The Lie (Book 2 of The Wish)

Chapter 5

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      He could feel (y/n) start to shake in his arms. He held her as close to him as he possibly could in his arms and he glared at Zinnia. She didn't seem to understand why he was being so protective of (y/n).

        Yeah, she was immortal and he was too, but that didn't change the fact that she could still be hurt. She could still feel pain and she could still suffer just like anyone else.

      He wasn't entirely sure what would happen if anyone tried killing her, but he didn't want to find out. Zinnia was pushing his limits and he was about to lash out at her. He promised (y/n) that he wouldn't do this anymore because he could really hurt someone's feelings if not worse and he was about to break that promise.

      "You of course have the option to refuse me. That doesn't mean I won't try coming for you again though. I would like to know your name before I leave. What is it?" Zinnia said.

        Gladion looked from the woman to (y/n). (Y/n) only buried her face into his chest even further, but in his mind he heard he say, "It's okay. You can tell her my name."

      He looked at the woman, Zinnia, who returned his look with expectancy.

        "Her name is (y/n). My name is Gladion, and you won't be sacrificing anyone to some random lord," Gladion said quite harshly. Zinnia looked down to the ground.

        "I see. I was hoping that you wouldn't say that. I'll give you another chance some other time. I have to go find some more things before I am able to summon Lord Rayquaza anyway. You'll see sooner or later," Zinnia said.

      She looked up towards the sky and then she turned around and walked away as if nothing had just happened. May and Brendan ran towards them.

        "Are you guys okay?" Brendan asked. Gladion was still hugging (y/n) close to him.

        "Yeah, we're fine," she managed to mutter. She had stopped shaking now, but Gladion could tell that something had startled her badly.

      "I don't think it's a good idea for us to head out right now. We can go to my place for a bit before we take you two home," May suggested.

         "Sounds good to me," Gladion responded. The plan seemed to ne the best course of action at the moment. Brendan simply nodded in agreement.

        "My house isn't far from here. We just need to follow this path a little further and we'll be there," May said. (Y/n) tried pulling away from him a little but gave up when he refused to let her go.

      "I think I'm going to change into a much more adventure fitting outfit. I don't want a lot of people recognizing me too easily," Brendan said.

       "I'll do the same because apparently there's something wrong with my skirt!" May said as she glared at Brendan who laughed nervously. Gladion released (y/n) once he was absolutely sure that Zinnia was truly gone and they both followed May and Brendan to May's house.

     "Uh, May, I'll meet you guys there, I need to go to my house first," Brendan suddenly spoke.

        "Wait, you can't go by yourself. That Zinnia lady might kidnap you and sacrifice you or something!" May said hysterically. May was right. They didn't know if Zinnia was truly out of the area and none of them knew whether or not she would settle for one of the contest stars instead of (y/n).

      He could send May with him because she had to take them all to her house and if Zinnia really was waiting for them there, (y/n) could not be there either.