Diabolik Soulmates

~Chapter 27~

Shae's POV:

I awaken to a deep sinking feeling in my stomach, like something terrible is going to happen, and very soon. Feeling the sun's rays behind my eyelids, I squint against the harsh light as I reveal my crystal eyes. I wonder, now that I'm accustomed to waking up in the night and sleeping through the day, how come I'm awake when the sun is still high?

Two soothing arms are wrapped firmly around my waist, restricting me firmly in place. I smile and snuggle into the sleeping form beside me, remembering the events of the previous night and feeling the usual weight on my shoulders having being finally lifted. I feel like I can at last rest easy.

Well...aside from the fact that my crazy step father is running free and has a desire to toy with our lives in some unimaginable and despicable way.

From past experiences, Cordeney is man who holds grudges, and is never satisfied with something unless it's done the way he likes it. This also makes him very unpredictable and it's especially hard to know when or how he is going to strike. For now, all we can do is be on high alert.

Nuzzling my face into Shu's chest, I get a face full of his soothing aroma, stronger then ever before. So strong that the mixtures are indescribable, I can practically taste them all at once. Hold on a second, I've never been able to smell something this strong before, let alone get a strange craving from it. As soon as I realise this, my eyes snap open wide as I listen to the sound of birds chirping loudly in my ears. Sitting up in shock, I gaze out the window. To my surprise, I witness three baby birds being fed by their mother. Except far away in the distance.

Okay...that's strange and definitely not normal.

Rubbing my eyes with my balled fists, my vision blurs and my hearing wavers, muffling the sound in my ears. Blinking for a couple of seconds, I'm now staring at the outside of the mansion and the tree line at the beginning of the forest. The only sound in my ears being the soft snores emitting from Shu's sleeping form beside me.

"What a pain" I heave a small sigh of tiredness, shutting my eyes briefly.

I'm really not cut out for this, it's all to emotionally and physically exhausting to be crying and talking more in one night than I have in most of my life, along with having fucked up senses the next morning. It's quite exhausting and tedious if you ask me, for someone as closed-off as I am.

I gaze back at Shu, still dozing peacefully in an undisturbed silence, still with his arms snaked tightly around me. I have a creeping urge to lie back down next to him and fall asleep once more in his embrace, both becoming swallowed by darkness and forgetting our endless worries.

Wait...it's a full moon today...

"Reika!" I breathe in surprise.

Careful not to wake the sleeping beast beside me, I unclasp his hands from around me and hastily leap from the bed. Before I leave up the stairs, I sneak a quick but feathery kiss upon his lips, keeping it light so he doesn't awaken. I find it almost impossible to tear my gaze from his gorgeous face and leave him here to wake up alone, but I have more important things at hand. Slipping up the stairs and out the door silently, I saunter down the hallway. Keeping up the pace, I think of the most obvious place she may be.

Suddenly, a wave of pain erupts in my chest, making me gasp out loud in pain and clutch the place where my heart is. Clenching my teeth, more pain surges through my entire body and causes me to drop to the floor. I attempt to scream, but nothing comes out except a strangled exhale of air, my face morphed into an expression of suffering.

Standing on my shaking legs, I use a hand on the wall next to me to support my jelly-like body. Still clutching at my chest, I amble as fast as I can with a weak body and endure pain at the same time. Panting heavily, I can feel my heartbeat thundering in my ears and my entire being trembling along with it. For a second, I can almost swear my heart remains still and unmoving in my chest, not creating any form of noise or movement.

Then, as soon as it stopped, it restarts at a normal pace and continues to beat normally, my body also recovering from its numb state and giving me my strength and control back. Having the pain finally pass, I breathe easy again and rest my hands at my sides as I continue briskly down the carpeted hall.

Once reaching the staircase, I look down at the main foyer and witness my raven-haired sister doubled over on the floor in pain, clutching at her chest as I was previously. My eyes widen, as I scamper down the steps speedily and hold her close in my arms when I reach her crumbled form. She has laboured breaths and I can hear her quickened heart rate pounding in my ears.

Perfect timing for my supersonic hearing to kick in.

I notice her glasses scattered a few feet away, as her grip on her chest tightens between her two balled fists. That's when I hear it, the sound of nothingness, complete silence except for Reika's ragged breaths. Everything is at a standstill, until the same rhythms start up again and remit a continuous beat. After her breathing calms, I reach for her spectacles and hand them to her leisurely.

She grasps them in her hand briefly, before placing them back over her eyes, her emotions remaining hidden behind her bangs and a foreshadowing veil on her face. Raising her head, she meets my worried stare with her own solemn look.

"It has begun"