The Hidden

11

There's  only
one thing
more precious
than our time
and that's who
we spend it on
                      -Leo Christopher

I've only loved one person in my life. I mean I devoted my life to her because in my eyes...I was I the presence of something greater than all of us. To me she was divinity, hope and all that can be pure. How can one woman hold that much power in such a tiny voice? How did her love and affection make my pain easily falter?... Her smile stop movement in a room. She managed to take the darkness and love it till it didn't seem as bad, just misunderstood...

And created me in light of all the chaos that came from my presence. The abominable, unholy, undeserving of life. They wanted me dead.

"Ángel? How many times must I apologize?"

"When your voice is dead...find another way to apologize Azara." I guess what bothered me most was how vile the word "human" came out of her mouth. How quick she was to just kill. I've been on the end of that stick my entire life, status doesn't matter when everyone is convinced that you don't belong.

"Oh come on. You're really gonna throw your criticism at me when you know how disgusting humans treat us." She crossed her arms as she sat across from me in the den.

"Azara!....Enough." The fact that she could possibly be the other half to my soul also was the reason for my quick temper and aggressiveness. I have no control over the way my emotions run when it comes to her, in fact no one who has found their other half does. And I liked to have control, I enjoyed not having a real weakness and now she is it.

"That girl has made you more harsher and angrier than before Brother."

"Akira hasn't had any effect on me." I began lying. "I'm just tired. I mean I had a long trip... But stay away from her, she has a hard time getting used to new people. Especially people with agendas to kill her."

"Wow-- so Earthy." I glared at her before getting up to get a glass of wine from the wine tray. "I'm just saying-- all these humans seem to come with liabilities and trouble. Sometimes even hidden agendas, look what happened to our leaders and your parents." She said.

I sighed. "Don't make me kill you Sissy." In complete honesty, I loved these people who took me in for all the wrong reasons. But nothing will ever replace the treatment my original family endured by people of the elite, like them. I sat another glass down after downing it's contents as well as two glasses of vodka. I needed to at least try to be drunk to do this. Even though this shit does nothing for us. I might as well drink the whole bottle.

"Um, excuse me what if I wanted a glass!?"

"Buy more" I began hightailing myself upstairs. "Sylvia can meet me in my room when you manage to see her. I need to discuss-- business with her."

"Are you serious?" I gave her a blank look. It's none of her business what I do. "Oh I'm sorry let me remind you that she's vile. All over. Inside and out. Don't do what I know you're about to do."

"What? Discuss business? Fine tell her bring Nikki and Vanessa too and to go to the fourth floor. She'll know where to go. Thanks sis." She looked beyond furious but she's not my mother or my boss. Who I fuck is my business. I walked to the elevator and pressed the fourth floor, a floor below my room and Akira's.

As I stepped out I grabbed the bottle of Zonia and drunk half a glass of it. Zonia was stronger than any liquor, a full glass and you're out of it half a glass was enough to get us drunk. Sylvia and her friends were on their way,it would probably take them thirty minute which is enough time for a shower.