Wolf's Curse

Chapter Twenty Nine

Chapter Twenty Nine

I tapped my foot loudly on the floor of the airplane. I glared at the smiling waitresses that were walking up and down the small aisle. I checked the time on my watch and noticed that it was thirty minutes past the time of the departure.

A few minutes ago the pilot said that they were having minor difficulties and the crew were doing everything in their power to not delay that flight any longer, but as I stared out the window I noticed a group of crew members in a group laughing at a joke that one of them had said.

I heard the loud tapping of the air hostesses heels as she walked fast to get to the other side of the plane. I heard her greet someone with her fake cheerful voice. After a few seconds of slight murmurs from the people surrounding me, I heard the sound of not only the heels tapping but also the sound of heavy feet.

I groaned inwardly when I realised that they had stopped by my seat. I prayed silently, hoping he was sitting the aisle opposite me. I tried to ignore the shadow of the two people that were standing beside me by looking out the window. I noticed the workers that had been laughing earlier were now moving the small carts away from the airplane.

I felt a sense of relief fill my body when I realised that we must be taking off soon. I felt a surge to turn around and stared at the man but against my body's wishes, I didn't. Instead, I turned my head slightly when I heard the person sit down in the seat next to me.

From the corner of my eye, I watched him put on his seatbelt. When he glanced my way I quickly averted my eyes to the window but I wasn't looking outside the window, I was looking at the reflection of the person behind me.

As the glass of the window had fingerprints all over it I couldn't make out his face properly, but I did see his eyes; eyes that were also staring at the reflections in the mirror.

Our eyes locked in the reflection. It seemed like I was in a trance. My eyes vent away from his prying eyes and glanced at the blurred face of the man sitting next to me. I realised that his face was very familiar. His face looked very similar too-

"Good evening ladies and gentlemen, we will be taking off shortly so please make sure you have put your seat belts on and all your hand baggage is either beneath the seat or inside the compartments."

Just like many of the other passengers I let out a loud sigh in relief. Even though I didn't know my aunt, I was glad to know that I had at least one member of my family left. I wanted to go home for the last time because after this trip there wasn't anything left in the town that I had grown so familiar with.

"I canceled my whole schedule for the next couple of days and paid a lot of money so that the flight was delayed until I could reach the airport in time." I turned my head, shocked to see Leon sitting next to me. He was wearing the same clothes as earlier but the only difference now was the black glasses he was wearing.

When I had asked Leon if he was coming with me he had said he wasn't sure but when I boarded the flight and there was still no sign I had given up the tiny bit of hope that he was coming along with me.

I was shocked that he had so much just so that he could accompany me. The earlier anger I had for the delayed soon flew away when I realised that I was part of the reason for the delayed flight. I couldn't help but let a small grin form onto my face. Throughout my whole life nobody had ever gone to such lengths; not even my own parents.

"I wasn't letting you get through this alone Ashley. I am going to keep to my promise of protecting you and I am going to keep to the promise of always being with physically and emotionally."

Even though what he said were only a couple of words, those words had great meaning to me. I didn't know how to reply to those deep words so I laced my fingers through his.