Wolf's Curse

Chapter Thirty-four

Chapter Thirty-four

As soon as Leon closed our dorm room door, he began the argument that I knew would come.

"Ashley, how many times do I have to tell that all I want to do, is to protect you."

"I know, but I am not a small child that cannot take care of myself!" Up until a few days ago I never knew the reason for most of the bad things in my life was because of the Defesta, but now that I know, I know that I will be able to protect myself and others around me. I knew that Leon also wanted to protect me and part of me was glad that I had someone else that was protecting me but another part of me wanted to protect myself and didn't want anybody else to get hurt.

"Things have changed though, Ashley. I know you feel like you can protect yourself and I know you can protect yourself but I want to also protect and if that means seeing you between classes then so be it." This time his voice softer and gentler than before.

"I don't mind you protecting me. I mind when you order me around like I am your servant!"

"I didn't realise I was ordering you. I apologize. I just find it really hard sometimes, as I am so used to ordering people around." Sincerity leaked from his voice. I couldn't help but think that I was being too hard on him.

"I guess we both learned something today." A small smile crept up on Leon's face.

"What did we both learn today?" I let out a small chuckle at Leon's question. I knew that he knew the answer to the question but for some reason, he pretended like he didn't know.

"I learned that I have someone else to protect me and that I am no longer alone. And-"

"I learned that you are not beneath me but you are equal to me. I learned that I need to stop ordering you around. I learned that you have an inner fire inside of you. I learned that I need to give you your freedom while I am still protecting you. Last, of all, I learned that you are the strongest person I have ever met." During the time he spoke he had kept on moving forward until now where he his standing right in front of me.

"I accept your apology, Leon. But I need you to understand that I am not used to this at all. I like my freedom. I am not used to being checked up on between classes and not talking to my friends. I guess I just burst."

"I want you to be able to talk to me about these things otherwise we are never going to get anywhere in our relationship." I blinked in surprise when he said relationship. I knew that we were getting quite close but I didn't remember Leon asking me to be his girlfriend.

"Since when were we in a relationship? I know that we are mates but that doesn't automatically make us in a relationship." Leon looked taken aback by words. The shocked expression on his face was quickly masked with something else.

"Sorry." Leon pulled his hair in frustration as if saying the word had burned him. "I just keep on messing up, don't I?"

"Yes but that just shows you are a human being. You can't live your whole without making mistakes." Leon stared at me for a few seconds. His face not giving away his emotions.

"You are right." Leon let out an unexpected laugh to which I raised my eyebrows at. "This is the first time in so many years I have said those three words." I smiled at that since I knew that Leon was trying.

I raised my head slightly to meet his eyes. His arm snaked around my waist, pressing my body against his. It was almost someone pressed a switch which changed the whole atmosphere in the room. The room no longer felt cold, instead, there was a sudden rush of heat flowing through my body. All parts of our current conversation flew out the door as I watched Leon's face move slowly towards mine.