Barely Breathing

I sighed, opening my eyes and hugging my pillow tighter. "I am trying to sleep Xyrus."

Xyrus inched his body closer to mine and buried his nose in my hair like he usually does, his arm circled my waist. His body felt warm and surprisingly comforting. lt felt like normal for us to cuddle like this, far from how bad I thought this idea would be.

"Willow?" He mumbled.

"Hmmm."

"Do you still remember the day I found you at the boundary?"

"How can I forget." I groaned. "I almost died that day, if it were not for you."

"It was not me who saved your life, Willow." He spoke.

I turned upon hearing this, bewildered and lost for words.

He must have noticed my confusion as he added. "Yes I was the one who killed that rogue who attacked you, and brought you to the infirmary...but it was your strong will to survive, which has saved you."

"I do not understand," I confessed.

you remember

pursed my lips and let out. "I said

from all your injuries. It was almost impossible to save you even with the pack doctor tending your wounds...but something miraculous happened. You shifted for the first time, even though, it should be two months more. And your wolf helped you to recover, that was why you

made you

I could do." My voice cracked from swirling

of my eye but did not speak a word. Listening patiently to what I

all died protecting

you." He

I gleamed at that.

He laid on his back while staring at

"I am sorry Willow."

what?" I asked. I, too, laid on my back

trapped like what Jasper did to you and your pack."

weighed his words in my mind. How possible he knows my deepest thoughts? Then it dawned on me that he could read

you? Why didn't

"I always wondered why you resist me. It was not