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My lungs stung, my eyes burned and that calming presence washed over me. Then I realized what was happening. I was drowning.
Watery vision clouded my eyes and before I could react two arms shrouded my waist before tearing me away from the excruciating feeling of helplessness.
"I've got you. " The voice wasn't the clearest and liquid was still trapped in my eyes but it didn't have to be. Instantly I knew it was Isaiah. And by the way, I was easily moving without actually using my arms and legs, which hinted to me that he saved me. Once again.
Rough, sand hit my body and I was carefully placed on a bed of grit.
Isaiah leaned over me, despite his features being blurry, I could make out who it was. "Breathe." His hands placed over my chest, pushed once, and then pushed twice until a considerable amount of water spewed from between my lips. I could feel my body jerk in reaction a
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"You know that's far from it Alexis." Heaving a deep breath, contemplating whether I needed to know this extra fact about him that clearly, he wanted to keep hidden. Nevertheless, he nodded. "Okay, since you really want to know. Well, sometimes there's just something in me that sparks, like it's a big ball of fire laying dormant until it burns uncontrollably until the point I can't contain it. From what I've been told, I'd inherited it from my dad, it's documented he had the same outbursts, towards the end of his life, towards the overdose, apparently he'd have these episodes, to the point it almost turned him manic." He paused, trying to gauge my reaction, trying to see if I would react badly but I trusted him and I cared for him too much to hurt him. "I don't want to end up like him, it wasn't so much of a mental illness than him wanting to joyfully inflict pain on others. And that's not what I want, I don't want to turn into him. I don't want to turn into a monster." With every s
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Chapter seventeen"How much did Adrian actually tell you?" If he wanted to know about me, I had to give him what he wanted but it didn't mean that I couldn't be cautious of my wording and how much I gave away of that specific information."Just enough that I would welcome you in but not to the point it fixed my insatiable hunger for knowledge about what you are. " He smiled, his lips curling into somewhat of a snarl, the corner of his eyes pulled up. "So tell me what exactly in you will they use to solve the issue? Will you be used as some sort of sacrifice?"Tensing up next to me, Isaiah noisily dropped his fork onto the plate before turning fully to Francis. "No one is anyone's sacrifice." His tone stern and it surprised me that he actually meant it. It had me wondering if he really didn't know what I'd have to give up, he couldn't be this naive or oblivious to the truth.A shrill laugh echoed through the hall,
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"So Evan, you would pick Evan." He pressed on, trying to squeeze more out of me.I didn't respond and he took that as all the answers he needed.Glancing over at Isaiah his eyes didn't hold any malice to them but more so of understanding as if he wouldn't have even dared me to change my mind, he shot me a slantwise smile before casting his eyes downwards."I hope I haven't caused a rift between the both of you?" There was a slight twinkle in his eyes, as they wavering from me to Isaiah and back again."No." Remaining in my same position, my eyes searched for his until they both were locked in. "Because we both know that I'd die before I let anything bad happen to him, so all you did was to only push me to admit my feelings more. Something that I was struggling with before, but now I've come to realize professing what you feel doesn't make you weak, or easier for others to berate. It means your strong
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Chapter eighteenThe weight of the bed shifted and that familiar scent filled my nostrils once again before I opened my eyes I knew who it was."Alexis, are you awake?" His lips grazed my ear and chills trickled down but in the most perfect way. Even with my eyes shut I could sense he knew I was awake because he chuckled, the deep vibrato echoing, a sudden kiss landed on my lips and my eyes instantly flew up immediately making eye contact with his piercing ones. "I knew you weren't sleeping."Everything about Isaiah made me feel so warm that when I was around him, nothing could dampen it. That was the effect he had on me. And I was soon beginning to wonder if that was such a good thing? If a situation arose that I would have to make a tough decision between him and the world, who would I choose?We were close, really close. I could hear everything and more; his heartbeat stable and steady slightly soothing me, his
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"Why? Is there anything to be nervous about?"Smiling, he shook his head. "No, of course not. Not while I'm here." Again he paused. "So where do you want me to take you on your first date? I was thinking the Bahamas, maybe New York."I knew he wasn't being serious, yet it was still fun to think about the life we could have when everything became right again. "How will we get there Isaiah?" Deciding it was in my best interest to play along with him, entertaining the thought of something that could never be."I don't know, maybe, jet or we can swim or walk. Your choice." He smirked and for the first time in a long time I felt a genuine laugh come out of me, it felt so alien to my ear but I knew it was mine. Even Isaiah seemed taken aback but his smirk slowly turned into a smile."I think we should walk. I could get the exercise.""Nonsense. You're perfect the way you are, the way G
