Chapter 307 - After the chaos
lanie patted her mother's shoulder, assuring her that everything would be alright, and when her eyes t Simon's, he offered her a bright smile. Simon walked to where she and her family stood, and on seeing him, Mr. Davis turned slightly stiff. Because it was only a while ago, they had tried to fire bullets at him, and now he couldn't do that and instead was embarrassed for his earlier actions.
"Mrs. Davis," Simon called lanie's mother, and the woman, who had covered her face with both her hands, raised her head.
"Did you co here to mock my condition?" questioned Mrs. Davis.
"Of course, not," Simon tilted his head to the side. And Mrs. Davis's lips murmured a half-hearted apology. But lanie could tell that Simon was enjoying the way things had turned out to be. He said, "Why would I ever do that, and what would I get from it? What has happened is in the past, and I know how you feel right now. But I shall do my best in guiding you, and make sure that you will still be able to hold on to your principles without hurting anyone."
"Why would you do that?" Mrs. Davis slightly frowned, not knowing if this vampire had any ulterior motive behind the help he was offering.
"That is because one day in the future I will be marrying your daughter. I thought it would be better that we all get along well, and I am sure lanie wants you to stay alive, next to her," ca the frank words from Simon.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Davis turned to look at lanie, whose face held a blank expression now. After two seconds, she nodded, "It is true, mom. I would be upset and sad if I were to lose you."
"You plan to marry him?" questioned Mr. Davis, not knowing how this would even work. Until this very day, they had believed that the vampires and humans were not ant to be together. To think about marriage between them appeared to be an impossible task.
lanie turned to look at Simon, who waited for her answer to his indirect question to her. She replied to the question while looking at Simon, "Yes. I want to marry him."
It hadn't even been a week since she and Simon had gotten into a relationship, but she was sure in her heart that this was what she wanted. To be with him. There was a thin line between hate and love, and in their case, it had changed into the latter.
A grin appeared on Simon's lips, and he then turned to look at Mrs. Davis, "We should head to the infirmary. Your body has only started the process of transformation and we need to make sure that it goes smoothly, else it can lead to death."
Mrs. Davis' eyes widened, and she finally gave a nod before following the vampire towards the infirmary building where most of the injured vampire students and staff were being treated. And an exception had been made for a few human hunters who needed imdiate treatnt.
And while most were in the infirmary, Roman had carried Julie to his room. Not to his dorm but to the room in which he had grown up in the Moltenore's mansion.
Right now, they both sat on the bed, with their backs leaning against the wall, while Julie laid her head on Roman's shoulder for support.
"It feels so peaceful," murmured Julie, not because of the silence as so of the students were in the corridor, talking and laughing. But because their minds were at ease now.
With the fight that had taken place, the curfew ti on Veteris for the students had been lifted.
"It is," replied Roman, where he held Julie's hand.
"How are you doing with your heart?" Julie softly asked him, lifting her head, and she turned to look at him. Now that her soul energy had been restored back to its full capacity, she wanted to check the condition of his heart.
When she tried to place her other hand on his chest, Roman gently caught it with his free hand.
"Always so eager to help," remarked Roman, raising one of his eyebrows as he stared into her brown eyes.
"It is you, so I shouldn't think twice before doing it and I do feel better. Believe ," said Julie, and she carefully placed her hand on his chest beneath which his heart continued beating.
And when Julie closed her eyes to concentrate, Roman watched the girl who held his heart. He rembered the first ti they had t each other, and during the ti he had known her, she had grown in this very room. She was no longer the frightened girl, and she was brave, more than capable to keep her ground, and he couldn't tell her how proud he was of her.
When he saw her opening her eyes, she held a hint of surprise on her face, and he asked her, "What did you find?"
"The core of your heart, it is different. There's a thin sheen of screen around it. It's similar to the protection layer that Cillian had previously used," replied Julie, and Roman gave so thought to her words.
"It must be the dark creature from the forbidden door. It must have left so sort of connection after identifying to be the person it wants to serve for," stated Roman, and Julie nodded. "It feels similar to the connection you and Cillian shared."
