Candela

“Accepting us means to celebrate then, Rabbit. What do you think?” Candela looked up on Blade who’s lying beside her, in her bed.

She frown at him. “Celebrate? What kind of celebration do you want?” she asked.

Blade answered her with his smirk. Her instantly felt how her cheeks heated as she stared on Blade’s lips. For her, that was the kind of smirk she couldn’t trust. She already know what’s the meaning of that and who is she to resist Blade?

“What do you think? Should we make our first child?”

Candela hastily leave Blade’s arms. “What the hell are you talking about, Blade?!” she yelled. “Do you think it’s easy to bear a child? And to tell you… let me just inform you, hah. We are not yet official. We aren’t even married so stop that thought. We can’t still have a child. Not yet!” she said in finality.

“Okay, fine… I’m just suggesting that matter. But you’re still the boss. What’s my Rabbit wants, my Rabbit gets.” Then Blade pulled her again and caged her on his arms again.

“Let just sleep, Rabbit.”

“No, I can’t…” she said.

“Why?”

“I still have works to do outside. Other might notice my absence there and fire me out on my work.”

“Well, that’s good. So what if they fire you?”

“Blade?!” she groaned. She again pulled out from his arms making Blade frowned in confusion.

“What is it this time? Can’t we just sleep, Rabbit? I miss being with you… I miss sleeping with you inside my arms. Come on, let’s sleep–”

She cut him out. “I said no, Blade!” she began to tie her long hair into bun and fixed her tangled clothes. When she jumped out of her bed, Blade instantly allerted.

“Hey! Where are you going, Rabbit?” he asked.

“Don’t you hear me? I said… I still have my works to do. I’ll go back to my work, Blade. The head of maids might looking for me by now.”

“No!” Blade groaned making her stiffened in her place. She looked at him, asking. “You wont leave this room, Candela. Stay here… let’s sleep.”

“Blade?!”

“Don’t make me mad, Candela. Sleep beside me–”

“But I can’t. I need to work–”

“The f*ck! Can’t you hear me? I said stay here… sleep beside me. I don’t care if there is someone who’s looking for you by now. You are my mate. You are mated to a prince so why the hell you still need to work?”

Candela brushed her fingers in her hair frustratedly before she lay back to her bed.

“Fine, I’m going to sleep with you now. Happy?” she asked sarcastically.

Blade just nodded at her before they go back in their earlier position. He, spooning her and hugging her tightly from her back as if she’ll going to leave him.

Instead of thinking her works that she needs to set aside because of her demanding mate, Candela just closed her eyes to sleep. She can’t also denied the fact that she is also sleepy as she haven’t get enough sleep these passed few days. She think of Blade every night when they are still on quarrel. And just this last night, she began to think of the possibility that she and Blade might be separated because of the mate bound that they have. Fortunately, they didn’t because the Royal Family is on their side. They are standing in her relationship with the first prince of the Crimson. How she also wish that if ever the whole Kingdom know her relationship with the first prince… they will also accept her just like how Lord Magnus and Lady Lorraine accept her for their son.

Funny how for her to think. How did it happened that the family she used to despised to hell is the same family she started to love? Indeed, love can changed everyone. Her heart once become hard as stone bit when love came into the picture… the hardness soon melted. Gone the bitterness in her heart. All she can feel was the love… love for her mate.

Soon as Candela closed her eyes, she easily drowned into a deep sleep. It just felt so good… so nice. The feeling was so overwhelming because of Blade’s presence on her back. She sleep with him in her side…

But Candela abruptly awakened when she couldn’t feel Blade’s presence anymore in her side. When she looked on her side, there were no Blade lying next to her. And when Candela roamed her eyes on the whole room, it seems like someone slaps her very very hard.

“Where am I?” she uttered breathless.

As far as she could remember, she is in her room. Lying in her own bed with Blade on her side. But now? Why does the whole room looks different. It’s perfectly look strange on her.

The room where she is in by now was too spacious far from her real room. Even though the color ambiance were the same, Candela could still differentiate her real room from the room where she woke up. She started to get confused while slowly feeling the undeniable nervous.

Was she still in the Crimson Palace or not? Where the hell she is?!© 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

In the middle of thinking, because vampire’s ability which is having a sharp senses, Candela started to hear someone’s footsteps coming in where is. Because of that, without further ado… she jumped out from the bed only to found out that she is also wearing different clothes.

“What the hell? Who changed my clothes? And why am I wearing this heavy gown?” she started to fire away such questions but she got no answers.

Not until the door finally flew opened and the very familiar face shocked the hell out her. Stirring every thoughts out of here. Was she just looking into the mirror or she wasn’t?

“Long time no see, Candela…” the woman, whom shared the exact features of her greet her with an evil and eerie smile.

