Forbidden Mate: Awakening

“H.. how did you…”

“I have known even before your birth, my child. I believe your aunt has already explained to you how my mother didn’t want the great duty to fall on any of her children’s shoulders so she prayed to the moon goddess about it but it ended up being passed on to you. This is why I have always told you you are a special child, Lily. You can’t even imagine how great your destiny is.” For the first time, my father spoke to me in a way I had never heard before, with so much pride and trepidation.

I didn’t think he knew I was the chosen one at that time but he was well aware that I was a Guardian, which is still rad. I felt my heart flutter.

It was a thing of pride knowing you were born and chosen as one of the guardians. But it also was an immense responsibility, one that I wasn’t still sure I was ready for. Still, deep down, I knew that I couldn’t turn my back on this duty. The fate of our pack and the supernatural world rested in our hands, apparently.

“Lily, there’s more.” My dad’s voice cut my thoughts short, “Do you know the most special thing about the journal?”

“That it holds the secret of the ring that has been guarded for generations?”

He leaned closer, “Yes, but not quite.”

I was so eager to hear what he had to say. “Then what secret, Dad? What’s so special about the journal?”

He took a deep breath before continuing. “The journal contains information about the Ring of Lythian, yes…,” he explained. “The ring has the ability to control and manipulate powerful forces, both good and evil. But without the journal, it cannot work.”

I listened intently, my mind racing with the implications of what he was saying. “But why is that such a closely guarded secret?” I asked.

My dad’s eyes darkened. “Because the Ring of Lythian is not something to be taken lightly,” he said gravely. “In the wrong hands, it could bring about chaos and destruction. It is a key to unlocking immense power, and there are those who would stop at nothing to possess it.”

I felt a chill run down my spine, “So, that’s what everyone has been after,” I murmured. “The vampires, Leo, and Audrey… they want both.”

“Yes,” my dad confirmed. “They all believe that the Ring of Lythian can give them the power they desire, and they are willing to do whatever it takes to find it, and the journal, though they may not really acknowledge the journal’s relevance.”

I sat there, stunned by the revelation. The journal that had caused so much turmoil and conflict in our lives held the key to a dangerous and powerful artifact, the ring, which I now had. It was no wonder that everyone was after it.

“But why didn’t you tell us this before?” I asked.

My dad looked at me with regret in his eyes. “I wanted to protect you, Lily,” he said softly. “I didn’t want you to get involved in something so dangerous. But I see now that keeping the truth from you only puts you in more danger.”

I nodded, understanding his intentions but still feeling hurt by the secrecy. “I wish you had trusted me enough to tell me,” I said quietly.

He placed a hand on my shoulder, his expression filled with remorse. “I’m sorry, Lily,” he said. “I should have been more open with you from the beginning.”

I breathed out, almost as if I was holding it in since I walked into his room.

“I can’t even tell you the fully story honestly because it’s so much and I am once again sorry for keeping you in the dark all throughout your life. I thought…I was protecting you, but it turns out your father has been a big fool by doing so.”

I didn’t say anything to that but just looked at him.

“Basically, what I was trying to get to all along was this – Whoever now possesses both the ring and journal, has the fate of this entire realm in their hands. That person is the most important person right now and should be found and safeguarded if he is with us, but if the person is of the enemy, which I hope not, then we are doomed.”

I swallowed hard. How could I even respond to this? I was the most important person right now? Me?

I had the fate of the realms in my hands? Me??

How could I tell my dad he was talking to the chosen one, the one he just referred to? How?!

As we sat there in the dimming light, I felt an impulse of emotions swirling inside me. I was grateful to finally know a huge part of the whole truth, but I also felt so much fear and unease about what the future held. The Ring of Lythian, which I was now sure was the most important object right now, was in my possession, and it seemed that everyone was determined to get their hands on it. I knew that we couldn’t let it fall into the wrong hands. The journal was also with me and this huge responsibility which couldn’t even be measured laid on my back. I felt an imaginable weight so heavy on me.

I wanted to say everything to my father but I knew I couldn’t. It won’t be safe. I needed him to also be safe by keeping this from him since it was my choice now, my destiny and my responsibility I had to face

on my own.

As the stars began to twinkle in the night sky, I looked at my dad with uncertainty but little determination. “We’ll find a way to protect the journal and keep the Ring of Lythian out of the wrong hands,” I said firmly. “Whether they’re with someone or not, I won’t let anyone use its power for evil.”

He smiled at me, “I know you will, Lily,” he said. “You’ve grown into a strong and brave leader, and I have confidence in you.” He sighed, “Just promise you’ll be-”

Before he finished, I embraced him, this time using my strength in the hug to explain all my conflicted emotions to him and tell him I felt so scared but I couldn’t be right now. Things had gotten so real that I had no time to even process their reality. I just had to keep going.© 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

At least I knew he would be there for me, and with me.

“I will, dad, I will.”

Now I knew who I was. The chosen one, the guardian and the one who held the fate of the realm in her hands.

And I felt like I would go insane with all the information I just received from my dad.