Aiden's Story by S J West

Author:S J West [West, S J]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: BluA
Publisher: Watcher Pulblishing
Published: 2014-12-20T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

You’ve asked me a few times in the last couple of years why Malcom had such an adverse reaction to us being soulmates. I’ve purposely sidestepped answering the question without any specific details. The reason involves discussing a childish rivalry Malcolm and I used to be involved in with one another. I want you to know that I write the following with his full consent and knowledge. Neither of us is particularly proud of what we did, but it is a part of our shared history. You need to know what Malcolm saw me do to fully grasp why he was so against us in the beginning.

Around the mid-1480s, Justin called us all together for a Watcher tournament. I had been looking forward to one of these events since the moment Baruch mentioned it to me. I was itching to fight opponents who could last more than a few seconds against me. Humans were no challenge for me in hand-to-hand combat. To my great disappointment, Baruch refused to spar with me while we were in the service of the Turks. He would always come up with one lame excuse after another for not wanting to fight me. Personally, I always thought he was fearful he wouldn’t be able to match me or even keep up with my combat skills. I didn’t voice my assumption, but I felt sure he knew what I was thinking. At the time, I was arrogant enough to let my own opinion of myself boost an already inflated ego. I’m so glad you never knew me during that time in my life. You would have hated me, soulmate or not.

Baruch phased me to the meeting place since he had been there several times before over the years. It happened to be Justin’s private getaway home located on an uncharted island off the coast of India. The house itself was in the style of an Italian villa with its square architecture, arched floor length windows, and white stone construction.

We phased directly onto the beach area at the backside of the house. It was nighttime in that part of the world, but bon fires had been lit around the area we were standing in to provide plenty of illumination. It appeared to me from the crowd already present that we were the last to arrive. Almost all of the Watchers had their children with them. Since it was nighttime, their offspring were all in werewolf form. It appeared that the only Watcher who didn’t bring their child with them to the festivities was Malcolm.

“Better late than never, I suppose,” Malcolm said when he saw us phase in. “Trying to keep him all to yourself, Baruch?”

The scathing look Baruch gave Malcolm spoke volumes about how much the two of them hated one another.

“He’s all yours, Malcolm,” Baruch said. “In fact, I’ll be bowing out of this particular tournament just so you can have his undivided attention.”

Malcolm started to laugh. “Are you that scared of getting beat by one of us, Baruch? I never took you for a coward.

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