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Chapter 4

"That's not strictly true though, is it?" Blade interjected. Scale and Melon looked over at one another confused.

“Yes it is.” Grim lied, denying it. He didn't want to touch that topic.

“I know you, Grim. You put up a front when you want to avoid the problem.”

"Shut up! If you know what's good for you, you will shut up!" Grim bellowed with full front rage but underneath that rage was a forgotten sadness.

Scale wanted to know more of Grim and perhaps in a weird way, understand him.

He knew that angering such a powerful being was a foolish and stupid thing to do. It was something a neanderthal would do, not Blade.

"Why should I not tell them? We are brothers after all, and brothers share those moments together. Moments that were inspired by the other."

"I inspired you?" Grim said sarcastically, trying to hide his genuine bewilderment and emotion.

"Of course, you protected me from a deranged psycho, who you actually cared for. You had the choice between me or her, and you chose me. How can I ever forget that?" Blade reminded him.

"I poured my heart out for her and she betrayed me, she stabbed me in the back." Grim confessed related to his first love.

"Well, it was technically Dad whom she stabbed in the back." Blade commented, trying to lighten the mood. Grim laughed, it sounded sarcastic.

“Love is a weakness! Love makes people blind! It's a snare that keeps you captive, your heart becomes a jailer that comes in and beats you senseless at any given chance. The one who you fall for becomes the warden, that warden has you bound to do their whim. I can never love again because it's a curse!” His whole body twitched in a sadistic manner as he cackled words of insanity. “I fell victim to its grasp, even to this day, I think about her, how I let her just get away.” Grim turned to look at the spineless Reptilian. “You better watch out, Scale. Love can put you on your knees at your weakest. If you're as cunning and slippery as your race, don't give your heart out to anyone. If that alien cop has you bound, it's over.”

“If that were true, Blade and I wouldn't be together. You've seen it with your own eyes, Grim.” Melon said as she went out to grab Blade's hand. Both Grim and Scale have witnessed the trials, their age differences and the hurdles Melon and Blade went through to strengthen their bond and trust each other. “We wouldn't be married if we didn't love each other.”

Grim acknowledged how solid their union was. An immortal Shadow Soldier and a mortal goddess. The question is that their love would endure the test of time or expire upon Melon's departure.

“Scale, don't believe everything Grim tells you. Love is not a prison, is a communion.” Melon advised, “Love is a bond of mutual trust, communication, selfless, sharing each other's joys and sorrows. It takes a lot of trial and error to strengthen a relationship.”

“That won't last long, believe me.” Grim affirmed. “It will ruin your life.” The onlookers began to gather around at the unraveling scene.