Hello my fellow readers!
I want to thank you all being patient with me!
My mom is going to make it thank the gods!
So I have two new chapters for you guys today enjoy!
Warning: Major sweetness betweeen Laurel and Erik XD
Also Carlotta gets slapped.
You go Laurel!
Laurel's POV
Two weeks passed since the incident at the masquerade ball and things have been busy. I had not heard or seen anything from my mate since then, but no doubt he would summon for me soon. For the meantime the rest of the chorus girls, actors, stagehands, myself, and even Carlotta and Piangi were on edge. Hell I didn't blame them because of the stress of the rehearsals for Don Juan Triumphant. At the moment we were practicing another particular scene from the show and as usual Carlotta finally lost it.
"Why do I have a small part in the damn play?!" the diva screeched at Andre and Firmin. Both managers' lives hadn't been so nice either; the two of them were now under more stress than they had to deal with before.
"Signora we don't want to risk angering the Opera Ghost right now, Laurel will be the one singing alongside Piangi"
I was wearing my Daenerys dress along with the rest of the get up she wore in Season 3 when she took over Astapor, at the moment I was making another dress that she wore in Season 3. Carlotta turned to me with hate in her eyes.
"Her voice isn't even good it's mediocre if best"
That did it!
I stormed over to said diva and I slapped her hard across the face. The rest of the cast gasped, hell I bet Erik was finding this amusing.
"Your voice is worse" I snarled. "You should know that even some of your own maids put in plugs to turn out your singing"
Carlotta glared at me a red handprint was on the left side of her face.
"How dare you"
"No! How dare you!" I snapped. "You come in here expecting to be the top diva or whatever the hell you wish to be called, and you expect people to wait on you hand and foot! News flash honey a lot of people weren't born the way you were and some have to work very hard to get to where they are, look at Christine!"
I looked to my friend and she blushed. I smiled to her before looking back into Carlotta's eyes.
"She has worked very hard to become the performer she is today, as have I, I suggest the next time you want to talk smack about someone, why don't you do us a favor and zip it"
"Damn right" I heard one of the male ballet dancers say.
I then stormed away from Carlotta and went to Meg and Christine's side. I didn't want to be on the same stage as with that bitch right now, because when I got angry it would sometimes wake up my vampire and wolf sides. At the moment only my vampire half was stirring, while my wolf half was sleeping away lazy pup that she was.
Carlotta kept her mouth shut throughout the rest of the rehearsal and everyone including myself had a good afternoon before we were dismissed for the day. I wasn't much hungry for human food tonight because I had fed from a good sized doe earlier, the poor thing was in pain because she had a gunshot wound from hunters, so to end her misery I ended her life quickly.
Once I had finished drinking her blood, I had transformed into my wolf form and I ate the rest of her skin and meat. The mere thought of anything else made me want to barf. I was on my way back to my room when I noticed Christine and Meg looking excited. Leo spun around the blonde with all of the love and devotion he held in his heart for her.
"What's up?" I asked coming to my friends.
"Meg is" Christine was about to blurt out when Meg quickly put her hands across her mouth.
"I want to be the one to tell her Christine!" Meg scolded Christine. Christine rolled her eyes before Meg chuckled and she removed her hand.
"So spill what's got you three excited?"
"I'm with child" Meg confessed.
"Holy S**T! Meg that's wonderful!" I exclaimed and I hugged her first, before I did the same with Leo.
"That's wonderful news I bet your mother is looking forward to being a grandmother" I told Meg after I pulled away from Leo.
"She's ecstatic" Leo added. "Meg and I want to be married before the baby arrives"
"And I was just asked to be the Maid of Honor" Christine beamed.
"How is Raoul, I haven't seen him much these days" I questioned looking to Christine.
"He's been bombarded with his work, but that should end soon, we've just started planning our wedding" Christine replied.
"I'm glad to hear that my friend, Raoul's a good guy he just needs to quit being so over protective of me"
That comment got the three of them to laugh.
