Matter of our hearts (Part 1)
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(Sabine)
We successfully open the lid of the coffin, I squeaked when I saw what is inside the coffin. A dry corpse of once an elven from a Vampyr clan, the coffin which is the place that was supposed to be the safe haven for a temporary slumber of the high Vampyr, becomes the final resting place for this High Vampyr.
“From hell! What is happening? It is supposed to be a temporary place? This Vampyr is…”
“Death, there’s nothing in her anymore, all of the organs were dried up, the long slumber isn’t supposed to be like this.” Said Riftan, his eyes are transfixed to the mummified Vampyr in front of us.
Rylan touched the mummified high Vampyr, and then he asked Riftan for a piece of parchment with a small block of charcoal.
“What for?” Asked Riftan.
“I’m going to sketch her, we need to ask around about what happened to the high Vampyr.”
Riftan handed him a piece of parchment and charcoal. “Be my guess.” He said, and then walked around the room, checking everything around.
I look at how serious Rylan sketching the mummy, when I saw the mummy my eyes when to her neck, there’s a red tattoo engraved on her now dry skin.
“Wait, Rylan, what is that?”
Rylan Answered while he is still focusing on his sketch. “That is what you called the death mark, every high Vampyr gains the mark when they reach the eternal slumber.”
“I see, so, her?”
Unexpectedly, Rylan took a glance at my face, he smile bitterly and said. “Sorry to say, we cannot save her anymore, Sabine.”
“The Weredragon is right, sadly, she was gone already, the eternal slumber is something that we couldn’t fix.”
I look at Riftan, and somehow my anger is getting back, he really insulted me, back then. But I’m going to become the bigger person here, let it pass for now, and we are going to have a private conversation later on.
“Every mark is different, though, for this high Vampyr, the mark is a two-blade with a clover in the middle, same as her insignia.” Rylan pointed at the eternal slumber mark, and then the insignia in the coffin.
“So, the insignia become the eternal slumber mark when they are gone forever?”
“Yes, how about your father’s insignia?”
“His symbol, I… I don’t know.”
Rylan folded the parchment and hand it to Riftan for safekeeping.
“We need to go, the guardian is already vanquished, it’s just a matter of time for this cave to become a ruin.”
Nodded at Rylan, we walk as fast as we could, while Riftan followed us from behind. We reach the entrance and get out easily.
“Let us go back, Rylan I need you to carry me on your back, can you do that?”
“Of course, let me transform and you can climb on my back.”
He walk a bit far to accommodate his dragon body, Riftan took a glance at me, he knows I’m still furious about our argument, earlier, and he sense it.
When we reach the oracle's place once more, Josiah and Shakira already waiting in the courtyard. I jump from Rylan’s back, Riftan is already there, he flies so fast. Even before I climb to Rylan’s back, he was gone.
“Are you alright, Sabine?” Asked Josiah, he seems so worried.
“I’m alright, I must apologize, to both of you, my mind was in shambles and I just wanted to take a breather. With my luck, a Wraith got me.”
“Lady luck was on her side, we came and were able to distract the wraith before it devours her. Though in the end, she manages to kill the wraith, herself.”
We turn around to the source of the voice, it was Rylan already fully clothed.
“Looks like, your mate is a formidable elven lady all along, Riftan,” Josiah said to Riftan, proudly.
Riftan on the other hand just grunted, and ask permission to go back to the pavilion. We saw him disappear, walking to the pavilion path.
“Then we take our leave, we need to go back to the pavilion, as well.”
“Of course, you must be tired, I will send the breakfast as soon as you’re ready.” Said Shakira, with a calm tone as usual.
Rylan and I are walking back to the pavilion, together. Rylan is the first one who breaks the silence between us.
“I think you should talk to him, in private.”
“Who? Oh, you mean Riftan? I am going to talk to him, don’t worry.”
Rylan suddenly grabs my arm, he stops me before we reach the pavilion.
“No, Sabine, you really need to talk about the three of us, with Riftan, without me.”
“Yes, and like I said, I have already decided to accept you.”
He smiled and hold my hand. “If I was being honest, I don’t want to enter into a relationship, when I wasn’t welcome completely.”
Rylan was right, but I refused to let him sacrifice himself either. “You do know if I decide to abandon our bond. You will be mateless for the rest of your life, the outcast, forever, without any offspring!”
“Yes, I do know the risk, true mate bond is rare, that’s why there are always the consequences. But, I need to respect your mate before myself, as much as I respected you.”
His words took my breath away, Rylan is a very considerate elven, I love how he thought not just about me, but also Riftan’s feelings.
I took his hand and put it on my cheeks, smiling and promising, that I will fix the situation and gain Riftan’s approval.
He goes back to the main compound and lets me walk to the pavilion, alone.
I saw Riftan inside our bedroom, he was sitting and staring at the yellow moon above.
“Where’s the Weredragon?” Asked Riftan, his eyes never wavering from the window.
“He goes to the main compound, letting us talk about my situation, and also our argument, in private.”
He scoffed. “How very considerate of him.”
“Riftan, please, you need to stop!”
“Or else, what?!”
My eyes getting blurry from the tears that are ready to come out, I even bite my quivering lips, and said to Riftan, “Or else…”
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