"Can you feel it?" Julie asked him in pure curiosity.
The last ti when she was on the forbidden side of the door, the creatures had tried to consu her soul and wanted to kill her. They were like creatures of death that wanted to swallow people.
"Mm," responded Roman, and he said, "I can feel its intentions and emotions, the darkness that it surrounds itself in. It's currently sitting outside the dormitorium. To be precise, sitting on the branch of the tree."
Julie stared at the place where she had placed her hand, and when her hand slowly slid down, her face moved closer to him. Roman brought both his hands to cup her face, and he kissed her lips. Sucking her upper lip and tasting her.
Right now, Julie felt her heart was going to burst over the sweetness, and when they pulled back a little, their noses touched each other, rubbing against each other.
"Now that everything is resolved. What do you think about going shopping?" he asked her.
"Shopping?" asked Julie.
"We do have to buy furniture and other things for the house. Let take you there tomorrow," said Roman, and Julie smiled.
"Yes, let us do that," replied Julie. They deserved the peace that had finally been bestowed on them, and she scooted closer before placing her head on his chest. Roman wrapped his arms around her.
"Get so sleep, Winters. We still have a lot of things to do tomorrow," he kissed the top of her head, closing his eyes in the process, and Julie did the sa.
When morning arrived, all the hunters left the Veteris property, and the grounds had been cleared and cleaned from any possible dead bodies that were still lying in the forest after the fight that had taken place. Thanks to Elder Remy's healing ability, the injured vampires were healing quickly.
In one of the benches not too far from the Elder's manor, Elder Castiel and Ms. Dante sat on it, staring ahead of them. Elder Castiel asked her, "Do you still plan to resign from the headmistress position?"
One corner of Ms. Dante's lips pulled up, "I think not yet. Feels like there could be a lot of improvent done to this place and the people. Now that the human hunters know about this place, I will have to ask Borrell to draft a docunt of agreent to silence them from speaking about it."
"I would like to help," Castiel offered, and Ms. Dante turned to look at him.
"I thought you were planning to go to the East as you had business there with Luciano," comnted the vampiress, looking at him from the corner of her eyes.
"I do," replied Castiel, while looking at the rays of the sun touching them. "But I think this ti work can wait as there are other important matters to work on."
"You don't have to halt your work to take care of Veteris. Donovan is going to be here with the others, there's enough help."
"No, not that kind of important matters," said Castiel, and he got up from the bench, which made the vampiresses eyes following him. "There is sothing I should have done here, but ti never seed to be right," and he turned to look at her.
Ms. Dante didn't understand what Castiel was talking about. With the serious expression on her face, her eyes t his. He surprised her by stretching his hand towards her, and he said,
"I want to stay next to you, Eloise. I couldn't do it before, but I don't want to delay it anymore than it already has."
The woman continued to stare hard at him, and she asked him, "Are you asking to marry you, Castiel?"
"I am," ca the firm words from the vampire. "Don't you think it is ti we got together and spend life just like we always wanted to... the kind we only imagined but never shared before."
A soft sigh escaped from Ms. Dante's lips, and she said, "Don't you think we are too old to marry? I have been married once."
"To a husband you never loved and is dead now," replied Castiel, and he continued, "I have been waiting to spend my ti with you, Eloise. For a very long ti, and you should know that my intentions with you haven't changed and will continue to remain the sa. Will you do the honor?"
Eloise hadn't expected to hear a proposal from Castiel because of the gap in their vampire status. She had never thought of marrying another man, especially after her previous stressful marriage.
"Oh my! Is it ti to buy a new suit for the wedding?" ca the annoying voice, and Ms. Dante turned and caught sight of Donovan, who was walking next to Avice. "Who would know that we were going to celebrate this soon? You can reject him, Eloise," he poked her because Castiel's hand was still waiting for her to take it.
Ms Dante's eyes t Castiel's eyes again, and she sighed one more ti before saying, "You don't have to make romantic gestures, Castiel, to get to say yes."
Castiel smiled at Eloise, the smile gentle and kind as he had received his answer from those words from her.
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