Crow's Blessings → Sylus

Collision Of Hearts

What time is it right now? I don't know, but it felt like I'm trapped in an endless bliss as I rested with ease. This, I deserved this sleep, after perpetual nightmares haunting me. But, how? How did the nightmares not occur? Had this ever happened before?

Dwelling in my mindspace, a vivid flashback played itself as a dream. It all began after I received that pendant from the crows, and to this day, I still wore or carried it wherever I go, as it was a gorgeous pendant. Immediately the night after, I had nightmares, and so it continued like an ongoing series.

Wait.

I remembered. There was a time when the nightmares wouldn't occur - the last day I spent at Sylus's house, before he released me from captivity. Was it because I fed Mephisto? But, I've fed Mephisto the other day too and still had the nightmares. Was it because there were other people present in the room? But, I still had nightmares when I fell asleep when I worked on my absence form with Xavier.

Was it because of Sylus?

Sleeping in his house didn't chase the nightmares away, but that day, Sylus sat next to me to eat breakfast. Was it because he was there? I saw no correlation between him and the nightmares, it's like pulling a conclusion out my ass, but it's the only thing I could think of. Did he have something to do with the pendant? No, he was the one that asked me about the pendant, so it couldn't be him. But, why was he so curious? Does he know something?

Ugh, it's annoying. Even if the pendant was a blessing from the crows, if I knew I'd be in constant misery, I'd rather turn down their offer.

Gosh golly, silly me! I could've just returned the pendant to where it belongs. That way, maybe the nightmares would stop. The entity in the nightmares did say that it wanted to reclaim what's rightfully theirs. There's no guarantee that it would work, but it's worth a try.

...

But, wasn't Sylus interested in the pendant? What if his sole purpose of keeping me around was to study the pendant and my Auxesis phase? What if I lost my powers and he decided that I'd be of no use and toss me away? Will I still be in contact with him? Why am I so fucking worried about staying in contact with him? He's a villain, for God's sake - a nice villain that bought me random presents and took me out on fancy dates.

Oh, God, I never knew having an internal debate with yourself was this tough. This is the first time I'm faced with a dead end. Apart of me wouldn't care if I lost my powers, but the other part begged for me to try endure it a little longer just so I could form a stronger bond with Sylus so that he wouldn't just throw me away like a chewed gum; savor the sweetness, spit it out when it gets bitter.

Had it always been noisy in my mindspace? It sounded like there's a crowd of people all around me, with whatever nonsense they're saying, it sounded distant and gibberish. I let my eyes flutter open, groggy from having my power nap interrupted. It oddly felt warm though- did they turn off the air conditioning?

"You got back what's yours, but your sweetheart stole what's mine," a smooth voice spoke with a flat, yet distasteful tone.

"Why would she steal when she has everything she can ever ask for?" Sylus's gruff voice responded with just as much repulse in his voice.

Slowly, my vision became better, fully conscious of the situation at hand. Strong arms wrapped around me, black suit covering my body. The first thing I saw was Sylus's unfazed face before I turned my head to the side to catch glimpse of the Duke standing directly in front of Sylus, sandwiching me between them. I could hear Sylus's rapid heartbeat with a side of my face pressed against his chest, on the other side, I could feel the smooth fabric of Matthias's inner vest - which I just noticed that he had lost his suit, who knows where.