The Darkest Cure ((#Wattys2015))

Chapter Five

The darkness was all-consuming. Lakena swan through dark seas and sank deeper into the darkness. A face swam past her line of vision, and she furrowed her brow. She saw green eyes and what seemed like a gray streak of hair.

"Torin!" she called to it. His body seemed to materialize in front of her. Only his pale face and his silver hair could be seen. His hands and arms were covered in his custom-made black gloves, and, of course, he wore full black.

He gave her a soft smile and stepped toward her. To her, he glided forward as if his feet weren't even toughing the ground, wherever it was. She herself felt weightless, like a feather. Looking down at herself, Lakena gasped. She wore a deep blue gown that trailed behind her like a river. In the silence, she looked up to see Torin reaching for her, even though he still stood a few feet away.

Torin's green eyes glowed just as his face was illuminated with a happy smile. She made him smile like that. The Lady of the Underworld smiled back, and suddenly felt like she was being pulled. Pulled towards Torin. His silver hair glowed like his handsome face and green eyes.

Torin glowed like the moon. And Lakena was being pulled towards him like the tide. So I must be his ocean, she thought.

The closer she got to him, the more he glowed and the bigger his smile became. When she was standing in front of him, she leaned in close to him.

"Kena..." She looked up at him because of how alluring his voice was. His breath brushed her cheek, making her shiver; it was cold. She'd somehow ended up pressed against his body, so he'd felt her shake. His brow furrowed, but then that smile spread over his face again in an instant. That's when she saw the fangs. And the bite mark.

"Oh, Torin who--"

"Do you not remember that night? That first night when you bit me?" The darkness went silent around them. Torin ran his fingers over her arms, leaving a path of electric warmth.

She saw the fangs as he smiled again and she stared, dumbfounded.

"Oh my Gods...." She gasped.

"What's wrong?" Torin repeated. "Do you not remember the night you bit me? The night we screamed each other's names in ecstasy? The night you cured me?" Torin's brow furrowed for a second time.

Oh, she remembered that night like it had happened before the sun rose that morning. If anything, she remembered that night clearly...