The Key to Everything

Chapter 26

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I worked on this chapter till 2:30 in the morning so I really hope you like it.

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You own battles

I opened my eyes and looked at him, his green eyes sparkling in the beautiful silver moonlight. "Did I make up for it?" He asked, and when I didn't respond he repeated the whole thing again. I was speechless, I had no words, a billion thoughts running in my mind after he pulled away. When he looked at me, I couldn't breathe. He pulled me closer and tucked me safe in his embrace.

After it was getting late we both knew it was getting late so I tattooed every single detail into my mind and exited this portal with everyone else and Eros by my side. When we reached our cabin, we found the table fully covered with steamy food. It was truly a gorgeous feast.

I didn't bother taking a shower before eating today, I was starving so I lightly freshened up and we all sat at the dinner table together. Halfway through the food, I asked "What kind of mind game did you have to deal with today?" When I looked up from my food at them they all gave me a confused look. "What mind game?" Asked Carl. Now I was one who was confused, I looked over at Eros who had his face facing towards his plate and eating without making eye contact with either of us. That was suspicious but I let it pass. "What mid game, Rue?" Diana repeated Carl's question.

"Oh nothing, I was just kidding." I made as lame excuse to keep them quiet. We all finished the food and the whole time Eros avoided eye contact with all of us. He was also the first one to finish, when he got up the only thing he said was, "I'm going to take a shower." I finished next and excused myself to go to the other remaining bathroom to take a short shower before heading to bed. I layed down on my bed after my shower and allowed myself to think about what just happened at the dinner for five minutes, but five minutes turned into 2 hours. I got up and got out knowing I was gonna meet a similar forest eyed in the living room, and I was correct.

"Hey, sweetheart." Eros said without looking at me and looking into the fire instead, his green eyes getting a tint of red because of the fire. He sat on the couch nearest to my room. "You said you all went through the mind game thing. Why did you lie?" I got straight to the point, I didn't want to beat around the bush about something so serious. "Oh sweetheart, I didn't lie." He said finally facing me, the red tint remaining in his eyes. "They probably forgot about it, it was a mind game after all." A hint of something in his voice told me that he was mocking me. "Alright," I said, sitting in the nearest chair to him. "How do you know it was a mind game, Amelia, my mother could have actually been there." I said, spotting a hint of panic replacing the other thing in his eyes. Even though I thought he was panicking, his composure was calm and collected, like he had always been.

"She couldn't be here, she had to go to a different server. " He replied. "We met Diana, she is on our server, what makes you think my mother couldn't be here? And Eros, don't lie this time." I told him, it was pretty obvious that he was lying. Most people wouldn't but then again, I wasn't most people. "What- Rue I wasn't lying I swear. I- sweetheart, maybe-" He kept struggling to find the right words until he just stopped, the hint of panic in his eyes becoming more noticeable.

"If you aren't lying, why can't you give me a straight answer?" I asked, trying to make him say something or anything that would give me some sort of proper answer. "Do you not trust me? Why do you think I would lie to you?" He asked, his calm and collected mask slipping back onto his face. "I do trust you, Eros. I just don't think you are telling me the truth and that's exactly why we are having this conversation right now. But your reactions are making me lose the trust I have in you." The mask slipped once again and the hint of panic showed on his face.

"I need you to wait before I can tell you the truth, Rue I need you to trust me." He begged. "Well, guess what? I cannot trust you, if I don't even know what you are talking about." I got up and started going back towards my room, only not furious and curious this time. Before I could enter I felt someone grab my hand, I looked behind and met the cool forest eyes. "Fine, I'll tell you. But I can't promise you that you won't regret it." He whispered, and pulled me back towards the warm cosy place in the living room in front of the fire. We both sat back where we were sitting earlier.

"Are you sure you want to hear it? I'm not sure you will be able to handle it." He made sure. "You really think, I wouldn't be able to handle it? I grew up in an abusive household where I would get burned if I even spoke a little too loudly. If I can handle that, you best believe I can handle whatever you are about to say." I said, my anger only rising higher. "Alright, just remember you asked for it and I served." He said, looking a little scared.

"This game, I made it." He said, dropping the sentence like a bombshell on me. I remained composed. "Continue." I said. "When I found out about what was happening in this game, I searched for a way to stop this game like ban or delete it. I was originally here so that I could stop this game because The owner of this game, AKA me, has to play it to stop it. But then I saw that you were selected as well. AndI already liked you back then but this experience made me fall in love with you. I'm crazy about you, every little thing that hurts you makes me want to burn it till there is nothing but ashes left of it. You have control over me, my mind, my body and my soul. Everything I think about has a connection to, like if I look at something I wonder what you'll think about it, if you'll like it or hate it. That's how much control you have over me." He confessed and it left me stunned. I was speechless to the point I thought my jaw was about to hit the floor any minute now.

When I didn't respond, Eros continued, "And about what that has to do with your mother. She was actually there, it wasn't a mind game. I summoned her body here, when you told me about your childhood. I just wanted to help you in any way possible. So I thought if I somehow could get you past this, I thought it would make you feel better. But I'm not sure that was the best choice, and I do kind of regret it. I should have let you fight your own battle while I was next to you to support you through it all. I'm sorry." His green eyes getting glossy.

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