CHAPTER 25
I started laughing. Not a chuckle, but one of those out of control laughs that eventually made your stomach hurt. When I finally got some control over myself, I looked at Roberto who was standing there with his arms crossed over his chest waiting for me to stop.
"Are you quite finished?" he asked.
"Hahahah, yeah, hahah." I gasped. "Prophecy? I am no ones prophecy. Im pretty sure about that. I am your average insecure woman. You could meet a dozen women like me at your local bar."
"Okay, Ms. Average woman. How do you explain your sense of smell? Or that you see and dream of wolves? Or how about the fact that you can stand your own against a professionally trained guard after one lesson?"
I hadnt even considered that one. I did do pretty well against Andy. And he had to be close to six feet tall and probably two hundred pounds.
Roberto stepped close to me and bent to whisper in my ear, "How do you explain the electricity that runs through your body every time I touch you?"
"Youre a love machine?" I answered, even while I was shivering with pleasure as his lips brushed my ear lobe.
Roberto laughed, "Well that is true, but Cara, you have to admit to me and yourself there is something different about you."
I thought about the fact that for all of my life I have always felt a step out of sync with the rest of the world.
"Maybe I will at least try to be open to the idea. I know the things that have been happened to me are not exactly normal. But youll also have to understand if I find it a little bit difficult to listen to things about prophets and great Sensay powers. Or people waiting for me to be born."
"What do you mean by that? Who has been waiting for you to be born?" Roberto asked sharply.
207 "The Guardian guy I shot. Evan. He told me when he and the troll kidnapped me they had been waiting a long time for me to be born and that they found me through birth records with my real name."
Roberto snapped his head up, "Real name? Your name isnt Olivia?"
"Well not technically, my birth name is Orenda, which I hate and thats why I go by Olivia. I have since I was a teenager. Evan told me my last name was Seneca and not Sherman which is bull."
"Why didnt you tell me this?"
"I honestly forgot. There has been too much happening lately."
"Did he tell you anything else?"
"Ummm, he told me something about my great grandmother. She was a tribal elder and her name meant magic power or something like that."
"Merda." Roberto swore. "I guess it would be safe to say they know about the prophecy too."
"So what?" I asked. "What does it matter if they know all about me? It doesnt change anything. You can still train me and tomorrow we can go get Alex and see what happens after that."
Roberto shook his head, "I dont know how much I can train you. You will eventually need to train with your clansmen."
"What??? I thought you would train me."
Roberto put his arm around me, "Lets get back to the house and feed. Then we can make some solid plans."
We started walking back to the house. We were halfway across the meadow when I knew I had to ask, "Roberto, will you ever take blood from me?" I wanted him so badly to bite me.
"Piccolina, nothing would pleasure me more than to take that step with you. But I think its important that things get cleared up before we do."
208 I stopped walking, "But you will drink from me wont you?"
"I guess you must have really enjoyed it when Alexander bit you. Being a Sensay, it must have been really hard for you to not have sex with him." He said a little nastily.
I got angry. "As a matter of fact, it was. But I did control myself. I dont want you to bite me because I want to get off. I just thought that it would make us have a bond like I have with Alex. Thats all."
I turned and walked away. Roberto caught up, "Im sorry Olivia. I dont like that you and Alexander have a bond. And I want to bite you more than you can know. Every time we make love I picture it in my mind. Do you know how I picture it Piccolina?"
I looked at him and couldnt resist asking, "How?"
Roberto took my head between his hands, "In our bedroom, with candles lighting the room, soft music playing in the background. With the scent of your excitement surrounding me, I will taste every inch of your body until you are quivering with a need only I can fulfill. Then I will poise myself above you and say the ritual words that will bond us for all time. I will take what you offer and offer you all that I have. And I will plunge into you with my cock and my fangs."
Roberto was clearly excited at the erotic image as he captured my mouth with his and kissed me deeply. His hands went to my ass and he pulled me closer and started grinding his erection against me. He was moaning loudly.
As my Sensay body reacted to his passion, my mind was literally spinning out of control with panic. Alex had said those words to me when he took my blood. I told Roberto that he didnt say anything. Why oh why did I do that? Shit. I wasnt sure what to do. Should I confess now or wait to talk to Alex? I am so not used to being in such dilemmas with men. My life is becoming more and more
209 like Janels. Janel! Thats it. I can talk to her. She would know the best course of action in this type of situation. My mind slipped back to Roberto who had at some point slipped his hands under my shirt and bra and was circling my breasts in a sweet, sweet motion with the palms of his hands. I heard my own moans mingle with his and then I heard, "Oh come on amigos! The two of you are not going to do it again are you? At this rate we will never get to feed tonight, if its even possible. Olivias screams probably scared off all of the animals anyway."
