Chapter four
While I waited for Odette to come home, I busied my self by alternating between reading my book and cleaning my room. My room was decorated with dark colors such as purple and black. I was lying on my bed; reading Twilight by Stephenie Meyer. I found it interesting on how she portrayed vampires. I found it quite hilarious that she made vampire sparkle when in reality, we didn’t. An abrupt knock came to the door.
“Come in,” I said as I put the book down. The door opened to reveal Odette, the mother figure of our family. She was a petite blonde woman, dressed in a nurse’s scrubs.
“Adelicia said that you want to see me, cherie,” she said as she fully stepped into the room.
“Have you seen Landon yet?” I asked as I stood up. I walked over to her and reached behind, closing the door.
“Non, cherie,” she said in her French deep throated accent. After I was changed, Landon and I took a tour of the world. We came across Odette in an alleyway when we were in France during Landon and mine tour of the world. It appeared that Odette’s husband didn’t care where he had put her body after he found out she was dying from childbirth. We had found her mere moments after the dump of her body. Landon managed to save her just in time.
“We are going to have a guest in a couple of weeks,” I said as I looked at my nails.
“A guest, but who?” she asked
“Someone sent by council,” I replied as I went to my desk chair. I sat down in it and looked at her.
“Ummm…” she said as she leaned against the door. She knew that the council was pressuring me into things.
“What do they want you to do?” she asked.
“Take the guy they are sending over here as my mate,” I answered. Her eyes widened in surprise at the statement.
“Even if you don’t love him?” she asked.
“Yes even if I don’t love him,” I echoed. She sighed.
“Have you told the others?” she asked.
“No, I thought you deserved to know before they did,” I said as I stood up.
“I appreciated you telling me before them. Come on, I’ll let you help me make dinner tonight,” Odette said as she wrapped an arm around me. Together we left the room and went downstairs to make dinner. We walked into the kitchen and pulled some raw meat form the icebox. I took some of the blood wine that we had and poured it over the meat to soak for a while.
“So, other than that, have you had a good day?” Odette asked as she leaned against the counter, head tilted to the side.
“Yeah, I suppose. I mean I just found out that the council wants to interfere with my life, so I think that qualify as a good day,” I said in a nasty tone.
“I was just asking Elizabeth, so please don’t take that tone with me,” Odette said.
“I know. I am sorry,” I said then I blurted out, “What did you feel when you first looked at Landon like a mate?” She raised an eyebrow, and I blushed with embarrassment for asking a personal question. I wanted to know what emotion she felt when she first saw Landon and compare to the one I felt when I first saw Adam. I knew that there was lust, but there was something else too.
“When I first looked upon Landon after my rebirth, I saw a dark angel who had rescued me from the cold sleep,” Odette said. Landon walked into the conversation from the shadows. I squeaked when he appear, never getting use to him popping out anywhere.
“And when I saw Odette, I knew I had found my mate,” Landon said as he kissed Odette on the mouth. I looked at them, seeing the obvious love radiated off them.
“How long have you been there?” I asked him, leaning a hip against the counter.
“Long enough,” he said as he raised his head and looked at me. “Have you told her about the council?”
“I have and I plan to tell everyone else at dinner,” I said. I got the grilling pan and sat it on the stove. I turned on the stove and waited for the pan to heat. A moment later, I put the meat on the pan and seared it. Odette and Landon finally parted.
“Help Elizabeth make dinner. We can continue tonight,” Landon said as he kissed her once more and then let her go. He walked out of the kitchen. Odette busied around the kitchen as I seared the meat. After a couple of minutes, I pulled the red meat off and let it rest.
“Should we fix anything with the lamb?” she asked
“Nah. I think the animal protein will be just fine on its own,” I said as I began to cutting up the meat. Odette got out the plates and I began to plate it. Odette sent a message to the others that dinner was ready via mind. We took the plates out to the table and set the table. I quickly walked back into the kitchen and grabbed the blood wine.
Everyone began to file into the dining room. Everyone sat down at the long table.
I nudged Adelicia. “Look. There’s your Ashton,” I whispered to Adelicia. She elbowed me hard. “Ow!” I muttered as I rubbed the spot. Adelicia harrumphed as he mate walked in.
“Where have you been, Ashton?” I asked the new comer as he sat down. Ashton had short black hair and dark eyes. He was dressed in a white t-shirt that stretched across his broad chest and a pair of black slacks. Ashton was my other adopted brother and yes; he was in a relationship with my other, adopted sister Adelicia. Everyone had a mate, except me.
“Practice room,” he said.
“Oh,” I said. He and I were on the fencing team at school, so we often have extra practice here as well as school practice. We all dug into our dinner. After a couple of minute of eating, Landon got everyone attention.
“I am sorry, but I believe Elizabeth has something to tell us,” He said. Everyone turned their on me. I sighed.
“In a couple of weeks, we are going to have a guest in the house,” I said. I took a drink.
“What type of guest?” Claiborne asked.
“One that is being sent by the council,” I said.
“The council? Why are they sending someone over here?” Avery asked. Everyone voiced their ideas: to check up on us, to spy on us, and other ideas.
“No. All of your ideas are wrong,” I said.
“Oh, then you tell us why they are sending someone,” Claiborne said. I looked at her, and then looked down on my plate. Adelicia cover my hand in comfort.
“What is it?” she asked.
“The council are sending someone over to become my mate,’’ I said finally. Everyone was silent. I didn’t want to know what was going though their mind. After a couple of minutes, I couldn’t take it anymore.
“Well?” I asked them. I didn’t want to go through their minds. I had no right to.
“Are you going to mate with him?” Adelicia asked. I shrugged my shoulders.
“Well, I’m sure you will make the right decision when the time comes,” Landon said, “ now let’s continue dinner.” I was grateful that he said that. We all continue eating until dinner was all gone.
“Who turn is it to wash the dishes tonight?” Odette asked.
“Mine and Claiborne,” Avery said as he began to stack up the plates and took them to the kitchen. I did the rest since Claiborne’s big tummy prevented her from bending over too far. She was so close to giving birth to new life.
“Thank you Elizabeth,” Claiborne said. I waved it away as I took them to the kitchen for her. She came in after me. “Elizabeth, is everything alright?” she asked. I sat the dirty dishes in the soapy water. Avery watched us from the sink.
“No, but I will be fine. Don’t worry about me,” I said as I walked to the hallway. I turned around and looked at both of them.
“Night, both of you,” I said, before I went upstairs. Ashton and Adelicia were walking into their room when I passed them.
“Goodnight,” I said.
“Goodnight, Elizabeth,” Adelicia said. She laid a hand on my arm. “If you ever want to talk, know I am here for you.” I covered her hand with my own and nodded.
Ashton nodded in his goodnight as he pulled his mate away from me, gently. He pulled her into the room and shut the door. I knew what they were going to do. I smiled. They were perfect for each other. I walked back to my room and got comfortable. I lay in my bed and looked up at the ceiling. I closed my eyes and the one thing I saw before going into a light sleep was Adam’s face.
When's he going to appear again?
