Falling for your Fate

Chapter 32

Chapter 32

Breadon

'Yellow.'

She had finally spoken. After what felt like hours, my baby girl had finally spoken. The only problem was she had spoken one word and I was lost.

'Yellow?' I frowned. I had been playing with the ends of her golden hair as she stared out at the stream. I used to love coming here as a kid with Koron. I hated that it had taken me so long to come back, but I loved that I was sharing a piece of my childhood with her. I wanted her to know everything.

'That's my favourite colour,' she answered simply, her hand absently playing with the hem of my shirt. I don't even know if she was aware of how she gravitated towards me but despite everything I had done she still moved to be closer to me. I hoped it was because I brought her comfort but I just didn't know. She barely showed me any emotion. Not since I had sent her away.

'Brown,' I responded, afraid to ask another question in case I scared her off. 'Just like the colour of your eyes.'

'Don't be cheesy,' she scolded, tugging more forcefully on my shirt before shooting me a look.

'But it's true,' I answered, feigning hurt and causing her musical laughter to fill the clearing. I couldn't believe that today was the first time I had heard her laugh. It seemed impossible to have known her all this time and to have never heard her laugh.

I couldn't help but wonder if any of the other guys had heard it, but I shut down those thoughts pretty quickly not wanting Leora to sense my anger.

It may have been the first time I had heard it but I promised myself it wouldn't be my last. I would do anything to hear her laughter all the time, and for the rest of our lives, I was going to endeavour to have her laughing as much as possible.

'You're embarrassing,' she blushed, twisting in my hold to face me. I slowly leant back till I rested on my elbows and she shadowed my movements so she was laying chest to chest above me.

'What are you going to do about it baby girl?' I smirked, loving how the sun made her hair look almost golden when it hit it just right.

'You're impossible,' she huffed, pulling gently at the collar of my shirt before looking away absently. She was lost deep in her thoughts again and I was content to watch her think.

She was quiet for the longest time before she spoke again. I was drifting on the edges of sleep when she pulled me back to consciousness. I couldn't remember the last time I slept. It seemed like I hadn't been able to sleep since the day of her ceremony.

'What happens now?' She asked pensively, her eyes not set on anything in particular.

'What to you mean?' I frowned, sitting up so I could see her better. She shifted so she was sat before me, caged in by my body. I needed to be certain no one and nothing would get to her and a small part of me wanted to make sure she didn't decide to run.

'What are you going to do with me?' She frowned, her beautiful brown eyes flicking to mine suddenly and the vulnerability shining back at me from within hit me like a splash of cold water. It was just another reminder that she was innocent and that innocence stretched farther than I wanted to admit.

Despite how I wanted to blame someone for this mess I had landed us in. I knew it could never be her. All she had ever known in life was survival. My actions had triggered that instinct in her and the only person to blame was myself.

I made promises she knew I would never keep and I ignored all the signs she was trying to keep hidden from me. Above everything else, I ignored her.