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Chapter twentyThe surge of the car, shoots me forwards, waking me up. Whatever influences or drugs I was under began to slowly waste away, but that groggy, lingering feeling was hard to dispel. Another bump of the vehicle forced me to grip onto my senses and surroundings.My eyes opened, Zee and Adrian sat in front, both passed out and unresponsive. Clearly under the same influence as I was. Two soldiers sat in between them. Events that previously occurred flashed through and it seemed like we were in a lot of trouble.Without a second thought, I lunged for the nearest soldier but balance wasn't really on my side, and before I could even make my way to him, arms wrapped around my waist, dragging me back to my seat."Calm down, Alexis. You need to calm down." Following the voice, my eyes locked with Isaiah. He looked tired but not more injured than he previously was. Did he not put up a fight? Had he
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I looked at Elijah, then at Isaiah, the only thing that I could do was to look at all my friends with the utmost confusion that I could muster. What in the hell were they actually talking about? "What do you mean? Do not tell me that all of you concocted some other ridiculous plan about how you are going to save me? It is not going to work, there is no way that you guys could have come up with a plan in less than forty eight hours."I felt Isaiah's hand on mine first, as he looked at me, with the same amount of determination that he always has when it is regarding my life and well being. "But Alexis, what if we can, what if we can save you. Would you accept our help? Would you take that risk, for us, for me? Would you?" I looked at him, as in really looked at him, and I knew it, I just knew it deep down within me that he was not lying, he really was not. They have come up with a plan that is going to save me, I myself was not intent of dying, so if there was a way back,
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He smiled, the stretch on his face pulled him in to a wide and bright smile. It was weird actually, I never really thought that I would have made a good wife, but I was more than willing to try for Isaiah, he was everything that I wanted and more. There was nothing that he could not say to me that I would not do for him, nothing. But I knew that I had to do this, not just for only him, but for me too. I had to do it, because if I did not, I am not entirely sure what hope our future had, and that fact was more scary than anything. "I love you, Isaiah. I really do."Although, I saw that hint of sadness crown his features, I could see in clear as day in his eyes that he loved me too, he loved me more than anything. And if there was something I was thankful for, it was most definitely that. He loved me, he loved at me as if I was this rare treasure, this rare jewel that he never thought in his life that he could gain a hold of, but here I was. In front of him, in his arms. Slowly
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Before Miss Smith- Anna could say anything else, Isaiah quickly interjected himself, "No! This is not happening, I will not even let anyone entertain the idea." His hand grabbed mine and he squeezed it, hard, I turned to face him. His eyes said everything that I knew he was keeping locked in his heart. I knew that he could not break his composure, but I also knew that it was killing him that I would even think of something like this. For him, it was like I was leaving him, almost like a betrayal. But for me, it was more like a gift from me to him, it was a chance of a better life for him. "Alexis, why are you even thinking about doing this? Have we not been happy? Why would you want to throw it all away when we can find another way around this. It is not fair, please do not do this to me."I looked at him, as in really looked at him, and all I could gift him was a small smile. He would never understand, even if I told him, he would think that I was just doing it to fabricate
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She was silent for a while, but I knew that she heard me loud and clear, I could see the gears turning behind her eyes, and I saw all she wanted to know and to tell me, without her even needing to move her lips. There was fear and apprehension, but eventually, she nodded. "If that is what you want and that is what you wish for then, so be it."Isaiah was the first one to make a quick protest, "Are you actually kidding me right now. No." Abruptly he turned to me, "No, Alexis, no. You can not do this you are bringing yourself up for slaughter, and no one at all she be even saying something like that."Zee's hands rest on me, and I turned my attention towards her, "Alexis, Isaiah is right, this is nothing more than an execution on your part. You do not have to sacrifice yourself for us to live. That is not necessary, and it will never, ever be necessary." My eyes then met Elijah, sitting directly opposite me, and he just shook his head. Simple and slow. Side to side. Ther
