Chapter 102: Chapter 102

Ava's POV

I did the finishing touch on my hair and got to my feet. I was ready. Ready to make Skye remember all about us.

I looked exactly like I did six years ago in this dress. Just gained a little weight here and there,in the right place of course. Childbearing had not disfigured me like it did with other women my age.

In this dress,Skye was bound to remember me. Six years ago,I had wore this dress to a ball with him in town. With this he'd definitely remember me.

"We're ready to leave for the blood moon house." Anna announced to me as she walked into the room.

I nodded. "Where's Robin?" I asked.

"Downstairs awaiting you." She replied.

"Let's go. Has the house been cloaked?" I said to her.

"Yes. It will last for 48 hours. No evil can get inside." She said.

"Good. Let's go then." I said again.

"Least I forget,you look ravishing." She said to me smiling.

I smiled back. "Thank you Anna. Thank you for all your support." I said to her.

She nodded. "After you my queen." She said and I walked out of the door with her right behind me.

"Skye would be stoned when he sees you my queen." Robin said as soon as I came closer to him. I chuckled.

"Is he going to come pick me?" I asked.

"I'd text him the address." He said and I nodded. "Be careful while you're out there with Anna." I said and he nodded.

He gave Camila a hug. "I'd wanted to take you with me to the ball but this came up." He said in an apologetic voice.

She placed her lips on his. "It's alright. This is very important." She said in understanding and I couldn't be more thankful.

Robin and Anna finally left the house and I sat waiting for Skye.

Robin's POV

Anna and I got to the pack house and saw Skye walking out of the house. Anna immediately dashed behind the car.

"Robin? You're not ready for the ball?" He questioned me.

I shook my head. "I'm afraid I won't be coming Skye. My date broke down with a fever." I lied gullibly.

"Too bad. It would have been great to have you at the ball too." He said.

"I understand. Did you get my message?" I asked him and he nodded.

"On my way to pick her now." He said with a smile. A genuine smile I haven't seen on him since Ava left and now she was back and was the reason behind his smiles again.

He gave me a pat on the shoulder and proceeded to his car. I watched him drive away.

The moment he was gone,Anna came out. "Let's go." I said to her and together we got into the pack house and sneaked into the study.

We rummaged through the shelves,practically everywhere till we found the journal.

"Got it!" Anna said in excitement. I smiled at her as she placed the journal on the desk.

"Alpha Nicholas sure had a lot of stuffs to write while he was alive." She said as she glanced through each pages.

I nodded. "He did. He had a speck for writing and it was always flawless. He got an award one time for it too." I said to her.

"Found the page." She said.

"Let's do this then." I said and she extracted the potion from a little bag. She placed just a drop from the bottle into the book.

The writings on the book immediately disappeared and slowly the real writings of the late alpha Nicholas revealed.

"Success." Anna said.

"We shall take this journal out of this house for safety." I said and she agreed.

Just then something drew her attention to the window and there I saw Natasha sneaking out of the house.

"That's Natasha. Do you think she saw us?" She asked me and I shook my head. "Perhaps she's going to see that mysterious person of hers again. I must follow her." She said turning to leave.

I stopped her. "Wait Anna, I don't think..." I began but she shook her head.

"No beta Robin. This is an opportunity we can't lose. I'd be right back." She said to me and dashed out of the study room.

Skye's POV

I got to the house address Robin gave me and slowly parked the car. Alighting from it,I saw Ava standing at the door in her all round gloriness.

I stood rooted to the spot and dumbstruck. Images flashed through my mind. This time more serious than ever. I closed my eyes as I felt like I was falling.

"Are you okay?" She asked worriedly and I nodded.

I opened my eyes and smiled. Was I really falling from the flashes or was I falling 'cause there is a beauty goddess right before my very eyes.

I walked towards her taking notice of everything that made her woman. Her feminine essence. Her red lips that seems begging for a kiss. Oh,how I so badly I wanted to place mine lips beneath hers and feel the softness under the pressure of mine.

I held her hand in mine and placed a kiss on it as I got to her. She smiled.

"You look..." I began speechless of what to say next. What was the rightful words to describe the Aphrodite in front of me?

"Beautiful?" She asked with a nervous smile.

I shook my head. "Breathtaking." I said and I felt her breath hitched. The moment the words rolled out from my tongue, I realized I've said it before. It all sound way too familiar.

"Shall we?" I asked her and she nodded as I led her to the car. Should I ask her if we've met in the past before? If we haven't, then why do I keep having all these images around her. Why this raw and elemental connection with her? No I won't ask her. I shook my head mentally. I do not want her to think I'm crazy and desperate.

We got into the car,I maneuvered and drove out of the house. Towards town.

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We got to the ball. It was strictly by invitation. Only the prominent men and women in Scotland could grace this occasion.

Ava's arm was tucked away in mine and I held her like a priceless possession.

Greetings were said here and there and it seemed like the people in the hall was all way familiar with her. Did she attend balls often? I wondered.

All through the night,my hands entwined with hers as we dance,I couldn't get her out of my mind. Images kept flooding and it made me wonder why?