I pulled back from Roberto with no small amount of embarrassment, "Dont tell me they heard us making love before?"
Roberto looked at me with amusement, "Well, I am sure that Juan and Cristoforo did. Your friend Janel probably did not if its any comfort to you."
"Oh God, I am so mortified. How will I look them in the eye?"
Roberto took my hand and we started walking, "You have nothing to be embarrassed about. Sex is a natural act. And I apologize for getting carried away before. The thought of our bonding made me lose control Cara."
I wanted to ask him what this bonding thing meant but I didnt want to arouse his suspicions if I asked too many questions about it. I decided to proceed but with caution.
"What exactly is this bonding?" I tried to sound casual but Im pretty sure I ended up sounding panicked.
Roberto smiled, "Do not sound so worried Piccolina, it is not like you are being chained together for all eternity. It is like a marriage ceremony but not quite like that either. It is unique. When two people create a bond it is for eternity though. How you choose to honor the bond is up to the individuals. Vampires will sometimes bond for different reasons. Most of the time it is to join two who
210 love each other but I have seen vampires bond for political purposes or for truces in times of war. Regardless of the reasons it is sacred. And this is why when we do this; I want it to be special, with nothing standing in our way."
He stopped walking and looked at me with a serious expression, "I have fallen in love with you Olivia. I never expected to have strong feelings for you, but here I am, almost five hundred years old and thinking I never knew what love was until you."
The tears slipped from my eyes. I loved Roberto so much.
"Roberto I love you, you are my universe. I never thought I would be able to trust a man again after Brian. But you have given me trust, love and understanding. I want to be bound to you for all eternity and even beyond."
Robertos eyes were full of emotion as he bent to kiss me.
"You are making us sick now amigos. All of that love talk makes me want to stab myself in the brain."
I couldnt help but laugh at that. Roberto cocked his head to the side and gave me quizzical look. "Did you just hear what Juan said?"
"Yeah, Im not deaf."
Roberto raised an eyebrow at me. "No, I dont imagine you are because Juan did not shout. He spoke at a normal volume and he is at least a hundred yards away."
"What? He must have shouted."
"No he didnt. I suspect you are starting to experience your next ability. Maybe we should do some training tonight. It may become uncomfortable for you if you dont learn how to filter sounds."
I was a little dumbfounded. How was I going to learn how to deal with a new sense when I hadnt mastered the other one yet?
We began walking again when Roberto said, "Lets not tell anyone about this new ability for awhile. The less
211 people know about you the greater advantage you can have over an enemy."
"But these people are our friends. Surely we can tell them."
"Id rather that you didnt, at least for now."
I shrugged, "Okay, maybe it was a fluke anyway. That was the first time it happened."
We walked back to the house and the first people we ran into were who else but Juan and Cristoforo. I could feel my face redden.
Cristoforo said, "Well hello little wild cat. Those were quite some growls you let loose in the woods."
Roberto growled himself, "That will be enough Cris. I wont allow you to embarrass Olivia like that."
Cristoforo stood up to Roberto and said in a menacing voice, "But its okay to embarrass yourself with the Sensay? God help you when the council finds out."
With that, Cristoforo walked away.
"What did he mean? What council?" I asked.
"It is nothing to concern your self about Piccolina. We will go feed now and I will meet you down by the dock in about an hour to start your training." Roberto said as he kissed my forehead.
"Okay. But you are going to explain all of that to me tonight." I warned him.
"I promise." He said as him and Juan walked away. I went off to find Janel. I didnt see her anywhere so I went upstairs to the bedroom we were sharing to find she wasnt there and neither were my things. I went down the hall to Robertos room and found my things had been moved there. I was starting to feel like a yoyo.
I took a shower and changed into something a little nicer for a change, since I assumed my training tonight was going to be more mental than physical. I put on a simple white gauze skirt and matching top. I wore a pair of comfortable sandals. It was still causal but at least made me
212 feel more feminine than the jeans or the hooker outfits I had been wearing lately.
I brushed my long unruly hair out and tied it of top of my head. I put on the necklace that Roberto gave me and dabbed on a little perfume behind my ear. I looked at myself in the mirror and laughed. It was like I was getting ready for a romantic date instead of training.
I went downstairs and still no one was around. I looked out front and saw that Juans car was gone. I was beginning to get worried about Janel. My hour was almost up so I headed down to the dock to meet Roberto.