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I was in Isaiah's room wrapped in his embrace, enjoying his warmth when Zee stormed in. Her eyes fueled with fury and there was a hint of something scared between them. My mind started racing rapidly, and the first thing that I could think of was Evan. I mean, Isaiah was okay, I was in his arms, and Zee would not the one to barge in like that for no good reason, especially with the expression she had on her face, right now.Instantly, I forced myself out of Isaiah's embrace, and looked at her straight in the eyes. I do not know what I was searching for, possibly any bad news about Evan, that could only be communicated through the eyes, before she told me out right. But I could not find anything, I mean the clear explanation was that she was trained to be able to effectively conceal her emotions, and she did it well. "What? What is it, Zee. Please tell me, tell me now.""Alexis, you have to come quickly. Miss Smith needs to see you. Now."My bre
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"You can never keep your hands off what is someone else." I do not think there has ever been a time, and I mean there has never been a time, ever in my life that I have ever seen Isaiah look this angry, and he has had his fair bout of outbursts in his lifetime, it was almost painful to see him like, all because of me. I did not know what to do, even placing my hands on his chest to calm him down, was beginning to scare the living hell out of me, I did not know what to do. So, I did nothing, and just stood there. But, I still was acting as a barrier between Isaiah and Elijah.I turned over to Elijah, who did not look the slightest bit upset with me, he just gave me a small smile, when I mouth a quick sorry and in return, he gave me another small nod. He was not angry, but I knew that he should have been. I mean, I would, because yes, I said it so I could clear my conscience, but it did not mean that I did not just fracture and damage the relationship that they shared as
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There it was, the word vomit that was creeping up inside my throat, gear to escape, I knew that telling him the truth, and the end of things, would prove much greater than lying to him, just as I knew that the truth always had a nasty habit of leaking out, and against my better judgment, I knew against everything that I did, that the truth would eventually come out, whether I truly liked it or not. And I knew that deep down, there was nothing that scared me more than that. Nothing at all, so I took the deep dive, and I opened up emotionally, mentally and physically. I could tell that the heart was becoming very evident on my face because he looked at me, Isaiah looked at me, as if there was something deeper that he had to know. Both of his arms wrapped around my own, "Alexis." His voice dropped, the tone considerably lower than before, "What is the matter? Tell me, what is wrong?"I looked down, I could not bear anything in him to look him straight in his eyes, he lifted my h
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"Congrats, Alexis." I am so proud of you, Zee quickly engulfed me in a tight and quick hug, I almost felt as though I was suffocating, but if that was not enough to tell me how proud of me that she was, I really did not know what would. Right now, they decided conveniently, to hold an after party, as a sort of celebration for me, and the apparent hope that they now had, not as though I could be able to do everything by myself. It was not just solely and wholly me. It was not, and I do not think that it will ever be that. I had the help of Miss Smith, and everything surrounding that, without her, I do not think that I would have been able to reach this stage as I have done now. So, I have to give all my thanks and appreciation to her, and only her in my honest opinion. But they all insisted, and I would feel as though I was being ungrateful if I did not accept it. There was no teachers present, there was only agents, and soldiers, and Evan. Zee did the courtesy of collecting him from
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I walked up further to the front of the stage, and I could feel the paper that I was currently holding in my hand shake, as in it was not the type of shake that would be easy to hide, it was clear and evident and very. very out there and it was that bad that I knew that I was struggling to keep myself still. I took a deep breath in and out, and then in again, thinking that would prove something, and hopefully that would calm me down. But to no avail, I felt myself trying to swallow down the upcoming bile that was raising steadily and rapidly in my throat. Come on, Alexis, come on you can do this. My eyes found Isaiaih's again as he gave me a small, encouraging smile, his blue eyes lightening up and he gave me a thumbs up. I smiled appreciably, and nodded, releasing the breath that I currently took in. I can do this. I know that I can.I looked down at the paper in front of me, and it was as if the words on the page started blurring and moving around everywhere. I was st
