We talked for a while. He told me a story of how he got a very big scar on his right eye that nearly blinded him but if not for a very powerful healer who helped him. He allowed me to touch his scar. I couldn't see his face so I imagined how it would look on his face.I told him of when I pulled a prank on Kira when I was eight. Paige and I had put Boyle, a substance that caused itchiness, into her bathing gel. I omitted Paige from the story since I was obviously lying about my name. It felt so good to recall that memory, especially with a stranger who could freely laugh with me. I didn't think I'd ever laughed with someone who wasn't Paige before.The snack table became vacant as the crowd cheered for another dance. He finally let go of me. This was my chance to escape but I didn't want to go. I wanted to stay and continue talking to him and share more stories and I really wanted to see his face. I turned to speak to him when I realized he wasn't there anymore. The stranger had left
"You did what?" Paige shouted but I covered her mouth before she could utter more insults my way."I'll be damned. Why the hell would you do that? Okay so what if he starts looking for a girl named Paige, what am I to do?" She started biting her lips. It was something she did unconsciously when she was stressed out."It's no big deal. He left without a goodbye. I doubt that we'll ever cross paths again." I said in an 'I don't care' tone but I knew from how she narrowed her eyes that she could see right through me."You almost had me fooled Reika but the look in your eyes tells me something different. You want to see him again, don't you?""Ugh, Paige it's killing me not knowing what he looks like." I finally said letting my frustration show. I hadn't been able to sleep last night because my mind was occupied by the stranger."When we talked yesterday, I felt something that I can't understand. I know we don't believe in mates but it felt like he was the one for me. I don't…." I break o
A pungent smell hit my nose as I regained consciousness. It was coming from the dirty cloth which had been used to cover my eyes. I had a mild headache and my mind was fuzzy. Nothing made sense. It was like I had been drugged with something. I felt weak and I could barely move. My hands and legs were tied with ropes and I lay on a very hard wood that had been used as a seat.My body suddenly jerked forward and I fell face flat on the floor of the carriage I was in as it rocked back and forth along a rocky road.What the hell was going on?I got up from the floor and sat back on the wood.I couldn't remember how I got myself into this situation. The only thing I could recall was my nose being with a wet cloth and seeing Paige and Kira unconscious on the ground. Was Paige alright?As much as I loathed Kira, I did not what her dead.Was I being kidnapped? Where were they taking me?All these questions ran through my head as the carriage suddenly stopped and footsteps neared it. The door
~VLAD~To say I was stunned was a huge understatement. I had never thought to check up on the lady because I didn't see her as a potential trait. When I turned around and spotted her trying to escape, I was stupefied.How did she untie herself?I turned back to my human form and dragged her back to the carriage. She cried and bit my hands several times but my grip on her was very strong.Fitcher and the other men were behind me, staring at the lady with amazement written all over their faces."Are you sure we kidnapped the right person?" Fitcher asked flabbergasted, "How did she even untie herself?""Damn it. she used the wine bottle I left in the carriage." Kai spoke coming out of the carriage with pieces of glass in his hands. When did he even enter there?"You're a very cunning lady." Bruno sneered from where he was sitting on the ground while Alec went back to reading his book. He was such a bookworm."What do you want from me?" the girl voiced from beside me. She tried to speak i
Was it him, Vlad?The Stranger I had hidden behind the potted plant?Yesterday when the other man, what was his name again? Aha! Fitcher had mentioned the name, I was extremely shocked. I had looked at him front head to toe assessing him. The man standing before me had white hair and was very good-looking. He appeared to have the same height as the stranger but he couldn't be him because he didn't have a scar on his left eye.If he was indeed the man behind the potted plant; then there should have been a scar on his face. I remembered it clearly. My hands had touched it, felt it.He couldn't be that 'Vlad'. It was not possible. I couldn't bring myself to believe that the stranger behind the potted plant, who had made me feel such wonderful things, was the same man who had kidnapped me.Waking up an hour ago to find 'Vlad' looking at me as if he couldn't quite believe what he was seeing, was quite unsettling. His gaze had startled me and I nearly fell off the wood if not for his hand
My eyes widened in shock and I stood up as it dawned on me that the man standing in front of me was truly Vlad."You're the stranger?""Hmm", he nodded, affirming my suspicions."How's that even possible? But you don't have a scar on your face. Wait, did you lie to me about that" I asked right before the carriage moved, making me fall onto his lap. He just chuckled at my question.His hands made their way to my waist turning my back to face him and trapping me on his lap."What are you doing?" I shouted, already flustered by his actions. One of his hands pressed me to him so that I could feel the hard muscles that lay beneath his cloak.His lips were dangerously close to my ears and his breath on my neck stirred things within me that I could not understand."Why did you lie to me, Reika?" he whispered huskily and at that moment I could feel my heart begin to beat faster than normal. His question alarmed me. He made me feel things that I'd never felt before but at the same time, he unn
We had been walking for two days now and my butt was hurting from sitting on a horse as it walked on a rocky path throughout. My hands were tied with a rope that was being held by Vlad who walked alongside the horse. It was all Bruno's idea. Damn him!He didn't trust her one bit and had asked Vlad to tie me up. Immediately those words left his mouth I wished I could shove my foot into that big mouth of his.Kai had agreed with him, Fitcher had asked Vlad not to make it too tight (such an angel) while Alec had merely looked up from his book and asked what was going on. The man had fallen about twenty times since we started this journey because he was reading while walking.He had spoken to me once and that was when I had asked him about the title of the book he was reading. His eyes had sparkled when he was explaining it to me and I truly wondered whether he loved anything that wasn't a book. While talking Bruno had smacked him on the head and the two started bickering. I noticed how h
I jolted awake as I felt something wet drip from my head to my face.I sat on the mat I laid on and searched around. My hands were still bounded and tied to Vlad, who was letting out slight snores from his lips. The others were also still asleep. They must have been very tired to not have noticed my movements. The fire had already depleted, its ashes scattered by the wind.I didn't know where the substance was coming from, nor what it was but it dripped from my hair and down, soiling my clothes. My tied hands came into contact with my forehead and the liquid substance felt sticky under my touch.The place was partially dark due to the moon's light so I could still see things. I brought my hands down to look at them and my eyes widened with what I saw.Blood!The sticky liquid substance was blood and it was in my hair. I searched my head for any kind of wound but there was none there.Where was the blood coming from?I asked myself before something dropped onto my head again, startling