Chapter 36 36
Julian’s POV
“You brought me here for what?” She asked me, her eyes widening.
“I’m sure you do not have ear impairment. You heard what I said.” I told her and started to walk away from her.
My father has been moving weird these days and I was sure that he had someone on her. And I could not trust that he would not harm her. I don’t know what I would do if it actually came to that.
That’s why I’m going to be doing the bare minimum for her by teaching her something that she can use to protect herself just in case. I won’t be able to be in her proximity every time. Duty and work.
“I do not need that. And do not speak to me in that tone. You’re the one who brought me here without telling the one reason why.”
Fairs.
“Fine. Please, my dear Kimberly, would you see it fit to come with me? There is a need to teach you self-defense from my end.” I said. I stopped in my tracks to look back at her. She was still standing in the middle of the sitting room.
She was looking at me like I had two heads on my head and then burst into laughter. She laughed so hard for the next fifteen seconds.
“May I ask why you think it is funny?” I asked, genuinely confused.
“Can you drop the act? It does not fit you at all.” She said after she was done with the whole drama.
“Yeah, whatever. Do you think you will come with me now?” I asked her again.
“Why do you think I need that?”
“I don’t know. You just need it. Everyone is doing it these days. And you know that the rate of…..”
I was talking too much and I knew it. Trying to justify bringing her here. I did not have anything in mind when I brought her here. And I do not know why I think it would be a bright idea to do that today.
The one thing that was on my mind when I brought her was the fact that I did not want her to be together with London. And I knew that it would later happen and there was nothing I would be able to do about it.
“Don’t worry about giving me a reason. I would not be able to do it anyway. My health won’t take it.” She said and that made me curious.
“Your health?”
I asked and she nodded. Without saying anything further, she slumped onto the couch and stretched out like a cat. I walked towards her and stood in front of her expecting her to elaborate more on what she had just said but I got nothing. Her eyes were closed like she was thinking about something.
I tried to pry into her mind to see if there was a way I would be able to read her thoughts or what she was thinking, but I was met with that usual hard wall and block.
The only thing that I was able to figure out was the energy that was oozing off her in waves and I could tell that she was a little sad.
“Talk to me.” I pressed, trying not to sound desperate.
“There is nothing to talk to you about Julian. It’s none of your business.” She opened her eyes and our gazes locked for what seemed like forever but it was only a few seconds.
I loved staring into her eyes. It was like she was giving a lot away and nothing at the same time. The contrast of the kind of person that she was made me want to know her. The intrigue and how she pulls me in without doing anything special. And it’s not even about the sex. We’ve had sex a handful of times, but it was not that.
Fine, I was insanely attracted to her and I wanted her in that aspect. But I knew that it was not that. She was like this force that I wanted to be in my space every time, even when I knew that I should not want her like that.
The coven was to be under my leadership in some years and I’ve been training for it for the better part of my life. The normal way things would go for me, I would take over and get together with a pure-blood vampire who is like me and whose family was prominent in our circle. I knew this was how my story would go and I had no business wanting something I was not supposed to want.
But here I am. Not able to stop all the warring of emotions that was going on inside of me.
“I’m your boyfriend, remember?” I pushed again. I suddenly felt like a human. If I wanted things to go my way, I knew how I could bend things and people to my will.
Not her though. It’s not always her. It’s as though the rules I know and I’m used to do not apply to her. The need to protect her even though I must not show much emotion, was always more than I wanted. If anything, I must protect her from my father.
The man was evil and the fact that he had already had his eye on her even once is something that I cannot joke with.
“Fake boyfriend Julian. Fake.” She opened her eyes and stood up, standing in front of me. “Don’t worry about the whole thing anymore. We have already ended that era, right?” She asked, her eyes suddenly popping.
“Okay, this is weird. Stop staring at me like that and take me back to where you took me from. You can’t hold me captive like this.” She grimaced.
I took my time to look at her this time contrary to what she’s saying. She looked like a ball of sunshine that came into my dark life and I knew that I would not be letting her go.
Which would only make my obsession with her get worse. I need to know what she is hiding from me about her health. If I have to talk to her parents or go to the hospital, I would.