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The 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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****Commencing our way down the burgundy red carpeted stairs, I could feel all the people underneath burning their gazes into me, curiosity mostly but some mal intentions behind some.The party was already undergoing, the blinding flashing lights cluttered the place, the blaring music, bodies of people dressed in their finest ball gowns that some couldn't afford in a lifetime, paraded around, dancing and having the time of their short lives. Food stations and service were designated from what I could tell strategic places, one station near the ice sculpture of a girl and a boy dancing. Maybe to others, it was just two figures dancing. But I could read the double meaning behind that and that nagging feeling soon reappeared.Landing on the actual hard, polished floor felt completely relaxing. Having others spectate and watch you wasn't all too amusing or fun.Another body crashing me into a tight hug, separating me
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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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****The architecture of the building threw me off my feet a little. The sturdy bricked mansion had that rustic, modern feel towards it. Vines wrapped around the framework whilst even further than that masses of trees and vegetation surrounded it. Windows were placed where it would be most appropriate. And the big grey double doors drew me in more. This was HQ and I'd be lying if I said it wasn't slightly beautiful. Still, I was expecting it to be more high-tech but I guess it seemed proper for this sort of house to be in the countryside. I suspect acres of land hide behind the mansion's big frame."It's beautiful, isn't it?" Isaiah's eyes flashed towards mine. "Makes me remember all my memories of this place again.""This is where you lived?"He nodded. "For a majority of my life, yes."We all were making our way towards the door, I could feel my heart rate quicken, I was being
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Chapter twenty two I've been isolated for a couple of hours which stretched into days. Doctors came, prodding me with needles and an array of different medical treatments which I still didn't think I needed, but despite my extensive protests they chose not to hear a word I said. They were more unmoving than the soldiers, still I couldn't help but think that sympathy would be an admirable trait in doctors. But it all made sense now, it came clearer into perspective, this time right now I didn't have a choice in matters concerning me. The food itself was as plain as the room, standard staple and carbohydrate based diet, repeatedly day after day until not only my will to stay here was dissolving but my appetite too. Waiting was the worst part and I found myself doing it a lot. Waiting for some different type of food, waiting to do what I've been brought here to do, and waiting for Isaiah. I seemed to be doing that par
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We didn't utter a word, just remained looking at each other."I'll give you two some privacy. Alexis," In my peripheral vision I could see his body turning fully to mine yet I couldn't seem to tear my eyes off Isaiah to fully concentrate on him. "Your vitals look good. And we've deliberated you're ready. They'll call you soon, any moment from now. Just don't fall asleep, we need you fully alert. And Alexis, good luck. I'll be in there with you." With that he took his abrupt leaving, gently closing the door shut.It must have escaped my mind when Isaiah even came in. What these agents were capable of doing, shocked me.Again we remained staring at each other. Secretly I was hoping he didn't yet know the outcome and what I had to do, it would break me seeing him broken."I should have known they'd pull something like this. I should have protected you, Alexis. It's all my fault. I'm so sorry." Quickly,
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Chapter twenty three Days turned into weeks. And I found myself repeating the same routine each and every night. All the pain, the screaming, and crying. Still, they didn't find what they wanted just yet. But still, I crowned myself lucky to be alive even if it was just barely. Stumbling upwards, I took a glance at myself in the mirror. The same girl staring back at me, just wasn't me. But a shell of what I once was. My cheeks were hollow, sunken in making my eyes slightly protrude from their sockets. The glint in my eyes were completely faded and that healthy natural glow of my skin disappeared too. Lacing my bony fingers together, it slightly scared me that this was what I was slowly turning into. A ghost. Multiple attempts to try to recover what they needed to, failed and I kept being dragged into more sessions. Failing each time. My appetite withdrawing and the excessive weight loss not only a shock to
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Despite, Isaiah's strong arms, cautiously wrapped around me, I was opportunistic that I could make it to the Box without my need for assistance."I've got it, Isaiah. You don't need to hover." Warily, he took one step away from me, nodding seemingly respecting my decision to walk on my own.One painful step that felt as if shards of glass were digging into my ankle and spreading their pain throughout my entire body.Another step doubled the effect. But I managed to swallowed it down as best as I could.Third step. It was all too much, the pain magnified to light-headiness and I felt myself losing my balance, slowly expecting to make contact with the ground. But before I could Isaiah was by my side in a second, securing his arms around my waist, propping me upright. "Easy, Alexis."With his aid that I needed but didn't want, we made progress, advancing with small steps towards the
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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
