Awakened Raven

Bethany got off the bus as she made her way into the Royal Peach Pavilion Hotel along with her classmates where they were staying

everyone was chatting around her about the tour

Takehiko was silently observing everything from inside the necklace with much curiosity

this new world was definitely different from the world he knew two thousand years ago

it would not be easy for him to be able to adapt

where everything was new and the way of life was so different humans had made many advancements in what they called technology

they had developed everything in ways to make their lives more convenient but for someone like him there was a lot he would need to learn

before he could appear to be a normal person that belonged to this new age

the group crossed the hotel lobby and suddenly his attention was caught at the sight of a lotus peach tree planted in the middle of the lobby

with beautiful pink leaves it wasn't just any peach tree it was a celestial peach tree

Bethany came to halt beneath the tree her heart pounding as she gazed up at the tree Takehiko was excited

so the celestial wasn't completely gone at all he realized they were just hidden from the humans this place was a sanctuary he realized

he could sense the energy pooling beneath the roots of the tree a strong celestial clan dwelled here he realized

he looked around was there anyone nearby?

"Hey Beth is there a problem?" one of her classmates asked nudging her from behind

"ah no" she replied tearing her gaze away she allowed her classmates to pull her away they took the elevator up the rooms

the class is meeting for dinner in the hotel restaurant at eight tonight

their professor informed them "so everyone please meet downstairs in the lobby later we have a reservation so be on time"

"yes sir" they all agreed and went to their rooms

Bethany decided to take a hot shower she needed something to refresh her after everything she had been through today

Takehiko watched her strip in the bathroom his mate's beautiful petite body left him filled with way too much pent up desire he had been sealed up for way too long

Bethany raised her arms above her head as she stretched in the shower

releasing a groan of relief as she allowed the hot water to work the tiredness out of her body

A pair of arms suddenly surrounded her from behind she released a scream of shock

as she found herself naked in his arms as Takehiko emerged from the necklace around her neck

"What are you doing ?" she cried in protest trying to push out of his arms to get away her face aflame he was seeing her completely exposed

"Get out of here you're invading my privacy" she cried "this is sexual harassment!"

she slapped his reachings hands away and slipped away from him getting out of the shower grabbing a robe and pulling it on quickly

"harassment?" he chuckled softly "You brought me in here with you, to begin with" he stated the water in the shower snapped off as he trailed after her

in his leather pants had become stuck to his skin his hair slicked wet to his skull and falling down his shoulders

even wet he was beautiful with droplets of water shone in his hair and glistened on his dark coppery skin

she hurried back into the bedroom but there was really no place for her to escape to

"how can you expect your mate to not want to hold you when you undress in front of him so easily?" he asked softly

She gasped in shock her heart ricocheting in her chest

"You can see and hear everything from in the necklace?" She gasped

"Absolutely" he replied "the old lady explained that to you back on the bus, didn't she? were you still not listening?"

She gasped "you can see her too??"

"I'm a celestial and she is a servant of a god" he replied

"so yes I can see and hear her too"

he caught her hugging her tightly to his chest as he gazed down at her seriously

"I won't hurt you Bethany not for anything, there is nothing for you to fear from me, I don't have a home or clan to return to, and I can't go back and change what happened to me in the past but as your mate, I'm supposed to give you a future, a happy life, provide for you, cherish you within the home I've given you and raise my children together with you,"

"is that what being a mate means? I'm supposed to be your wife?" she asked with wide eyes

"it means that and so much more" he replied stroking her hair

"But I'm not in a position to offer you anything when I have lost everything,

I have to learn to adapt to this world and there's so much I have to learn and understand I have to rebuild everything I've lost in my life from nothing, and all I have in this world is you, Bethany I need you without you, I don't even know where or how to begin living in this world, I can't do it alone please, believe me, Bethany" he admitted

She was overwhelmed by everything he was saying

"I don't know what a mate is or what I'm even supposed to do with you!" she breathed

"Just trust me," he stated "if you accept me as your mate I won't let you down, I will work very hard to be everything you need and to give you every happiness I can, I will protect you with my life"

"But it's not about making me happy or about protecting me right now it's you I'm worried about!"

she argued

"you need so much more than just me, I have school, a job, and an apartment to go back to and it isn't here, it's in another country far away from here, I'm only temporarily visiting japan with my class!"

"But you are from here, just from another time and now that you are free you need to find your own people,

if they are still alive or not? and what happened to them while you were gone? all of this is important to you! but if you choose to stay with me, then you have to give up on being reunited with them, you have to leave here and travel to another country that you're not a native of, at least here the culture hasn't changed much over the years,

if you stay here it will be easier to adapt because many things might still be familiar to you and you'll even be able to speak the native language

but where I'm from it will be more difficult the language is different the culture is completely different too I don't want to do that to you"

"I don't care Bethany" he replied patiently "even if I hadn't woken up now or at some other time when my clan still existed I would not have woken up to return to them, I've told you I'm a prince but You don't know anything about me, it's not what you think"