Barely Breathing

Just as they would shift, I reached Xyrus' arm to stop him. I gasped as bolts of electricity pricked the palm of my hand and pleasantly traveled through my body. My mind was engulfed by a foreign emotion I do not want to recognize.

The feeling was so overwhelming that it scares the heck out of me. He must have felt it too because he stilled and slowly turned at my hand in his arm then to my eyes. The moment I met his warm gaze, I knew I was in trouble and it has nothing to do with his mark on me.

'What did you do to me?'  I thought.

'Just like what you are doing to me' His soft voice entered my mind like a melody lulling me to sleep.

"Don't read my mind." I intend to sound it strong but it ended in a whisper.

"I can't help it."

I glared at him. "This isn't your fight, I need to settle scores with him, not you..."

He shook his head and inched his face closer to mine, his breath cooling my face.

"Have you forgotten princess?"

"Forgotten what?" I asked breathless, affected by the intensity of those sea-blue irises.

He searched my eyes like he was reading my soul. "I told you... you don't have to face everything alone anymore.”

And for a moment, I want to believe his words, the sincerity of those words moved me. I felt genuine happiness. Something lacking in my life for so long now. It stirred something inside, like a fire lighting up hope.

"Noone's going to die for me again" I blurted out unconsciously.

His brows creased and blinked twice. "What did you say?"

intervened with a haunting smirked that reminds me of

them all!" I shouted, pointing an accusing finger

his eyes. "It's not

and blinked the tears away, threatening to

you, does that make sense?" He shouted back.

I felt all these years tripled a thousand times. His words cut deep,

intense stare burning the side of my face. But

get this over with."

let's get this over"

that of a wolf, nails turned to claws, hands to paws, skin replaced by thick fur red as blood and blond almost white. Their howls and

I look to see Tash and the rest of our warriors emerging from trees that surround us. Some of

 Luna Fae said worriedly as she covered her mouth with

happened? Do you know that guy?" I heard Tash asked but

get to each other's neck, claws outward intend to kill the other in one strike. No mercy showed in

of claws. Yet he stood back in

attack he managed to block or dodge. He moves

goddess, those eyes." Luna Fae whispered

stop him before it is too late."

as attack after another attack he draws blood and inflicting fatal injuries that even with a werewolf

wolf's fur was matted with blood everywhere and large open wounds could be seen clearly.

is Sky... his unleashed beast! " I muttered both in awe and worry as I witnessed firsthand

for too long." Alpha Caden said

his death as the battle go on. A weak whimper came out of him when Xyrus get a hold of his neck with canines

shaking her head. "You knew all too