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?"

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

all!" I shouted, pointing an accusing

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

and blinked the tears away, threatening

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

tripled a thousand times. His words cut deep,

my face. But I dare not

over with."

this

paws, skin replaced by thick fur red as blood and

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

 Luna Fae said worriedly as she covered her

happened? Do you know that guy?" I heard Tash asked but I was too engrossed with the

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

was thrown on the ground forcefully with one move, creating a scraping sound of claws. Yet he stood back in

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

those eyes." Luna Fae

must stop him before it is

indeed merciless as attack after another attack he draws blood and inflicting fatal injuries that even with a werewolf healing ability, would be

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

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

long." Alpha Caden

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

don't do this." Luna Fae pleaded, shaking her head. "You knew