"Just come with, it'll be fun, trust me" Ian tried to convince Xylah for the hundredth time."Ian," Xylah sighed and pulled the jacket Ian got her earlier closer to her body. It was kind of chilly out here" I told you I don't wanna go to any fair" The frown on her face was evident " We've had enough fun for the evening""We haven't even—" Ian tried protesting but Xylah would have none of it "We're already at a mall, you've gotten me a jacket and we've watched a movie, that's enough. We should head back before anyone realizes i'm gone. You can get into huge trouble for this" They were both walking out of the movie theater now."Oh c'mon, you really should try to relax" Ian didn't seem bothered in the slightest "Nothing's going to happen, I won't get in trouble" He sipped the rest of the drink in his hand"You speak as if you're the crown prince or something" Xylah muttered but Ian heard her clearly, he choked on his drink."Hey? Are you okay?" Slight worry crossed Xylah's face hearin
Eulla stood in the middle of the large mall, the breath in throat hitched and her jaw slightly dropped. Just a second ago, she was about to curse at this person who ruined her expensive clothes but now as her eyes met the ocean blue ones staring back at her, everything around her seem to have come to a stop."Are you okay?" His baritone like voice snapped her back to reality. "Huh?" Eulla blinked, her senses returning to her "Ah, yes" She replied and laughed awkwardly allowing her eyes take in the sight of the man before her. Looming over her at over 6ft tall, well– built body and a mysterious face which was hidden under a black eye mask, Eulla couldn't help but feel herself drawn to this mystery man.' Who is this man?' She wondered. There was something about him that mesmerized Eulla. Was it the way his hair fell down the sides of his face? Was it the way his blue orbs sparkled with so much intensity? Was it the powerful aura surrounding him or was it simply the way he stood with a
Excitement bubbled in Eulla's veins as she rushed towards the exit, a big smile on her face. Her heart tingled from the meeting with that stranger. This was the first time she felt this way, no man had ever made her feel this way before, Eulla knew without doubt the masked man was a special one. Crazy how she met someone today and she's already feeling all giddy for him. Eulla blushed at the realization that she might finally be in love. She couldn't wait to tell her girls. Her footsteps hurried as she sighted the exit. Just when she was about to leave the building, someone crashed into her yet again. Eulla yelped as she lost her footing and crashed to the ground."I'm– I'm sorry!" A thin voice cried out."The fuck!!" Eulla hissed in pain. Her head sprung up to curse at the person only to be met with the biggest shock of her life. Eulla's face paled, her throat went dry and her eyes turned as wide as saucers, as they stared into the green eyes which held an equal amount of shock."Xy
"Let go of me!" Chills of horror ran down Xylah's spine as one of the men pulled her. She yanked away and took several steps back, her being soaked in fear.Loud laughter erupted around her as another one grabbed her yet again causing her to screech."Leave me! Let go of me!" Xylah cried and yanked away again eliciting another round of laughter. The men seemed to be enjoying her little act."Don't you dare," She mustered the bravest voice she could as she saw another reached out for her "Touch me""Uh lala" One shuddered ",Seems we've got a fiery one for the night" "I said don't touch me!" Xylah slapped his hand away, he growled "Hey girl! You better save all that energy for later, you'll need alot of it for screaming" The men bursted into laughter once more.Xylah's throat went dry at the thought of what these monsters were going to do with her. She was surrounded, with no where to run to. Her cries for help earlier were utterly useless, she was in a dark alley with no other soul i
Xylah's hands covered her lips, the shock clearly written all over her face. Her feet moved as she took steps back shaking her head in disbelief at what she had just done. Her shocked eyes met with Ian's and she shook her head."I– I" She stuttered "I didn't mean to– I didn't– i didn't–" The words refused to form, she clasped her hands over her mouth again. "I'm sorry" The words were barely a whisper but she was sure Ian heard them because he took a step forward."No!" She blurted out, the tears started to pool on her eyes once more."Don't come close to me. I– I didn't realize– I didn't know what I was doing" She panicked, her trembling hands half covered her face."I'm sorry" She apologized once more and before Ian could say another word, Xylah dashed past him."Xylah!" He yelled chasing after her. "Xylah stop!" Catching up to her was no big deal, his large hands wrapped around her arms as he pulled her towards himself."What do you think you're doing?!" He growled turning her to fa
Xylah's eyes widened in horror seeing the blood gushing out of the wound. The knife meant to plunge into her was in Ian's hands. He had grabbed the knife instead of letting it pierce right through her. Ian saved her."Ian!" Xylah let out a horrified cry as she pulled back the knife, more blood gushed out."My goddess! What on earth have you done?!" She yelled grasping his hands. Blood trickled out of the wound and Xylah tried her possible best to keep it in even though it was of no use."What on earth have you done? Why would you do this?" She cried and looked around desperately, she caught sight of a scarf. She hurried towards it and brought it back to wrap around his arm."Leave all of that" Ian said as she struggled to tie the wound "Leave it Xyla—""But you're bleeding!" She pointed out with a ceu "You're bleeding Ian!""But I don't care!" His sudden yell shut her up "I don't give a damn about this stupid wound Xylah! It means absolutely nothing!""Ian you're injured—" "It's ju
Hours after Ian had left, Xylah was still left in shock. She still found it hard to believe the moon goddess had actually given her a second chance.She now had a mate! How crazy is that?She went about her day doing nothing as usual, laying on her bed, her mind filled with the thoughts of Ian. Butterflies flew around in her stomach and Xylah found herself giggling every now and then. She felt like a school girl again.Night soon came and she fell asleep, a huge smile on her face. The next morning, Xylah had taken a bath and had just dressed up when a knock came on her door."Yes?" She answered and went to open it. She had locked it from the inside after Ian left yesterday evening. Xylah hurried towards the door, excitement bubbling in her veins. It was probably Ian or the maids bringing in her breakfast.Well whichever she was she would be glad because in as much as she wanted to see Ian, she was extremely famished. She reached the door, unbolted it and pulled it open but instead of
'You're getting married to the prince tomorrow'Those were the only words that kept repeating themselves over Xylah's head as she walked down the long hall leading to the dining room.The hallway she walked in was adorned with gold paintings and intricately carved sculptures and the whole floor was covered with a red carpet, which contrasted with the long dark pink gown she had chosen to wear.On a normal day Xylah would have been looking around, at the paintings and designs curiously and marveling at how beautiful they were but that day was not just today. Her mind was filled with so many thoughts, it was so jumbled up that she had a hard time time knowing what was what.Earlier, she had chosen a pretty decent pink gown and decided to wear it to her meeting with the prince. She allowed her hair to fall down in her natural waves and didn't see it necessary to do any makeup or anything of the sort as she was going to meet the prince.Xylah was just going there to finally see this "pri