[GL] Black Gold

Chapter 58

Camie could feel her whole body shake but despite that, she felt relaxed. She didn't move an inch, not lowering her head either. She couldn't appear weak. It was unacceptable. She continued staring at the man, shielding the woman's body with her arms. Usually she had a hard time staying in place but at that moment, Camie turned into a statue. She couldn't feel her body anymore and she didn't need to. She felt as if she didn't have a body anymore and all she could think about was keeping eye contact. All she needed was to continue looking

She didn't look away once, not when the man laughed, not when the man spat at her, not even when the man raised his hand towards her. Camie was disgusted at the idea of being touched by that person but it didn't feel real and she was right about that. Just as the man raised his disgusting fingers towards Camie, a scream was heard. It wasn't Camie's scream. She thought for a second that it was because she didn't understand where else it could have come from but the one screaming was none other than the man. It took Camie a second but she realized that the man's mouth turned into a grimace. It was hard to tell because it looked very similar to when he had been smiling.

The man was holding what was left of his arm and Camie had no idea where the rest could have gone. His scream sent chills down Camie's spine and that finally brought her back into her body. She could finally move her hand again and she forced herself to cover her ears. But no matter how hard she pressed down, she couldn't stop hearing that terrifying scream.

The man fortunately didn't scream for long. Two black orbs appeared on each side of his body and he suddenly got pulled in opposite directions. Camie couldn't see anything because of dark smoke covering her eyes but the man got torn apart in a matter of a second. It was so quick that Camie feared she had dreamed it. Maybe she was still at Théa's, asleep on her bed. That would make way more sense than what was going on. Camie did run into danger in the past but it was the first time that danger ran into her.

She wasn't dreaming. When the black smoke disappeared, it didn't give place to Théa's room. Instead, it gave place to Black Gold. Camie couldn't see her face, being surrounded by black smoke but she immediately recognized those glowing green eyes. Even dark smoke couldn't erase them. They were way rounder than Camie had ever seen before and they look panicked:

"Are you okay? Are you hurt?"

Théa raised her hands to Camie's shoulders but stopped inches from her skin.

"Please tell me that you are okay. I am so sorry that I didn't come before."

Camie smiled. Théa was apologizing but there was no reason to. All that mattered was that she showed up. Camie was so relieved that she lost the use of her voice. She knew that Black Gold would come. That was why she wasn't scared at all. That was why she could stare at the man without moving. But that realization made Camie's smile freeze.

Wait. Was she relieved? Had she been waiting for Black Gold to save her? Was that why she hadn't been scared?

"Are you okay? Please answer me. What's wrong?"

Camie suddenly felt terrible. It couldn't be. When did she start trusting Black Gold so much? If Black Gold didn't come, would Camie have done nothing? What would have happened if Black Gold didn't show up? Camie knew that she would. For some reason, she felt that there was no way that she wouldn't have. But in a world where it did happen, would she have been mad? Would she have died? Would Théa have felt guilty?

Seeing Camie so silent wasn't calming Black Gold down but Camie was getting just as panicked. She never relayed on Théa before but now she just sat there and waited to be saved. She didn't even try running away. She could have saved herself. Or she could have waited for any other hero. Why did she have to wait for Black Gold? Why did she have to put so much pressure on her? Was she any better than all the others who criticized Black Gold? Just like them, Camie waited for Black Gold to do all the work. She wasn't better than any of them. She was a burden to Théa and she felt really ashamed. She couldn't even look at Black Gold anymore and lowered her head.