"He just cares about you Laurel" Meg added.
The four of us then parted ways and I wasn't ready for bed just yet. I decided to go to the roof and feel one with the night. I climbed the stairs that led to the roof behind the stage and shortly was back on the roof like I had been the night Erik learned I wasn't human. The roof wasn't full of snow which was a relief, don't get me wrong I loved that stuff but too much of it go annoying. The sky was moonless tonight and it reminded me of the song "Beneath A Moonless Sky" in the sequel "Love Never Dies"
It looks like that storyline wasn't going to happen since I was now Erik's love interest and he was my mate, my Sun and Stars.
"Aren't you cold?" I jumped out of my skin when I heard Erik's voice and I turned around. My mate had that big fat smirk on his face which was sexy as hell; he wore the usual phantom duds.
"Don't bloody do that!" I scolded him. "Are you trying to give me a damn heart attack?!"
"I'm sorry my dear" Erik apologized before he held his hand out.
Blushing like a mad woman I took his hand and I allowed him to lead me from the roof back inside of the Opera House through the passageway hidden in the wall. The two of us were silent as he led me down the stairs which was a lot; his gondola was waiting at the bottom. I didn't lose my footing this time when he helped me into it. The ride didn't take long and a few minutes later the two of us were in his lair. Erik helped me out of the gondola only he wasn't singing this time.
"I'm sorry if I haven't contacted you Laurel things have been busy"
"Yeah no s**t" I agreed.
My comment got him to laugh and his it was beautiful. Erik kissed my hand before he took my hand once more and the two of us went to his organ. There was a chair by the stool that sat in front of the beautiful thing. I sat down first while Erik disappeared somewhere; he appeared a second later with tea.
"That's good" I said as he handed me a cup. The scent of jasmine filled my nose; it was scent I always liked.
"Jasmine tends to calm me down" Erik confessed as he took a sip.
The two of us took another drink of our tea before we set the cups down.
"Why did you bring me down here tonight?" I asked my mate.
"Because I want to know why you fled from me that night three months ago, Laurel"
"Are you sure you can handle the truth, because what I have to share is a lot to take in, but before I share my tale, what is your name?"
I had to be sure his name was Erik or else I had been calling my mate the wrong name.
"My name is Erik and I'm not afraid of what you have to tell me" he replied gently. He took my hand and kissed it. "You can't be any worse than I am"
I looked to his white mask and I felt my heart pain for him. The way he grew up was no way a child should have been thrown into the world.
"I am not human" I started. "And as you said yourself I am not from this time period, I come from the time period 2016, what you saw the night I fled from you was my vampire side"
Erik nodded his head for me to continue.
"My mother was born a vampire into a purist family who were crazy, they believed humans and other species outside their kind were beneath them, my mother thought different she met my father who was a shape shifter who took the form of a large wolf also known as werewolves"
I downed a little more before continuing.
"You could say it was love at first sight you see both species have something that is called a true mate which is rare, it was a surprise to both of my parents when they learned they were true mates, however they didn't care as long as they could be by each other's side"
"And what of your mother's family?" Erik asked.
"They despised the fact that my mother was consorting with my father and they didn't give a damn he was her true mate or not, they even went as far to create an arranged marriage, my mother lost it when she found about this, and she was pregnant with me when this happened, so in order to save my life and my father's she cut all ties with her family and fled with my father to where his pack lived, there my father's parents welcomed my mother in open arms, unlike Mom's asshole family, my grandparents were kind and they believed that all humans, and other un-human species should co-exist"
"Your mother sounds like a fierce woman"
I nodded before continuing. I just prayed to she was still alive because gods I missed her.
"My childhood was a good one, but that didn't mean I wasn't frowned upon, I was bullied, called a half-breed, I was told my existence was a sin to some"
Erik suddenly slammed his fist down on the piano keys in anger and I jumped.
"Sorry" he apologized. "But people calling you those names makes me angry"
I only felt my face turn red. The mere fact he was defending me was sweet.