Right at that moment, Candela could ever think was her tongue got by a cat. Was it even for real?

She’s staring back on the woman who has same face as her. The same woman that appeared on her dream when she and Primo got attacked in the woods. Is this for real or it was also part of her dreams?

“W–who are y–you?” she stuttered upon asking the strange woman in front of her.

But the woman just laughed at her. A kind of laugh that echoed on her ears, sending earsplitting sound on her. Then the woman stop and started to walk near her but she step backwards. When she hit something behind her, Candela turned around only to tell her that there were no remaining space for her to step back.

She gulped before she turned her eyes in front. Soon as she looked in front again, the woman is already in front of her. Leaving only tiny space between them making her gasped.

“Do you forget me already, huh?” the woman asked and there were no words came out in her mouth to answer her.

“It wasn’t too long since our last meeting, Candela. Though it is long enough it is still not valid for you to forget me easily. Now, do you remember me?” the woman asked again so she nod slowly.

“Good… it was nice that you remember me.” The woman step backwards and sat down on the bed where she is lying earlier.

“Who are you?” she finally asked without stuttering.

“Who am I? You’re asking me who the hell am I? Really, Candela. What happened to you now? Have you forget your own name?” Candela gasped with her eyes widened.

“You mean… you and me… i–is o–one?”

“Ahuh!” Because of confirmation that she have heard, Candela strangely feel headaches.

She started to shook her head desperately as some blurry images started to flash on her mind. She forced herself to make those images clear but to no avail, it only remains blur.

“I am Candela. You are Candela. We are only one. Can’t you see our face? We have the same face. Everything about you is everything about me. Everything you feel, I feel it too. Everything that you have, I have it too…” the woman said as her eyes were shut closed.

“Did you hear me, Candela? You are me, I am you…” it echoed on her ears to the point that she can’t get away from those words.

“S–stop…” she said breathless as the woman’s voice only makes her headaches grow tremendously. She also began shaking and sweating bullets for f*ck!

“Stop? No. No. No. I won’t stop. Did you hear me? I won’t stop, Candela. You are me, I am you. Everything about you is everything about me. Everything that you owned, I owned it too. Even the smallest thing you owned, I owned it too. Even your mate…”

Her eyes flew opened soon as she heard the word mate. Mate? She also owned her mate? How the hell that happened?

“Did I made myself clear now, Candela? Was it already clear to you? I own your mate. Blade is also mine. He is mine.”

“No! He wasn’t yours!” The woman only laughed as she feel how she burned in anger.

“I pity you, Candela. I pity you.”

“No!” she shout loud as she opened her eyes. That’s when she realized that everything was just a dream.

She saw again her room. She also wearing her clothes before she sleep.

“What happened? Why are you shouting?”

And… and she’s still with Blade who’s scanning her. Because of her, Candela couldn’t help herself but to hug Blade tightly and cry inside his arms.

“D–don’t leave m–me, Blade. Promise m–me that y–you won’t going to leave m–me…” she cried.

“Hey! What are you talking about, Rabbit? I won’t leave you. Didn’t I already tell you that?” Blade caressed her back, comforting her.

“Just please… please promise me that you won’t leave me. Whatever happens, stay on my side Blade. Don’t leave me. Please, Blade… promise me…”

“Okay, okay. I promised. I promised that I won’t leave you nor hurt you. I will love you and will stay on your side no matter what happened. Feel better now?”

Candela just nod while remain sobbing inside Blade’s arms. As if it was a magic. Blade’s words are like magic. It sent comforts in her heart gnawing by unexplainable fear.

It was just a dream. Just like before when they were attack by rebels. All are just a dreams but why does it feels so real for her? Why does she felt the same feeling she has in her dreams? Why does it fear her so much just like how she feels fear when she was in her dreams?

Why she felt threatened?

Why does it feels like the woman in her dream is someone she should fear of?

“Stay here.” Blade pulled out from their hugs. “I’ll get you foods and water. Maybe you are just feeling hungry.”

She stared deep at Blade. Somehow, at some point… she didn’t want the idea of Blade leaving her room. Damn it! She was scared for just reason! She scared of her own dream.

“Will you come back? You will come back, right?”

Blade smiled at her, giving her assurance. “Of course, I will. I am just going to get your foods in the kitchen and after that, I’ll come back. Wait for me here, Rabbit.” Then Blade gave her a peck of kiss on top of her head.

Soon as Blade stepped outside her room, Candela instantly feel dizziness. As if in any moment, she will lost her conscious. She massage her temple as well as the bridge of her nose and tried to move out of her bed.

But few seconds had passed, the dizziness she felt grow stronger. When she look at her surrounding, all she can see is blurredness until it all went black making her fall on the floor.