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?"

reminds me of his face years ago when we last met. The same smirk he has back

pointing an accusing

come on Willow." He rolled his eyes. "It's not like they

and

sense?" He shouted back. "If you

tripled a thousand times.

 Xyrus intervened. I can feel his intense stare burning the side of my face. But I dare not to look his way, afraid of what he might think

get this over

let's get this over" Jasper

hands to paws, skin replaced by thick fur red as blood and blond almost white. Their howls and growls echoed throughout the

and I look to see Tash and the rest of our

too late." Luna Fae said worriedly as she covered

Do you know that guy?" I heard Tash asked

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

claws. Yet he stood

and wickedly elusive as each attack he managed to block or dodge. He moves

goddess, those eyes." Luna

stop him before it is too late."

draws blood and inflicting fatal injuries that even with a

blood everywhere and large open wounds could be seen clearly. Jasper was heaving and gradually

 I muttered both in awe and worry as I witnessed firsthand the legendary

 Alpha Caden said in a

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

pleaded, shaking her head. "You knew all too