Chapter 43: Only Now Was The Fun Beginning!

TERESA.

The agitation of the last few days had left a serious mark on me. Chases, demons who wanted to kill me, Sebastian said for my blood. Everything seemed like a bad dream.

And Bash’s comments about what I could do amazed me and made me think seriously. I understood a little, but I noticed that something was wrong with me. I mean, what kind of human can run like that? Exactly, no human could! Then what was I?

I sighed so deeply that I caught Sebastian’s attention, who was sitting too quietly, given the situation. But his face didn’t look so worried. Maybe he had the situation under control.

“I know it’s exhausting what you’re going through, but you’re doing pretty well. This world of mine may have turned yours upside down, and you certainly didn’t think there could be so many creatures out there. Moreover, to have one right next to you…!” he added, and paused, looking out of the plane window.

It was clear that he was feeling guilty, that maybe his presence in my life had led to so many misfortunes. But to be honest, I didn’t blame him. But he didn’t have to know that.

Although he was a good man, I felt that at the moment I had to keep him at a distance. Even if it inspired my confidence, my faith was still being tested.

I was usually not afraid of flying; now if there was a storm, things would change. The heavy clouds thundered and lightened the high gray sky, happening so close that it seemed to me that I was on a battlefield. The black heavens would come upon us, menacing.

My breathing became heavy, and I was trying to control myself. Come on Teresa, it was just a storm. Just then, a bolt of lightning seemed to split the sky in half and the little plane shook so hard that I saw my life unfolding before my eyes.

I shuddered, jumping into the powerful arms of the man next to me. The warmth of his body calmed me and his eyes darkened with desire, becoming the gray of the sky before the storm. We were so close that I could feel his minty breath on my lips.

The same lips that longed for him, for his frantic but passionate kiss. I had never felt passion mixed with frenzy in a kiss. It was as if I was experiencing feelings I had never encountered before. His hands rested on my back and caressed me lightly.

I got closer under this blissful delirium nestling in his arms and living this turmoil in my heart for a little while. And that was probably the second I fell in love with this man.

I tried to blame these events that kept me in tension; which took me out of my routine and threw me into imminent danger. But it was in vain.

None of them gave me the opportunity or the favorable grounds to acknowledge and to shout out loud at my feelings for him. It just happened.

It was a tumultuous, adventurous love. I wasn’t afraid of that; I was afraid of hurting my soul. Sebastian was an Alpha, a warrior, and sometimes I had the impression that I had nothing to look for in his world, that I didn’t fit.

It is not for me and my mortal condition. He should have always stood up to protect me, to get me out of dangerous situations, and maybe even to put his life in danger for me. I could not put my well-being above all else.

Before him, I loved just one man and fate had taken him away from me. I never understood how they said that he had an awful accident. But when they called me to identify him, it was the saddest day of my life.

The most horrible sight unfolded before my eyes. Something literally shredded him into pieces, especially in the neck area. At that time, I was told that a wild animal had attacked him while having his evening run in the same park in which it had attacked me.

Only now am I questioning myself. There are many similarities between the attacks of that beast and the death of my fiancé.

I banished my dark thoughts and returned to the deep blue eyes of this man next to me. The events of the last days did not give me peace of mind, but that Sebastian was next to me relieved me a little of this pain.

“Hey, are you okay? Don’t be afraid, it’s just a little turbulence. We will immediately overcome this blanket of heavy clouds.” He said in a low, whispered voice, close to my ear.

He was almost holding me in his protective arms. However, I slowly pulled away, returning to my seat, looking out the window. He was right. The black clouds stayed behind us and the smooth flight of the plane calmed me down. “See? I told you it would be fine. Relax, we will land in approximately one hour.”

And I relaxed until the pilot told us to fasten our seat belts. I looked through the porthole curiously as we approached the ground. Churches with lofty towers that you had the impression of reaching us, beautifully lined houses just like in a postcard, and many green places that caught your eye with their beauty. It really fascinated me.

“Do you like it?” Bash interrupted my thoughts.

I turned to look at his wide smile. “For now, we came here with the business, but if we have time, I promise you, I will be your guide on a city tour. How does that sound?”

The amazement in his voice did not let me deceive his expectations. Deep down inside, I really wanted a walk alone with him around the town.

“I think it’s a great idea. Thank you for trying to disconnect me from all this ordeal.”

I knew Sebastian was well-intended, but I was still wondering what we were actually doing here. “What are we looking for here, anyway?”

“More likely, who are we looking for? Look, I am going to tell you, as I don’t want this to get you by surprise. I have a friend here that is the head of the Russian Mafia, dealing with oil, dark gold, and before you go ballistic, he is the only one with enough connections to deal with this problem” he concluded in one breath, fixing my stunned gaze without blinking. “In other words, he will help us!”

“No need to guess, right? He’s a werewolf just like you…” I said it with a kind of disappointment that Sebastian perceived it.

I immediately realized what a blunder I had made. Although he caught my assertion, he didn’t seem to mind. But I didn’t know if he laughed at me or not, because he seemed dead serious.

“Yes, he is only more ruthless. It wouldn’t be wise to bother him,” he added in his firm tone with no grimace that would tell me he was just making fun of me.

My faint smile disappeared from my face and after he displayed a wide grin, I hit him playfully on his shoulder.

“Hey... ok, just joking. You don’t have to be violent, Miss.” he joked and his smirk turned to the most beautiful ear to ear smile I have ever seen.

So now my feet were out of my control and my body warmed up like in one of his sweet embraces. Oh, how I long to be in those arms!

“I have known Alexei for a long time...” he continued interrupting my line of thoughts “he is one of the most powerful werewolves in these parts and he told me once that I could rely on him for whatever. So here we are, in Russia, his homeland. He also has a fiancée, Anya. You will love her. She is human, by the way!”

And then he approached me boldly and with a shiver whisper in my ear he stirred my whole being. “And she is a wedding planner!” he added, adjusting his step on the stony alley we were heading to.

And just then before my eyes unfolded an enormous house like a medieval castle, with wrought-iron gates, so high as if touching the sky. It was wonderful to look at it, but at the same time, an inner fear that the man who owned this place was, as Sebastian had described, instilled me.

On each side rose the walls of the imposing castle. It was like a terrible fortress, where the only sensitive point was an alley of red roses, just like Sebastian’s eyes as the beast came out of him.

The tall windows allowed sunlight to enter the house in contrast to the heavy gray and shades of black that adorned the immense house. I wondered if it was haunted.

And then here he was, standing in the door frame as if waiting for us. With his arms crossed, his perfect hair, his mesmerizing, hypnotic eyes, in all his splendor, Alexei, the mafia werewolf. Were all werewolves so attractive? God Teresa, control yourself!

Only now was the fun beginning!