Myths and Legends

Chapter Fifteen

Hours passed. I had cried myself to sleep on the floor and when I came to I was in bed with Azaix's arm draped over my stomach. At first I wanted to panic. I thought I was trapped under him and with his arm so close to my stomach scared me.

''I'm so sorry Moriah.'' I jumped on the inside. My eyes quickly looked over to see Azaix looking at me. His eyes were so puffy and red from crying. Though I'm sure mine looked the same way.

When he moved I flinched my arm. It wasn't me moving intentionally, I was scared and Azaix started at me horrified. He slowly withdrew his arm from my stomach to move over in bed where he wasn't and couldn't touch me.

I rolled over on my side to help me get out of bed. I could hardly walk and I knew Azaix wanted to jump up to help me but didn't. He just watched as I made my way slowly to the end of the bed. I was shaking so bad that I couldn't let go of the bed frame.

''Hel-.'' I couldn't even get help out before Azaix was at my side. He hadn't laid his hands on me but when I leaned into him, he wrapped his arms around me to support me. There was no way I could walk but I was glad that Azaix was so willing to help me.

''I will always help you baby,'' Azaix said helping me to lay down on the couch. He sat on the floor next to me refusing to leave my side. Again he apologized for flipping out. He held my hand in his, playing with my knuckles as he spoke.

''Tha- thank you Azaix,'' I whispered closing my eyes. Before falling into deep sleep I was able to feel his lips kiss my forehead. His hand briefly touched my stomach before he took his place back on the floor next to me.

Opening my eyes, Azaix was still sitting on the floor next to me. He had his phone out and was talking to Thazon. I couldn't make out most of what the messages said, though I wasn't trying to ease drop on their conversation but I could tell that they were talking about me. Thazon asking questions while Azaix seemed to be really concerned about me. He even went as far to apologized to Thazon for the way he acted. He wasn't sure on why he and Anilith reacted the way they did, but that they were both so sorry. The next text read that Thazon thought maybe it was just ptsd from what he saw his mother had gone through. That if Azaix needed, Thazon could write him a prescription for his anxiety. To my surprise he replied thanking him but saying no thanks to the offer.

''How are you baby?'' He turned to look at me. He followed my eyes to his phone. ''Baby don't worry. I'm okay.'' He turned his phone off an placed it on the coffee table in front of him.

''Are you?'' I asked.

He turned so his body so he was able to put his arms on the edge of the couch. What I wasn't expecting was when he laid his head, his ear to my stomach just looking my way. A small smile formed on his face and my first reaction was to run my finger through his hair and Azaix purred.

''I can hear them,'' he whispered. I almost didn't hear him.

''You hear their heartbeats?'' I asked smiling. He nodded his head closing his eyes.

''I hear that and more.''

''More?'' I asked confused. ''What do you do mean by more?''

Azaix opened his eyes. They were glowing the multicolored. I haven't seen his eyes like this since the first week of being here. I had forgotten how beautiful they were. He smirked to my thought. ''Thanks to Solar I can hear them talking.''

''Talking?'' Tears swelled in my eyes. Azaix reached his hand up to wipe away my tears.

''Don't cry baby,'' he said as a tear of his own rolled down his cheek. His smile had grown so much. ''This is good. They're good.'' My heart jumped to his tone. I could see right before my very eyes that Azaix was falling in love with the twins.