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Camila slowly woke up in Eda's nest and found the witch with her, clothed while yawning. "What a night." "You fell asleep after five cups of apple blood." Camila corrected her as Eda slightly hugged her making the human slightly turn reddish-pink.
"So... any plans?" "Well Luz is still in school learning the basics and basically know her way back home and I take a break from the stand," Eda said before pulling the portal key from her hair. "So what do you say about that first date?" "On earth? Eda are you sure?"
"Hey you can be my guide, sure I've been there once or twice but can't remember my way around." Camila thought for a bit until Hooty interrupted them. "Ohhh are we talking about secrets? Want to know how I was made? Hoot!" "Portal now!"' Camila said pushing Eda who opened the portal door and quickly closed it leaving Hooty to talk with a bug on the floor which he then ate.
Gravesfield
The portal then opened in an old worn-down house as the two women stepped out. "Huh, this place." "You know it?" Eda asked as Camila simply told her it was an old structure that was near her home for some reason before they walked to the main town as they went into a small coffee shop as they sat down. "Have you ever had coffee before?" "Eda shook her head. "It's quite strong but gives a warm feeling."
Soon after getting a simple coffee with cream for herself and Eda as the two then drank to which Camila had to help the witch when she burned her tongue by giving her cold water while starring at an empty table with two seats outside as she sighed. "Hey Cam something wrong?" Eda looked outside and was confused before looking at Camila as a tear leaked out of her eyes. "Oh... Cam if you want we could call it a day and..." "No, it's alright I just remember my first date with him here."
Years ago
"Keep your eyes closed mi amor." Mateo said to Camila who obeyed him till he told her to open them to see herself in front of the town's cafe. "Coffee really?" Mateo then checked his pockets pulling out a small hand full of cash. "Is one coffee enough?" "Let's split it, it's probably unsanitary but it's semi-romantic,"
Camila told him as the couple walked in and sat outside in the snow as they looked at each other with Camila rubbing her hands over her arms from the coldness while asking her lover. "So how much sugar and creme?" "About five creams and one sugar, you?" "Two creams and seven sugars."
They then thought till splitting it evenly as they poured it into the coffee before taking two spoons and slurping it as they laughed. "I can't believe how lucky I am to date someone like you." "Same," Mateo said as the two then kissed their lips slightly making out.
Present
"Wow..." Eda said while Camila simply looked away from it. "We were usual customers who always reserved that spot almost every day... and now..." Camila then blew her nose with a napkin as Eda then comforted her as she led her outside to the town square. "Shh, it's alright... and do you still care for..." Camila then responded with sadness in her voice. "Yes... I care for him, he never hurt me but maybe if I told him the truth that night... things would've been different..."
The human then stood up. "Eda can you stay here a bit a just need to have some time to myself." "Be careful alright." Camila then left and then entered a small bar where she looked around and eventually found him at the bar table holding a glass of alcohol which he shook as Camila then sat next to him. "Hey..." Mateo stood up and looked at her. "Here to gloat?" "No, I worry about you." Mateo then laughed a bit before coughing. "You've been gone for weeks, and now you come back!"
He then slammed his fist on the table as the bartender came. "Something wrong?" "No, it's alright," Camila said before looking above the counter placing a few dollar bills on the table, and pointing at Mateo "For his tab".
"Why do you care anyway?" He asked as Camila looked and saw that his eyes were weary, hair was slightly longer, and the large smell of booze in his breath as Camila grabbed him and took him outside. "Look at yourself, you're miserable and drinking your sorrows away, what happened to the man I wed?, The veteran I helped with his PTSD? What happened to you?"
"Me? and what about you? the lie you kept about that... "Freak"?!" Camila then calmed down. "Luz isn't human but she's my child, I took her in when her biological family was..." She then stopped herself but Mateo had heard enough. "You took in something that wasn't even from this world?!" He yelled at her which Camila knew was something he had never done during their marriage.
"But you accepted h..." "I accepted what I thought was a human not whatever the hell she is!" "Cálmate mi amor por favor." Camila asked before slowly walking away as Mateo then grabbed her hand. "Please give me another chance, I'll drop the restrainings order, we can Re-wed again be like we were years ago!" He said begging as Camila slowly cried.
