Captured Love

Chapter 8

I'm hurried back into the dress I was wearing before and he briskly begins leading me back to the same direction of the garden. I try my best to keep up with his longer legs as he drags me along behind him. Surprisingly though we're both barefoot nothing seems to poke or bother the soles of my feet. As I follow behind him it's only now that I notice his own attire. Amias has what looks to be a toga robe made from the same shimmering fabric as my dress.

His strides are wide cutting through the vegetation on the ground as it goes from brown-red hues into vibrant greens and colors. We go along a now visible trail, the plants seem to arch away and over us as if shielding yet greeting its new welcomed guests. Looking around in amazement again I can't help but wonder how large this garden truly was since I couldn't see any ending from top to bottom. We reach an alter of ruins covered with gold and full of glow. As my foot reached the floor at the beginning of the steps my body became alight with glow too. I wasn't sure how but we both started to glow among the ruins as well. With each step I felt any fatigue I had disappear and my hair that was soaked only moments ago was now completely dry, almost floating about my shoulders.

The floating orb Zemi was zooming around our heads excited. Unfortunately, I was unable to hear what he was saying because I was too distracted by the wide muscular back in front of me. His skin tone seemed to have changed color now glowing into an olive tan color. I was in awe as specks of gold light started to glint off our bodies as we climbed up the steps reaching the top.

Zemi stilled at once dispersing into particles suddenly then circling around us, surrounding us in a blanket of light. All I could see was Amias's serious face as he stared down into my eyes pulling me close into his arms. I was wrapped in an embrace forced into close proximity of his face watching him watch me. He started chanting some foreign language I couldn't understand then the air around us began to hum. I could feel heat rising through my body. My flesh felt warm as he grabbed my face no longer chanting but now staring me down into my soul. I could feel it something was about to happen as the air charged with tension. The skin on my arms rising goosebumps covering all over.

Silence...

I don't know how I couldn't feel it. I didn't even see it coming. I knew he was insane but not like this. I couldn't even scream or gasp I could only watch as he tore a hole in my chest and yanked out my still beating heart. I didn't move my body was frozen in place it was as if I was watching like an out of body experience. He then gathered some of the particles of light surrounding us molding them into a shape and stuffing it into my chest in place of my bleeding organ. I felt stuffy inside like cotton entering my head. He lets go if my heart as it gets swallowed up by the light suddenly everything starts to go blurry. I begin to have a strange sensation around the gaping hole in my chest. It feels hot almost burning but I black out as my consciousness falls into a void of darkness. All I could think of was his cold blank face staring down into my eyes without a hint of remorse.