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“No” he snaps, “don’t say that you have no idea the torture that he bestows on those innocent women. I would never want you to go through something like that, none of what he has done before is your fault.”
“I knew he was evil, I tried to stop him from coming there.” I know that is all excuses, I should have just refused to see him or answer any of his questions.
“You can help us catch him,” Haldor says as he strokes his thumb over my cheek.
“How?” I will help with whatever they need if it means stopping that evil man from ever hurting another woman again.
“In your vision, when did you see us catch him, was it day or night?” I frown thinking back to what I saw.
“It was day, I think early in the morning as not completely light yet.”
“Do you know how he gets there?” His question has me frowning, closing my eyes I try to visualize everything I saw before. I know that he was walking towards the farmhouse, but how did he get to the farmhouse? There was a noise right at the beginning of my vision before I saw him walking towards the woman on the porch, what noise was it? That isn’t a vehicle or a motorcycle, is it possible it could be a helicopter of some sort?
“I don’t know, I do not think he came in a vehicle but maybe a helicopter,” I shrug, “I could be wrong.” I realize I am biting my lower lip when he starts to stroke it with his thumb.
“Do you know how many men are with him?” at his question I nod, I remember seeing one man right behind the doctor and another three walking a few feet behind holding guns.
“four” I reply, “and they have guns.”
“Is there anything else you saw that could help us?” I shake my head at his question and then shrug before I mention what I thought at the time of seeing the vision.
“I thought it was really windy that day as the high grass was blowing, but after finding out what powers the Elementals have I now know it must have been you.” My statement has him shaking his head.
“Was it blowing before you saw the Doctor being pulled back?” I nod at his question which has him leaning forward to kiss me on the forehead.
“That wasn’t us, it means it is windy that day.” He kisses me again before leaning back, “good girl, that will help us know which day he will be coming.” He sits up, I watch as his back muscles tense and relax with each movement. I see him pick up his jeans and pull out his phone, he glances back towards me and winks. “I’m just going to tell the others what you saw, try and sleep sweetness as this might take a few minutes.”
I know I won’t be able to sleep now, my body feels relaxed, but my mind is swirling with thoughts. I smile at Haldor and nod to try and appease him but simply lay down listening to his call. He has stood and walked into the bathroom, his voice is quiet, and I know that he is trying to be considerate. His deep tone vibrating as he relays all the details of what I told him to whoever he phoned. I hope that it helps and that they can stop that evil beast.
“You still awake?” he asks as he walks back into the room.
“I want to ask you something,” I say as I sit up, crossing my legs and pulling the sheet around me. I see his brows rise in question, but he doesn’t say anything as he comes to sit on the bed facing me. “When I spoke to the other women, they said that now that I am mated to you that I will live as long as you do and if anything happens to either of us the one living also chooses death. Is this true?”
I won’t tell him how finding out that I am now immortal unless someone kills me blew my mind or that most Elemental’s have been living for centuries was unbelievable. The thing that most disturbed me was knowing that I am by all means weaker than Haldor, why would he ever bond the two of us together knowing that if anything happens to me he will also die.
“Yes” he states.
“Why?” My question has him frowning, so I elaborate. “Why would you mate with me knowing that if anything happens you will want to die?”
“Druza,” he says, “why wouldn’t I?” he shakes his head at his question as he continues, not expecting a reply. “You have brought me peace, a reason to live,” he shrugs as he continues, “I was ready to die before I met you, now I want to live, I want to live with you and if you are not with me then there is no reason for me to be on this earth any longer.” His reply has tears filling my eyes.
“I never dreamed that all this was possible, I always thought that life was so unfair as I saw all the people around me, and even the ones that came to ask me about their future how unhuman everyone sometimes is, how unfeeling certain people are.” I sigh as I lift my hand to pull a strand of hair behind my ear. “Meeting you and all the other Elementals and hearing about how you see life, how you all stand by each other and how you look at a relationship gives me hope.”
Haldor leans forward to kiss me gently on the lips, “I know that all of this might be a little crazy, but I’m glad that you are seeing the positive side to it,” He says.
“What about my family, what if they give you trouble?” I’m still surprised that they have left, there was no plan before for them to go anywhere, something must has spooked them, or they are planning something where they wish no one to know where they are, and that is my worry because I know how crafty my father can be.
“Tomorrow morning, we will try to find out where they are and the reason for them leaving, if there is a threat, we will deal with it.” I frown at his tone; I still worry that the Elementals aren’t considering my family a threat which is a mistake as I have seen them always get what they want with their craftiness and scheming.
“Don’t take them for granted, it will be a mistake to not consider them a threat.” I am not against my family or the others, but I don’t want the Elementals to get hurt just because Haldor took me. I still feel bad about Papa’s promise to Duke’s family and our broken marriage, but I don’t feel bad at all about not having to deal with Duke for the rest of my life. Today would have been our wedding, and even though I regret my family’s embarrassment, I don’t regret not marrying Duke.
They made it easy for me by moving away, and even though I’m hurt that they didn’t say anything or even try to understand what happened, I feel happiness, a happiness that has always been missing in my life. There has always been a part of me that feels like I was in the wrong place, but now there is such a feeling of rightness that I can’t argue with it.
“I think you worry too much,” Haldor states bringing me back to the present, “we will make sure to check everything and keep our guard up.” His words bring me a semblance of peace because even though I won’t tell him, the thought that anything happens to him because of me is unbearable.
“Now come here,” he orders as he stretches out on the bed pulling me down against his chest, his arm sliding around my shoulders hugging me close. “Let’s get some sleep, tomorrow morning you can give us all the information we need to try and find your family and figure out why they left in such a hurry.”
I lay my head on his chest, sighing as I hear his heart. The rhythm is a calming balm to my worries, I don’t know what I can possibly tell them that I haven’t already, but I will leave that for the morning, for now I will enjoy the heat from Haldor’s body surrounding me, and his breathing lulling me to sleep.
