Of Wings And Claws

CHAPTER 18

I sit still waiting for him for him to elaborate. It's me, who?

"It's you she talked about"

I shrug, "maybe, if she did say it's the moon's wish then, I guess so"

"That means you can uplift the curse"

"What"

"Yes"

I shake my head no, "I'm no witch, Alpha"

"My true mate can uplift the curse if we finish the mating process" he says with a face I've never seen on him before, it almost creeps me out.

I give a humourless laugh, "right"
"I'm serious baby girl. This can be all over if we mate" is he serious?

"Get the heck away from my face!" I say it slower so it can diffuse well into his thick skull. Lycidas frowns and cups my face with his hands.

"Melody you are mine and we were bound to mate eventually."

The gods must be crazy!

I slap his hands away and stand up facing him. "Bound to mate eventually, huh? Suddenly you want to mate because apparently I can uplift some fuckin curse I didn't even do. Guess what Alpha you've got another thing coming. Just like I said, all that's keeping me on your land is my friend's missing body or else I would have left the very same second I opened my eyes at that infimary and saw your face"

"Melody, give us a chance, please. I'll change, for you I'll do better"

I scoff, better my ass.

"Do you even realise how much it hurts everytime I see you near a woman? It's like you enjoy seeing me suffer, seeing me cry brings you the greatest joy. Why Lycidas, why do you put me through so much pain?"

For a second his face looks blank, blank of emotions but this time his eyes tell me stories. It's sadness, sadness drowns his black orbs making them even more darker.

Why is he sad?.

"Answer me" I say blinking away the tears.

His mouth opens but no sound comes out, we stand for a good minute looking at each other like the world revolves around us only.

He blinks and sighs before muttering a "damn it" and he turns and leave me standing next to the bed  waiting for his answer.

There are no tears, I think they are tired of flowing down my cheeks. I've  cried for the last two months more than I've ever cried in my whole life.

I sit on the bed again, thinking about nothing at all. All I've done this past months is think about him but not anymore, not today, not ever.

I get out my room to go and find my stress buddy aka Ariel the mind reader, but when I get to his room he's nowhere to be found. I decide to make my way downstairs to look for him and come across an empty sitting room and kitchen.

Where is everyone?
Who cares? My mind asks and I shrug going to grab an apple from the fridge. I stand near the kitchen island and eat my apple, my mind far away, so deep into the woods, in the shallow grave they threw my sister in.

I continue standing there and staring off to space until I feel a presence behind me, ready to scold Ariel for dumping me I turn around and come face to face with nothing, that is until my eyes trail downwards a little.

There stands the grey dog with creepy black eyes and a huge mouth, and is currently looking at me like a treasure hunter would look at a map. I let out a blood curdling scream and let my wings out before I fly on top of the kitchen island.