Fractures of Eternity

The sudden appearance of my beloved’s brother left me stiff, before hiding by the divider that separated our rooms.

“Ozzy, why are you here?” Loki huffed, grabbing me by my waist, ensuring any attempts to hide were useless.

More importantly, he was still wet, and small drops of water dripped onto my dress.

Argh! My dress!

It had survived his rough lovemaking, but it wouldn’t live through this.

No… Be grateful Oswald is here. If he weren’t, you’d probably have pinned me on the bed again!

“I thought about hanging out with my brother before the shitty tournament.” Oz rolled his eyes, tapping his hands on the desk.

In an instant, Loki let go of me, heading towards his brother, as I took the chance to ready myself. Instead of going to Zephier, Eli stuck by me, but that didn’t mean the kitty wouldn’t come to us, as she quickly found her way onto my bed where he was.

“Aw, you love me so much, don’t you?” Loki chuckled, leaning towards Oswald, who seemed to be in his usual grumpy mood.

Though the dark circles around his eyes were back, since Zoe had been helping with the city along with Leo, leaving this one to go back to his unhealthy routine.

How the mighty had fallen. Surely, you do realize this won’t make Emma happy.

“Of course, I do. Though those marks on you will make your opponent wary.” Oswald pointed out, dodging his brother, walking towards me.

I could not help but giggle in response as Loki noticed all the love bites I had left him—something I had done so before my legs gave out.

“Oh fuck! Vivi… Do you have to mark me that much?” my vampire huffed, noticing them in a mirror nearby, grabbing a shirt from one of the shelves.

All you have to do is drink a little bit of blood, stupid love.

He already had his combat pants on. Though his vest was new, he had never worn it, a black one with golden laces for decoration. Underneath it was his usual white blouse, though. Ignoring the flustered vampire, my eyes shifted to Oswald, who handed me a thermos.

“Your tea was by the table. I don’t think you should forget it today.” He noted with a soft smile.

I nodded, “Thank you.”

Eli, who was on my lap, snickered, alerting me that my vampire wasn’t pleased with how we were ignoring him.

“You two are no fun.” Loki scowled, leaning on the divider with arms crossed.

I quickly glanced away, huffing. “You’re too free-spirited.”

Oswald walked over to his brother, poking at his neck. “So, you’re going to go into that with all those love bites on display?” Oswald teased the vampire.

I took a sip of my tea, trying to hold myself together.

In response, Loki rolled his eyes, “I don’t care. It’ll be a good thing for them to realize I’m taken.”

I almost choked on the rosy liquid that filled my senses upon hearing that.

This man has no bounds! They aren’t things to show around with pride! I did it to get back at you for not letting me get a clear head earlier!

It seemed like a mistake—one I could not take back.

“Pfft, by who?” I scoffed, fixing my hair. “You’re nothing but a good time.”

A second later, I was on the bed, pinned by him. “Oi, you still deny me. Even after claiming me for yourself?” He questioned, hovering his lips over mine.

His messy, curly hair still needed to be rearranged.

“Hey, you’re going to be late.” Oswald scowled at us, crossing his arms.

His words caused me to tap my vampire on his shoulders. “Get off me, you brute! Don’t you see we are already going to be late!” I growled.

By now, Alistair’s probably already at the coliseum! Meaning I missed my chance! Hah…

My words caused a soft chuckle to leave his lips before crashing them with mine. A gasp escaped me, knowing his brother was right there, giving a leeway for his tongue to slip into my mouth.

“Oi,” Oswald huffed, eyes twitching from where he was.

Pulling away from my lips, my vampire glared at him. “Can you leave? I need to teach her another lesson.”

Eli slithered next to me, leaving me to scowl at the prince, but before I could say anything, Oswald intercepted.

“Ahm… No, if you don’t leave now. Mom will be the one coming to get you.” He announced, triggering my vampire to pull away from me, hissing under his breath.

This entire time, he had been avoiding Rem’s calls, even her brother, who stayed behind to keep tabs on him, couldn’t get him to answer. Luckily, Caden wasn’t as pushy as she was. He was actually pretty relaxing to be around, yet I always kept my distance, even when his daughter kept trying to chatter me up. The little Luma was younger than Leo, and being near her made me uncomfortable, yet nothing stirred me more than the hybrid's return.

“Wait, she’s here already?!?” Loki huffed, grabbing his shoes.

I went for mine as well, and I fixed my hair, which the playful vampire had made a mess of.

“Yeah, she got here early. Thea has taken up on distracting Pa and her. Luckily, Caden actually is helping, since he can’t stop talking about this restaurant he found earlier in the week.” Oswald chuckled, scrolling down his phone messages.

It seemed full of Thea complaining to him about it, and how much they owed her. All of it was in a group chat since Loki winced when he gazed at his phone.

“Fuck!” He gazed at me.

This was one moment I would keep quiet, since the only reason he was under so much stress was because of me. I was lucky that his brother and sister wanted to help me.

“You know, she wants to talk to you. Maybe you should listen to her.” Oz tried to sway his brother.

I finished fixing myself as Zephier climbed up my shoulder, along with Eli.

“If it’s about the same thing. I have nothing to talk to her about.” Loki mumbled, grabbing onto my hand.

Oswald shook his head, opening the door, “Then we should go before she gets here.”

A deep sigh came from Loki, triggering me to grip his limb tightly. Even though I wanted to leave this room to catch a glimpse of Alistair, something within me grew wary the moment I gazed towards the open door. Every fiber in my being was telling me to keep Loki in there, yet I couldn’t listen to it.

All of this because of a mortal event? Argh… Like I’ll let fear rule me. Plus… Fates are only changed by…

With little commotion, we left the room and headed to the coliseum, where the grand event was roaring.