16.

'Why her?'

He's asked this question before and in seeking an answer, he's found himself near her.

He should have stayed away but he couldn't, even today, he couldn't.

She should have remained a stranger, a mere human that would be a distant memory but no, she became more than the answers he sought out.

She's become a missing piece to an almost invincible puzzle. He's been restless ever since the dream he had. A dream about her, no, a dream that involved her.

What did she mean to him that he lost his senses at the mere thought of her life lost?

Everything changed because of that dream.

Or was it a vision?

All he knows is that he is no longer the same.

Ending her didn't make sense anymore but keeping her breathing did. This knowledge without reason, frustrated parts of him that should stay focused and he hated it more than regret.

All this time, he's been settled with being the villain in someone else's story. And now to be the he-----

'No.' He shook his head, refusing to finish the