"Who taught you how to sing and play the violin and piano?"
"For awhile my mother taught me to sing before I started taking lessons from various instructors, I learned to play the violin and piano from my father, he loved music as does my mother"
"And when I found you he was killed?" Erik then asked. I nodded.
"I was coming home from an audition when I learned that my pack was attacked, when I came upon my mother my father was already gone, as were my grandparents they were killed by a male vampire I didn't recognize but his scent was similar to my mothers and he looked like her only he was older"
Erik then suddenly stood up and he helped me up. Then a second later he was hugging me. I felt my face turn red even more as I buried my head against his chest, hearing his heartbeat.
"I'm so sorry you had to endure all of that turmoil" he said and he was sincere. He then kissed my forehead before pulling away. "I don't see a monster but a beautiful young woman with so much talent"
"As I see a man who has been through hell and back" my hand went towards his mask but it stopped when I was about to touch it. "I only wanted to touch your mask I won't take it off, I know you don't like that"
"You may touch it" Erik said giving his consent. My fingers then came with contact of the mask. It was smooth beneath my finger tips. Erik then suddenly placed his hand on top of mine that touched the mask.
"Erik you don't have to remove your mask if you're not comfortable with it" I said to him.
"I am ready for you to see what hides underneath it, as do I want to see the two creatures that dwell within your beating heart" he said.
"If that is what you wish" I said to my mate. I saw Erik blush before he began to remove his mask with my hand underneath his. Slowly the mask came off as did the black wig. Blonde hair greeted me as the mask and wig was finally pulled off. The Phantom of the Opera placed the mask and wig on the stool and he waited for what I had to say about the scars and ruins of the left side of his face. Hell he was just as hot without the mask and the blonde hair!
My hand slowly touched the ruined flesh.
"I'm not afraid of you" I said before I kissed him. I felt Erik's surprise when my lips touched his, however when he kissed me back I felt his love. Hell I would be if the man I was in love with just accepted me for who I was. LMAO!
Erik's tongue begged entrance into my mouth and I smirked as I complied, our tongues danced for dominance and Erik was losing in that department. I was the one to break the kiss and Erik growled in annoyance.
"Don't you growl at me my Sun and Stars you wished for me to show you my two halves and I can't do that kissing you"
Erik smirked and said.
"You're right"
I smirked even more and took his hand leading him away from the organ. I would need for more to space to shift to my wolf form first. Once we were down the steps I turned to my mate, my body then embraced me with silver smoke and I felt the shift starting. A second later I stood in front of Erik in my wolf form. Erik's eyes looked stunned and I felt him examining me. He bent down so he could be in front of me, and a hand stroked my face.
"You are a beautiful creature especially with the white masking mark around your left eye"
I gave him a fanged grin before I pulled back so I could return to my human form. Once I was back in my human form, Erik got back to his feet. I then called my vampire half and my fangs elongated, my eyes glowing their fierce red color. Erik looked a little more alarmed, but a second later he chuckled.
"You wield the same beauty as your wolf half"
"So you accept me then?"
"Of course I do" Erik said as he came up to me. He took both of his hands into mine and he rested his forehead against mine as well.
The two of us remained like this until Erik asked.
"I take it I am this true mate of yours?"
"Yes you are and I will do everything I can to protect you, my Sun and Stars" I said to him.
"Why do you call me that anyway?" he inquired with a chuckle.
"Well from my time period there is a thing called television that runs on electricity and there is a program called Game of Thrones it's like a play kind of, only it's on a screen with moving images, there is a woman on the show named Daenerys and she marries this chief warlord, it was an arranged marriage at first and over time the two fell in love, her husband was named Khaal Drogo his nickname for Daenerys was Moon of my Life, while hers for Drogo was My Sun and Stars, which is what I call you"
"I would like that nickname as long as I can call you Moon of my Life" Erik said.
"You may call me whatever you wish My Sun and Stars for I am yours and yours I shall remain"
And again with the Game of Thrones references. Next chapter is the graveyard scene.
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