Chapter 4
1595 Words
Donovan's POV
I am surrounded by her family but I don't see her anywhere. And I guess my presence gave it away to these people, they instantly stop what they are doing and turn around to look at me.
I don't say anything. I just stare at those people. Their eyes go wide processing the fact that I am here.
I am a warlock. I come from a different world where almost everyone has magic in their blood. So I just flicked my finger to be here. That is all it.
"Donovan Fade????" The one I guess is her father.
I don't say anything again. I just nod.
"Oh My Gosh!!! Lina isn't here!" He curses under his breath.
And I raise my eyebrow at it. Is it that common to use such explicit language here? Wow this is somehow amusing.
"I just asked Lina to get back, please take a seat" A woman who looks a lot like her says.
I nod and sit on the couch that is a little uncomfortable to me. I personally don't like any place that is not my home. I just came to greet her and that is it.
I guess I arrived here at wrong time.
"What day is it?" I ask her dad.
"Oh! It is 3rd of June" he says.
Oh My!! I am late. Since I live in other world, I did not really have a track of time. I should have come a little sooner just in case. Like I travel to human land every year because I should not miss certain events.
"I'm late" I whisper.
Her mom walks and hands me a cup and from what I smell, is coffee in it. I take it trying my best not to seem arrogant. So what do I do?
Another guy who has black hair walks in and his eyes land on me. Now is this guy her brother? She seems to have people always around her then.
"Greatest of Warlocks.. Donovan Fade!" He whispers as he looks at me.
I don't say anything again. I am a man of limited words. I just nod. Am I considered greatest of Warlocks? Sure as hell looks like it.
"Are you here for Lina?" He asks again.
And I still don't say anything. I only know I came here to greet her. I cannot really say I already love her because we have not even met yet. Moreover she is young. Too young for me. I wonder where this takes me now.
It is then that I finally smell her. She smells like lavender. She stands there at the entrance and scans the place. Then she freezes in her spot. I guess she is wondering about the new scent.
Every super natural being has their own distinct scent. Now I am curious how I smell to her.
I take a look at her. She is pretty tal for a werewolf. Brown hair. Brown eyes. Sharp jaw line. She is looking at her brother who is trying his best to throw a hint that someone else is in the room.
"Donovan Fade" another girl whispers.
She is equally tall as my life mate and she looks a lot like her father. King Carl. I guess his son is now the King. I have heard the news in warlock world. But I don't remember his name.
I turn towards my life mate and this time, she is looking at me. Straight into my eyes. I take in her appearance. She is wearing simple clothes that looks comfortable too. Jeans and T shirts suits her I see.
"Mate?" She asks me.
Werewolves recognise their true love as mate but to us, it is life mate. Because we are pretty much stuck with one for whole life. Werewolves can reject and imprint on someone else for the rest of their lives. But to us warlocks, once you break the bond with your life mate.. you will have to stay single forever.
I nod at her question. I guess this is it? The moment she runs into my arms and one touch from her makes it like I find the meaning of my life?
I stand there for what seems like forever till she decides to walk. Ever so slow she walks towards me and stops right when she is before me. Her scent is stronger now.
"Lina?" I ask her just to be sure.
I don't know her name. But these people were calling her as Lina since the moment I arrived.
"Yes. Why haven't I met you before?" She asks again.
Looks like we are only asking each other instead of sitting and talking. Though I am a man of limited words, I like meaningful conversations.
"Because I come from another world," I pause and look into her deep eyes, "I am a warlock"
She is just looking at me. Oh! How I wish that I had the ability of reading minds. I can only project what is in my mind and make people understand. I cannot read minds. No Warlock can.
She then turns around and looks at the girl with who she came earlier. The present King's sister. I don't know her name too. I am not aware of everything that happens in supernatural world because I was never interested. I sometimes hear about some news here and there. I wonder if it is the same here.
The King's sister just shrugs. Did they talk about something before they came here.
"Shall we leave just to give you both some privacy?" Lina's mother asks.
I am about to shake my head but Lina beats me to it as she says, "Yes Maa!"
Without wasting any second, everyone scurries out. But I see Lina's brother look at me for few seconds before he walks out too. I take it as his protective nature towards his sister which is not bad.
"What took you so long?" She asks
"Maybe I should ask that" I shrug.
"Huh?" She looks confused.
"I am 853 years old" I tell her.
"Oh f**k!!!" She mutters.
It is really amusing to me how effortlessly people over here are using explicit language. Is it common or fashion!? Or is it superiority?
"I come from another world" I tell her.
She nods and looks at me. I roll my eyes. I hate talking in long sentences. I like my conversations short and sweet. But for her, maybe I'll elaborate it.
"The timings are different. And I thought today is 2nd of June. I came here to greet you" I tell her.
She nods. She looks at me. Blinks. And then nods again. I guess this is her processing what I just said.
"Okay" she says, "Okay"
Few seconds of silence later she says, "Okay"
"Okay what?" I ask her.
"Okay what do we do?" She asks me back.
I roll my eyes. The way she was repeating the word Okay.. I really thought she must have had a plan under her sleeve. But looks like we are equally clueless.
"This would be an easy flow if we both belong to same race, but I see we belong to two different worlds" she says.
I nod.
"We only have two options. We either part ways or give it a fair try" she says.
And I nod again.
"So what do you think?" She asks.
She is a werewolf. Like I said, if she does not want me, she can happily reject me and imprint on some other werewolf man. She can live forever with that chosen mate and have pups. They go generations and all.
I don't have that option. Moreover, I just don't like the thought of this girl making love with someone else other than me. Call it bond or something else you wish.
I came here to see her. Meet her. Talk to her. And I did. The first female Alpha she is. She must be really really strong. Of course she must be strong enough because she is mated to a warlock.
I am not sure if I can be considered as greatest of Warlocks but I definitely know that I am one among the finest of our world.
"Came up with your decision?" She asks.
I nod. A subtle one. Because the amount of times I nod in a day sometimes gets me a head ache. So even my nods are subtle.
"Tell me" she says.
"You tell me" I shrug.
"How about both of us at the same time?" She asks.
I shrug. She smiles and man! That is radiant.
"3"
"2"
"1"
"I would like to try and see"
"Try"
We look at each other and smile. The clear difference in us. It's evident. I finished my answer in one word while she chose a whole sentence. How come she has such energy?
Might I add these are only tiny differences. I am not sure if I love her yet, but I want to see if I can.
"I should really leave" I tell her.
She comes forward to hug me but I stand there like a mountain full of rocks. She somehow still hugs me and I feel my heart race miles per hour. I could not bring my hands up and around her but I don't say I did not enjoy it either.
I don't know. 853 years of being single can make you this way is all I can say.
"Bye" she says.
I nod subtly again. One finger flick and I don't see her anymore.
- Writer
