Tuesday, April 28th, 9:19am
Mitra
I woke up to the sound of a door being unlocked and opened. I opened my eyes to see Gabriel at the entrance, in a simple black shirt and jeans. His hair slicked back, and out his face. Why did he have to be so attractive?
"Wake up, we have to go to Jaxon and Ariel." he said flatly, throwing a jumble of clothes on the bed. "Something in there should fit you," he said, turning to leave, shutting the door behind him.
I knew I shouldn't feel any type of sadness from the way he was treating me, but I did. Sex wasn't something out of the ordinary for me, but I couldn't shake the feeling that the night before was something different. The way Gabriel broke down in front of me, as vulnerable as he was, it made my heart ache.
Pondering in my own head, I stood up to get changed. I winced at the soreness I felt between my legs, a result from the night before.
I sighed, as I searched through the clothes Gabriel had given me. I shook my head at the options, they were atrocious. Settling for sweatpants and a t-shirt, I threw my hair up in a messy bun, and made my way to leave.
Before I made it to the door, Gabriel was already there. He stepped to the side, allowing me to pass him. I kept my head down as I walked by him, getting a whiff of his scent as I did. It took everything in me to not turn around and throw myself onto him. I heard him grunt behind me, but I decided to ignore it. I didn't want to talk to him anymore than I needed to.
I felt him walking next to me, and I made sure to keep a distance between us. If he touched me, I wasn't confident I could keep myself off of him.
Although I was walking beside him, really I was following him, as he led me outside his house. He started to walk in front of me, making his way through the front door of his house. I walked outside, turning to shut the door as I did. He was already at his car, opening the door to sit in the driver's seat. I decided to sit in the back seat, maintaining the distance I wanted to keep between us.
"What am I, your uber driver?" he asked. I could sense the joking tone in his voice, but I wasn't in the mood to joke with him. If I was going to talk to him, it was going to be about last night. Or the fact that I was could be pregnant, and why I didn't want him to perform the spell on me.
I just kept my eyes focused on the scenery outside my window as we drove to Jaxon and Ariel's house. I could feel my heart pounding. I was seeing my best friends, but there wasn't an excited bone in my body. This was the first time I've ever dreaded seeing Jaxon and Ariel in all of our years of friendship. They needed to see me, not because they wanted to, they just needed to get answers. In their eyes, I was the enemy.
I felt tears prickling at my eyes, but I held them back. I could feel Gabriel's eyes on me through his rear view mirror, but I didn't look back at him. I was feeling too many things at once and I needed to get a hold of myself. I hardly ever let my emotions get the best of me.
My heart sunk as we pulled into their driveway. My breaths were shaky as I stepped out of the car, shutting the door behind me. I made my way around the car, keeping my eyes on the ground in front of me. Gabriel, waiting for me at the front of the car, motioned for me to walk past him again. I tried to walk past him as quickly as possible, making my way to the front door. I felt Gabriel behind me, and tried not to cower away from his arm as he reached over me to knock on the door.
The door opened, revealing Jaxon. His eyes were hard as he looked at me, his face expressionless. I wanted to cry, to beg, to scream for forgiveness. I just needed the chance to explain myself.
My breath hitched as Gabriel's hand wrapped around my upper arm, his fingertips felt warm against my skin. Jaxon moved to the side, and Gabriel stepped into his house, pulling me with him. Immediately, I saw Ariel standing by the stairwell. My heart lurched, as I read her harsh expression. Never in my life had I wished for Ariel to smile at me more than this moment.
"Ari, I-" I started, but I was cut short as she raised her hand in my direction, ordering me to stop. I closed my mouth, my gaze falling to the ground. We turned to the right, Gabriel bringing me to the couch. "Sit." he ordered, and I did. "Beg." he demanded. I shook my head, trying to erase the memory from my mind. Now was not the time to be thinking about Gabriel pounding inside m-
I snapped out of it, looking up to see Jaxon and Ariel sitting in front of me, as Gabriel stood next to the couch they were sitting on.
"I'm sure you have plenty you want to say, but you should probably save it until you face your trial." Jaxon stated, his eyes felt like they were piercing into mine. My heart beat began to speed up again at the thought of going home.
