WHO AM I

CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN

Damien looked at Adrianna.

Like a child, her mouth is pursed in a pout. Silently telling him how deeply wronged she was.

"Damien...Damien.."Adrianna repeatedly called out his name in a low, pitiful whining sound. As if she experienced a great injustice.

Then like a balloon that has been pricked by a needle, Adrianna wailed like a banshee! Crying out all the sufferings she endured from her past life!

She buried her head in Damien's chest as she tightened her hold on his waist.

"Damien...Damien..." She chanted his name in a broken, pitiful, soft voice.

Damien was taken aback!

He is completely stunned that he is unable to think on what to say or what to do.

Helpless, Damien comforted her in the only way he knows how. He simply hugged her and hummed a song in a soft, low voice.

He stroked Adrianna's hair up and down as he kissed the top of her head.

"Damien...Damien.."

"Shhh..I'm here, baby. I'm here." Damien softly answered.

"I will make things right for you. I won't let you suffer anymore wrong." Damien promised in a very domineering and absolute voice.

Damien said the same thing to her in her past life. But she scornfully mocked him! She treated him contemptuously that she did not squeak anything aside from making a fool out of him.

Now hearing him say those words made her cry all the more! How could she do that to him?

Adrianna tightened her hold on Damien's waist and pushed her face deeper into his chest. Wanting to meld herself to him!

Now she is feeling an emotion in such a strong way that it is hard for her to talk.

So instead of talking, she cried all the struggles and pain she suffered from her past life. And she has bottled in alot of them!

She doesn't know how long she cried. But when she stopped crying, she felt a lightness in her chest. Then she raised her head.

She stared at Damien's deep blue eyes. Eyes that sucked all her worries and frustrations into its depths. And with puffy eyes and a red nose, she smiled at him brightly.

"Damien..." She whispered.

"Baby."

"What am I?"

"My most important person."

Adrianna's eyes started to tear up again. Yes. He also told her that in her past life. But she ridiculed and laughed at him.

Damien....

Adrianna held Damien's eyes with hers. She stood on tiptoe and wrapped her arms around his neck.

Then she whispered softly and quietly into his ears.

"As you are to me."

Damien's body stiffened.

Just with Adrianna's breath, a cocktail of decadent thoughts instantly flooded his mind.

As he felt Adrianna's hot breath blowing in his ears, he felt like Adrianna's fingertip is trailing his chest down to his nether regions. Leaving hot pleasurable sensations in its wake.

Just thinking about it, his throat suddenly went dry.

He held Adrianna's waist and he looked up at the skies. Trying to control his breathing.

Adrianna buried her face in Damien's neck as she closed her eyes and simply listened to Damien's negligible heartbeat.

"Damien, why call me Iubita mea?"

"Because you are my beloved."

"What is that?"

Damien tilted his head at the side. Adrianna's face is nestled on his neck and she looks peaceful. Like a contented cat.

"My mate."

Damien felt the moment Adrianna's body went rigid. But her eyes remained close.

"What are we?"

Silence.

Adrianna slowly opened her eyes and met Damien's waiting eyes.

"Vampires."

Adrianna heard a deafening boom in her ears as she held her breath. Then she felt her chest tightened painfully.

Adrianna pulled her head away from Damien's neck and took a step back.

"How...?" Her eyes bored into Damien.

"Your ensorcelled."

Damien's jaw clenched seeing Adrianna move a step away from him. He took Adrianna's hand.

Adrianna flinched.

But did not take back her hand.

Damien felt relieved. He pulled her back into his arms and plastered her body to his. He wrapped one arm on her waist as his other hand lightly pushed her head to his shoulder.

After awhile, Adrianna raised her arms and wrapped them around Damien's back shoulders.

Damien kissed Adrianna on top of her head as an imperceptible gleam passed through his eyes.

"Do you know how everything happened?" Adrianna whispered.

"I don't."

"How did you find me?"

Damien's brow knitted.

"I was underground when I heard you call me. You were in terrible pain."

Adrianna again pushed away from Damien.

Damien frowned.

"W..what?! When was that?"

"Two or three days before I walked into your dream." Damien answered as he caught Adrianna's hand again and brought her close to him.

Why is his mate like an eel? When he thought he had her, she would always slip away!

Adrianna absent mindedly walked close to Damien and hugged him again.

"That was the first time I felt you. It was really you.." She muttered. As if she is talking to herself.

While Adrianna was busy gathering her thoughts, Damien is busy wrapping her arms around his neck. Then he wrapped his arms around her waist.

"It's that music box again."

Damien just contentedly stroked Adrianna's hair up and down in soothing motions as he patiently waited for her to come back to the present.

Adrianna peered at Damien.

In her past life, he came a month before her eighteenth birthday. That's when she received the music box.

In this life, he came two years earlier. That's also because she obtained the music box earlier.

"Actually this is not the first time I've met you." Damien suddenly spoke.

Adrianna pulled back and stepped away again.

Was he reborn too?!

"When you were six or seven, you reached out to me."

Adrianna felt relieved hearing what Damien said. If Damien is reborn, wouldn't he hate her for how she treated him then?

W..wait...what?! Adrianna's eyes widen when she fully understood what Damien said.

"I met you when I was a child?!"

Damien sighed as he yet again pulled Adrianna close to him.

"Baby, do you have to jump away every now and then?" Damien muttered helplessly.

"Huh?"

Based on Adrianna's look, it looks like she is unaware of her actions. Meaning, what she did is purely instinctual.

But why is she so flighty? Damien can't put his finger on Adrianna's actions.

Is she suffering from a psychological set back? Maybe a consequence of the spell?

Damien stared at Adrianna.

Adrianna stared back at him.

Damien just held her waist and looked down at her.

"Classes are about to begin." Damien reminded.

Adrianna blinked.

"I want some answers more than anything else."

"Your plan?"

"Let's talk."

Damien studied Adrianna's face.

"How young are you."

Adrianna stiffened.

"Sixteen."

Sixteen and about to graduate High School? Shouldn't it be eighteen? How many years does it take to finish secondary education in the Philippines? Damien put a mental note to check on this so he can prepare for Adrianna's College pep talk.

"Go back to your class."

"No!"

Damien sighed and looked at Adrianna like she is a naughty child having a tantrum.

"Let's talk later, okay?"

"I won't be able to concentrate, anyway. This thing...what's happening to me is making me insane. I want some answers."

Damien looked down at Adrianna's determined face and unyielding stance. Its the first time that someone has the guts to contradict him.

When others see him, if given a chance, they would either ran away or cower and hide. For a few some, they would be wary and on tenterhooks in his presence.

Above all, they please and obey him unconditionally. With neither rebuttal nor questions.

But his mate is quite feisty.

And oddly, he doesn't mind.

It makes him more...interested.

With eyes filled with indulgence, Damien kissed Adrianna's forehead.

"I will talk to the principal and ask a leave for you. You get your bag. I will see you at the gates."

Adrianna smiled brightly at him. Her eyes sparkling.

"Where will we go?"

"My house."