Chapter 42: Toughest Night “I’m not.” And my tears kept falling. He was too cold toward me, and it felts like hell. Human emotion was too strange, I could not hide my real emotions. “You are, you kept moving away from me.” Why am I demanding he stays close anyway? “I hurriedly wiped my tears and stepped back too. I wiped my nose and tried to stop crying. “Sorry, who am I demand anyway.” And when I turned to him, he was already an inch away. I felt his strong arms around me, I wanted to cry in glee, but I could not breathe. “I…I could not breathe.” He let go of me and worriedly check my body. “That was why I was keeping my distance. You’re fragile in human form, I might crash you.” Different kinds of happiness tickled my heart. I felt relief hearing him said that. “Then try not to crash me,” I jumped into his arms and hugged him tight. I was skin was colder than before. I missed him, didn’t I? We stayed like that for a few minutes or an hour. There were things that I wa

Chapter 44: Enchanted FlowerNo prize comes for free indeed. I needed to drive that snake away but how. That must be hungry. I turned my back and headed to the forest to find something to feed that snake. Or maybe I could fight it. I stopped and considered the thought I could fight the snake. I looked at it and my eyes almost dropped when it caught a fly in a blink. Faster than I thought. That snake must be venomous, I should not let it see me. I tried hard not to make any noise to attract its attention. After walking to find something to feed it, I found nothing near the falls. Then I heard footsteps. I run to where it was coming from and saw a man, he was carrying a katana on his back. Probably a hunter. I could try my luck. “Hello?” I waved my hand when she turned to me. His face was covered with black cloth. I pulled an awkward smile. I saw him holding his katana’s handle. “No, I’m a hunter’s daughter we… we near, I mean we live near Mount Rikia. I’m not an enemy.” I

Chapter 46: Motherly Warmth Leaving the moment became my motto after that rough emotional breakdown. I started to enjoy fighting with her puppet, which eventually became my daily routine after errands around her territory. I have never seen Marieta leave her house, she’d spend her day and night reading and mixing liquids for her potion. I was in the dining, sitting like a queen while having my coffee. I have been watching her very busy. “What are you doing, Marieta? You look like you’re running out of time.” “I am scared I might die before I figure this out.” Scared. I felt bored when her puppets became easy to take down. I knocked on the door to get her attention. “Can I roam around?” “Just make sure you aren’t crying when you return or worse never return.” That was harsh. She wasn’t good a saying take care, was she?“Sure,” I got my backpack and cape. I made sure I brought a knife to protect myself. I thought of visiting Zild but I realized, maybe he was not ready to t

Chapter 48: Litte PicnicI hope that was an assurance. I could not make her talk. And I could not force her. "Will your reason affect this peace if I would learn it? If yes, I'll leave it and not bother anymore. I hope you find it in your heart that I want to trust you. I will not able to do that knowing you are keeping something." This discussion should end there. She has made her decision.I walked out of her house and went to the lake. I wasn't expecting any set up by the lake yet I found a picnic mat and a basket of fruits on it. I looked around to find Zild and he was already in the lake. He instantly smiled when he saw me and my eyes were pulled by his sexy body. I was almost covered with scars but they couldn't shade his perfect build. His pale white skin and red lips were never been sexy like this."Do you want to stare all day?" I blinked and let out a chuckle. "I like your body." His smile went wider. "I can tell." I sat down on the mat and he walked to me. "Don't yo

Chapter 50: Her Secret I felt my lungs stop accepting air and I slowly turned to Marieta. She was emotionless and his words seemed to trigger her."Leave now!" And for the first time, I saw her use her wand to harm.I saw Kylo angrily stand up, "Lavelle, you always trust the wrong people. When will you ever learn?" He said and left. Sadly, he was one whom I trusted and the wrong man to trust.She only vanished as if nothing happened, I instantly run to her house and found her in her room. It was locked. My breath hitched realizing she was trying to run away from confrontation again."Marietta!" I called her out. "Please explain, I want to hear your side." It may sound like begging I did not care."I'm an enemy, you can leave now." She was avoiding the topic, her words felt like a stab straight to my heart. Why would she push me?"Why? Did you offer me home because you were guilty?" I remembered her saying that. She said she was guilty when she learned about my life. That night when s