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?"

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

 I shouted, pointing an

rolled his eyes. "It's not like

and blinked the tears away, threatening to

shouted back. "If you just play along with

all these years tripled a thousand times. His

my face. But I dare not to

this over

let's get this over"

snapped to realign 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

to see Tash and the rest of our warriors emerging

 Luna Fae said worriedly as

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

to kill the other in

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

wickedly elusive as each attack he managed to block or

eyes." Luna

him before it is too late." I heard Alpha Caden

another attack he draws blood and inflicting fatal

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

in awe and

won't stand for too long." Alpha Caden said in a hard

all sense. For Jasper was sure betting on his death as the battle go on. A weak whimper came out of him when Xyrus get

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