Lover Awaited Chapter 39

Tohr lay awake in the bed, Melody tucked against his side asleep. She was tuckered out from the meeting with her father.

For some reason, he couldn't seem to get to sleep. He was restless, but he was puzzled over the why of it.

Tohr gently slipped out of the bed without waking Melody and left the room. He thought about going to the kitchen to get himself something to eat, but somehow he found himself on the rooftop. It was nearly time for the sun to rise, but Tohr figured he had
a good hour before the sunrise would burn him to a crisp. Being outside seemed to calm him down a little bit.

Tohr...

Shocked, Tohr turned. That voice!

Wellsie stood behind him, but she he could see through her. She looked very similar to Jane.

"Wellsie," Tohr choked out. He took a step towards her, but she held up a hand for him to stop and shook her head with a smile. It took all his will power to stay in that spot.

"How-?" he began, but her voice echoed through his head.

I'm so glad, Tohr.

Her lips didn't move, but he could hear her voice loud and clear. Her words confused him, "Glad? Glad about what?"

You've found another to love. You have moved on.

He shook his head, "No, Wellise! I have never forgotten you. Never!"

That's not what I said. I don't want you to forget, Tohr. I want you to love again; I want you to be happy. She can make you happy, she has already.

He thought of Melody and the twins and smiled, "Yes, she has."

His dead shellan's eyes met and held his, Then why haven't you told her?

"Told her what?"

That you love her.

Tohr blinked and then shook his head, "I'm not sure of that, yet."

Wellsie took a couple of steps forward, Think about it, Tohr. Imagine her not in your life; if she hadn't returned to you from her imprisonment or from childbirth. How would that make you feel? What if she'd turned to Qhuinn? If you couldn't see her face every single day, how would you feel?

Tohr thought about it. He imagined him and Melody laughing together; watching her while she sang to his young and when she had looked up and smiled at him with an embarrassed blush. He imagined her running across the yard, laughing at the freedom the night provided, the freedom she hadn't experienced in her short life; the way she'd done the other night. Then he smiled as he remembered when she ran back to him, taking his hand and coaxing him to run through the night with her. The image of how she'd looked when she'd escaped from Lash's hold flashed through his mind and a sharp pain shot through his heart.

God, he did love her. Somewhere down the road he'd fallen head over heels in love with Melody.

Wellsie smiled as if she'd read his mind, You do love her.

It wasn't a question, but he answered it anyway. "Yes," he whispered.

Then tell her, Tohr. Hold onto her and never let her go.

"I love you, Wellsie. I always will."

Tears formed in her eyes, I love you too, Tohr.

Tohr felt that his own cheeks were wet, but he didn't bother to wipe away the tears away.

Wellsie looked up towards the sky for a moment as if she was listening to something, she nodded and then turned back to Tohr, It's time for me to go now.

"Go where?"

She smiled, To the Fade.

He swallowed past the lump in his throat, "Will I ever see you again?"

Her smiled turned a little bit sad, We'll meet again, my hellren. In the Fade once you retire from this world.

"Of course we will," he said with a watery smile.

Goodbye, Tohr.

"Goodbye, Wellsie." He watched as she slowly vanished and was surprised as he felt a pressure brush against his lips.

He lifted a hand to his lips and smiled; Wellsie has given him a parting kiss.

Tohr then proceeded to sit down on the concrete and mourn his shellan for the last time.

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Lassiter watched Tohr from his spot on the other side of the roof. He'd been secretly watching for most of the reunion between Tohr and Wellsie. Tohr hadn't seen him, since he'd cloaked his prescence, but Wellsie had known he was there.

He felt her presence sit beside him, You were watching.

"Just checking on my roommie."

Isn't your job finished? He has moved on. Shouldn't you be back in Heaven?

Lassiter's mood instantly darkened, "I thought so, but it seems like my job hasn't finished; it's just changed."

To what?

"That's what I'd like to know."

He felt her attention focus on her hellren, Watch over him for me.

That brought a small smile to his face, "I will, we're roommates after all."

Thank you.

He felt her leave and then he returned his attention back to Tohr.

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Melody woke with a jerk at the sudden pressure of weight on the bed.

Tohr sat on the edge of the bed as he looked down at her.

Sitting up, she rubbed her eyes with a yawn, "What are you doing up?"

"I love you."

She froze at the three little words that held so much meaning. Taking her hands away from her eyes, she stared wide eyed at Tohr, "W-what did you just say?"

Inching closer, he took her face in both his hands, "I love you, Mel."

Tears formed in her eyes, "Tohr.."

He cut off her words with a kiss. when he pulled back, he wiped the tears from her cheeks, "Tonight Wellsie came to me."

Melody's eyes widened with surprise, but she didn't say anything. She waited for him to continue.

His eyes never left hers, and she could see that he'd been crying. "She told me that she was glad that I had moved on; that I'd found another female to love."

He laughed, "When I told her that I wasn't sure if I loved you or not yet, she confronted me. She forced me to think about what I would do if you weren't in my life and that's when I realized it."

Resting his forehead against hers, he whispered, "I've been in love with you for some time now. It just took me awhile to realize it."

With a sob of laughter, Melody threw her arms around his neck and kissed him, "Oh God, Tohr, I love you too! I always have."

Tohr was very much enjoying kissing his soon-to-be shellan. It had been a little over a year since he'd been inside her.

Groaning, Tohr reluctantly pulled away, "When can I make love to you again?"

Melody laughed and kissed his cheek, "Jane said that if I get a steady intake of blood we can in two more weeks."

Tohr winced, it was going to be hard to resist for two whole weeks.

She giggled at the look on his face, "Don't worry it'll go by in a flash."

He highly doubted it, but he smiled anyway as he took her in his arms, "Especially since we have a couple hundred years ahead of us."

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As Melody snuggled her back against Tohr's front, she smiled as she recalled Tohr's confession of his feelings. God, that had made her ecstatically happily, to have her feelings finally returned from the male she so desperately loved.

As she closed her eyes she thought she heard a female voice in her ear.

Take care of him.

Half asleep, Melody muttered, "I will, Wellsie."

For always....