The Dragon King

Chapter Thirty

Riverton

    Levi slowly walked beside Imani down the street toward their apartment above Dr. Bone's office. He kept him hands in his pocket as a chilling breeze blew by, rustling the dead leaves in the gutter.

    He sighed below his breath. How could he have been so foolish? He should've trusted Raven more then that. Sure, she and Daniel had said some pretty weird things a few days ago, but they had been nothing but kind to him.

    What was wrong with him? Why would he just go breaking into someones private things? Was his mind that twisted to actually believe they had Elyssa locked up down there? That was crazy! Maybe Raven taking away his story books were a good thing. He had only read part of Beauty and the Beast and his mind was already starting to believe that junk.

    "Levi," he heard Imani's soft voice call out beside him, jolting him from his thoughts. He didn't bothering looking up at her. "Levi, I know you don't want to hear this, but..." She trailed off. "I think you should tell Daniel about earlier."

    He glanced at her through the corner of his eye but remained silent. He listened as she sighed. He knew he couldn't hide it forever, but what good would it do involving Daniel? So he could be put under house arrest? So the Noble's could live in fear thinking he was going to die every second of his life? No. That wasn't living. There was a good chance that he wouldn't make it through the day, but he couldn't hide for the rest of his life. 

    "You want these people found, don't you?" Imani continued. She dipped her head forward trying to get him to look at her. "These people had Stella killed. Are you forgetting that?"

    A image of his friend lying in a pool of blood flashed into his mind. He squinted his eyes and shook his head. "How can I forget?" He spoke so low he wasn't sure if Imani had even heard him.

    "Don't you want to see justice done to the people who causes Stella to take her own life?"

    "Yes!" he exploded, flinging his hands into the air as he turned toward her. "Of course, I want to see them in jail, but what do you want me to do?" He balled his hands into fists and shook them in defeat as he lowered his voice. "What do you want me to do?"

    He sighed and dropped his hands to his side. "I can't go on living like this." He looked down at his shoes. "To not have any memories of who you are is more then anyone should have to handle." He raised his head to look her in the eyes, her deep brown glistened as tears welded. "I don't even know why these people are after me. What did I do to them? Why can't I remember? Why is it so hard to remember?"

    Imani placed a tender hand on his shoulder. "Levi, I'm so sorry. I guess I didn't think about the situation from your perspective." She reached down and gripped his hand. "But you can't go on like this. Please. Something will happen to you." She took a tiny step closer. "I can't lose you too," she whispered.

    Levi looked away feeling hot tears fill his eyes. If he continued watching her, he would no doubt lose control and weep in front of her from the overload of stress. He was thankful he had Imani. He didn't know if he would've been able to keep going if she wasn't here.

    Imani's eyes suddenly went big as she glanced at something beyond his shoulder.

    He furrowed his brow as he began turning his head in that direction. "What are you looking a—"

    Imani gave him a firm squeeze. "Don't!" He swiftly swung his head back around as she gave him a soft smile. "That car we saw earlier. The one who fired the gun at us. It's sitting at the corner of the next street." She continued to smile, and he knew she was trying to not give away what she had seen.