Chapter 197: Veronica's story

Chapter 197: Veronica's story
Vida's POV
"I met someone..." Her eyes softened, a small smile found its way to her lips, something I hadn't seen since the video started. "He was handsome, like the gods of the sea. I couldn't deny it, and he wasn't anything like my ward." Something in my chest stirred, "I fell in love with him, the moment I set eyes on him, and he seemed to like me as well." My heart pounded harder, "so I told my sisters about him, after our second meeting, I needed advice, I needed someone to tell about the man, that I just couldn't stop thinking of," her expression darkened, "they thought it was my ward, since all my life, they felt he was the only man I had ever set eyes on and he was the only man that I had ever admired and I'd had a strong crush on him for the longest time," I gasped softly, the realization hit me instantly, that the man, mother was talking about wasn't her ward, the one she is supposed to be his keeper.
This past weeks after I had found out that I'm a guardian, I had read a lot of books about Guardians and I had realized that female guardian and male guardians don't live in the same place and the females never come in contact with the males, and females were mostly guardians to another female, and the royals are not supposed to be guardians to another, but I wondered how my mother ended up to be a Guardian to another when she is royal. "but they were wrong," she said coldly, "because for the first time my interest had shifted from that monster that I pleaded with my mother to tied my life to, I thought he is a good man and when mother said that I will be the next goddess after her, I thought the guardians will need a king and that he could be a good king and would been a good mate even though my mother said, I wasn't destined to love but to rule..."
Now I get it, it was my mother's request that her life is tied to her ward just as I unknowingly tied my life to that of Meredith. My face went back to the screen, she continues, "but that day had change everything, that day that monster that I was his guardian sent me to the human territory, to get him stuff for his girlfriend, that is what they call it and I lost my way back then I met him. The angel that show me kindness for the first time in my life." Her smiled brightened, "he gave me cash and something he calls a complimentary card, but I told him, I had no telephone to call him with, then he asked that we meet at the train station every Friday." She pause, "but I still don't know how, after the first week past, the devil that called himself my ward sent me again to the human territory and that was when we meet for the second time, I wasn't expecting him there but I saw him. He was there waiting for me. He said he had come the previous day, but I didn't show up. I told him I was busy, but I was here now. Then he pulled me into a hug..." She bit her lower lip as her eyes glowed, then I chuckled. I was glad that even in my mother's pain, she was happy at one point; someone had made her smile.
"That was the first time I was hugged by someone who isn't my mother; his closeness made my heart skip a beat. That day was the happiest day of my life, because for the first time in my life, someone truly cared about me. We talked about random stuff and planned our next visit. This time, it was easy to leave home because the monster always wanted me away..." Meredith grabbed a glass of water and stretched out to me. I gulped at it while my gaze remained on the screen. "We met several times, and that faithful day, when I told him that I was leaving, he pulled me closer and lowered his head, and then his lips captured mine..."
I chuckled, somehow I remember my first kiss with Meredith, "I never knew a kiss could make me so deeply inflamed. I was breathless, something like butterflies bubbling excitement inside my tummy as he grabbed the back of my head and deepened the kiss. All rationality fled through the window and all that I could feel was something I had no name for." She pause. "By the time he pulled away, I was breathless and remembered who I truly am. I pushed him away suddenly, but he grabbed my wrist before I could run away. Then he told me, he said he loves me." She brushed badly, "I told him, I'm a guardian and guardians don't fall in love."
Yes, she is right, Guardians don't fall in love, but I think my mother and I are exceptional, we both fall in love, but it's just unfortunate for her that they didn't let her enjoy it.
"But he didn't care, he told me, he would love to see my wings, and for the first time, I had shown someone who is not of my kind my wings. He said it was beautiful. After that day, we started meeting frequently, he gave me a gift, nice clothes, and he gave me a camera, he said I could capture moments with it." A small smile found its way to my lips as my mother’s face brightened. "At first, we just shared kisses, but he was slowly stealing my heart, and I was beginning to doubt myself that it wasn't true that guardians don't fall in love because I was falling in love with him slowly. I found myself opening up to him, and life was worth living, I was enjoying his company and he was making me feel special, for months we had just kiss and held hand and my ward was becoming suspicious and he had told me, that he was going to request a new guardian, which means I might died and be born again but I didn't want that because I didn't want to forget about the man, I love. So that day, I had told myself that I would tell him that we can't see each other again, but that day had changed everything because we made love for the first time."
I gasped softly because somehow I felt this was the beginning of all the trouble, "he found out!" She whispered, my stomach twisted, "That day I returned home, he said my scent had changed, then asked me if I was seeing a man." She sniffed hard, "I told him no, I tried to defend myself, but he already knew, my sister had rattled me off, and he had forced himself on me."
"No!" I whispered, and tears streamed down my face.
"I told my sisters," she continues, "but..." Her voice broke slightly, "They didn't believe." Anger flared in my chest, hot and sharp. That right now I feel like I shouldn't have just forgive those monsters that call themselves my mother's sister. "They told our mother that I seduce my ward..." Her tears drop, "After my mother sent me away, I found out I was pregnant..." Her hand moved slightly as if resting on her stomach, "but I knew it wasn't that monster's." Her voice steadied, "It wasn't his..." Somehow I let out a breath I never knew I was holding, "because that same day was the day I had given my virginity to the man I loved." Silence filled the room, "I don't know his name," she admitted, "all I remember..." Her eyes softened again, "was his green eyes, and a tattoo..." My heart skipped, "like a butterfly on his lower abdomen." My breath stopped without thinking, my hand move, I lifted my blouse slightly, and there it was, the birthmark, I had always had like a butterfly, my vision blurred, "I'm sorry dear," her voice echoed softly, "I don't know anything else about him," tears fall freely now, "but your eyes..." She smiled faintly, "They are just like his, I know you would be wondering while I said that, when your eyes are not green." She twitched her lips, "It's because I cast a spell on you, so no one would recognize you, so the guardians wouldn't find you, so they don't make you live the life I had lived..." My tears dropped more, she was wrong, those monsters still found me, it's just that, I was a guardian to a beautiful soul, someone who let me to the man who had brought me back, even when it meant losing everything. "My mother ..." Her voice softened even more, "she is the guardian goddess," my breath hitched, "I wanted to stay with you, because from the moment, I found out I was carrying a female child, I had love you, wish that I could watch you grow up and have children of your own... " my hand instinctively reach for my tummy, her eyes filled with pain, "but I couldn't because I know staying with you will put you in danger." She grabbed the stuff she was knitting, "I don't know..." Her have pressed against her chest, "I think something is wrong with me..." Fear crept into her voice, "I think someone had stabbed me with..." My heart dropped even though I already knew that her sister was the one who stabbed her with a poisonous dagger. "With a poisonous dagger..." Her voice weakened, "I don't know if I will survive it, but all I know is that I had to keep you safe, and I hope one day, you could finally meet your father, and when you do." She looked straight at the camera, like she was looking at me, "he would recognize you because your eyes will reflect it." Tears drop from my eyes, and somehow she reaches towards me, "know that, mother loves you and she did everything just because she loves you."
The screen went blank suddenly, and the room suddenly felt silent, tears blurred everything as I stared at the empty screen, my chest rose and fell unevenly, my hands trembled, Meredith didn't move, he just sat there frozen beside me. And all I could think was one question that is ringing in my head, I turned slowly, my voice barely above a whisper, "Then who is my father?"

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Two chapters update. We have two more chapters before the epilogue and then we say goodbye to Meredith & Vida.