ALEXAKIS I couldn't believe that it had been more than three weeks since I came to live in this place that was slowly beginning to feel like hell.True, the people there nurtured me back to life, but none of them were ready to answer the questions that weighed on my mind. All they did was give me food, water, medicine, and care. They also made sure that I got enough rest. But the attention was not there.Luna Lisa, as I have learned she was called, had refused to listen to me or even talk to me. I understood that she might be very angry with me at the moment, seeing as her husband died because of me. I later got to learn about this from one of the nurses that came for a visit. And they had carried out his rites, or was it supposed to be later in the day? I couldn't remember.All I knew of at the moment was the fact that the place was beginning to feel like hell. How else could I explain the fact that everyone treated me like a plague? Like I was responsible for all the miseries they
CLAIRE"Hey, Claire."I looked up to see Raphael smiling at me, and I smiled back at him. He came to where I was sitting on the floor, trying to watch some course videos, and sat down with me."What are you doing?" He whispered to me. Wordlessly, I pointed to the screen and showed him the video I was watching. "Looks interesting. Mind if I listen in?"I gave him one of the earpieces I was using, and we both began to watch the videos together in silence. Things had been like that between the both of us since the last time I got short-listed for the secretary job. My interview was just a week to go, but I was already preparing for it. The video Raphael and I were currently watching dealt with how to be a proper secretary. I didn't want the opportunity to slip from me because of a mistake on my part.We finished watching the video and I got up from where I sat. Somehow, I lost my balance and was on my way to the floor. Raphael caught me halfway and prevented the fall. I quickly scramble
ALEXAKISThe moment I successfully made my way out of the pack, I raced for the nearest route that I saw. I didn't want them to catch up with me. And by them, I meant Luna Lisa, and Kieran. A part of my mind kept telling me that they would bundle me back to their place, and I couldn't afford that right now.The urgency I felt, the urge to get to my girl, was growing stronger and stronger in me. I didn't know why, but something about just thinking of her kept tugging at me to hurry. Like she was in some kind of danger that I couldn't fathom. I didn't understand it anyway. That was... the pull that I felt toward her. True, it had always been there, but never as strong as this one was. It was almost as if she was in some kind of pain that got me in the pain also. Almost like my feeling mirrored hers perfectly. Perhaps it was responsible for the pain that I kept feeling... pains that I thought came from my injury... injuries that had stopped hurting so much for about a week now.I ignore
ALEXAKIS "Claire!" I shouted once again and rushed into the cave. Claire was there, down on the cold floor, shivering and clattering her teeth together. My heart flew out of my chest, and I couldn't help but blame myself for coming late to her rescue. When I had begun to feel the tug, I should have just told the people who saved me, Luna Lisa and Kieran, that I wanted to leave. If I had done that, I might have prevented all these that happened to my girl.But first, I needed to pause with the guilt feeling I was having. I needed to make sure the woman was okay first. And if she was, I needed to take her to a healer as soon as possible. I rushed over to where she was and began to tap her gently. She refused to move her head even to a tiny degree. I didn't know when a single tear dropped down my eye to my cheek. There was no way I would lose this girl when I couldn't even imagine my life without her."Claire!" I screamed. "Claire, please wake up. Please look at me," I beseeched her.
ALEXAKIS I was lost in thought as I strode through the garden around the home of Luna Lisa. I felt like I would lose my brain and my sense of reasoning if I remained still at the house. It has been more than three days already since I first brought Claire in in a half-dead manner. The healer and her helpers had done everything in their power to stabilize her and made sure that she didn't slip out of consciousness. For a full day after that urgent treatment, we couldn't tell if the woman was going to live or die. Hell, she didn't even twitch or move a muscle one single bit. At a point, her body had begun to spam, and I was so sure that I was going to lose her at that instant. The healer, whose name I didn't bother to ask, had done everything again to stabilize Claire's condition. And all through those times, I had done nothing but yell at the nurses who I felt were too slow in getting whatever the healer told them she needed at that moment.Do not blame me. Blame that part of me that
CLAIRE.I drifted in and out of sleep for about thirty minutes before my eyes finally opened and remained that way. Or might have remained that way if the bright light above me didn't feel like I was going to be blinded if I continued to keep my eyes open. I closed my eyes and raised my hand to cover my face to prevent further assault.When I was sure that I could withstand the light, I opened my eyes again. I looked up to see that the bright light was from a fancy bulb in the room.A room? My brain picked on that little fact, and I kept wondering how I managed to get into a room. The last thing I remembered was racing back to the cave when I lost all hope completely. Then, I crawled myself in together to get some rest, mainly because I was hungry and tired. So, how was I in a room?I turned my eyes around, trying to see if I would recognize the room that I was in. From the blue color of the room to the table and chair set neatly in a corner to a dressing table and the larger-than-lif
ALEXAKIS "Alex! Alex!!" I heard someone screaming my name while running after me, but I didn't give a damn. I was burning with more fury than I could ever think of to even be bothered about whoever the caller was and what she wanted.How dare those people treat my girl like that? What gave them the audacity to treat her like she was nothing but trash? Trash to be discarded no matter how useful it seemed to have been in the past. And knowing the way Claire was, I knew that she must have done a lot for that roommate of hers that she squatted with for a while. Janet or whatever she was called. Yet, the woman had not hesitated on throwing Claire out.From the way Claire had seemed surprised, I was sure that there was more to the story between her and her roommate than the other person was letting out. I mean, who the hell thought it was okay to throw another human being out on the street simply because they thought that she was involved with their brothers? Even if that was the case -I m
ALEXAKIS I couldn't bare to leave her side. After I returned the previous day from my hunting expenditure of her friend, I returned to Claire's side to tell her about what I found out, but I found her asleep again. The healer told me that she was still very weak and they were still monitoring her to make sure that she was alright. Even though I should be assured about her health since it was the same healer that had brought me back alive, I found myself not willing to leave her side for even a second unless it was absolutely necessary. Now, it was nighttime, and I was still at her side, watching her like a hawk. Luna Lisa came beside me, and I nodded at her to acknowledge her presence. The both of us just stood in companionship silence while we watched the same woman. I knew why I was watching her, I didn't know why Luna Lisa was though. As if she could read my mind, she smiled and turned to face me."Is there something between you and this girl?" She asked me.I wanted to brush o