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?"

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

them! You killed them all!" I shouted, pointing an accusing

 He rolled his eyes. "It's not like

and blinked the tears away,

you, does that make sense?" He shouted back. "If you just play along

these years tripled a thousand times. His

side of my face. But I dare not to look his

get this over with." Xyrus

this over"

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

and the rest of our warriors emerging

Fae said worriedly as she covered her mouth

you alright? What happened? Do you know that guy?" I heard

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

forcefully with one move, creating a scraping sound of claws. Yet he stood back in instant and jumped over Xyrus

cunning and wickedly elusive as each attack he managed to block or dodge. He moves perfectly in tune like a true mighty

those eyes." Luna

must stop him before it is too late."

attack after another attack he draws blood and inflicting fatal injuries that even

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

beast! " I muttered both in awe and worry as I witnessed

stand for too long." Alpha Caden said in a

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

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