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?"

 Jasper intervened with a haunting smirked that reminds me of his face years ago when we last met. The same

 I shouted, pointing an accusing finger

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

yelled and

he died for you, does that make sense?" He shouted back. "If you just play along with me maybe he

a thousand times. His words

of my face. But I dare not to look his way, afraid of what he

over with." Xyrus

get this over"

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

around my shoulder and I look to see Tash and the rest of our warriors emerging

 Luna Fae said worriedly as

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

intend to kill the other in

one move, creating a scraping sound of claws. Yet he stood back in

he managed to

goddess, those eyes." Luna Fae whispered

it is

draws blood and inflicting

matted with blood everywhere and large open wounds

muttered both in awe and

too long." Alpha Caden said

go on. A weak whimper came out of him when Xyrus get a hold of his neck with

this." Luna Fae pleaded, shaking her head. "You knew all too well