The Werewolf's Vampire Mate
Chapter 548: His name

Chapter 548: His name

Gyles

I have been pacing back and forth, uncontrollably. I am worried sick even though I haven’t heard anything from him. It has been an hour. A whole hour without a word from him and he said he was going to call immediately he settled in. That just means he hasn’t settled in.

What could be keeping him?

"You have to sit down,’’ Rex urges me calmly.

He is trying to act calm but I can tell he is not. There is nothing tough about Rex. Out of the three of us, he is an open book.

I can tell how he is feeling just by looking at him and right now, he looks like he is about to break. Rex puts his hand on my shoulder and guides me into the armchair in the room. I sit down on it and look up to him.

"He hasn’t called. He said he was going to call when he got settled. Do you think something has happened?’’

I am rambling.

I am scared shitless.

"He is fine."

I nod even though I am not so sure.

"How can you tell?’’

He smiles "I can feel him and if you just listen to your heart, you will feel him too."

I close my eyes and take a deep breath. I can feel him, I know that he is not hurt but there is still this uncertainty lingering and I don’t know how to stop it. Maybe it is the guilt messing with my head. After all, the only reason we are back here is because of me. If I didn’t push him, we would have been safe in the coven with nothing to worry about.

"This is not your fault," I open my eyes and Eleanor is in the room. She is watching me with a warm stare, somehow, it just builds my trust in her. She keeps showing up unannounced, which makes me think that this will be the new dynamic.

"You’re here again,’’ I mutter quietly.

Rex follows my eyes but he doesn’t question it. The fact that he can see me talking to someone that he can’t see and he is not looking at me like I am crazy, just makes me feel better about the whole situation.

"Yes, you are doing that thing where you beat yourself up for nothing,’’ she smiles as she walks closer to me.

"I am not beating myself up, I am worried."

She nods "Because he hasn’t called?’’

I nod.

"He is going to call. Just don’t panic and everything will be okay."

She is talking like she knows me, like she knows anything that is happening. We are actually here because of her. Here to help her, here to set her free, so everything that happens will be dependent on her freedom. So in a way, she needs us to stay alive to set her free.

"Why are you here?"

She struts over to the bed and I watch her as she takes a seat on it. Rex is still in front of me but he is quiet.

"I wish you could see her, I wish this wasn’t just me."

He smiles "I can go my whole life not seeing ghosts, this is your thing. I am fine with it,’’ he winks over his glasses and I can’t help but smile at him "You got this babe,’’ he ruffles my hair playfully and I watch him walk over to the other side of the bed. He sits down on the bed and rests his head on the headboard with his laptop.

I turn back to Eleanor, she is still watching me "I never thought there would be a time where I would see someone look at two people with so much love. How is it even possible?"

There is admiration in her eyes.

"I don’t know, I just know that I love them both, equally.’’

Eleanor smiles "I had that kind of love once the kind that you have, it seems like such a long time ago.’’

I wait for her to continue because it seems like she remembers something from her past, the life she lived before it was taken from her.

"His name was....’’ she pauses and looks away from me, her eyes find me again and this time, there are tears in them "His name was...’’ she repeats again, there is confusion plastered all over her face.

She stands up from the bed and walks over to the window. Her back is turned to me "I can’t remember his name, why can’t I remember his name?’’

She is asking a rhetorical question, there is pain etched in her voice. The kind of pain that I can’t ease. Slowly she turns to me "He is a memory that is lost. I need to find him.’’

I walk over to her "I will help you, you will have your peace after all this is settled."

I am basically promising her this.

Something that I am not certain of but I will try my possible best to make sure of it. I will set her free from this hell that she has been through. The sad expression on her face turns to a smile "I am glad the book chose you, Gyles, it could have been no one else.’’

She reaches for me and for a second, I wonder if I will be able to feel her. Her palm rests on my face and in a second, I feel her touch.

I feel her pain, sadness and gratitude.

My phone vibrates on the bed and I turn to it immediately. It is bright and ringing, from where I am standing, I see Blue’s face on the screen.

He is calling.

I run over to it and Rex looks up immediately. My heart is racing, this is a good thing. He is calling which means he is fine.

I pick up the phone as I hold my breath, waiting to hear his voice.

"Hello.’’