Wolf's Curse

Chapter Twenty Eight

Chapter Twenty Eight

I lay back on the grass under the tree that was protecting me from the bright sun. A cool breeze blew from one direction to the other, giving me shivers. I tried to keep my mind away from all the situations in my life happening right now. I wanted to get away from everything and everyone and just have some alone time to collect all my thoughts.

"How long have you been staring at that tree for?" I snapped my eyes open to see Leon walking towards me.

"For long," I said chuckling. I pushed myself up so that I was leaning my weight on my elbows. Leon lay down beside me not caring that his black suit would get wrinkled. He had a small smile on his face as he stared at me.

"What are you thinking about?" His voice was lower than before. I felt a shiver pass through my body and I looked away from his eyes that were alluring me.

"Nothing." The lie slipped out of my mouth easily. I didn't know if I lied because I didn't want to think about all that now or I didn't trust Leon.

"You are lying." His voice had a slight edge to it, almost like he couldn't believe I did that to him. I looked at him from the corner of my eye to see that anger had replaced his face that was calm just a few seconds.

"I don't feel like talking about it."

"You can't keep avoiding the situation, Ashley."

"If you have come to lecture me about what I should do and I shouldn't do then please leave me alone."

"Talk to me, Ashley. I just want you to tell me what is on your mind."

"It's hard. I don't know where or how to start."

I felt like an unsolved puzzle trying to figure out what was happening. My mind was all over the place. I wasn't sure where to start because I didn't know when it started. I knew when the dark voice started to talk to me but I never knew why I deserved any of the things that he did to torture me.

"Why don't you start from why you are ignoring your aunt?"

"How do you know about that?" I didn't remember telling him about my aunt. I haven't told anybody about her, not because I didn't want to but I, myself have no idea what I am going to say to her.

"Your phone kept on ringing, so I went to see who was calling you so much. Your aunt is worried, Ashley. You need to talk to her. You can't worry her like this."

"I don't want to see my parents lying in that coffin. I couldn't bear to see that knowing that I had something to do with their death."

"You didn't kill them. I want you to know that. What happened was not something you could just stop from happening. Wolf spirits are unpredictable. You are allowed to grieve over their death and going to see your aunt might help with the pain. That pain in your chest will never go away, but you can slowly learn to turn it into something good. Fill the hole in your chest with all the good memories you had with your parents."

Due to the tears that were running down my face, I didn't realise that Leon had moved closer towards me. His hand was brushing away all the tears. I could smell his minty breath that was being let by his slightly parted mouth which was right by my face.

If my face wasn't sticky from all the crying and if both of us were in a better mood than we would have kissed each other, but right now all we could do was stare. There wasn't any awkwardness about it; the intimacy between us had doubled in just seconds. This would have definitely been a romantic moment if somebody hadn't thrown a soccer ball over us.

Leon jumped up from his position in a second and was in a threating position. His body was rigid and his fists were clenched- ready to punch at the attacker. He was standing right in front of me in a protective stance. His eyes were glaring at the boy that was standing in front of us.

"Why did you do that?" Leon's voice was sharp and held power in it. His voice was the complete opposite of what it had been a second ago. It was almost like he was a completely different person.

"I am sorry I didn't mean to do that! I didn't aim for it to go there. You have to, believe me, I didn't do it on purpose!" The boy ranted nervously. I got up from my sitting position and walked over to where Leon was standing. I picked up the ball that was by his feet and dusted the mud that had now come onto it.

"Here take this," I said throwing the ball to the scared boy, "it was a mistake that you are forgiven for." The boy caught the ball with ease and nodded his head thankfully. His eyes sneaked a glance at Leon.

"Thank you, mam. Sorry again sir." The boy quickly ran back to his friends. I didn't know how Leon could change his emotions so quickly only a few seconds ago we were sitting in an intimate position but the next second he was trying to protect me from something that not all harmful.

"Are you alright?" My question seemed to bring Leon out of the daze he was in. He glanced at me for a second before his eyes glazed once again but this time for a different reason.

"Pack your bags." I furrowed my eyebrows in confusion but then got angry at what he told me. Leon didn't ask this as a question but rather in a command like voice.

"Why should I pack my bags?" Even though I was mad about what Leon had just said, I was curious to know why he said that.

"We are going to your parents' funeral."

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