Chapter 49

Eric’s p.o.v

“What do you think you are doing?” Melissa attacked immediately I came out of the room

“What do you mean 'what do you think I am doing' I was talking to mate. One you interrupted as we were speaking.” I said in situations like these, the best thing to do was to stall.

“Do not act all innocent with me. The portion I gave her can only stabilize her for an hour at most. The earlier she takes the Information you are about to give to her in, the better for everyone.”

“What happens after an hour is up? Does she get to have a painless shift?” I asked with so much hope in my voice.

“Honestly I wish. The portion was to stop the visions because anymore and she could have been blinded at the rate she was having them. I had to pause them for a while, so that she could be able to calm herself before the next wave of pain hit and make her have some other symptoms. You must tell her before the time runs out.” She warned looking me straight into my eyes before going back inside and I follow just behind.

“Eloise” she said grabbing the attention of my beautiful innocent mate. Her grey eyes captivating me in that moment and Making me not to leave that moment. But that was impossible to do. “Would you want something to drink? Water? Juice? Anything?”

“Water” Eloise said with a smile. I felt like a douche for not offering her something sooner.

“okay then,” she said and walked out, purposely walking in front of me and whispering “you better use this chance” before she finally walked out.

We stayed in am awkward silence, at least it was on my path. “you must really not want to come near me” she said out of no where.

“Why would you say that?” I asked already knowing why she would even ask so.

“ don’t think I didn’t notice the sigh when Melissa interrupted you from coming closer to me.”

'shit, she wasn’t meant to see that’s I thought to myself as I swallowed the imaginary lump in my throat.

“The one time you came near me to lift my chin, you dropped it back so fast, one would think I that I burned you or something. And just now? you are staying at least seven steps away from me. Did I offend you? Did I make you uncomfortable in any way?”

Even now, her feminine scent calls out to me. My fingers itched to have her wrapped underneath me. Images of what we could use that makeshift bed to do filled my mind. I took in a deep breath, praying to the goddess that I don’t loose myself, especially now.

“It’s because, … it’s ..” I avoided looking into her eyes. Those eyes .are me have sinful thoughts, thoughts that even the heavens were not ready to see yet.

“You can not even give me a reason? Surely what j have done to offend you cannot be that bad” she tried to joke but I could see the nervousness in her eyes.

“It is not about you offending me. Goddess knows that at this point, you could take out my heart and I would not hold it against you” I mumbled the last part to myself.

“Eloise..” I took in a deep breath and came closer to her, leaving at least three steps spaces between us. “I want you to know that I did it for you. You were dying. I couldn’t just sit down and watch you go when I could do something about it. I would rather die myself than to watch you die”

“Wait, Eric, what do you mean? What do you mean that I was dying?” she looked at me with fear as she placed a hand over her chest, where her heart was. “My heart is beating fine. I can swear that I am okay, nothing is wrong with me and all is well” she said trying to convince me

“Your mum, she …” I sighed. I didn’t want to be the one to make her mum look like a bad person, even though she already was, in front of her. “She poisoned your blood. You went into a seizure but then, then… you weren’t breathing anymore. The only way to save you was to …” I sighed again.

“Was to what Eric, come on, tell me!” she said as she shook me.

I didn’t know she possessed this type of strength.

“I changed you” she sighed, I bowed my head down waiting for her to say something, anything about the matter. .

“What do you mean by “you changed me?” there was no malice in her voice, no disdain. Only someone who wanted a little more clarity.

“I marked you partially, to change you, . You are now one of my kind, a werewolf” I said carefully.

“Is that it?” she said shocking me as I snapped my head to her so fast, I almost got a whiplash.

“You don’t mind?” I said to her, hardly believing my ears.

My mum was not always a werewolf. I was born to a human mother. Somewhere along the line my dad had decided that since she, my mum, had accepted my dad completely, she should change to become like one of us. He did it without her permission.

At first my mum was cool with it, or so she made us believe until one day she just… exploded.

“are you sure you okay with it? You would not rather die than be a wolf? We are not the cleanest, we are animals, subject to our instincts most of the time” I said reiterating every word my mum had said to my dad out of anger that night.

“What? No! Eric you saved me. You have given me a chance to live. I would have been dead by now if you didn’t mark me”

“But I took away your choice to make whether or not you should join this side. Whether or not you wanted this life.” The panic began to settle in little by little.

“Eric, you said it yourself. I was dying. There wasn’t any much choice to make at that point.” She said and then wrapped her hands around me. “Thank you. I love you, very much.” She said in a low voice.

“why are you whispering?” I asked also whispering.

*So the walls don’t hear it and get jealous” my laughter bounced of the walls.

“You can’t go back in what you just said, here and now. You don’t regret it right?” I asked again to be sure. A dead mate I could handle its pains. I handled it once, though I wasn’t sure I could handle another one again, and so soon. But for your mate to out rightly hate you and reject you for something that you have done? I didn’t think is could handle that.

It took my father falling into depression and becoming a shadow of himself before my mum started yo embrace the lifestyle and fall in love with my dad all over again.

I didn’t think I was strong for that.

“I don’t regret it” she smiled into the hug.