I Closed My Eyes And She Slipped Away Novels & Stories

I closed my eyes as we remained like that for a while. After a while, she shifted and rest her head on the wall and pulled her hands from mine and held them out toward the Moon and began to say, "You know.. I was so close to the light that I could grasp it but.. my hands were tied and I watched that light fade away with my very eyes.. The light of hope that can shine in my world blows out right in front of me…” She whispered with a dry smile which soon was wiped.

I whispered. She obeyed my command and closed her eyes. I initiated teleportation in my mind and we both vanished from the room in the blink of an eye.

I couldn't see her. I could only feel. Her hand turned slowly beneath mine, letting me hold on instead of pulling free. One second. My breathing slowed. Two seconds. The pounding behind that locked door quieted, just slightly. Three seconds. Then she slipped loose, gentle, careful not to startle me. No words followed. No promise. Only her absence, settling back over me like something remembered and lost in the same breath. Darkness won after that. Hours passed. Maybe less. I surfaced into gray morning light.

I was completely entranced by my own mate. I closed the final gap. Her thick eyelashes fluttered. Her eyes snapped open. I froze completely. Caught red-handed.

I looked up at her. “Maybe one day,” she continued, “you’ll realize people aren’t meant to be shut out the same way.” “And maybe one day,” I replied, my voice lower now, “you’ll stop leaving before I figure out how to open them.” Her gaze met mine. It held there, suspended, carrying more than either of us said. Then she turned. The sound of her heels echoed softly down the hallway. The front door closed without force. Just a clean, quiet click. And then nothing.

When she pushes through the door and begins to close it behind her, I move. My hand presses against the door, stopping it from closing. I move quickly. The moment before the door closes, I slip in, silent as a shadow, letting the door click softly behind me. She doesn’t notice. She’s already making her way further into the apartment to the kitchen, muttering something under her breath. She’s distracted, caught in her own world, and completely unaware that I’m in her space now, watching.

Thoughts he shouldn’t have. Feelings she wasn’t ready for. She could’ve closed the curtain. But she didn’t. Not yet. Not when she was still getting lost in eyes… lost in what could be her escape… Her escape from this lonely world she seemed to be in.

Her vision blurred again, but her heart skipped. He came for me... My knight in shining armor. Her lips moved, barely audible. “Mose…” Then the blur took over again, and her eyelids dropped. She slipped into unconsciousness once more.

as if trying to erase them. “Damn sure,” he whispered against her skin, and slowly, he released her arms. Her limbs felt heavy with uncertainty, but she didn’t move. Her eyes remained on him, glued to the retreating form that backed away without breaking their gaze for even a second. It was like he didn’t want to let go, even as he walked away. And she... she couldn’t look away. She felt trapped in whatever unspoken pull still existed between them. Her eyes only fluttered closed once he disappeared from sight.

His blue-green eyes are full of sorrow, and I smile as brightly as I can to show him that all will be well. "I love you." My energy disappears, and my eyes close. I let the blackness take hold of me, and it could have been a second or hours later, but my soul drifts away. The End.... For Now.