by Rachel Lenna
“Here.” She says triumphantly a moment later handing me a simple pair of pale pink two inch solid heels. “You have to wear heels to make your legs look great but I’m gonna go easy on you.”
“Gee thanks.” I say rolling my eyes at her, yanking the shoes out of her hand. “I’m only taking these cos they are cute.”
“Okay.” Sophie humours me. She thinks there is an inner vixen inside me somewhere that will break free one day. I’m guessing she’s hoping today will be that day. “Whatever you say.”
“It’s true!” I say slipping the shoes on and standing up. My already tall height is suddenly a whole lot taller. I feel like my heads going to go through the roof. “So how do I look?”
“Hot!” Sophie does a little happy clap. “And me?”
“Hot.” I say with two thumbs up.
“But of course.” Sophie laughs as she fakes a French accent, bowing.
“Let’s go then!” I say spinning and extending my arm so we can link elbows.
“That’s the spirit!” Sophie squeals happily opening the front door before linking arms with me. “I have never seen you this happy to come to a party. That wouldn’t have anything to do with a handsome guy by the name of Dominic Lincoln would it?”
“No of course not!” I deny too quickly. Sophie takes pity on me because she doesn’t call me on it as we walk down the hall, just shoots me a -if-you-say-so look.
Dominic
After leaving Savannah yesterday I needed some time to digest the fact that Zeke has come back and I that I have met my eternal mate all in the space of two hours. I don’t know what to think to be honest as I know she’s safe now because I looked ahead and he doesn’t come anywhere near her between when I dropped her off at her dorm after class to the party but at the same time Zeke is unpredictable and clearly trying to torment me.
Leaving Savannah alone and not stalking her every move is one of the hardest things I have ever had to do but she has a fiery spirit and would not have liked me crowding her. We only just met today, she hasn’t been waiting almost half a millennia to meet me as I have her.
I couldn’t go to Sam and Tyson either. I know how much they wanted a break from all this Zeke stuff and my issues and to experience modern day college life so I decided not to bother them with this until I had a chance to calm down.
The fury in me at Zeke even touching Savannah is so strong that it took every ounce of will power not to blow my top in that lecture room and rip him apart there and then. Savannah, Sophie and all the other humans would all be left traumatised and confused and it would just be disastrous. I would have to terminate them all just to keep our secret. Zeke knew I wouldn’t do anything to hurt him in front of them and that just makes me even madder.
I run up Mount Cookie to the very top trying to clear my head. It’s pretty sitting high above our town, with all its brown and green trees looking like a giant has come and taken a giant bite out of a cookie. I reach the top fast and sigh as I am able to see the town clearly with my vision. The humans are all scurrying on about their business oblivious to the real world around them.
“I won’t let him hurt you Savannah.” I whisper down the hill looking right at her dorm room. “He took the rest of them from me but he’s not going to get you.”
“Hey Bro what you doing up here?” Tyson says quietly coming up behind me. I shouldn’t be surprised that he found me but I am. I tried to give them space and he still came.
“Thinking.” I answer without turning around. I pick up a stick and crush it with my hand.
“About?”
“Zeke’s back.”
“He’s what?” The strangled sound in Tyson’s voice is how I feel.
“He spoke to Savannah.”
“Savannah Mills Savannah?” Tyson gasps and plonks himself down next to me.
“That’s the one.”
“Bro she's awesome. We can’t let him get her.”
“She’s my eternal mate.”
Tyson sucks in a deep breath as that news digests. “Oh Shi…”
“Did I just hear you right?” Sam says approaching us both from the other side of the mountain. “Please tell me I did not just hear you say Zeke’s back and Sav’s your eternal?”
“You did sorry.” I nod picking up another stick and crushing it. “And I’m worried Zeke is gonna do something to her.”
“Why?”
“I can’t see her future past tonight’s party.”
“Oh.” Tyson and Sam say in unison. They both have been around me long enough to know what that means.
“Yeah oh.” I agree. They both tap me on the back in a silent show of support.
“We need to get to the party then bro.”
“I can’t let him hurt her boys.”
“He won’t.” Sam says with force as we get up. “He won’t.” He repeats as we all run down the mountain.
“I can’t lose her too when I only just found her.”
“We got it bro.” Tyson pats me on the back just as we slow to human speed near the college campus. “She’ll be alright.”
“I hope so.” I say with a really ugly feeling still nagging me. We walk to the dorm rooms in silence, each of us thinking.
