His face was priceless and he could not stop staring at me and what I wore. Not uncomfortable under his gazing eyes, I waved my hands in front of his face. “Hello..?” I said uncomfortably. His eyes snapped up to mine with a sheepish smile. “I’m sorry.” He rubbed his neck and motioned for me to walk in front of him out of respect. I just scoffed and walked ahead before coming to a stop to glare at him, “So you want me to let me lead?? To where?? Where are we going?” He sighed and took my hand but I snatched it back and narrowed my eyes at him. He sighed once more and took it, grasping it tightly so that I couldn't snatch it out of his hold not letting go even when I tried to snatch it again. “let go of me, you jerk!!” Ignoring me, he kept walking as though my actions toward him meant nothing. I started to hiss at him in spite before yelling. “You’ll break my wrist, you brute!!” He abruptly let go of my hand and turned in concern and seeing that as an opportunity I started to
I struggled effortlessly to swim to the surface of the ocean but the more I struggled, the more I sink further down the bottomless pit. My will and struggles become weaker and eventually, I had no energy in me to fight against the torrent of the waters I sank deeper into the ocean feeling myself lose my consciousness gradually, and before I knew it darkness encircled me, and drew me within itself. For what seemed like just a few minutes later, I let out a tightly drawn gasp of air and flew my eyes open but what met them was total and desolate darkness. The same that consumed me when she was on the verge of losing consciousness. However, I could feel that I was no longer surrounded by water but rather I was lying down flat on what seemed like a concrete floor.Trying to control my emotions and not allow fear to consume my being, I move my hand around me the floor not truly knowing what I was looking for in my doing so."Hello, is anyone there?" I called out hoping that someone was t
“What...Who...” He stammered, not sure if what he was seeing before him was real or not. He raised his hands to rub against his face hoping that after doing that and he eventually opened his eyes, everything would be just a dream, or an illusion, or trance, or something to indicate that what he just saw, the person before him, was all a lie and not natural. But unfortunately, when he did remove his hands and opened his eyes, the guy standing before him, who looked exactly like him, was still standing before him, smirking or trying not to laugh at him or at how his actions were rather funny. Dante I still got the flowers that you sent My head shot up from my palms. Music? Lorel? And the note you wrote that said that we were meantTo be foreverAn’ I keep them all as evidenceIn a drawer under the mirror With each word from the lyrics, I felt my heart ache. Like a guitar, each word strung my heartstrings. I clenched my chest, trying my best to stand up but unable to because my h
All I could do was stare at her, still not believing she was right in front of me. I reached out to touch her once more as I had not since I helped her regurgitate the water she had swallowed as she drowned. With the way I hallucinated so much today, I was afraid that this was a hallucination that would fade in minutes and leave me with a cold, harsh reality. My hand traveled to her face and she stilled in anticipation, her wide eyes glued to my form. “Dante?” Her whisper was small and sounded frightened. I let out a huge sigh of relief and pulled her close to me in desperation. “Lorelei..” She immediately clung to me and started to cry. I could only keep quiet and stroke her hair, still trying not to freak out over the fact that she was in this realm with me. Goddess, please. Let her not be dead. “I’m so sorry, my love. I’m here now. I’m here now.” Her sobs got louder and I had to gather her more into my arms while comforting her the best I could. I kept reassuring her of my
The winds were blowing colder and the sun set faster, with day giving way to evening that much easier. Winter was, indeed, approaching. Mara was helping her mother out in the gardens, surprised that her plants were still alive. Most of the leaves had turned brown and orange when autumn came, but their herbs, vegetables and flowers always seemed to flourish under her mother’s touch. Lucinda Hastings was humming to herself as she picked all of the ingredients she wanted from the growing pile of snow. Mara was certain that by nightfall, the ground would be completely covered in white. Her father had also gone off into the woods to collect lumber for their fire, leaving the two women to themselves. It was eerily silent, seeing as their cottage was situated in the middle of a clearing, deep within the mountains. Mara wasn’t sure where the nearest village was, but ever since she was young, they’d always lived far away from everyone else. They also moved around a lot. Mara had gotten us
Shocked by what I heard, I turn to look at Liam for confirmation but I could not even say the words because of how affected I was by what I just heard, only my eyes did the talking. I guess seeing the pain and betrayal in my eyes couldn't make Liam look me straight to my face, instead, he averted his eyes from mine and nodded in confirmation.Upon seeing him confirm it, I almost fainted." w...why... my sister...how could you Liam" I felt as if my heart was about to be ripped out of my chest and couldn't help but to hit my chest a couple of times before collapsing on the couch behind me. On seeing me collapse, Liam and Autumn, my younger sister of two years, ran to me out of panic. The reason they are like this is that I just did surgery for my heart disease and I'm still recuperating."Don't.... don't come any closer". I raise my hand to refute their advance toward me."Lorel, I'm so sorry please forgive me. I wanted to tell you but didn't know how to" Autumn said with tears and reg
‘Are we genuinely going to search this place ourselves, your highness?’ Dario said through the mind-link. ‘That won’t be necessary. He will bring him out soon enough. Just follow my lead.’ “W…what…you… you know that you are aggravating your Highness.” He said with clenched teeth. “Not surprising. I’ve been told that several times.” I said still walking in, not showing any sign of stopping. “Alright…alright, quit walking already, I will take you to where he’s being held. Don’t come and cause a ruckus here again. The one your brother did is enough already.” “Held?” I came to a stop after hearing this word. “Yes, he is currently being held in one of the suits because he wouldn’t stop harassing Vivian.” “Vivian? Your sister?” That got my full attention. “Yes, my sister.” He said completely annoyed and this time he showed his real feeling. Not in one bit enjoying the way they are both involved with each other. “Why?” I asked not liking what I was hearing. “That,
He left after saying that and went about doing his thing.I watched him with confusion as he left but could still not understand why he said all that he did.I shook my head and let out a tired sigh before looking down at my table. On it laid more than twelve empty shot glasses.I heaved a sigh once more and decided that I’d truly had more than enough alcohol in my system.My first attempt to stand had me falling back on my seat and I let out a drunken laugh.I tried standing up again but this time slowly and with the help of using the table to support me.I had not taken more than two steps when my line of view was blocked by a body.At first, I thought it was the bartender that came back to help me and said before raising my head, “you don’t have to help me. I got this.”But when I raised my head to look at him, it turned out to be a different person.“Oh, sorry I thought you were someone