Charming The Warriors (The Charmer) (33 page)

Chapter
25

After walking for hours I sit on large rock close to the house.

             
“Dallah. I need you so badly. Let me be with you, take me away from this” I whisper. She doesn’t come to take me away, I’m stuck in a living hell.

             
“Please, I can’t take it anymore!” I scream into the wind, with all my emotions behind it. A man’s feet appear in front of my eyes, I’m not scared. I don’t care who it is or why they are here! He crouches down and lifts my chin to look in his eyes. He has the most glorious deep blazing purple colored eyes. He smiles at me, but I can’t return it.

             
“Do you want to come with me pretty girl?” He asks me tenderly.

             
“Why?” I ask in a sigh as my eyebrows pull together.

             
“I’m a friend; I will help with your pain if you come with me. You can trust me, I mean you no harm?”

I take his offered hand
, not caring what danger I could be putting myself in, all I care about is his offer to help me in some way.

             
Standing with this man, who wears a smart shirt and trousers, he gently squeeze’s my hand and gives me a reassuring smile. looking around, we are now in a huge empty ball room! How the hell!

             
“Why are we here?” I say in a depressing voice, not recognizing it as my own. He pulls me by the hand to his enormous chest hugging me tightly. Why is he being nice to me?

             
“Pretty girl, I’m here to help you.” He stokes my hair lovingly.

             
“How? Can you take the heartache away? Can you bring back Dallah?”

             
“I have been watching you since the day I heard the cry of the broken.”

He pulls back to see my face and wipes
his thumbs under my eyes.

             
“I will help with the pain. I know about the Charmer‘s gifts and weaknesses.”

             
“Are you a Warlock?”

             
“Partly, I am also part Vampire, part Lycan.”

             
“Lycan?”

             
“I can shift into the beast of a Wolf.”

             
“Wow.”

             
“Yes it is very useful. Only those I trust know of my being, I need it kept this way. There is not anyone like me, just as there is no one like you. I want you to sit with me Zara?”

I nod and sit beside him on a large antique couch.
He moves closer to me as he runs his hand through his blond hair with a smile.

             
“There are the things I know about you Zara. Obviously you are stunningly beautiful, smart, strong and loving to everyone worthy. I can see your pain, it is intense. Little Zara, you have to trust me when I say,
he was not the one
, I know it feels like it. I’m sorry you fell for his betrayal, take caution in who you give you’re everything to child,”

He says searching my eyes, watching the emotion play on my face.

              “He’s not?” I say taken back.

             
“The love you feel for him is strong, you’re in pain because you gave him your heart, but it does not belong to him in that way.”

             
“How could I love anyone more than I do Sallack?”

             
“You will, I see you together, you set each other’s heart’s free. The love will be poetic.”

How can I think of being with anyone else after this, I will never love a man again like I did Sallack. I will never give a man my body and soul.

              “Listen child, the Wolves and Vampires are ready for battle, they think you were taken by the Dark Prince. I will see you again. I know it’s hard child but remember he is
not
your chosen.”

             
“You know who my chosen is?”

             
“I cannot get in the way of destiny. I’m sorry you have hurt so badly. Stay with the Wolves, and the two Vampires, they will take away the pain and give you strength; they are your family now. You are much stronger then you think child. Look inside; what you need
will
be there.”

             
“Why are you helping me?”

             
“Im sorry child, you have to go now. Forgive Sallack and look out for that sister of yours, she needs you.” He tells me in a stern voice, but still smiling beautifully at me.

             
“Please, tell me where she is?” I ask desperately while holding onto him for dear life, needing him to tell me where Dallah is before he takes me back.

              “ZARA!”

Shouts and howling
pierce my ear drums. I’m lifted of my feet into Den’s big warm arms. I’m back! I don’t want to be, I want him to tell me where Dallah is. Why does he even care? Why would he trust me to know his truth?

             
The brothers’ keep asking me where I went, but I won’t tell them what happened or who took me. I convince them that I am fine, and promise them know one tried, or wanted to hurt me. Parrise is now here, he asks me to go to his home with him and Angus. However, I want to stay here. I want to be in my own home.

              Parrise spends the night in my bed holding me, as he has for so many nights now. I wonder if I had stayed with Parrise, would I be in this pain, could he ever love me wholly.

             
“Love, it would never happen. I do love you, with everything I have. I will never hurt you, I promise Zara. I want to take your pain away.”

             
“Please stop looking in my head Parrise?” I say with my voice laced in gloom.

             
“I need know your safe, who took you little one, show me.” He pleads with me for the hundredth time tonight. I don’t know how he is seeing all my thought and feeling, but not of the kind stranger.

             
“Parrise. Please trust me on this.”

             
“For now love.”

3 weeks later

I’m sitting with Ruk wondering if he could be my chosen. Just as I have looked questionably into all the brothers’ beautiful eyes. I know that they are all Warriors, because I love them all. Noticing me looking at him deeply he asks,

             
“Why are you looking at me like that beautiful?”

             
“Ah sorry. Just um well. I don’t know. I’m sorry.”

             
“Ok, you wanna go for a walk?”

             
“Yeah if you have nothing better to do.”

To get the brothers' to g
o back to their homes and jobs I had to remove them, physically! I love them being here, but they are all so sorry for me, it hurt more knowing this is affecting them. I find myself giving fake smiles and I pretend that I am coping with it all, I’m not sure if I am convincing them because I’m sure as hell not convincing myself.

             
They all come back on breaks and lunches, they are so happy to see me; it lifts my spirits a little. Abbey comes over every other day, she cuddles me and tells me it will get better. I don’t believe her, but I love her for trying to help me, and for caring about me the way she does.

