novelMARKED AND MATED
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Serefina pulled her legs closer to her chest and hugged them as she rested her forehead on her knees. She felt utterly exhausted and empty.
But, then she felt someone draping a warm blanket on her shoulders and adjusted it, so it could cover her cold body.
Even then the witch didn't move, neither did she need to raise her head to see who it was, she knew it must be Theo, since she was inside his bedroom and he was the only person here.
Serefina thought after covering her body with the blanket, Theo would go back to his bed, yet she felt the sofa beside her dip down, indicating the general decided to sit there.
For some reason, Serefina didn't mind it because Theo wouldn't ask her anything, thus she continued to sit in that position.
The two of them stayed silent the whole night and Serefina didn't say anything.
However, this was all she needed at a time like this.
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When the first light of the sun kissed the horizon and fell on Lilac's pale face, Jedrek frowned once again upon seeing how fragile his mate seemed now.
Just like what Kace had told him, marking his mate could heal the wound on his shoulder, but he ended up sapping all of Lilac's power, not to mention that the marking process itself would consume a lot of her power and inflict pain on her in return, to put it simple she was not in a good shape now.
Jedrek glanced at the freshly embedded mark on her neck and fell in love with the sight that he was offered. He stretched his hand to touch her tender skin gently. The wound was almost healed, but Lilac had been sleeping for two days straight, without any signs of waking up soon and this almost turned him insane.
He lowered his head to hear Lilac's steady heartbeat. But, the faint sound of it only increased his worries.
The sound of Lilac's heartbeat was just like the sound from a newly born bird trying to flap it's inexperienced wings; shallow and slow. However, it would be scarier if the sound actually stopped.
Jedrek sighed and thought how ridiculous he was. The mate bond was so strong that he couldn't even bear to leave her alone. He could not in her current condition at the least.
It almost felt like the very meaning of his whole existence depended on her.
"Please, wake up..." Jedrek pleaded, as he ran his fingers through her silk like hair and felt the soft strands between his fingers. He had never done something so gentle to her before.
No, he realized that he had never done anything nice to her at all, and now all he wanted to do was experience every small thing with her.
"Tok. Tok."
Someone interrupted Jedrek's moment, his mind was too occupied with his mate's condition that he couldn't even sense that Torak had been standing in the doorway for a few minutes already.
"May I interrupt you?" Torak raised his brows, though it was unbelievable to see Jedrek like this, but Torak could see his past self in his brother's behavior now, at that particular moment when he marked Raine. That was not a pleasant memory at all, yet he loved the aftermath of it.
"You have already interrupted, " Jedrek growled and Torak welcomed himself to enter the room."What do you want?"
"Excuse me?" Torak folded his arms in front of his chest while staring at his brother in disbelief. He scoffed, "you have a kingdom to run and a few battle plans that you have neglected for quite some time."
"I will deal with that once Lilac wakes up, " said an annoyed Jedrek."You can..." his sentence was cut short by Torak.
"I am not here to run your errands or your kingdom, " Torak said sternly. He understood how Jedrek felt now, but he couldn't comply with his decision to stay with Lilac the whole day.
It had been two days, since Torak had been the one to handle the matters regarding the kingdom while Kace went to the camp, to talk to the other Alphas, in the absence of their brother. Today, some other lycanthropes and werewolves from Torak's pack would come and join the force.
Kace had been very annoying and in complete denial, every time Torak asked him to go to them, and he needed Raine to talk to Hope, to persuade his little brother in order to make him to do as Torak wanted. This almost made Torak go crazy.
However, Jedrek did nothing but staying beside Lilac.
"Look, " Torak sighed and glanced at Lilac's pale complexion. He have to admit it, if he was in Jedrek's position now, he wanted nothing to do, but stay with his mate, but... things became more and more complicated."I know how you feel, but you can ask someone to stay here to inform you right away when she wakes up."
Jedrek shook his head."This is crazy, " he murmured."The thought of her never waking up scares me, " he admitted it.
Torak was surprised upon hearing his brother's statement, this was the first time that he happened to hear Jedrek talking about his feelings after such a long time during which they stopped seeing each other.
"Don't worry, she will." Torak looked at Lilac once again."You said it yourself, she is strong." He reminded him in an encouraging tone.
Jedrek sighed and put his hand atop of hers."Yes, she is."
"At least you had it done in a proper way, " Torak said as he pulled a chair and sat down."You have the ceremony, marked and mated with her with her consent."
Jedrek smiled faintly. He knew what happened with Torak's and Kace's situation, when they marked their respective mates.
"I almost killed mine when I marked her." Torak eyes met Jedrek gaze."And Kace was forced to mark his mate in order to keep her alive."
Torak and Kace had told him the details of their story when Jedrek almost went berserk after he realized that he had sapped up all of Lilac's power.
"You have told me this." Jedrek threw him a look."Do you want me to feel bad?"
"Yes, " Torak replied without a second thought."You have to feel bad because you neglected your responsibilities."
"You did too, " Jedrek retorted.
"I am not a king, I am a businessman and I don't care if I have to fore sake some profits in order to be with my mate, " he said in a matter of fact tone.
Jedrek scoffed, "Do you really think that I did nothing at all? Get that envelope beside you."
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