The Devil's Thirst Trap

Chapter 47

Five months later

Zoey flung the knife on the ground harshly.

"Zoey, wait.", Alex called, running after her.

Alex finally grabbed hold of her wrist, pinning her against the wall.

"Alex!", Zoey yelled at him.

"Please, let's talk about this, properly."

"When can we go back to normal? Being a normal couple and not having to run away every time? When can I start hugging you and kissing you again?", Zoey stated. "I feel like I've lost a part of you..."

"No, no no. You haven't Zoe, and you will never. Just...give it some time until we can go back to normal.", Alex said as he cupped her face in his hands.

His eyes gazed at her lips, and as her eyes flickers on his, their noses started to touch each other and they closed their eyes for a kiss, but just then, Alex's cell phone started to ring. He huffed out in frustration. He picked up his phone and saw the dialer.

"This better be good or I'm hanging up.", Alex threatened as he had one hand on his hip and another, pinching the bridge of his nose.

Zoey mouthed the words as she asked him, 'Who is that?'.

'Damien.', Alex mouthed back.

"I found out who is behind it, I need you to come back as soon as possible.", Damien said.

"On it.", Alex replied before he cut the call.

Alex wrapped his arms around Zoey's waist and pulled her close to his chest.

"Well, my princess. Looks like you got what you wished for."

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"Welcome back, how was your flight?", Damien asked as they came out of the plane.

"So-so. What do you have for us?", Alex asked.

"I think it's best that we go back to the mansion."

At the mansion

"What if the government finds us here?", Zoey asked Damien.

"They won't.", Damien answered her.

"What are you trying to hide Damien?", Alex said, catching him out.

Damien huffed.

"It's about Sabrina...she's -"

"Alive. And she's running the whole show.", Alexa answered, cutting him off and walking into the room.

"Alexa!", Zoey exclaimed as she ran towards her and both girls hugged each other.

"What are we going to do now...?", Zoey asked.

"Well...Alexa and I came up with an idea, but we're not sure if you guys will agree to it.", Damien said.

"It depends on what the idea is.", Alex stated as he furrowed his eyebrows in confusion.

Alexa scratched her head and Damien didn't keep eye contact with Alex, instead, he just looked at the ground.

"Zoey would have to erase everyone's memories, including us.", Alexa's voice trailed off as she let go of Zoey.

"Can I even do that?", Zoey asked.

"No, you're not going to do something so stupid, okay?!", Alex yelled at her before he could storm off.

"You can do it, Zoey...Since you're the descendant of Queen Mary, that means your powers are much stronger than ours put together. There's more to the plan, but I think it's best if you talk to Alex.", Alexa said.

Zoey knocked on the door lightly before entering his room. She saw Alex sitting on the edge of the bed with his back facing her. Zoey slowly made her way to him after closing the door and sitting on his lap and wrapping her arms around his neck, which now got his attention, causing him to snake his arms around her waist, holding her.

"You know... I don't remember coming to your room often, like how you used to come into mine.", Zoey stated as she looked around his room.

Alex rested his head on her chest and closed his eyes shut, she ran her hands through his hair.

"We've struggled a lot, Zoey...I can't bear this anymore. I don't mind losing everything in this world, I can go on without anything except you. I need you in my life, Zoe...", his voice trailed off, breaking Zoey's heart.

"I need you too... more than anything else in this world. But I can't help but wake up to guilt every day, knowing that I am the cause of this. It breaks me... knowing that I destroyed everything you've worked so hard to build. I can't do this anymore.", Zoey stated as she rested her head on his and tried to stop the tears.

"You've never destroyed anything, baby. You have to get that straight.", Alex said as he lifted his head, cupping her face and wiping away the tears.

"Please...let me do something that could help."

"I...please Zoey...don't...", Alex said as he kissed her deeply. "I can't bare losing the precious memories that you have engraved in my head."

"You might not remember it...but your heart will, and that's all that matters to me.", Zoey stated as her tears started to trickle down her face.

Alex could see she was hurt, scared and sad about doing this. He just wanted her to be happy, he felt like it was going to make her happy if she does this.

"Fine... But promise me one thing.", Alex stated.

"Anything.", Zoey said in a low voice as she kept wiping the tears away from her eyes.

"Promise me...promise me that you will come back to me, and do everything in your power to make me fall in love with you and remember you again. Please Zoey... my life was never fulfilled until you came along."

Zoey tried to cover her face as she broke down in tears and simply nodded. He pulled her hands away and wiped her tears.

"That's all I need honey...", he stated before he gave her sweet and deep kisses.

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Zoey woke up to see Alex's arms wrapped around her waist and holding her tightly in his sleep. She gave off a warm smile. Zoey slowly pulled away, getting off the bed and dressing up after having a bath. She opened the door to find Damien and Alexa talking. They both looked at her, searching her eyes for an answer.

"Let's do this."