Beyond the Shadows || LADS Sylus FanFiction

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Great news!

I just have to get rid of all the bad feelings about that bastard and everything will be fine!

Sarcasm off.

If anything, I'm even more pissed now.

I bet he just insists on trying it over and over again.

But not with me.

We're back at the villa and Sylus takes me to the library.

»I figured this is your most favourite place here. So, let's sit down on the reading sofa and talk.«

I don't say a word and take a seat, as far away from him as possible.

»Any questions?«

»You know I always have questions.«

»Yes. I just wanted you to know that you can ask them now. I will answer as best as I can.«

»Why are you so careful all of a sudden? Are you afraid I won't participate in your little experiments anymore? That the bad feelings towards you could get worse and you'll never be able to use the power you could get from me?«

He sighs in an exhausted way.

»I offered you to get back at me even before I got the call from the doctor. I apologized for my behavior. I guess that means I don't just want you to feel better so we can resonate. I just don't like seeing you upset. Don't ask me why, I don't have an answer.«

His expression is calm while he speaks and something tells me that he's beeing genuine.

»Alright. I believe you. For now. Then there's a question I haven't asked, yet. But it's obviously important for me. What's the advantage for me in all this? Or, in other words, how can you help me with my issue? Every doctor who examined me said the same thing. It is not possible to get rid of it without me dying.«

»I know. I've read all the reports. But maybe you don't need a doctor for this. Maybe you need someone else.«

»You. You think I need you.«

The moment I say those words something squirms deep down inside of me. Like a caged animal...
And Sylus's eyes look at me like he's experiencing something similar.

»Indeed. I think you need me.«

The air in the room is suddenly thick with tension. I don't know what it is, but it's not the usual sexual tension.

This is more...

»But how do you think it would work?«

»I don't know yet. Aethercores are very special protocores. And it seems like all fragments are related to each other. Like they were once one big protocore.«

»So, that's why you're so sure you'll get more power. Because it's like your own aethercore gets "bigger".«

»Exactly. Maybe we can figure out how to get those fragments out without causing any damage. With the help of other fragments.
Of course, that means we need to do a lot more tests and check-ups.«

I nod in response and think about it.

If he's right and his aethercore could be my rescue, I will be free and healthy...

»Okay. I'll stay, but only under one condition.«

»Anything you need.«

»Don't ever try to resonate with me again without my consent.«

»I won't, I promise. I learned my lesson. But...«

He stands up and holds his hand out for me to take it.

»I still haven't received my earned punishment, kitten.«