Mated, The First Time (part 3)
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Riftan stares at my face, he awkwardly scratches his wavy hair.
“I never intended to keep it a secret, but yes, my father is a warlord.”
Furious at him, I put the clothes in a hurry and then punch him in the gut. He coughs and drops to the ground.
“You should have told me from the beginning!”
“I couldn’t do it, it was because I was running away from my father!”
"You were a runner? how come? what have you done?!"
My eyes grew larger, turns out, I’m not the only one that has a problem. I saw him, once again, I knew little about him, a bit ashamed of myself. I let my passion and my lust got the best of me.
Sitting beside him, I saw a beautiful man, a beautiful man with his own set of problems. A beautiful man that’s now also my mate.
"Come on, please be truthful to me, what did you do?” I whispered at him.
“Nothing, really, he wanted me to replace him in the future, but by the hell, I don’t want it. I don't want to become a warlord, it's not for me."
Chuckled, I brush his hair and then pinched his cheek.
“Looks like I got a rebel as my mate.”
“A handsome mate, though, you should grateful about it.”
“Oh, hush, come on, we need to get out of here.”
He put away the parchment on the ground, the pendulum shined once again, this time a road appear on the parchment.
“Good, we are closed than what I have thought before.”
“Really?”
He smiled and nodded. “A larger camp, nearby, most definitely the main camp, we should go there.*
“Do you think the cannibals are still roaming?”
“Not a chance, they wanted to eat you, but not as the extend as to chase you for a long time.”
“We should at least inform their warlord about it.”
“Of course, we should, I couldn’t even think of how much elven already become their prey.”
We finally leave the cave, after preparing for a long journey, he took my hand, together we are walking towards the main camp.
“So, tell me about yourself.”
Riftan was chuckling, his eyes are glinting in amusement. “My apologies, I was laughing not because of your question, it’s because of how silly our situation is.”
“Oh, yes, we have mated right away, we passed those courting and engagement.”
“We certainly were passed those.” But, then, he stopped walking, his face full of seriousness and contemplation, “You don’t have any regret?”
I laughed at his silly questions. Taking his hand, I smiled at him and then lead him back over the valley.
“Regret, I don’t have any. Maybe I was rushing to get Into your embrace, rushing to be together with you. But, regret, no, I will never regret.”
Somehow, I could feel he is smiling, I don’t see it, but I feel it. Truthfully it makes me have a smile on my face as well. Mother, you’re right, I feel safe when I’m around him.
Riftan and I are taking a break on one of the river banks, I see his face and begin to open a conversation.
“So, tell me more about yourself.”
He smirked and shake his head. “Oh, wow, you’re relentless, aren’t you?”
“Well, now you know more about myself.”
He gave out a long sigh. “Fine, you want to know more about me? I’m the only child of a warlord, though my life is good, I don’t want the responsibility of controlling my camp.”
“Basically, you just wanted to be a free elven, right?”
“Is it wrong?”
“No, absolutely not, you don’t want to be a warlord, your father should respect that.”
He gave me a sad smile. “My father, he never force me, he wanted my involvement, but never push me to become his regent. Not my mother.” He brushes his hair in frustration, “My mother, the only loving wife of the warlord has lost her ability to procreate, after giving birth to me.”
“Oh, Riftan, I am so sorry.”
“I do, however, admire their love for one another. Every warlord has more than one partner, just like your father.”
“Step-father.”
“Alright, step-father. You see, my father, never even consider to have a s****l partner besides my mother.”
“Oh wow, that was uncalled for.”
“Yes, I also wanted to become like him, only loving one woman, for the rest of my life.”
His eyes shined through when he looks at me. I like him, of course, like him enough to be mated with him. Also helps that he is easy on the eyes, but his character also intrigued me.
I tried to speak my mind about the whole lover's situation. My voice never came, his gaze upon me, and then kissed my lips all of a sudden.
He grabbed my face and play with my hair, caressing and loving every inch of my body. I was longing for his touch, imagining the first time, and now wanted another sight of his beautiful body engulfing mine.
But before our bodies intertwined, once again, I saw something in the thick bushes. Red light shining through, not just one, but a pair. My hand stops Riftan from continuing, while my lips whispered to his.
“Riftan, what’s that?” I asked him, while my hand pointed at the red lights.
He turns around and curses. The red light is not just a red light, it’s actually a pair of eyes from a monster, a creature that we have never seen before. The creature’s eyes are focusing on us. It roared and then ran towards us.
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