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“That is one possibility, but let’s think about everything and later when we are together with the men, we can decide on what our next plan of action is,” I propose.
“Okay, let’s not keep them waiting or they will start to get suspicious.” Rea says as she steps around me to make her way towards where Trek is still standing guard at the entrance to the Tunnel.
When I come to stand next to him, he looks down at me with a raised brow, “we can go in now,” I say
Darius looks over at me, I can tell that he understands what I am doing and that he agrees. I might not have spoken to Darius much before we came on this quest of finding Love but Dad trusts him completely as Darius is Dad’s main guard, therefore I trust him.
Dream and Shok walk past us into the Tunnel, the others quickly follow leaving Trek and me alone. “Did you hear our conversation?” I ask as we turn to follow the others.
“Yes,” he replies.
“Do you agree with what we are doing?” my question has him stopping to turn to me.
“I trust your judgement,” he says, “but also what I heard leads me to believe that you are right and that there must be either someone among us that is leaking information to Toron or that he has spies at the entrances to the Tunnels and saw us arriving.”
“That would mean that if he has spies, they would have seen us leaving today to go and scout for camps,” I say with a frown, was everything we saw today possibly a show?
“We just need to make sure that we count for all these possibilities when drawing up our plan of action.” Trek advises as he lifts his hand to my cheek, his thumb strokes the back of my ear. “For now you need to go and eat something and rest, I will make sure that everyone that is supposed to be at thismeeting is there and I will find us a place that has no prying eyes or curious ears.”
I lift my hand to place it over his, “Thank you Trek, you are always there for me, and I know that I have never said it before, but I am grateful for everything you do for me and for my family.”
A smile lifts his lips which lights up his beautiful light honey-coloured eyes which shine with vibrance when he is happy. Before I can think of what is happening, he has lowered his head and is kissing my lips, the contact surprises me as I didn’t see it coming, but this is something that I have been longing for so long that instead of stepping back or gasping, I lift both my arms running my hands behind his neck, feeling his hair between my fingers as he deepens the kiss.
As soon as the kiss starts it ends, he steps back breaking the contact between us. I stand transfixed looking at him, speechless. “I shouldn’t have done that now,” he mutters as he runs his fingers through his dishevelled hair.
“Why did you do it?” I ask not sure what I want him to say but sure that I do not want him to say that it was a mistake.
“There are things we need to talk about, but now is not the time with everything that is happening.” He starts to turn to make his way inside, but I grab his upper arm holding him back. I know that if he really wants to go, he will and its not my puny strength that will hold him here, but the fact that he is still here means that he isn’t as keen to leave as his words might portray.
“Talk to me, please,” I plead hoping that he feels the same about me as I do him.
“You’re my mate!” I stand frozen at his words, “I know this might be a surprise to you, but I didn’t want to tell you until you were ready.” Surprise is an understatement, I am speechless.Without another word I turn and hurry after the others because at the moment I can’t reply, I can’t even think.
How dare he know that we are mates and not tell me, how dare he drag it on for such a long time, making me wonder if he even liked me or not, and all that time he knew that we are destined to be together. The anger coursing through my body is like a volcano on the cusp of erupting, if I don’t get away right now, I will explode.
TREK 10
The minute she turns and hurries away I feel the knot in my stomach tighten, I want to rush after her and make her talk to me, want her to tell me what she is feeling, but instead I stand frozen seeing my mate run away.
What I feared has happened, Hope doesn’t want me as her mate. I want to throw my head back and howl in anger, I want to take Hope in my arms and make her understand that she is the right one for me, as I am the right one for her, but I do nothing. Instead, I slowly follow the group making my way to where we are all staying.
I have things to do, a meeting to arrange, a safe place to find where we can all meet, but instead all I can think about is Hope’s expression when she heard that we are mates. There was such anger in her expression, anger directed at me.
“Darius” I call as I see him heading towards the upper part of the main Cavern. He stops to wait for me, his eyes taking everything in as I approach. “I need a safe place for a meeting tonight, a place where we won’t be seen or overhead,” he nods at my request, “Is there such a place down here?”
“I will arrange it, give me an hour,” I nod in thanks crossing that off my list as I proceed to go and talk to everyone that should be at the meeting and making sure that news of this meeting doesn’t leak to anyone which we don’t want to know about it.
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While I organized the details for the meeting, I kept an eye out for Hope but to no avail as she didn’t make an appearance, instead I had to tell Dream of our plan so that she could inform Hope.
Now I am standing outside waiting for the girls to join us so that we can make our way to the location which Darius arranged for the meeting, and I feel like a teenage boy with his first girlfriend. I hear the girls talking among themselves before I see them. When my eyes clash with Hope’s it is evident that she is angry, her eyes are sparkling with ire.
“Are you ready?” I ask getting a reply from everyone except Hope. I incline my head for them to follow Darius as he starts making his way towards the area where we will all meet. I come to stand next to Hope but she quickly moves away to walk next to Reality. I want to pull her into my arms and not let her go until she has heard what I need to say, but there are other more important things happening now that I need to focus on. I grunt at my thoughts, easier said than done.
Darius guides us towards a cavern deep within the earth, stepping inside I stop and look around at the beauty that surrounds us. The walls and ceiling are radiant with Amethyst and Quarts, the energy within this cavern is pure. Everyone is standing in awe as they look around, there is a gurgle of water to the far end where I can see a small pond.
“This is beautiful, how haven’t we seen this before?” Vain whispers as she walks forward, and then I realize that she did not whisper. The water and the semi-precious stones reduce the noise in here which will assist if anyone has followed us and is trying to listen in as we will see them long before they can come close to hear any information.
