A Kiss For Every Lifetime

Chapter 17: The moment of truth

The first thing that I saw when I open my eyes was a cracked ceiling. I blink a few times to confirm what I saw and truth to be told, I was indeed seeing a ceiling with a large crack on it. I raise my hand to rub my eyes but something held it back. I turn to look at the pain in my wrist and I saw a rope tied against it, both of my wrist tied in a rope. The rope was tied securely on a bed post and my heart picked up its pace.

I look down to see that even my ankles were tied. I look around and my spine run cold. I was in an old creepy room with creepy things. The paint on the walls were cracked and old and barely even noticeable. Thin cement coming from the roof was threatening to fall and I fear that it'll take the whole roof with it.

The windows were broken and was sealed with wooden planks. The curtains were still there but it was hanging off it's seems. The door however was good as new and was bolted. The room was slightly dark and the only light it was giving was the slight stream of sunlight coming from the cracks on the window.

I was lying on an old rickety bed that squeaks at every movement I do. "Where the hell am I?" I muttered and tried to break free from the binds on my wrist.

"I won't do that if I were you, you'll only tighten it worst," I whip my head around to look.

"Hello? Who are you? Did you do this?" My voice was trembling now as I said these. I had no idea what was going on yet my mind was on jumbles on what I did to anger some people. They wouldn't go far as this would they? Who am I kidding, they already tied me up in a bed and locked me up in a creepy room.

I heard someone shuffling and I turn to the corner on my right and I saw a shadow moving. Light footsteps started heading towards me and I gaped at what I saw.

"Justin? What? Why? What did I do? Is this a prank because its going too far. Guys, come on, if you're hiding somewhere there, might as well just reveal yourself," I laugh uncertainly and the look on Justin's face shut me up.

I cleared my throat and look away from him. He walk towards me and stopped beside me. He lean forward until our faces were inches apart. "My dearest Temperance, the girl with many names, the girl with many memories and the girl with many lifetimes,"

I froze and looked at him in the eye, "How do you know?" I breath out and he chuckled and took off his shirt. He turn his back on me and I gaped at the scar across his back, how come I hadn't seen it? "You recognize this scar?" The way he said it made goosebumps run down on my arms.

"Master, you're my master from my previous life, the tyrant," I gasp and Justin turn to look at me and grinned. "I am," he said and his eyes drilled into mine and I saw the same dark brown eyes as the master I had. When he fully faced me, my eyes fell on the birthmark below his naval and anger course through my veins.

"Ben!"

"And she finally saw it," he threw his head back and laugh, his laughter was maniacal and I gritted my teeth. "You gave me to those pirates, you selfish monster, I loved you," I screamed and struggled against the binds, trying to reach out to him.

Justin moved away from me and grinned as wide as he could. He walk around me back and forth and I started screaming at him.

"Yes, you loved me but you loved me alone," he bared his teeth at me like a dog. "I don't know what you're talking about," I snap and he chuckled, finding the situation funny.

"Guilt ate me when I handed you to the pirates but my life I valued more. I love you. Karma made its way towards me. I was struck by a poisonous arrow while in war and was brought to a village doctor. She was a witch and she told me what you are. You cursed me," he hissed venomously at me and I furrowed my eyebrows in confusion.

"What the hell are you talking about? I'm no witch and I have cursed no one," I defended and he glared at me.

"The witch told me that the moment I fell for you, you brought me to an everlasting curse that will only be broken once you will fall for me,"

I stopped struggling and glared at him. "That witch was a lunatic, I am cursed but I do not curse others,"

"She said that in your first life, you have made a promise to a man and from then on, your heart belongs to him and him alone even if the lives you had after that held no memory of him, your heart will forever be with him and his heart with you," Justin had tears streaming down his face this time.

"I thought that if I could get close to you from the very start then I shall have your heart but truly you love that man and until this life, he still bear your heart. You know him and he knows you but you act so naive that it was so easy for me,"

"What do you mean?"

"Everett Moriarty is Everett Mandeville in your first life. He was a son of a duke and a duchess and you, a daughter of a king and a queen. You had a requited love which was denied by both of your parents,"

Realization dawned upon me at his words. How could I act so oblivious on something so certain. He was right there in front of me and I acted like a fool, believing in thin air. "He's Everett? My Everett?" My voice broke and I started crying.

"I should kill him right now and have you and curse I will be no more," Justin's voice held a promise and I started struggling much more. "No, no, you're not going to take this away from me. I have finally reunited with him and you dare take it away from me, let me go you evil bastard," I shouted as loud as I could and someone pounded against the door and it fell on the ground.

"Everett, RUN!!!" I screamed and Justin dived straight to him.