Forbidden

Chapter Twenty

"Master Rommath!" At Thanell's cry Obito dashed out of the library and down the stairs, taking them two at a time. His mate had gone missing most of the day and he had been unable to contact him. He threw himself at the Magus as he stood in the door.

"Be careful, Master Obito, he's badly injured."

"Who in the hell is this child?" Rommath growled as he let his servants support him.

Obito blinked and tried to calm him through their soul bond he was surprised to find an icy chill instead of the typical burning. "Rom?" he said.

"You speak to me awful familiar for one I do not know."

"Master it's your lifemate, Obito … what did those villains do to you?" Thanell said.

"My what?" Rommath growled his wounds suddenly forgotten.

Obito held up his life-bond scarred arms. "Why can't I feel your soul anymore?"

"Because it was never there? Has this whole house gone mad?" The magus held up his own tattooed arms and Obito was shocked to see only the old life-bonding scars for many years ago. His were no longer there.

"Master Obito please go to the room your mother had, we'll take care of the Master … please just go."

Obito shook his head in confusion and turned to leave. "Wait, you're Tyilo's son aren't you?" Rommath asked.

"Yes," Obito said softly.

"How are he and your mother?" Rommath asked.

Obito shook his head and ran up the stairs to the guest bedroom his mother had stayed in. It had already been cleared of her personal belongings. He sat down on the bed and tried again to find the soul link, it was gone.

He listened to the flurry of activity outside the door; it took all his resolve not to run to his mate. Time passed slowly and sun had long been set when there was a knock on his door. A moment later Lady Liadrin entered, in her hand was a tray. "Othan fixed you some dinner, Obito."

"Does he remember me?" Obito asked as he took the tray and set it down on a nearby table.

"I'm sorry; he seems to have forgotten the last several months … he doesn't remember the attack on Silvermoon, or saving you." Liadrin said. "Our best healers are with him now, trying to amend it … but you should brace yourself for the worse."

"But we're soul-mates how does someone forget a soul-bound? It's not there … I've tried …"

"Sometimes things work out the way they were meant to be; perhaps this is for the best? You were thrust into a life you didn't want; now you can continue down a path of your own choosing." She kissed his cheek and left.

He sat down on the edge of the bed. "But I was happy, for the first time in a long time. I don't want to be alone again."

A soft presence touched his mind. "Your mate will return to you when your souls sing as one."

"Mother!" Obito tried to find her but she was gone. He frowned, how were their souls suppose to sing when the bond which connected them was no longer there?

He stepped out of the room and walked down the hall to the master bedroom. The doors were open and he saw various priests standing around the bed. Thanell caught his arm. "You shouldn't be here."

Obito pulled his arm free and approached the bed. Rommath seemed to be sleeping; Obito had never seen his mate asleep. He had always fallen asleep after Obito and gotten up first. Ignoring the cries of protest he crawled into the bed and laid down next to Rommath. "Don't leave me, Rom," he whispered wrapping an arm around his chest.

His arm was roughly grabbed and pulled back; he looked over into the angry eyes of the magus. "Child, please see yourself out of my bedroom …"

"I'm your mate, damn it … I've slept beside you for the last month … why don't you remember?" The gaze of the other softened slightly.

"Seems I have lost a lot of memories, I don't know how but will find out the answers. However, I do know there is no way I would have life-bonded to the likes of you. Now leave before I have you removed."

Thanell took Obito's arm and led him out of the room. "I'm sorry Master Obito," he said as he shut the doors to the bedroom.

Obito walked back down to the guest bedroom and after entering locked the door behind him. Last night's love making session was still fresh on his mind. Rommath had revealed every piece of his soul to him, and now it seems it had been a good-bye of sorts. Stripping he climbed under the sheets of the bed and closed his eyes, trying to remember every detail of their final moments together as lifemates, it were these memories that lingered on his mind as he fell asleep.