SILVER-HAIRED
Chapter 189: The Story Of Fire And Ice {10}

Chapter 189: The Story Of Fire And Ice {10}

Even then and now, My lips pressed in a thin line. I finally understood how Alaric feels. Alaric has always loved me. I could see that now, I didn’t take notice of it and I didn’t acknowledge it, even if I did, I couldn’t give him back the love, because my heart was always with another. He didn’t fret, he didn’t confront me, he remained the jovial and loving brother he was and he... My eyes saddened, he remained a friend to me, despite his feelings and always supported me, it was his words of knowledge that brought Nicklaus and me together.

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At The Grand Ball

"You two seem to be chewing on nails" at the voice I turned, seeing Alaric beside me, a charming smile against his lips, in the highlights now he looked dashing, he was well polished and dressed, these two were obviously twins, their amazing features were captivating, it was like staring at a rare jewel, and trust that because you won’t seem to look away.

I was just after Nicklaus and I were in a small quarrel, we were both gaping at each other but none of us made a move, it was when Alaric came to me.

He raised an eyebrow and I quickly realized I was gaping at him for too long. "F-Forgive me for staring"

"Not at all, I’m charming," he said cockily before winking at some ladies who gaped at him, they blushed and giggle when his eyes fell on them, they were continuously fanning themselves as if they would faint just by his looks, I grimaced at their action.

"You surely have your way with the ladies, they seem possessed by your mere presence" I commented.

"Well I’m unmated, this sort of happens, surely you must not think I keep to myself... I enjoy the beauties"

"You’re unmated?", that seemed impossible because this man was like a god of looks just like Nicklaus, I finally found someone who marched up to his handsomeness, and yet he was unmated?

His dim green eyes fell on me and I noticed the purple highlights in them that seemed to drown most of the green, it moved in a most alluring way.

"I was mated once"

"Really?"

"I thought I was"

I blinked puzzled. "A mistake?"

He shrugs. "You could say so"

"Does that happen? I thought mates were very sacred things for vampires," I said, remembering the studies I did on their ways.

"I suppose," he said in a simple tone but not driving further. But I have always been a curious Fox.

"What was she like? The lady you thought was your beloved"

A smile crossed his lips as he brought the wine glass to his lips. "A wild creature and yet so gentle... and kind"

"She must have been amazing, but how did you conclude that she wasn’t yours?"

His smile broadens. "Rather than talk about the past, how about the present? You and Nicklaus are trying effortlessly to avoid each other, I think" his gaze fell behind me, and then I turned, Nicklaus was talking with some officials but then his eyes fell on me and I quickly looked away.

"A simple lovers tiff?" I said.

"A lovers tiff" he mused like the words were dancing in his voice.

"Our views don’t currently align" I add.

"Ha... the Mortal thing and the god thing"

"You’re as knowledgeable as you said you’re or it’s just obvious that everyone sees," I said with a downhearted chuckle, his eyes narrowed.

"Both parties haven’t accepted the difference yet" he began dropping his wine on the table, hand behind his back, his pose was always that of composure and cleverness, I pondered if anything could faze him.

"Both gods and goddesses the first and now gods and Mortals... different views will most certainly apply"

"But that doesn’t mean we should let it cause a rift... I mean" I took a deep breath.

"When a Vampire male finds his mate, his long-dominant part of him which is his beast grows quiet for the first time, at that very moment all he sees is solitude and then the hunger awakens, the unquenchable taste and desire for his mate and when he distances his mate for a long time..." he faced me.

"He grows unhinged" I answered, he stroked a nod.

"Do not blame Nicklaus for the way he acts, he is scared and also confused, the beast recognized you as his mate, but years without you has made it unstable... So what should you do?"

I opened my mouth to speak but words didn’t come off and then he gave me an answer.

"You provide solitude, one which you did the first, not stir it with desires... but with the heart and mind... then desires can come to it, a circle, not a one-stop" he explains.

I took in his words deeply. "You seem..." I shook my head. "...Expert in this"

"I’m knowledgeable, as I said Empress" he gave a slight bow, a smile crossing my lips.

The music changed into another piece of instrumental. "We haven’t seen the Emperor and Empress take the dance floor, it’s a loss and unromantic"

I was about to say something but he placed his hand on my back guiding me towards Nicklaus and then a sudden familiar feeling rushed through me, I gasp facing him but his gaze was up ahead, a smile on his lips, my eyes shook, why? Why do I feel this way, the warmth that flushed his hand to my body, why does it feel so familiar?

"You both have finally found each other after thousands of years", his orbs finally landed on me. "You must not let this moment pass you by... love, Empress, love is the most magical thing you both possess," I saw a glint of something within the faint purple color in his green eyes.

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Then I felt it but I didn’t understand. "Alaric," I said with sad eyes. "For how long?" my gaze trailed back to the scene of my past, going forward.

’These are the siblings’ Yelena thought with wide eyes. ’The three siblings born of great things graced powers unimaginably’ she gulped, she was actually before them, she couldn’t believe this.

"Hello Yelena," Celeste said with a sweet smile. "I’m Celeste Darkmore"

"H-Hi" she replied nervously before her eyes trailed to Alaric who she was familiar with, he gave a soft smile.

"And we have met before," Alaric said with a charming smile. Yelena could see the looks now, he was almost identical to his brother, such amazing features they both have but Nicklaus was purely an embodiment of godly and handsomeness.

"Now us girls should get along don’t you think?" Celeste said with a wink taking her hand. Yelena blushed slightly, Celeste seemed like a nice maiden.

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It was turmoil before she could get Yelena away from Nicklaus, she needed to speak with Yelena privately and know more about her, for she was her brother mate and their future empress... and

She took a sniff of the air around her. "You two are mated already I see"

Yelena blushed.

"You smell like him," she adds with amusement.

"It happened so fast," she confessed.

"I see... Nicklaus has never been the one for patience, but I’m somewhat glad"

Yelena faces her in question.

"You seem like a wonderful goddess, you care for all these animals here, I have heard about the Spirit Forest and a goddess born with the power of a Fox who resides here, who knew you were just lying in waiting for my brother to find"

"I never thought of finding my mate, it never occurred to me, I was just focused on caring for the animals here and spending all my years with them, that was my goal and my sole right of living," Yelena said her gaze on the wondrous forest that still took her breath away and home to her.

"And now, Yelena?"

Her gaze leveled. "My life has made a great change in just one night" she faces Celeste.

"If you’re not set for it yet I can talk to Nicklaus to give you time"

"I do need time and at the same time I don’t"

"What do you mean?"

"I don’t know how to explain it but... I feel like all time be damned, I have only known him for what like three days and now I’m dying to spend an eternity with him, not caring about what he is or the consequences I just... " She sighed deeply. "Is this normal? For mates?"

"Well I don’t know..." she shrugged. "I have never been mated before but I can make sense of what you mean"

"Really?"

A smile graced her lips. "I think you’re falling for him, Yelena"

She stilled at her words as a deep shiver ran down her spine and a tingling sensation from her toes and feet, butterflies in her stomach.

Celeste’s smirk broadens. "And judging from your looks... I think I’m right"