Just A Bit Of Trust (Constel·lación #1) (13 page)

Didac wished he could have done things differently. “My intention was never to hurt you. I wish I could turn back the hands of time and offer you the courtesy you deserved. I wasn’t thinking clearly.”

“Well, you did.” Didra wiped her eyes. ”I like Vivian. She has been a great friend to me. You have to tell her the truth. I am glad she found out because I felt like such a fraud. I would like to believe that she would find it in her heart to forgive me and that we could be friends again.”

“You are lovely female, Didra; you will make someone a fantastic mate one day.” Didac didn’t know what to say.

“If I am this lovely, wonderful person, why couldn’t destiny choose me for you?”

“Destiny has her way.” Didac’s face was remorseful, but there was not must to be said anymore. He made his way to look for his mate

*****

Didac tried to open the bedroom door for the tenth time. He was locked out. He cursed in disbelief. The guard patrolling the castle looked at him apologetically. Now the guard knew that the King and Queen had a dispute, and he counted on his discretion not to spread the news around. He was the King. This was his castle. Nobody had the audacity to lock him out.
Except for his human wife
. He almost laughed in disbelief.

He knocked again and waited. She didn’t come to the door.

“Vivian, we can talk about this,” Didac shouted through the door.

“There is nothing to talk about; you made a fool of me,” Vivian yelled back. ”Find somewhere to sleep.”

This had to be said even with the sensitive eyes of his people. ”I could never love Didra the way I love you.”

“I don’t care right now. You lied to me.” But she loved him in spite of it.

“Open the door so we can talk about this.” Didac was losing his patience. “Don’t make me do this.”

“Do what? What are you going to do what you haven’t done already? You stabbed me in the heart.”

“Stop being dramatic.” Didac found himself irritated.

Suddenly the door opened. ”Yeah, you call this dramatic, I will show you dramatic.”  She opened the door and threw a pillow and blanket out. Didac moved to pick them up. She yelled with her hands swooping the air around them. ”You know what while you at it suck your dick too, your supply of blowjobs had dried up.”

Vivian’s small fist connected with his jaw while he was bent over. Didac threw the blanket and pillow on the floor and held her wrists while she struggled to land kicks anywhere she could reach. ”Some men have met their deaths for doing less.”

“What? Are You going to kill me? Let the killing begin….”

“Come on; we can talk about this in our chambers.”

Vivian pushed his shoulders and took a few steps back to avoid his touch. “No, we will speak of this right here and right now. Everybody knew but me so why should I give you the benefit of privacy. Did you sleep with the whole of Constel·lació? Hmm King Didac, tell me?’

“I shouldn’t have to defend myself or Didra. I may be the King, but I am male, and I have needs, I couldn’t bear a lifetime alone.”

“You are so quick to tell me that you are a man now, huh, when I first met you, you couldn’t tell the difference between the two.”

“It’s different with you; you made me realize the difference, and I allowed it because we are meant to be together. I have never been this way with any other women besides you.”

“How do you expect me to believe you right? You only tell me you love me now because I caught you.” Vivian defenses were breaking. The very thought of being without him made him want to cry louder, but she looked to the floor, tears streaming down her eyes.

Didac saw it too and thought it safe to touch her. Her feelings blended with his. Her pain became his grief. Her disappointment became his. It made him sad.” I do love you very much; I cannot imagine a life without you, and I was just waiting for the right time to tell you. I didn’t tell you about Didra because I didn’t think it was important.”

Didac’s palm engulfed her cheek tipping her head so she could look at him.

Vivian lowered her lids and her voice raspy from crying, new tears gathering in her eyes.” You lived with the woman and when you got mated you continued working together alone in your office. Can you imagine what is going on in my mind right now?”

“I know what you must be thinking, but once a Constel·lación male is mated, the thought of touching someone else is unbearable.”

“I know that, but I cannot help how I feel.” She almost whined.

“I would be worried if you felt different.” Didac pulled her face to his chest and rubbed her back.

“Just promise me one thing.”

“What’s that?”

“No matter how hard we fight and disagree, just promise me that you will never keep important secrets from me.”

“I promise.” Didac opened himself up to her.His feelings and thoughts were indistinguishable to hers.

It was unbelievable how she felt about him. Every time they touched and kissed it felt like the first time he wowed her. ”You know when I met you; I was in awe of you.”

Didac chuckled gently.” Uh, what do you think of me now?”

Vivian kissed him. There was tenderness in the way their lips met. “That you are special.”

“You are pretty unique too.”

“I love you so much. Right now and right here I feel there is nothing you could ever do that I would not forgive you for. You may hurt me, but I will always find a way to forgive you. I know the way we met was not really ideal, but you freed me in so many ways.”

“I love you too. When we make love…… it is the best feeling. When you kiss me and look at me with your big brown eyes, my heart stops, and I feel like the most powerful man in the solar system.”

”Ok, that will do.” Vivian pulled him into their room.” Let’s make up.”

Years later

Didac sat behind his desk looking over the plans Agostino had given him for Abramo’s dungeon transfer. The security conditions of the dungeon he was assigned to were designed to make escape impossible for any prisoner should they attempt to escape. Abramo had managed to smuggle ten genetically enhanced humans to attack Constel·lació killing six hundred of his people. Common sense ascertained that he had inside help, so he wasn’t taking any chances. The earlier Abramo was transferred, the better for everyone.

