Chapter 6

He took her to the garden behind the ballroom, it was very serene as all the guests were in the ballroom, only sounds of melodies that escaped the dance room were heard.

 He held her hands still gazing at her, and he finally spoke. 

 "I feel a connection with you Celeste"

 She was perplexed because he had never said her name before, he always called her my lady. 

 "not just a mere connection my lady, it goes beyond that, it feels like destiny drawing me closer to you"

 He said as he placed his hand on her cheek still locked with eyes. 

 She was perplexed and didn't know how to contain all the emotions she felt deep within her, one thing she knew was she felt the same way about him. 

 "Celeste, will you do me the honor of becoming my mate"

 Celeste stood frozen where she was standing and kept on staring at Damian, she finally heard what she had longed to hear but why wasn't she happy? It suddenly hit her like a bull's eye. If Damian was going to be her mate, she had to tell him about her powers. She didn't know if it was the right time to tell him about her powers and that he would handle it, but all she knew was that she couldn't start any relationship based on lies. 

 She took a deep breath. 

 "Damian, I need to tell you something before we start this journey together "

 Damian was inclined, ready to listen to whatever she had to say with an open mind. Will he be able to handle the truth? 

 "you have my ears my lady"

Celeste braced herself for what was about to come. 

"I'm different Damian, I have dark powers and I do not know what they are, I was born on a blood moon"

 Damian just stood there quietly, not uttering a word, everyone knew that the blood moon was a very auspicious day, and no werewolf in the whole of Clawthore was to be born on a blood moon. 

 "Please say something "

She said with a shaky voice urging him to speak 

 "I..... I have strange nightmares

 and I see myself trying to kill a man. I have blackouts where I pass out and..... "

 "Please stop my lady"

 His words brought her to an abrupt stop, she looked at his face but couldn't discern what the look meant. 

 "I'm sorry my lady but I can't be with anyone that possesses such dark power that is yet to be known, the blood moon is too dark"

 He confesses with his eyes filled with genuine regret

 " I apologize my lady for requesting to be mates, I've made a grave mistake, we can not be mates"

 For the first time in her life, she felt her heart shatter into a million pieces, she felt like the world came crumbling down on her without sparing her fragile heart. She bared her vulnerable heart to him, in hopes that he would accept her completely but her hopes were dashed to the ground. She couldn't comprehend how something so beautiful was scattered in the blink of an eye. 

 "but... but you said you felt a deep connection with me"

She felt stupid for thinking anyone would accept her as she was. 

 "You will always be dear to my heart my heart my lady and it will remain so, forgive me"

 He turned to leave but took a few steps closer to her

 "I won't say a word of whatever you just told me"

 Those were his last words to her before he took her palms in his and placed a kiss on them before he embodied his true nature, a beast! He took in his werewolf form and vanished leaving her in her agony and pains. The tears that were held back in her eyes began to flow like a river escaping its banks. 

 She fell hopelessly to the ground as her dress became one with the dirt. She sat there and became one with the darkness. She stood to her feet and began to walk. She didn't know where she was going but she began to walk. She started to go deep into the forest without knowing where her feet were taking her. 

 She stood frozen at the spot when she heard footsteps vastly approaching her. Her heart throbbing vastly, she began to take steps back. The footsteps began to draw closer and it didn't sound like a human's feet, she heard the sound of leaves and broken branches breaking under its feet. She quickly gathered the hem of her dress in her arms as she began to run furiously. Why now, why was this happening now? 

 The footsteps she heard turned to running coming furiously at her, as she increased her pace, running in fear of the unknown, she lost balance with her feet and came crashing to the ground. She tried to crawl with her body but she sprained her ankle and couldn't bring herself up.

 She felt a large arm circling her crashing her into the tree behind her. Gripped with dread she closed her eyes not wanting to see what or who it was. The person was still, she felt his breath lingering on her face, and she shut her eyes tighter. A few seconds passed and she didn't feel the person make a movement she stood still trapped in it's arms not moving. She gathered all the guts she had as she opened her eyes slowly. She saw the figure of a man well built. It was dark and so the only light present was the moonlight, highlighting the contour of the face. His eyes were a shining silver, beautiful. She couldn't seem to see the color of his hair vividly but it was long and lush. 

Her eyes met his, he kept his eyes steady on her like he was studying her face. He had no clothing on, it seemed he just transformed back to a human form. 

 "be careful where you go for a walk"

 His voice was deep and smooth, resonating with dominance and authority. She couldn't distinguish whether his words were a warning or advice. She didn't feel safe in the forest with a sprained ankle in the arms of this silvered-eyed man. He moved his face closer to hers, she froze on the spot wondering what would become of her. He sniffed her face and proceeded to sniff the nape of her neck. She felt his breath traveling along her delicate skin, She pushed herself further into the tree pressing her back against it but realised she couldn't go further than that

Who "who are you "

 She asked as she struggled to free from his grip, fear evident in her voice. His strong arms wrapped around her wholly. 

 "stop struggling" 

He said as he tightened his grip around her. He glared into her eyes with a seemingly slight smirk stuck to his face

 "who I am is not your concern, you should be grateful you're still alive "