Her smile was so genuine as she laughed and swayed with me. Then the music was switched to a slow one and El Prado began to play.

I held her close to my chest as she placed her hand on my back.

"This seems all so familiar to me." I said to her in honesty.

She raised a brow. "Really? How so?" She asked.

"The dress. The dance. The music." I said and spun her around and her back fell flat on my chest. I cursed. Lord grant me the strength not to take advantage of her.

"I wonder why." She said simply.

"It takes me every strength in me not to do what I have in mind." I said.

"What do you have in mind, Skye?" She called my name in the most seductive way I've never heard.

I spun her around again and her eyes met mine as she fell flat on my chest again. This time with her full and luscious fruit. A gasp escaped from her lips and I so wanted to kiss her. "I have every burning desire to take you right in my arms." I said in a low tone.

Her lips parted and I threw all caution to the wind as I lowered my head to kiss her.

Just then,someone pulled her away from me.

"It's time to change partners. Don't be too stingy to share your partner in a dance." The strange face said. I stared murderously at him as he held her.

She looked at him in surprise and then at me.

"It is only a dance." She whispered to me.

"It's not just a dance." I said possessively as he placed his hand around her waist.

Eros growled in anger. I walked towards them and separated them.

"It's my turn now." I said pulling her from him. She chuckled as he grew red.

"You do not want to spare the man a dance with me." She said stating the obvious and I nodded. "I'd kill any man who lays his hands on you." I said to her and she stared at me. Was it tears I saw in her eyes?

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Anna's POV

I followed Natasha and came up to place I had seen her three years ago while trying to unravel the truth.

She got into the cave and I stealthily followed her.

Fernandez was sitting with his eyes closed. "What is it Natasha?" He asked.

"Skye has taken Ava to the ball. I'm afraid he'd remember everything and what I worked for over the years will be ruined." She said in a panicked voice.

"Relax, Natasha, relax. You worry too much." He said.

"Why shouldn't I worry? After giving him hatred potions so he'd hate her,he still finds her appealing after many years. I need to act fast before I'm thrown out just as before." She said.

"I'd help you. I'll give you a potion I made to make others do your bidding but first,I must have my meal." He said. Meal? I wondered. What meal?

Then I saw someone bring in a wolf who was struggling to abscond but couldn't. Fernandez started feasting on the wolf. A crescent wolf. I gasped. What evil has he turned to?

He was practically draining the blood of the wolf without blood spilling or showing. This was an act only the demon king could do. What is...

"There's another presence in this cave." Fernandez announced and I immediately knew I had been sniffed out and I took to my heels.

My thoughts raced. Fernanandez and Natasha were in on this together. I was sure this was as the result of being locked up in the dungeon. They wanted revenge. But the behavior of Fernandez was like that of the demon king but how?

I didn't get to wonder for long as a blast of wind got me knocked to the ground. I gasped in shock and in fright as I turned to see fernandez and Natasha in front of me.

"You always like to stick your nose in other people's affair is it not? Today you'd get what you're looking for." Natasha said.

"You're evil minded, Natasha. Wait till everyone knows the truth of who you really are." I said to her.

"If you live to tell the story. Kill her Fernandez ,kill her!" She yelled.

He chuckled. "I have something more painful than death in mind." He said and with that, towered above me. Made me weak that I couldn't struggle. He placed his hand on my head and I felt something leaving me.

He let go of me and I felt incomplete. "What have you done to me?" I cried out.

"Rid you of your powers as a lesson for today. Next time you won't be so lucky." He said with a smirk.

"No." I said in a soft whisper. How did he do this to me. I was helpless.

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Skye's POV

She excused herself and headed for the balcony. I went in search of her after five minutes and found her gazing at the stars.

"What happened?" I asked her.

"Nothing." She said but her voice sounded choked with tears. She had been crying. I turned her around to look at me.

Despite the tears in her eyes,as I gazed intently at her in the darkness,I saw her as the light that shows beauty. She couldn't be measured with the others 'cause she was different. Her beauty I could describe like the rainbow across a waterfall,just like the stars complementing the moon at night.

I moved closer to her unable to hold myself as I entwined my finger in the locks of her hair.

"What does this reminds you of?" I asked her knowing something was definitely bothering her.

Her breath hitched due to the effect I was having on her. "Hm? Tell me. What does it remind you of?" I asked her.

She chuckled and turned her face fully on mine. "How can I think when your nearness makes me lose my senses." She said looking straight into my eyes and I could see the hint of passion in them.

I placed my hand at the back of her waist. "Do I really make you lose your senses?" I asked her feeling hotness inside of me.

She gave no reply. Instead,her lips parted again and I knew it was an invitation which I couldn't refused. I lowered my head and slowly entangled hers in a passionate kiss. The taste of her lips sent memories into my head. Unclear memories which were forcing themselves to be clear. I cupped her cheek with my other hand and I felt a tear slide down. Shocked by it,I opened my eyes and there she was with her eyes closed as tears slipped through it. Why?