ULTRAVIOLET [✔]

[15] The day after

JENNIE POV

I woke up nuzzled deeply into a warm body. I must have been so exhausted that I did not even move an inch away from Lisa during the night. I also noticed that I was still half naked under the blanket but that did not really bother me much. We were in the privacy of our tent, we could do whatever we wanted.

Hold on! Did I just think of Lisa's tent as... our tent...? Fuck.

Tilting my chin up slightly without moving too much, I checked if Lisa was awake or not. We were still sharing skin contact but as long as she was sleeping, I couldn't trigger her powers. I really did not need her looking inside my head right now. 

I closed my eyes hard and let my body sink into the mattress deeper. I felt Lisa's big warm hand loosely lying on the dip of my waist. I could feel each one of her fingers and I listened to her steady breathing.

The familiar pull inside of me was silently replaced by a warm tingling feeling as long as I was so close to her.

Close to my soulmate.

Throughout those days that I'd been unconscious, I had always felt Lisa's presence close to me. And sometimes I had even been able to hear things.

I had heard Lisa crying.

I had heard the group discussing things while somebody took me into the water.

And I had heard the girls talk and Lisa telling them the truth about our connection. A truth that she had deliberately kept from me all this time.

I still felt completely overwhelmed by it. I mean, what in the fucking world!? Lisa couldn't just claim me as her magical soulmate! I was a witch! My kind did not do commitment! At least very rarely! And when somebody did, they were considered weak and foolish. And called crazy. Like my mother! And I did not want to end up like my mother just because she loved someone and then lost him.

Witches had temporary companions. Playthings. Sex. Not soulmates!

The only problem was... that I did feel it too. I probably felt it differently than Lisa but I knew now that what I felt, was caused by deep rooted, ancient magic. And that kind of magic was not to be messed with!

Even before I knew all this, I had felt a constant subtle pull to be closer to the faye girl. I was able to feel her presence. And I was the only one who could trigger her well-guarded powers with so much as a tiny touch. It all made sense to me now. But that didn't mean I was ok with it.

I had felt scared before of the feelings that seemed to have snuck their way into my chest. The feelings I clearly had for her. But now I was downright terrified of their sheer gravity.

Witches did not fall in love! We did not have soulmates! Right?

I dreaded talking to her about this. I had no idea what I was supposed to say anyway.

I'd rather stay in bed with her, trying to shut her up with all the ways I could possibly think of. 

I very much liked the sex though. Lisa was good at things. Plus, her mind fairy powers came very much in handy during those steamy moments.

But feelings? Hell no! They made me feel like running away. And yet, I was still here...

I could just go. Leave. Without anybody noticing. I'd be long gone before they'd start looking for me. But somehow... that thought hurt somewhere deep inside of me.

The mere thought of leaving Lisa, made my stomach churn painfully.

My mind was in terrible disarray. And my heart didn't fare any better. I was so fucked.