The premeditated attack on Constel·lació had led to his pragmatic decision to attack Mother Earth. Regardless of his stoicism, he was a creature of emotion and making that decision without eliminating his emotions had been unattainable. That had proven to the best decision he had ever made, Martin Bradford’s treachery had not only fostered an opportunity to meet his true mate but eradicated any threats to his planet.

It wasn’t easy to be King. His character was under constant attack, his personal life under a microscope, and his every utterance ruthlessly analyzed. His mate was an exceptional female and Queen, who shared the glory and the agony of his position.

A soft knock on his door brought him back to actuality.

Chimo, the Senior Official of the household in the castle stepped in without waiting for an answer as expected.” Didra to see you, Your Majesty.” He slightly bowed.

“Send her in.”

Chimo disappeared through the large office doors, and a few seconds later Didra paced into the room and stood opposite his desk looking down at him. ”I am leaving.”

Didac stood up and made his way around his desk. ”Where are you going to go?”

They had been living together when he had gone to war with Mother Earth and had come back home mated without having the courtesy to inform her himself. Didac had asked Primo to tell her to pack her belongings before he came back home and leave the castle. They had continued working closely together until his mate; the Queen had found out about their past dalliance. Vivian had given him a choice, to fire his secretary or their mating would cease to exist. Didac hadn’t thought twice about it; he had terminated Didra’s position as his secretary. Didac still felt awful about it even if Didra had explained to him that she understood. He wasn’t proud of it, but no matter what Didra thought, he still cared about her well-being. He hadn’t left her high and dry. He had given her a lesser position as Secretary of Labor.

“I am going to travel the solar system.” She and Didac were not true mates; they just had a social alliance that worked. Spending a century with someone even if you were not in love was a big deal. Letting it all go after the way it ended was the hardest and emotional draining experiences she had ever had. Seeing him with his mate day after day almost fragmented her. But it was so hard to hate Vivian, she was caring and loving individual and foremost, she had the people’s interest at heart. She was worthy to be called a Constel·lación.

Didac took Didra’s hands into his but Didra snatched them away. ”Vivian will be displeased if she caught us touching each other in any way.” She had spent enough time with Vivian to know that earthlings even if not possessive, had boundaries to how, when and especially whom you touched. Most mated Constel·lación males did not take kindly to their females being touched by any males. Hence, she was confused by the tradition.

“She has been here long enough to know that Constel·lacións like to touch each other.” The King may have believed what he said, but would never dare to do such when his Queen was present. Both knew it.

Didac was never in love with Didra, but he always gave her the respect she deserved. He always made it a point not to hurt her feelings.

“No, I feel bad enough already for not telling her about us. You know what.” Didra’s eyes watered. ”She still wanted to be friends after, but it was hard for me to remain, friends because I was jealous of what you have and I know she is important to you because you chose her. I can’t deal with it. Seeing you together every day made me realize that if I stay, I would never figure out who I am without you. I need some time away.”

“I am sorry, I should have realized how much this cost you. What I know now is how you felt without telling you.” The need not to be alone had driven them together. All the time and emotions invested were hard to obliterate even if both knew it was a slight possibility that it was not going to pay off. How would he have reacted if it had been him?

“It's fine, I knew that one day you would find your true mate, but it was so unexpected.

“Please don’t go, we need you here.”

“No, you don’t. I feel so embarrassed, Didac. The way people are looking at me, like I am a home wrecker like I slept my way to the position I had before.”

“We both know it’s not the truth. So what if they think that. You are a Constel·lación, you are a fighter, I will fight with you. You can start over; it can be done.”

“Where does Vivian fit in all this? It is not going to work. I will leave; it’s not going to be forever. When I return you never know, the people would have changed their minds.” Didra twirled around to leave. ”You will have to inform Vivian of my departure.”

“You were going to leave without telling me?” The two must have been absorbed in their feelings because they hadn’t even heard Vivian enter the office. Normally it was hard to sneak up on a Constel·lación because their hearing was enhanced.

“I’m sorry Vivian; I think it’s best for all of us. I wanted to hate you so much, but you were so kind and good to me, and I felt like scum. Every day I kept the secret from you, it was another day I compromised myself, piece by piece and I don’t want you to compromise yourself because you are nice.”

“I hate to say this, but now that you are no longer working in proximity with my husband, I don’t worry about it as much. I will but can you rethink your decision. Constel·lació is your home as much as it is mine. I would hate to see you go because of our mating.” Vivian meant it from the bottom of her soul.

“I have made my decision, and it is for the best for all parties involved.”

“I will have to accept it then. I just hate the position our mating has put you in.”

“I know.”

The End

# 1
Just A Bit Of Trust

---A treachery that fosters an opportunity for a true mate encounter---

Didac
. Alien. King of Constel·lació.

Vivian
. Human. Abused. Untrusting but artless. Daughter of the man who betrays Didac.

Vivian's father is villainous and greedy to the point that he never has an interest in being a good father, husband, and leader. In a world where interplanetary trading is common, her father, Martin Bradford, the President of Mother Earth betrays the most powerful man in the solar system, and she finds herself "mated" to him and carted off to another planet.

Though abused, Vivian is still green enough to believe in love.

Didac is the King of Constel·lació. When his planet is ambushed and more than six hundred Constel·lacións are murdered. He takes on the men who betray him. He declares war on Mother Earth and what he doesn't expect to find is a mate.
Leave it to a woman to complicate things
.

Even if these two come together in a peculiar way, they learn to love each other but would Constel·lació accept their love?

# 2
Just A Bit Of Faith
 
-to be released in September/October 2016

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