The Given

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN:

Given

Pathetic! You can't do anything! They will trample on you. Take away your beloved human, just look at how lost she is. She needs a strong pillar not a dying man!

Not now, I thought. Dread filled my veins as I watched the one thing that matters to me break down. Even when she had attempted suicide she had a flame inside her. But at this moment I am witnessing my love cry her heart out. Her wails are painful to my ears. There are painful to my fading soul. Tugging at me. To not let go, but how? This is my end!

You know its not Darius. Let me dominate the emptiness of your shell.

"I can't. I pledged I will perish. Look what I have caused her. Look how I destroyed her life." I said sadly.

"How? How can I let myself continue on when I have made her the past me! She just lost the one thing that made her smile even though she wouldn't tell me, I knew she loved him. Perhaps more than she does to me.

I don't mind. But because of me she lost him. Because of the gift..no, the curse that I gave her. That ability. Its my fault. My fault. My fault"

Look at the demons staring at her like prey. THOSE ARE THE ONES RESPONSIBLE!

"Aren't I a demon too? Another demon that contributed to this...her madness."

Not entirely Darius. I am you. You are me. But you locked me away. Because of that, your humanity still reigned. You say you hate humans-

"I fucking do." I growled in anger.

Still you fell in love with one. This one is special. You went out of your way. And what you call a curse that you bestowed on her. Its a gift.

I chuckled bitterly.

A gift for both your souls. A solace. A place where you can always no matter what ,find each other. Where we always find each other. A space only for the two of you.

I remained silent. But her cry brought me back to the present. Her hands were deep in the soil clutching at pebbles digging inside her palms as she screamed her pain out. Her jaguars had gone into a frenzy. Biting, tearing. Anything as long as it leaves no life. Her tears fell on the ground. As she raised her eyes to meet mine.

My world fell.

Few Day's ago.....

" Am sorry." Were the first words that left my mouth as I cornered her down a dark alley. We were out shopping for groceries. Not that there ain't enough, no. Its just I want to spend some time with her after the incident. Our hot make out. That each time I thought of it, I feel hot.

Its been five days and we were avoiding each other. The others seemed to have noticed but said nothing. Except of course Delia, who seemed thrilled at the prospect. She wouldn't look me in the eye and she spent more time with Ramon which was boiling my insides.

It must be that I have donned enough vinegar for a lifetime in the past five days. So unable to take it any longer I told them am gonna leave with Marvel. My Marvel for a few days and of course she has no idea. This whole shopping thing is a fake just to talk to her. To hear her voice. To feel her warmth. Her rebellious spirit.