One too many

Part 19 ~ Death is near

Asa was quick to leave after they had made an arrangement to introduce Erik to Stark, she had to come up with a story for Stark so she could explain who Erik really was, should she tell her he was her mate or not, she had decided against it, Erik was handsome and charming enough to be able to sweep her off her feet, it had to be done slowly though, she sighed and hurried back to her room. She took a long hot bath, she was exhausted, she had used so much magic on Stark that it was taking it toll on her own health but she was an old witch and she could take it. She had tried to get guidance from the goddesses of faith but they had not answered, there was something wrong, she was sure of it but she had no clue what to do, she had always sought guidance from them so it was hard not getting any answers, she had to follow her own heart and what she thought was best but still her heart was torn, was helping Stark really the right thing to do? Could it be that her life was threatening her goddesses, she could not know unless she would hear from them.

Next day Stark was up early as usual, she always had a hard time to sleep since her body was always in such pain, she tried not to complain though since she knew how much Asa was helping her, she knew she was dying, she had been sick too long and she was not getting any better, still she did not express her thoughts to Asa, it would be of no use since Asa would just tell her to give it time. She had been reading so many romantic stories, where the girl always got her happily ever after, she was jealous, why could she not get to live and experience falling in love, she was still young but she would not be able to do anything, she would die in this bed without ever having lived, she tried to think about her past but it was just a blank space, there were no memories to think of, the more she tried to remember the further the memories were, it was so frustrating but there was nothing she could do.

Asa slept till noon, she hurried getting up and fixing herself, she got dressed and decide to have lunch with Stark. Stark usually ate alone, she did not mind it much but it was a breath of fresh air to see Asa coming and relieve her boredom. They ate in silent, Asa was in deep thought thinking how best to talk about Erik, she was so preoccupied that she did not notice Stark watching her. After she had eaten she saw that Stark was staring at her, as soon as Stark saw that Asa had seen her stare she started to laugh, she was waiting for her to notice her, it only took four minutes but that was alright, she tried to make games out of everything since she had nothing to do. Asa smiled at her and laughed, that girl behaved like a child still but it just made her even more endearing. Asa told her she had to talk to her about something. She told her that this was a house of her friend and her friend really wanted to get to know her, she asked if she wanted to meet the young man. Stark was curious, Asa had never talked to her about this gentleman so she wanted to know more, she asked her to describe him, Asa really did not want to but just told her that he was as handsome as sin and he was an admirer of Stark. She could not believe it, could there really be a fellow that was interested in a sick girl like her, she thought that was very unbelievable. Asa could see that Stark had trouble believing it so she told her, he had seen over a year ago singing and feel in love with her but then he had to go on a long business trip and lost contact with her. Asa told her that he had been looking for her a long time and when he found her she was more dead than alive, he had used all he had to save her. She told Stark that he had investigated her and found out that she was an old friend of her mother so he sought out her help and of course she came and helped. Asa still felt this story was very fishy but Asa kept going, she told her that she had been so sick that Asa had decided to quarantine her so no one could be near her but her and a few well chosen maids to help.

Asa told her that Erik had to travel a lot for business and thus could not see her, he had all kinds of germs on him that could easily kill her, he had really wanted to but Asa had forbade him. Asa kept on telling her that when Stark had woken up and remembered nothing she did not want to talk about him since she did not want to taint her memories, she had hoped the memories would come on their own but months had passed and her memory had yet to come back. Asa stopped for a while and let her lying story sink in for Stark. Stark found this story so unbelievable but yet it might be true, she remembered nothing and Asa had never lied to her and she had always been there for her and supported her, she felt bad thinking so badly of her, she decided to believe the story for she believed in Asa.

Asa hesitated before telling her the next part, it was hard for her to say but this was the truth and Stark needed to know the extend of her sickness so she told her that she was dying, she had tried everything she could to save her but it only gave her a little time, after a while her magic would stop to work and then she would deteriorate quickly. Stark put her head down, she knew this but still hearing it from another was a blow, she wanted to cry, scream and hit Asa, why did she have to die, what ever did she do wrong, all she wanted to do was to live but now that was being taken away from her, Asa held her in her embrace and petted her back, silent tears flowed down her cheeks and on Starks nightgown, she had done her best but yet it was not good enough, still she prayed earnestly to all the gods to let Erik's bite heal her and remove the poison from her veins.

I have 1 to 3 chapters left on my beast story after that I will update this story every week, im sorry for slow updates but i promise very soon there will be regular updates, i would very much like to hear your input on the story, do you like the story, how about the characters, who is your favourite character and what do you like most about this story, thank you so much for reading, liking and commenting on my story, i really appreciate it, have a great day ❤️