Walking with the Vampire |COMPLETE|

45. The Awakening

Valentina laid hiding in wait. No one walked this path but she couldn't be too careful. She waited for Nicholae to come to her.
And she couldn't wait to hear the good news. Or bad news. Whichever one he'd received they'll make it work. Oh, how She missed him so much.
Valentina pulled her cloak even tighter around her shoulders to protect against the nights chilly air. She could very much see her breath come in white puffs as if she was smoking. She pretended to do just that.
A chuckle from behind her threw her heart against her chest.
Her hand on her chest to still her frightened heart.
'Cole, you scared me.' She ran into his arms holding him tightly.
'I missed you.' She told him.
'I missed you too.'
'So?' She looked up into his face. But he wouldn't meet her direct gaze.
'It's fine Cole. Just tell me what Sonya said. It doesn't have to be good. I still want to know.'
He sighed pacing away from her.
'I tried but...'
Valentina knew Sonya could be very hard to convince but they wouldn't give up.
She placed an understanding hand on the side of Nicholae's face.
'We don't need their blessing. We can do this, just the two of us. And hopefully, one day, the three of us.'

Nicholae flinched a little.
'You're pregnant again?'
Valentina shook her head and gave a small smile.
'No.' But she wanted so much to become a mother and start a family with Nicholae. It was the right thing to do with the love of her life.
Once fate had given her a chance, she'd been eight months pregnant. She and Nicholae had been doing so well with hiding the pregnancy. She had a name for the child. Had it been a boy: Nicholae; Had it been a girl: Marissa. But they'd lost their chance.
The memory of her miscarriage and the pain that came with the remembrance remained fresh till this day. She'd been hungry so she went into the kitchen to make a vegetarian sandwich when the pain had struck. She knew something was wrong with the baby the second that pain tore across her abdomen and crippled her on the ground. Nicholae hadn't been around to help her and there was nothing she could do.
They'd been so close to starting the family that she'd dreamed of. But someone, somewhere, played a cruel joke on her by dangling all her dreams in her face and then taking it all away in one swoop.
'I still ache when I think about the child we lost.'
Nicholae face fell.
'That's too sad of a memory to be dwelling on today, my love.'

'I just want that to be our motivation for tonight. And after today, we have more time to try again.' She said in a hopeful tone trying to lighten up the mood.

Nicholae looked up into the night sky. He could barely feel the chill of the night air.And for that she envied him.
'You're shivering, come here.' He pulled her back into his arms and held her like that for minutes.

'I don't think we should march to the Coven.'
He spoke.
'What are you saying? The Coven won't come to us. The only to get them to listen to us is to go barging into their meeting hall.' Valentina said unto his warm chest.

'Without the support of our families?' Nicholae asked.
Valentina smiled at his worried tone. In their relationship she'd always had to be the strong one. She was trying to get Cole to become a stronger willed person. He needed to be strong for both of them this time. And because he was willing to try now gave her all the confidence she needed to face any hurdle thrown at them from the Coven or their families.

'Yes Cole. Baby, we're all that we need. Plus Aaron is there whenever we need him.'
She felt Nicholae tense up under her cheek.
She giggled.
'This is no time to get jealous man. I'm all yours Nicholae Tchkovsky. In sickness and in health, for better or for worse remember?'

She felt his head move up and down, and she smiled. She could stay in his arms all day but they had work to do. And her stomach rumbled.
'Did you bring something to eat.'
She moved far enough to batt her huge brown eyes at Cole who chuckled as he took the bag off his back.