The Devil You Know (editing)

Chapter 6

I was facing one of the bumpy walls of the cavern, my mind was spinning. Why was my main question? Why would Axel take away my memories of loving Warren? I had to ask him because I couldn't fathom any reason to take away someone's love. I sighed as I turned around to find Axel looking down at his feet as if it was the most fascinating thing he's ever seen.
"Axel." I reached to him but he wouldn't look up at me. I sighed as I stepped up to him, "Axel." I cupped my hands around his face, I could feel a little spark ignite when I touched him. I always had but I did my best to ignore it as softly pulled his head up until his eyes met mine. His brown hair fell in front of his amber orbs.

"Axel," I said looking deep in his eyes, trying to show that I wasn't mad at him anymore. "Was there a reason you had to take them away?"
He turned his eyes downward, I was about to say his name again but he beat me to it. "You were in danger Elizabet. Warren, he asked me to do it."
I let go of him, I felt the heat of him disappear. I was disappointed but I didn't let it affect me much.
Why would Warren do this to me? I almost killed him today
I almost killed him.

My hand immediately went up to my mouth as a gasp escaped my lips. I could have killed him, and I wouldn't have recognized him until it was too late. I let my hands fall to my sides as I let that sink in.
Think Elizabet, there has to be a way to get my memories back. I look back .at Axel who has a concerned look on his face.
"Axel, is there any way to reverse it, to get my memories back?" he looked away for a second, his eye downcast

"Axel," I ask leaning my head down so he had to look me in the eye. "Is there?" he glanced up at me and sighed, before shoving his hands in his pockets. He looked up at me, his eyes were sad, why I wondered.
"Yes. You can get your memories back." He paused for second before continuing "Warren had me put a trigger on the memories. So you could get them back but only when you were ready"
A trigger. I could get my memories back! I nearly jumped 3 feet in the air out of happiness. I was squealing with joy and clapping my hands together. I threw my hands around Axel's neck and started jumping up and down while hugging him. "Thank you, thank you Axel!" I let go of Axel and was about to run back to Warren and tell him the good news, but Axel stopped me by grabbing my arm. I paused and turned to face him with a confused look on my face to be met with an amused look on his.
"What?" I ask confused. Axel rises an eyebrow " Elizabet, " he started "don't you want to know what the trigger is."

"Oh." I could feel the blush creeping up my neck moving to my cheeks. I knew I was as red as a tomato. "Ya I forgot." I said wanting to hide my face from Axel, I didn't particularly like when I blush. My face and neck get all blotchy.
"Solo," I said rocking back and forth on my heels. "What's the trigger?" I was curious as to what it could be.
I was watching Axel as I saw the humor disappear from his face, replaced by an expression I couldn't read. His face was hard as he spoke in a whisper that I could barely hear, "True love's kiss."
At first I wandered if I heard him right, then if it was a joke but when I saw that Axel's face, I realized that he was being serious and I nearly exploded.
"TRUE. LOVES. KISS." I said taking time to emphasize each word, I was getting louder and louder. I threw my hands up in the air in a giving up motion. I turned around to face the rock wall of the cavern. I really wanted to punch it but I knew it would come down taking the entire cavern and us with it. But knowing that just got I more pissed then I was in the first place.

"You gotta be fucking kidding me!!" I yelled at the top of my lugs. I could feel my eyes turning red, and a burning in my throat that could only mean I was about to snap and Axel knew it. We didn't speak a minute, giving me time to calm down before he spoke to me in a soft voice. "Yes true love's kiss. Why is that so bad Elizabet?" I could hear the confusion in his voice.
I turned around with a huff, facing Axel head on. I was pissed at him. Why would he ask such a stupid question!
But as soon as I looked into those amber eyes of his I instantly softened. Axel visibly relaxed, my eyes must be returning to my natural color.
"It's not bad just annoying." I sighed as I wrapped my arms around myself, feeling self-conscience for some odd reason.

