Kendrix
I spent the whole of the week in Dilgem, I barely had time to rest or do anything, I couldn't even call Ariel to tell her how I was doing and she called me a couple of times but I was always not there when she called and when I finally got the time to go through my phone, it would be too late to call her as she would already be sleeping. It was my last day in Dilgem and everything was finally sorted out. I was currently seated with some of the people I spent the whole week working with, we decided to have a few drinks since it was my last night in Dilgem and we had finally been able to sort out the troubles in the vineyard and winery so I suggested a night out to thank them for putting so much effort into making sure that the issues surrounding the vine, tomorrow, I have to be in O-when because Ariel's best friend's wedding was the next day and I promised her that I will attend with her.
I already know she would be beyond mad at me for not calling her since I got here but I was betting on the fact that she knows I came here to fix an issue. Once I return to O-when I will make it up to her.
I got an email from her dad and the Orient was officially mine. That was another thing that I didn't expect to be so easy. I know Ariel helped a lot even though she didn't do much. Her coming into my life was the reason why it was easy to acquire. As soon as I return to O-when after the wedding I am attending, I will go meet my father, if he keeps his own side of the bargain then the throne would be mine.
I was on my way back to my hotel room, ready to sleep the night away so that I would be on the plane back by morning, when I heard someone calling for me.
"Excuse me, can I have a minute of your time?"
The woman called. I stopped and looked at the woman who stopped me ready to turn her down because not only was I not in the mood but I had a woman too, a woman that I cared about and planned on going home to. My words, however, died in my mouth when I saw who it was that stopped me, the instant recognition and the way my wolf recoiled, his reaction was different from mine. I was shocked, it couldn't be true.
"Veronica?"
I let out in disbelief.
"Aha, he remembers my name, that's so cool,"
She said. She was smiling while I was losing my mind.
"Veronica? Is that really you? Is this a dream?"
I asked still cleaning my eyes, there was no way Veronica was alive and living in Dilgem, maybe I drank a little too much and was hallucinating, it had happened before a couple of times, even though this was the first time that I was seeing her in public, she usually comes to me when I am alone in my bedroom. It happened a lot when she newly died but after that, it only occurred a few times, especially when I felt alone.
"Hi there, Kendrix, it has been so long, eight years, right? The last time I saw you, you were a crying mess and talking to the paparazzi, now I see you are okay, now?"
She reminded me of the interview I had the day she passed away when I swore to avenge her death. Aside from that, this was the first time that she was talking to me, it was the first time ever that she would talk to me, I didn't want to believe that it was real, how could she be alive and why would she not come to me when she is alive, she died, they killed her and know better than to believe that some sort of miracle happened and she was alive yet she never came to me, it just made no sense especially when we were so in love.
"You haven't changed at all, you look exactly as you looked the day before they took you away from me, I wish you didn't die,"
I lamented. I had so much I wanted to tell her but I didn't know for how long she would be standing there. She was looking at me amused and I wondered why. I expected her to be sad too because we lost so much of each other when she died. Surely, she felt that loss too. I wanted to hug her so badly but I was scared that she might disappear the minute I touched her. She seemed to be saying something that I didn't hear because she waved her hand in front of my face to get my attention.
"Kendrix, you think I died? What the heck?"
she asked and I stared at her in confusion.
"You did not?"
The question sounded stupid to my ears but any other thing didn't make sense either.
"Did you forget who I am? I am a vampire, when has it been easy for a vampire to die?"
She asked. She sounded too cold, the Veronica I know and loved was a warm and calm person and only ever raised her voice when people tried to shut her down. Her question was off too because her whole house had burned down to ashes and I saw it with my own eyes, there was no way she would have survived and there was no way for her to have escaped too because they trapped her in the house. When I was able to get in, her body was already burnt beyond recognition, I saw with my own eyes.
"Kendrix, why are you acting like you saw a ghost? Come on, you know better than to think I am really dead, I mean, I am good at faking but you should have known,"
I didn't understand what I was hearing, she was alive, all this time I thought she was dead, all the years I mourned her death. She was alive? It was hard to believe but she was here and talking to me, I reached out and touched her, expecting her to disappear but that didn't happen.
"You are really here? You are alive,"
I let out in disbelief.
"Yes, I am alive. Why would you think I died? I just left O-when and changed my name,"
She said it like it was the most normal thing to say, she left and changed her name. it was more than that, I mourned her death for years and now I find out she didn't even die? I felt so betrayed.
"You were alive all these years and you didn't even think of calling me? Why did you leave the way you did Veronica? I thought we had something special?"
I asked. She was just staring at me while I was almost losing my mind.
"Can you not make this out to be about the past? I am sorry I didn't call or let you know I was alive but I have my own reasons. You can't blame me for wanting a normal life from all the chaos that your people turned that country to, they were after my life after my identity was revealed, you and I both know how hard it was for me, I needed a fresh start and got myself one,"
She responded. I couldn't even get any words out, I was just so shocked by her indifference, she just didn't care.
"I am sorry you felt that way,"
I said. I didn't know what else to say, what do you say to the woman who you thought was dead for years when she suddenly returned to life? It was hard to accept.
"It wasn't your fault, I made my choice, it might have been selfish but I had to, I shouldn't even bother you but I saw you yesterday,"
"Wait, you saw me before? Why didn't you call for me?"
I asked, disappointed that she saw and didn't say anything.