"I can't... I've moved on with someone else." "You mean her?" Mateo said showing the photo that Camila had taken from her and Eda's trip to Vegas. "I was drunk." "You never drink." "Well not till that day but I'm sorry, all I can do is wish that you find someone else to love." She told him as she then took her ring off and left it on the floor before walking away as Mateo looked at her with both sadness and anger.
Soon Camila then found Eda under a tree sleeping as she laughed a bit before waking her up. "Uhh... how long was I out?" "It's night now let's go home." Camila helped Eda briefly kissing her on the cheek making the witch blush as they held hands and walked back to the worn building as Eda then pulled out the key and opened the portal. "After you." She said as Camila chuckled a bit as they simply took a step when... BLAM! They were stopped as Camila turned around seeing Mateo holding his standard service pistol aiming it in the air before pointing it at them.
"This is who you moved on with?! This woman hit me in the face!" "Because you were hurting Luz... Mateo please just put it down... please..." Camila pleaded to him as Eda stood in front of her. "Eda?" "Camila leave I can handle him." The witch said pulling out her staff twirling it as Camila stood in between the both of them. "Both of you stop this please!"
"Not until this witch bitch removes whatever curse she put on you." "Oh, now you're asking for it!" Eda then started making a spell circle as Mateo then fired his gun to which Eda made a shield to block it only for the bullet to go through hitting her side as blood leaked as Camila then tackled him as the gun fell out of his hands and slid on the grass. "Cam can't you see that..." "SHUT UP!" Camila shouted before hitting him in the face while Eda struggled with her wound as she made a spell circle. "Camy move!" And she did as Eda then fired the spell which then hit Mateo as Camila helped Eda who limped back to the portal as she went through and Camila barely took a step as Mateo jumped causing the two humans to go through it.
Boiling Isles
The three of them then landed in the forest as Eda was still holding her side as it bleed before smacking an unconscious Mateo in the face. "Shouldn't we send him back?" Camila asked as Eda was about to respond when the sounds of shouts came from the woods followed by torches as the two then made a run for it simply left Mateo behind and soon they made it back to the owl house where Hooty was watching over a sleeping Luz as the two women then laid in Eda's nest. "Eda what did you do to him?" "Just a simple memory-erasing spell nothing too harmfull just erased everything about he knew about Luz and you." "So he doesn't remember me?" Camila asked Eda "Oh no, he does just before your whole wedding and... oh shit..."
Mateo slowly woke up as he found himself being dragged by his feet by two masked people who then stopped and then saluted someone far from his view as a female voice spoke. "Where did you find him?" "In the forest madame Lilith." Lilith then limited him up from the floor with her staff as she looked at him carefully. "Another human? Interesting, I believe that the emperor would like to hear about this."
She dropped him to the floor as he stood up to which Mateo quickly snatched a scout's sword before swipe kicking Lilith the floor as the second scout reached for his spear as Mateo then slashed at his hand as a few more coven soldiers rushed at him only for most of them to be injured or severely wounded by Mateo who then grabbed a crossbow and shot near Lilith's neck who for the first time she feared death before Mateo was wrapped by a scout with magical chains as several soldiers then beat him when. "STOP!" Lilith ordered to which they did.
The witch then looked at him. "I'm impressed by your skills how does someone like you learn that?" "Former soldier, captain, and platoon leader..." He muttered to which Lilith smirked as she lifted his head with her staff. "Now tell me two things, who are you and how did you get here?"
"Mateo Perez and last thing I know was waiting to propose to my future wife that's it." Lilith then thought for a bit before releasing him from the chains and handing him back the sword. "Lady Lilith what are you..." "Silence, now tell me Mateo how would you like to be a leader again?"
Mateo then thought about when he was part of the marines and the fighting, battles, and bloodshed was something he knew most of his life as he then bowed and asked. "What do you need me to do?" Lilith smiled. ("Perhaps this human is what the coven needs to deal with these wild witches and my sister") She thought.
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