Chapter 18: Suffering Internally

Yivanne walked to Zephyr's room; she couldn't stop Inara from seeing her husband, and she couldn't ever be an obstacle to her. Zephyr was happy to see her when he opened the door, and she smiled sweetly at him.

"My lady certainly needs some privacy, may I stay here for tonight?" Yivanne inquired, waiting to him for a pleasant response, "Sure, you may come in," Zephyr said after a lengthy stare at her.

Yivanne eagerly walked into the room, she had admit the room was well-designed, even if it was decorated simply, "I was about to take a shower before you arrived," Zephyr remarked, watching her concealing her eyes with her palms.

"Oh, you should go have your shower down," she muttered sheepishly; Zephyr had never seen her this shy before, and he liked it. Slowly, he moves closer to her, "Why do you act shy when you see me? I'd like to stare deeply into your face," he said seductively, "Huh?"

"Even your voice sounds sweet, Yiv, "Yiv? I don't like to be called that; it doesn't sound good," she mumbled, covering her entire face with her palms, but Zephyr could see a glimmer of her face plainly, "I'd want to call you that, but, Yiv, you're free to talk to me, rather than being terrified of me," he said, and Yivanne simply nodded, feeling him brush his fingers through her hair, tugging a strand and peering deeper into her eyes than before.

"Yiv, I have been waiting for you my entire life, and I don't care who you are or what you are; as long as you're with me, I don't mind if it's forbidden, "But I didn't know you until now,"

"You may not have known me because we were separated, which means Fate did not bring the two of us together sooner. Nonetheless, let's start a quick introduction; I want to know more about you," Zephyr said, holding her hand, they both lie down on the bed.

"I'm sorry about your parents' loss; she must have been so lovely to you, "My lady is the only family I have left, and I vowed not to ever leave her alone no matter what," Yivanne said, smiling sheepishly as she remembered those beautiful moments she shared with Inara inside her room.

"I feel so proud of you even more, never see yourself worthless, my Yiv, "Stop switching voices, "Oh, you don't like it? Is aggravating?" Zephyr inquired as Yivanne turned to face him, her expression tinged with regret. She doesn't know why, but her heart tells her she probably said the wrong thing.

"I didn't mean to; I'm just saying my…., "I know, Yiv, I'll never get upset at you, not after I finally found you; chasing you away would be my lifelong grief, "What am I to you? I'm only wondering since your words seem unusual to me," Yivanne replied, with a mocking smirk on his face.

"Do you really want to know, Yiv? My disclosures may scare you away, "No, it won't. You said earlier that you would never chase me away. So I'm all ears, "You're my Mate, Yiv," he stated, and Yivanne frowned slightly in surprise.

"Like my other half, I'm never complete without you all these years of waiting for you, "So, you want me to leave her and remain with you? I still don't..., "Shhhh," Zephyr silenced, laying his index finger on her lips, "Like I said before, I'm never going to force you, understanding you still need time to get to know me, "Do you feel that sensation, Yiv?"

"What is that? I don't…," Zephyr interrupted her with a gruff, "This," causing her eyes to widen in horror and confusion. And while she was quiet, Zephyr munched on her lips, hungrily and lustfully; he had long yearned to feel his Mate's lips.

With all due respect, her lips tasted different than those of any other woman he had tasted. Though he perceived her as nerve with the way she acted, he was so fascinated with her to the point where he was unaware that she was groaning quietly in discomfort.

He consciously paused and glanced at her, but instead saw blood on her lips. When he realized he had bitten her deeply, he felt guilty, "I apologize, Yiv. I should end this, or else I'll do something crazy, and I don't want to hurt you," Zephyr whispered, wiping her scarlet lips. He observed she was avoiding eye contact with him.

"You just took away my first kiss, "Yiv, Forgive me. I never meant to hurt you; are you furious with me?"

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Gwen appears in Dark Feathers Castle, in the Demon's King room; very immediately, he felt the presence of someone and turned to face her, "Gwen?" 

"Gwen shrieked at him, "I'm here to take my revenge, you don't deserve to live in this world; I want to end their mystries," which still doesn't sit well with him.

"Lustre, stop getting closer to me again. I'd rather make your life unpleasant, "How are you still alive, and become a witchhead?" Lustre inquired darkly; he was not appearing sorry, but rather bringing out the worst in her.

"And do you honestly believe I will tell you? Someone who killed his former lover? Yes, I am your former lover; I have been long dead; I am a witch, and my main goal is to eliminate you!" Gwen remarked pluckily, Lustre had covered the gap between them and was now staring attentively at her.

"You cannot kill me, Gwen, "I can kill you a thousand times, Lustre, "After your Mother gave you her witch abilities, which converted you into a witch; she bans you from ever using your powers on me, no matter how hard you try. 

Even if it miraculously works on me, you will be murdered by me. Furthermore, she does this because she never wants you to cross paths with me again. So, are you confident you can murder me, little witchhead?"

"Lustre, even if I cannot kill you, I'm going to make you suffer the same way you're making our children feel towards us wherever they might be, most importantly; how one of them suffers internally because of you,"

"What are you saying?"

"Maybe you chose to ignore or were unaware that all daughters born into the chosen bloodline are given with the ability to give birth to twins, like I did. But one of them is suffering internally as a result of the curse my Mother imposed on us through him," Gwen said, uncomfortable shedding tears.