The Deadliest Desires

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Eleven - Keaton

Sometimes I wish I were a little kid again, skinned knees are easier to fix than broken hearts.

                So now I’m here holding onto Lilia as she’s cooing the little puppy to sleep. It amazes me that she bears so much affection for such a small, dying animal. Lilia has too kind of a heart to be part nymph. Dreams begin to flood back as she lays against me holding onto the small puppy.

                Looking at the top of Lilia’s head and holding onto her small but strong body, this aching pain begins to pull at my gut. I know what she is, I know who she is. More importantly I know in what kind of danger she’s in. Dreams and flashes of her past and her future have been getting more and more frequent as the days pass and as I get closer to her. Echo, the one and only true nymph in the world, likes to remind me of Lilia’s great importance in the world. If Echo is such a strong nymph, why can’t she do her own fucking bidding? It’s like I’m just some kind of dingy puppet.

                Don’t hurt her, Echo reminds me every time I doubt her. Like now. The pain that comes with her presence begins to numb out all of my other sense. She is much too delicate to be hurt again. She is mine and only you can protect her.

                I look around as the hairs on my neck stand up and the pain in my gut travels and spreads throughout my whole body. I plan starts to form in my head, I will hurt her unless you tell me why she is so very important to you.

                The pain spikes up to an all time high. I hear echo scream, right into my head. All I want to do is rip my hair out but I’m immobilized. You hurt her and I will kill you!

                I laugh inside my head. Not because it’s actually funny but the fact that I’m talking to a bloody nymph inside of my head. I shake of the thought and direct one towards her, Yes you will but I’ll kill her before you kill me. You won’t have her then. You’ll be alone Echo. Either tell me of her importance or I kill her. Her neck is oh so fragile… 

                Another head splitting scream fills my head. I want to scream and bash my head in to get the pain out. She is the only one to bring back and save our race!

                Just like that the pain is gone and I’m thrown back into the waiting room of a dingy pet hospital with Lilia snuggling up to my side. I smile down at her and I see her in a whole new way. This shy, fragile girl is going to be a savior of a race. No wonder every full nymph out there wants to sink his claws into her. I rub Lilia’s arm to sooth her and she looks up at me with her big doe eyes. I smile at her and she gives me a smile.  I nod as I look at the little puppy now sniffing the air and whimpering.

                Lilia’s attention quickly snaps to the puppy as it wimpers, “Shhh… It’s alright. I’m here… I’m here. It’s alright Lady.”

                I chuckle, “Lady?”

                Lilia looks up and smiles, “Ya… Like Lady and the Tramp? She looks exactly like Lady and she’ll grow up to be a Lady if I have any say in it.”

                I just continue to look at her in amusement. She’s so much different than most girls. She won’t hurt anyone unless someone’s done wrong to her. Lilia has a huge soft spot of animals and will do anything to save them…  Which makes her so real. It’s like she’s an endless mystery. What I would do to listen in on her mind just once to see how she works.