"We know everything," he said flatly, "We know that you're Makari's sister, that he sent you to Earth to maintain a friendship with Leila, keeping tabs on her. We know you lead Makari to her, as he had been searching for her. What I want to know...No, what I demand to know is what his intentions are." he said, his words were harsh.
I took a breath, about to answer, until I stopped. I realized Jaxon knew a lot about me, but we hadn't talked since yesterday. There was no way he could've known all of those things...
My thoughts spiraled as I realized what had been done.
"You lied to me..." I almost whispered, and I had to fight to keep the anger from leaving my body. I looked up at Gabriel, who had a smirk creeping onto his face.
I ignored the confused looks on Jaxon and Ariel's faces, my fists balling into fists.
"You lied to me," I stated louder. "You could read me the whole time." I snapped, I tried to sound as strong as possible, but I felt like my heart was breaking.
Gabriel shrugged, his eyes dark. "It's easiest for me to get into people's' heads when their caught off guard. I assumed it would work best while you were so focused on something else." he said, with a smirk on his face.
My nails were digging into my palms. I felt taken advantage of, now knowing that his vulnerability stunt wasn't anything genuine at all. The sadness I felt for him meant nothing to him, and to allow him to have sex with me...
"Don't act like it's something you aren't used to," he scoffed, as he looked down at me in disgust.
I felt a growl in my throat as I lurched forward. I was out for blood.
But I didn't get far, as I was pushed back onto the couch at the flick of Gabriel's hand. I let out an angry cry, fighting the invisible force holding me down. My body began to heat up, and my breathing quickened.
"That's enough, Mitra." Jaxon demanded firmly. "You don't need to make this any worse for yourself."
My head snapped in his direction. I watched as his eyes began to turn golden, as he held his arm in front of Ariel. I let out a short laugh, "Calm down, guardian. I'm not gonna fucking attack you." I said, though I was beyond angry. Despite the longevity of my friendship with Gabriel, he was still willing to trick me just to get into my head. And not only trick me, but through having sex with me. I wanted to slap myself for thinking that it was anything special like I had this morning, I was such an idiot.
I couldn't help but feel hurt, even though I didn't want to.
I pushed the feeling down and looked back at Jaxon again. "You need to let me explain myself." I said, though I spoke softer than before. Although I was just about ready to rip Gabriel to shreds, proving myself to Jaxon and Ariel was my first priority.
Jaxon then turned to Ariel, who nodded her head once. "Okay, talk." he said.
I let out a breath, and began explaining. "I'm Makari's sister, I know that. We all know that, but that doesn't mean I know what his intentions are. Around 6 hundred years ago, Makari wanted answers. He had his rounds with many humans and succubi, none of them sparking him any interest." I couldn't help the look of disgust that crept across my face. Gross.
"I guess...he wanted to find his soulmate, and didn't want to wait any longer." I continued, "He sought out a witch that told him what we all now know, that his soulmate is human, that human being Leila. The minute he found out, he asked me to come to Earth and befriend her. To keep other incubi and succubi away from her, and yes, to report back to him if anything had happened. That was it. He didn't tell me anything else, I don't know why he wanted to find her so badly, as I didn't think it was that important to find your soulmate." My voice was stern as I kept my eyes on Jaxon's.
"Obviously, the longer we became friends, I realized that you were all also from Proserpina. Makari told me not to expose myself to you, as he knew that you guys would want to kill me, or at least take me away from Leila, which would've defeated the whole purpose of me being in her life." I stopped, trying to get my thoughts in order after blabbering for so long.
"I don't know how he knew that, or how he knew half of the things he does about Leila. He just asked to come here to be with her, someone he could trust." I said.
"But regardless of the reason I'm in Leila's life, I'm still her best friend, and I will always be her best friend. You sending me back to Proserpina will never change that, no matter how hard you try." I stated, my voice was firm. I needed them to believe me.
"She's right," I jumped, as I turned to see Leila standing in the entrance of the living room.
"Nothing you do will stop me from wanting Mitra in my life," she stated.
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