"It just that this is not a fairy tale. Yes there are witches, vampires and even werewolves and right now I'm sporting the first 2. But true love's kiss is just not a reality." I lean against the rock wall, suddenly exhausted. Axel looked at me and I could tell he wanted to take everything he did back.
"Hey," I got his attention by touching his arm lightly. "Ax it's alright, you were just do what you thought would save me, I can't be mad at you for you." He brightens a little when I say that, but I still see the sadness that lurks in those hypnotizing amber orbs.
I motion for us to start walking back down the hall to where I left Warren and hopefully where he stayed. As we walked, I look around to where we were. The walls were a light brown that at first look you would have thought it was sand or soil that this place was made up of. But it's not, it's made of a type of rock. This entire cavern is made up of this rock.

My mind kept wandering back to what Axel said, true loves kiss.
I stop and turn to look at him. Axel pauses, looking at me. "Hey Ax, I have a question." I watched him nod for me to continue "so if I kiss Warren, his and my memories will come back?"
"Not exactly, for it to work you have to be in love and the memories won't just come back all at once. They come back piece by piece."
I was confused "Can't you just give me back my memories though? I've seen you do it before." My voice was small, I was scared. I had never fallen in love that I could remember. I was always too scared to let anyone into my life, afraid they'd get killed. Axel is the first.
"I'm sorry, I can't Elizabet, and I wish I could. More than anything."
I was disappointed by his answer but I didn't let it show on my face. Axel would on blame himself and he shouldn't. It wasn't his fault. I wish he would just believe that.
"It's fine Axel, really." I said and I meant it.
I walked back to the room in which I left Warren, I could hear Axel silently following behind me silently. I walked into the opening where I saw Warren sitting there. He looked up when I walked in.
"Hey Elizabet." His voice was deep and smooth. He didn't seem to be afraid of me anymore. "Hey" was all I could say. I mean how you are supposed to tell someone that you barely know that they were in love with you but they don't remember it because one of your friend erased that memory and the only way to get it back is if you and he fall in love again. I couldn't find the right words to tell him all that, but I didn't have to say anything because he beat me to it.

"I heard what you and your, Axel we're talking about." That got my attention, how could he hear us. We were so deep into the cavern that a vampire twice his age would only get a muffled sound if he tried to listen. My face must have shown confusion because he cleared it up for me. "There's a really good echo in here, if you had walked a mile away I would have still been able to hear you."
Wow, I really should have thought of that. I look down at my hand that were folded in my lap, kind of embarrassed. But hey at least I don't have to explain all of that to him.
"If all that true, I can see why I fell for you." His voice was soft as if he only wanted me to be able to hear. I looked up and I saw that he was not lying when he said that, his eyes held sincerity that I've only seen in Axel's.

"What do you mean?" I asked. I wasn't really a catch. Yes I did have blond hair with blue eyes, but my personality sucked, I had a short fuse and when I got mad I could demolish a town. I wasn't really what anyone was looking for in a girl. I was pretty much the exact opposite.
"Well, you're really pretty for starters. Your very inquisitive, you don't take no for answer and you don't let people push you around. You're pretty much a badass." I started to blush profusely. "Thank you." I said "you're pretty cute yourself." He started to laugh, "That's all I get?"
I become as red as a tomato when he starts to laugh again. "You know," he says when he starts to sober up a bit. "Maybe we should try kissing, see if it will work."

I want to say yes as soon as it leaves his mouth, but I know it won't work. "It has to be true loves kiss, I don't think anything else would work." I could tell he was disappointed.
"Ok to be completely honest, I just really wanted to kiss you." I look down as I start to blush again. Dammit, I really have to get control of that. When I look back up I say to him "If you want to remember me, you have to come with me."

I hoped he said yes, I really want to get to know him better. To see if I can fall in love again. "I don't have a light crest though." He says and I know I'm going to have to break my number one rule.
I lean forward as I whisper to him, "I can give you one."