             
Ruk hasn’t left; he stays every night, and then every morning I wake in his strong arms, because he sneaks in after Parrise leaves. He said if I didn’t allow him he would kill Angus and Parrise! I know he wouldn’t, as they are sort of friends now, minus the little digs on each other. I feel Ruk needs me, just as I need him; we ease each other’s pain.

             
“Come on then let’s go?” He passes me my light cardigan as I smile my thanks to him.

             
“Yeah I’m coming.”

We walk for a good hour through the woods hand in hand. Talking about silly things, to take my mind of Sallac
k and Dallah. The brothers’ ask me on a daily basis, ‘Where is she? Why isn’t she here’, I wish I could tell them, tell them everything, it’s so hard trying to convince them she is ok.              I do not know if she is ok. I have tried every single night to visit her in her dreams, but it’s as if a barrier keeping me from her. Even though I promised her I wouldn’t, it’s just impossible for me not to want to be with her.

             
“Stand behind me!” Ruk sneers. Before I can ask why, Richard is walking towards us clapping his hands! He is wearing a black suit that brings out his black eyes. He looks pure evil as he comes towards us with a sneer on his once handsome face.

I hold onto
Ruk’s hand tightly to hold him back from reacting to Richard’s closeness.

             
“Well it’s taken time to get you alone Zara.” Richard says amused. The prick.

             
“She is not alone. I will rip you apart if you harm her in any way!”

             
“No need for threats. You can come to I suppose. Are you ready?”

             
Before we can protest we are plunged into a dimly lit bedroom with black drapes, small candle lights from the edges, in the darkest spot of a room sit’s a humungous four post bed.

             
“Dallah,” Ruk and I say in harmony as she jumps off the bed, looking as bad as I feel.

             
“You said you wouldn’t do this?” She screams at the top of her lungs, Ruk and I look around the room to see if Richard is still there, he is not!

             
“Dallah what’s going on?” I ask her.

She wraps her
self around our necks, and then takes my face in her hands.

             
“I’m so sorry I wasn’t there for you sweetie, you know he wasn’t the right one? He couldn’t be to have hurt you so severely?”

“Dallah why are you here. I tho
ught you were hiding from him, not moving in! Is this why you won’t let me come to you?” I ignore her question, with ones of my own.

             
“Ok stop! Tell me what’s going on now! short version?” Ruk demands, looking ready to fight anyone that steps in the room.

             
“I am to be bonded to Richard, the Warlock that bought you here. I chose to be with him so he wouldn’t go after the ones I care for,” Dallah tells him. Why would she do this? She could beat him!

             
“Bullshit! We’re going home.” He take’s both our hands and nods to Dallah telling her we’re ready to leave. If it wasn’t so serious, I would have probably laughed at him.

             
“I can’t, he will come after you. I won’t go, you don’t understand his power.”

What is she talking
about? She
is
the strongest Witch alive!

             
“No. but we know yours! You’re stronger, I know you are!” I declare.

             
“Sweetie, I can’t he will get his people to do come after you all in revenge.”

             
“Richard come get me I want to talk…” I start to shout, as Dallah slams her hand over my mouth. Looking panicked. Why is she so scared?

             
“Zara, I can see you have a death wish. You promised you would trust me. Ruk trust me?” She gives him a pleading look wishing him to have faith in her. This is so frustrating.

             
“Why did he bring us here Dallah?” Ruk asks, trying to get his head around what’s been going on.

             
“He wanted you to see his control and the power that he has, he is dark. I’ll take you back. Do not tell anyone? Swear to me?”

             
“No fucking way,” Ruk says getting angry.

             
“Dallah, you need us as much as we need you, don’t do this please!” I beg her with tears springing to my eyes.

             
“I can’t fight them all, neither can you.” She says regrettably.

             
“Well it’s worth a try! You’re deluded if you think I won’t fight for you.”

             
“Please Zara; there are things you don’t know.”

             
“We will get the Vampires on our side,” Ruk says with desperation. She looks into Ruk’s eyes and strokes his face lovingly.

“You are very special Ruk, I love you dearly, but it
won’t work. When I’m bonded to him I will return to you.”

She’s
lying; I can feel her lie crawling over my skin. Why is this happening. He doesn’t love her how could he, putting her through this nightmare?

             
“We can’t leave you here, Julian thinks you’re coming back. He loves you Dallah, really loves you, we all love you like a sister. We have all been worrying about you!”

Her face falls as she drops to the edge of the bed
, silently crying. No, I can’t have this happen to her. She does not deserve this to happen to her.

             
“Don’t Ruk,” I say to him gently.

I can feel her heart tearing, she loved him all this time and they
won’t be able to be together because of Richard.

             
“If I spend time with him, I might be able to change him?” I whisper to her, knowing Ruk can hear me but hoping no other ears can.

             
“Hush Zara, do not go there!” She growls out.

How c
an she not expect me to try anything I can.

             
“Ok.” I say, just to make her happy.

             
“Zara, I can feel you lying. Ruk you need to make sure she doesn’t do this, stay with her all the time!”

She is giving Ruk a look that is so
scary, I actually shudder. She is so powerful, but she won’t fight Richard for the sake of our lives.

             
“I can feel you lying too. Dallah for fuck sake come with us!”

             
“What’s going on with you two?” Ruk asks with a frown.

             
“Please take my hands. I beg you don’t make me feel the way you did Zara, I can’t lose those I love.”

Emotion black mail! this is what
it’s come down to for her to make us leave. Ruk and I hold hands, and lay ours in Dallah’s reluctantly while I say, “I will be back for you, I will do anything and everything possible. Richard can go fuck himself!” I say loudly, knowing the little bastard is listening in. he doesn’t scare me, he should, but he doesn’t!