” Silas asks him. Peter nods.

“Yep, Pluto made a damper on the fire. It was so good, although I feel like shit now after eating too much,” he says, sipping his tea while walking out. I go to follow him out and go in search of something to do when Silas stops me.

“Breakfast first,” Silas says, making me turn around to look at him. Silas walks over and I step back, worried with how quick he moved. He grabs my hips, putting me on the same counter that functions as his chef’s table. “You like omelettes?”

“Yes, but…”

“But no cheese,” he says with a chuckle and I nod. I watch as he cooks, he isn’t a man of many words unless we are arguing, so the quiet is nice, even if it was a tense at first.

Silas walks over to a kitchen cupboard before grabbing something down. He takes two cups and fills them with orange glass, handing me one along with two white pills.

“Your nausea tablets Victor gave you,” he says before flipping the omelette. I take the pills before drinking the juice. Silas finishes cooking before grabbing me off the bench and placing me on my feet as he nods to the little table in the corner. I go sit at it and he brings our plates over before sitting down himself. We eat in silence, awkward silence while I looked everywhere but at him who was watching me.

“What are you doing today?” he asks as I pick my now empty plate up and take it to the sink. I shrug, “maybe go see if the cradle is done, probably read, not much else to do.” Silas nods. “How long will Matitus and Dragus be gone for?” At my words, he becomes a little nervous before washing his plate.

“They will be back when they can,” he says, turning the tap off and facing me.

“What?”

“A couple days Lora, then they will be back”

“A couple of days?” I ask, and I feel myself start to panic. They left me with him for a couple of days?

“It will be fine, you have me here,” he says, reaching forward but I step back. He drops his hand with a sigh. “It will be fine, you will be fine,” he says as I shake my head feeling tears well up. “Lora?” he asks as I turn around leaving and heading for my room.

I am pissed off, unable to believe they would abandon me like that, leave me when I was this far along, and with Silas of all people. Walking into my former room, I see a huge wooden board blocking the hole the tree left behind. Rocks from the stones walls scattered all over the floor. Walking back out, I go and find a bucket and broom, noticing Silas leave out through the front doors as I go to the cleaning cupboard. Finding a bucket and the dustpan, I grab a broom before going back to the room.

It took a couple hours to clean up the mess the tree made. We had to keep running buckets back and forth outside to discard the rocks. When I finish, I go find some logs for the fireplace. Stacking them in, I then change the bed linen. The day passes by quickly when I decide to go look for something to read. Walking in the study, I freeze when I see Silas sitting at his desk. He looks up when he notices me walking in.

“Where have you been?” he asks, watching as I rummage through the bookshelf for something I haven’t read yet.

“In the room,” I tell him. Grabbing one off the shelf I walk out heading back when he calls out to me.

“Have you had lunch?” he asks.

“Yep” I lie, quickly walking off before he realizes that I’m not telling the truth. Honestly I am afraid of eating with my stomach doing backflips all day.