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Gabriel nods, then flashes Autumn a smile before he turns to me. “What you and the doctor have is called a Chosen Bond; it is similar to a Fated Bond and only appears after a Fated Bond has been severed.”
I feel the blood rushing to my ears and take a step back. “Are you implying what I think you’re implying?”
He chuckles again and leans against the doorjamb, gesturing to the two of us. “You two are choosing to be together out of your own free will; think of the Gold Thread as something similar to a wedding ring. I suppose you can call this what the werewolves do; a second chance mate. Or in our case, a second chance Fated.”
Autumn’s heart is beating dangerously fast when she turns to me, eyes wide. “What…?”
I mirror her sentiments exactly, but turn to Gabriel and thank him instead before leading Autumn back into my bedroom. She walks towards the bed and sits down, staring at the thread on her left hand.
“So this… does this mean I’m sort of like your Fated?” she murmurs incredulously, not looking up at me.
I walk over to her and sit down on the bed next to her, taking her hand in mine. It’s only when she looks up at me that I notice the tears in her eyes. I pull her into my arms and kiss the side of her head, breathing out a sigh and feeling too afraid to show exactly what I’m feeling.
This woman was meant to find me on the side of the road; all of my wrong choices lead me right to her doorstep. Why would the Goddess bless me with a second Fated if I spat in her face by severing my first Bond?
“Cezar…” My name sounds like honey in her voice and I break off the embrace. I take her face in my hands again and place a kiss on her forehead.
“I think this is more special than a Fated, so please do not see yourself as my second. I chose this, I chose you and if this Thread is anything to go on, then my feelings are obvious,” I say, my voice quivering with an unknown emotion. “I think I’m in love with you, Autumn.”
Her bottom lip trembles and she falls into my arms, her warm tears falling on my bare chest. The unknown emotion I feel when I’m close to her, is this love without the Fated Bond attached?
It’s not all-consuming or forces me to make choices I wouldn’t normally make… It feels warm and comfortable… the feeling of ‘home.’
She wipes her tears and lets out a small chuckle. “I guess I was meant to find you on that road, hey?” she says, turning her gaze to me. “I think I’m in love with you, too.”
The kiss we share after our admission is sweet, slow, and has more meaning attached. Her hands are in my hair, my arms tightly around her, feeling her heartbeat against my skin.
There’s nothing forceful in it, it simply is, and it’s just… perfect.
“How is this going to work?” she suddenly asks after we break off our kiss. “I’m human you’re…”
I shake my head and take her hand in mine, kissing the back of it. “I’ll wait for you until you’re ready to make a decision about that. If you don’t like the idea of forever, I won’t force it on you either. I’m just happy that I can spend this time with you.. that I get to love someone as beautiful, kind, and selfless as you.”
A beautiful blush covers her cheeks, and she bites her bottom lip. “Thank you… that means the world to me.” She says, then gets up and straddles me. “I can’t wait to start my life with you after everything that I’ve had to endure… you’re my silver lining.”
“And you’re my Angel,” I say, wrapping my arms around her waist and again, feeling that unknown emotion take over when she initiates a kiss.
I don’t know what’s in store for Autumn and me after this. I don’t know where it will lead. I’m not bothered that she’s human or that she’s getting older day by day; she’s my Chosen and I’ll wait for her until she’s ready to walk eternity with me.
And if she’s not… Well, then I got the love of a lifetime and I can die happily knowing I had someone who had nothing but pure love for me.
XENIA
It’s 4 am and I’m sitting in the passenger seat of this SUV, glaring at the disgustingly sexy man driving. We took a plane over, now we’re driving towards the mansion Kat is holed up in; not that I needed him to come with me, anyway.
“You know that I could’ve come here alone, right?”
“So you keep on telling me, but there’s no fucking way I would have let you come alone,” he says, repeating his possessive words and pissing me off more.
I cross my arms and turn away from him in a huff, but he only chuckles at this. “You’re such a fucking brat,” he comments, and as much as I want to argue with him about how much I’m not a brat, that would just prove his point.
So I shut up.
For the last few weeks, I’ve been worried sick about Kat. She didn’t contact me as promised and to say I’m going crazy is an understatement.
Gabriel also found that she got rid of her cell phone, so there was no way for us to track her either - she wanted to completely disappear and she succeeded.
I see the mansion come into view and a shiver goes up my spine. The last time I was here, Valentine gave Kat and me potions to sever our Bonds with the people we secretly wanted. I hid in a closet for weeks with nothing but cheap perfume to hide my scent and a pocket watch to disguise my heartbeat.
