Royal Affection

You Always Found Me

E L I A S

I could see the lake now from my resting position. I moaned in relief when I crack the joints of the toes of my legs. I may be considered dead by the tiredness I was feeling from walking to that hill and coming back empty hand.

I gazed at the sky which was not a bright blue anymore, hints of yellow and pink was swimming in the sky. The evening sky was truly beautiful. I appreciated the beauty while drinking the little water I was left with, I drank a lot of it while climbing the steeper way to the hill. I travelled to that hill and even searched around the area for him but was met with disappointment. He was not there and that made me irritated because I invested all my afternoon to reach there and after going there I was left with low energy.

I patted my knees and started to stand up on my legs. I stretched my legs and the feeling was eternal, so relieving. I started walking towards the lake again. Now that the sun was not punishing me with its heat like in the afternoon it was easier to walk. I prayed in my heart that I may find Damon here for sure because I only had these two destinations in my mind. But when I couldn't find him at my first guessed destination, my worry reached the sky. And if I didn't find him here too, I don't know where to go and search next. I tried to push the negative conclusions out of my mind and fill them with positive ones.

I will surely find Damon here!

I reached the lakeside in the next few minutes. I ran my eyes all around the small lake to find him or anyone for that matter but couldn't locate anyone.

Maybe Damon was not here.

The anxiety in me started to rise likewise but this time I had no strength to push them away. I shake my head left to right while closing my eyes to gain my strength back. I hadn't even started to search the area, maybe he is somewhere near my location.

I trotted around the banks of the lake, the sound of my shoes against the ground was the only noise my ears could hear. There was little grass on the side of the lake and the soil near it was slippery and I tried not to go towards that part. The lake was still clear as the old times when I was a kid and used to come here. When I couldn't find him anywhere near the lakeside I gazed at the woods. Maybe he is in that small forest?

But it will start getting dark and it was the probability that I will get lost in the forest in the darkness. And the thought alone gave me chills along my spine. But I needed to do this for Damon because there was a high chance that maybe he was wandering somewhere in the woods. I focus my eyes back on the lake and tried to locate him somewhere near it. I prayed maybe he was in the lake taking a bath or something but it was my mind making up thoughts so I don't enter the woods.

I bit my lips, fisted my both hands and took a deep breath. I had to do this. This was not anymore about me talking to him about my feelings but it was now his disappearance. He was missing for twenty-four hours now and if he was not here, I couldn't guess where he will be. I took a deep breath again and focus on the woods in front of my eyes, I need to go deeper in the woods. And the more I delay this, the darker it will get. I started to walk towards the wood and the hesitancy was clear in my steps. I didn't know woods well and that was giving me butterflies in my stomach and let me tell you not in a good way.

I looked up at the first tree beside me and feel the wood of it. There were just trees in front of my eyes and my courage was slipping away.

"Damon! Are you there?", I yelled with the loudest voice I can muster.

I take a step back when I didn't hear any response but do get a response from the birds around me.

"Damon! It's Elias! Please come here!", I yelled and again took a step towards the woods.

I walked a few steps deeper in the woods while keep yelling his name. I stopped in my tracks and gazed around my environment. It was darker the deeper the woods went. I didn't want to go deeper and no response to my calls was making my decision to go deeper to crumble. I was going to take one more step deeper when I heard him.

"Elias!"

I turned around so fast that even I was surprised that my neck was still in place. I looked towards the sound and found Damon standing at the starting of the woods where I touched the first tree. I didn't even give myself time to think over my actions and ran to him with the left energy in me.

I jumped on him and secure my legs around his waist. My hands were snaked around his neck and put my face in the crook of his neck.

"Elias? What-," he put his arms around my body and pulled me close "are you okay? Did something happen? Why is your heart beating so fast?"

I didn't answer any of his questions. I just shook my head which was still nosing his neck. He soon understand I was not going to answer him and stopped asking me more questions. After a moment I felt his round hands rubbing my back with such delicacy that it bought tears to my eyes and soon the dam was broke.

I started to cry in his arms because of the warmth of his hand on my back.

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