Always and Forever ~2

It's Just Getting Started

"And what of Sofia?"

"What she doesn't know won't kill her."

"How sure are you of that?"

"What do you mean?"

"Deep down there is still a part of you that cares for her."

"Do not say such things!"

"It may not be the same level as your love for Sofia and the life you have together but a thousand years have passed."

"I have no such feelings."

"I best you be sure of that."

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Elijah and I head to town looking for any of Aurora's little hidden messages on where she is hiding. I stop in my tracks as I spot a simple bottle of perfume that no one else would notice but I know it's meaning. I know where I will find her but I don't know if I will have the strength to see her. I walk into the perfume shop readying myself for what is to come. I walk in and not a moment later she comes out smiling at me. "I knew you'd find me. Hello, my sweet love." All I feel is anger and hatred towards the first woman to break my heart. "A thousand years. Can it really have been so long? Looking at you now, it feels like yesterday."

"If yesterday were the apocalypse."

"And you saying that leaving e felt like the end of the world?"

"Leaving me alive."

"I notice Elijah's not with you. Was he reluctant to tag along?"

"On the contrary, he's been calling me incessantly since I ditched him to find you. Raving about some ancient secret. And the possibility of using your head as a footstool." Aurora laughs at my comment.

"Well, I'm sure he would rather have his footstool than have me share that little secret."

"Let me guess in between being with me and seeking refuge in the arms of your brother, you slept with mine."

"Oh, your accusations are so banal. The truth is, I've never been with your brother. At least not in the way that you think."

"Why are you here, Aurora?"

"The witches here, they celebrate Fete de Cadeau. Feast of gifts. It made me remember that very intimate gift we gave each other so long ago." I know the gift we gave one another. She told me of her mother dying giving birth to her and me killing mine but that means nothing to me.

"You've had 1,000 birthdays since. I forgot to send a card, it's because I forgot about you. Is that why you're here? To remind me?"

"I'm here for the same reason Lucien and Tristan are. To protect my sire. Now if you'd turned me that night like I'd asked, I would be here to protect you."

"But since you didn't, I need to know. Where the hell is Rebekah?"

"You came all this way to protect Rebekah? Bit of a wasted trip, really. Your sir has moved on to greener pastures."

"My fate is bound to hers. I should be allowed to protect her."

"You needn't concern yourself with Rebekah. Besides, I doubt she'd make the same mistake twice."

"The first mistake being..."

"Ever trusting you."

"You can always catch an insect with the smell of a flower." Aurora pricks her finger. "But it's the smell of blood that draws a carnivore." She places her hand near my mouth but I block it.

"And what draws a snake?"

"How you loathe me. So certain I've come do you harm. Yet as I recall, we did plenty of harm to each other. And if I'm not mistaken, we both rather liked it. Didn't we? Do you remember what the first time felt like? To be with someone who's every bit as powerful, as tormented and as cursed as you?"