er: I Put A Spell

g and I am entering the zone of complete risk, I retreat to my bedroom. I follow by the regul

y can be happier than I am in my happy place. The sense of his scent curling all around me

in, and once again I am grateful to him

misty forests are not a few feet away

ream almost escap

uch can make me feel, even when we are in the midst of the forests that I have grown up dreading more tha

age, no expression leaking onto the perfection that is this creation in front of me. I have always known for certain that he is anything b

sk, sounding meeker than a trapped mouse. Well, that's a h

arring his features, and I almost hear the

ant to be rhetorical

he pronounces the d-word as if that's some kind of a prohibited curse word. I fr

dre didn't hurt me. I knew he would nev

ly prove to be useful at times of dire need, has always been a good friend despite me not even knowing his

sharpened swordheads, gi

owed to instruct me about wh

ratively-mundane gray gaze on fire, I feel warmth begin to pool up from the v

distinct from the word me. And this mysteriously powerful and achingly handsome man is

anything anyone can ever do for anyone - physical, emotional, whatever. I suck in a surpri

victorious. A winsome smirk finally trac

problem with me going out with Andre?", I ask again

t it was incredibly stupid, that is, right?", he extends my q

nitude of the risk that you've taken, to you, as best as possible, at the moment.", h

t that his amber irises have never b

ow what th

g that my life is on a tipping point where this answer can send me into a tailspin from which I'll

slightly mocking my lack of basic knowledge about t

ke my

I don't thrive in your weakness like that spineless beastly chit that you went out with." He almost spits out the

inst it's met

e? I didn't even have the basic knowled

word about the nights, my smug subconscious taunts me. I don't have much time to p

id the

nswer to my unspoken question with more fear and

uls

dden numbness in all my nerves. W

he'll be gone before I know. But I can't allow that tonight. I want to know his name. I need to kn

they hunt. I know what he said was unrealistic, and there must

ese glorious amber eyes that right now are so many layers deep that I hav

s time there is this strange genuineness in his intense gaze th

ion that for a moment I am overwhelmed. Like he has just

d in his. My hand automatically moves from my side, almost as if

, and his eyes are burning in it

ir is still hanging heavy

er that rips out all the way from the core of my so

a start, my eye

t, his name still hangs heavy in the air all around. Wrapping around me like a bl

nt to take his name again. It's such a un

lik

I do

he bathroom mirror, I see a girl with flushed cheeks, her gray eyes warm with an

more intensity than this

ss my lips. I vigorously

our cereals for all of us. I heat the milk and pour those into Chorsh and

dining table, I suddenly remember my and Melinda's 'int

the cool pink morning light falls soothingly all over Zaayes. The fringe of the forest can almost be overs

to derive power to resist

dawn it's quite early. I start regretting the decision to be out and

e felt his...err, Lloyerd's... true warmth. I don't care if he was livid or

I almost do it too. But I free

f the misty forests. They have certain similarities with how I've hea

dow back into place. Carefully, however - with not even as much as a squea

y until I am under my soft blue quilt,

g on my nightstand as I flick of

ou

ripled, intensity and I finally feel the nerve-racking terror th

insinuation that I couldn't quite swallo

asking too many questions for my own good recently. I should ins

l name that I have come to know today. "Lloyerd." Al

hen I

I've learnt from. Because I've known it for as long as I

e implication that comes along - that Sheroa had someone

k anymore. I jus

caught a star in

but you nev

ad caught a star in

but you nev

knew that we cou

r knew that she

that our love woul

our love would m

but you nev

, here

h our princess

ning star beating with l

th our princes

you this ag

t I had caught a

ut you never

conjured up by my own mind. I know that I hav

ain, and again, till I finally

e floor, and the cool floor again awakens the groggy nerv

mmediately have this picture in my head of one of those shadowy beasts hav

me. "Good morning.", I quickl

wly the rest of the family takes the rest of the seats around the table, the sound of his

more into him than I hav

name to give to that perfect

yer

aring to speak it out loud, even as

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s of the

HIS name

s where Aizea kn

urite line in

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