DRACINI
SIYAS P.O.V.
I was panting, as I felt my limbs protest and my lungs ached, urging me to stop, but I kept running. I could feel my toes go numb, as Ice nipped my foot, I cursed myself for running without my boots, I could feel an excruciating pain in my abdomen, but I ignored it all, as I felt tears stream down my face.
My babies,
They took my babies.
I mourned the loss of my babies, whom I just gave birth to,
They were taken away, snatched away from my hands.
And I could do nothing.
Nothing.
Self loath consumed me, as my vision blurred from unshed tears, but I wiped them off, as I felt rage, consume my senses making me snarl.
I just have to get to my husband, he will protect me, I am sure of it.
No matter what anyone says.
He is not dead.
He cant be dead.
I nodded to myself and bit back a sob.
From a distance, I could see a silhouette of a man, but I was not sure who he was, making me slow down my pace, as I walked while eyeing the man, but I broke into a run, as soon as I saw who he was.
I could recognize him anywhere.
LAXMION
I screamed, as I threw my arms around her, and he too opened his arms wide for me, making me throw myself at him, but he caught me.
Relief filled me as I snuggled against his chest, relishing in the warmth that his body was radiating, and breathed into his familiar pine smell.
I felt his body shake, as he sobbed against my shoulder, his arms tightening around me, but I felt it in my gut that something was seriously wrong.
I gently pushed him away by his shoulders, and cupped his face, his blue eyes, brimming with unshed tears, as he looked at me, as if it pained him, his eyes ran over every nook and corner of my face, as if he was memorizing my face, as he tenderly pushed a strand of hair away from my face.
"Love, whats wrong? Dont worry we will get our dau-"
But before I could continue, he covered my mouth with his lips, and I relished into his deep passionate kiss, but there was something sad about it, and it made way for a gnawing feeling in my chest, but he had his arms wrapped around my waist, so I let him kiss me.
Maybe, he is just sad.
After some time, he painfully slowly broke our kiss, as if it hurt him to do that.
Tears continued to stream down his face, as I watched his face scrunched up with agony. I gently raised his face and made him meet my eyes.
"Tell me."
I urged him in a voice barely above a whisper, everything around me forgotten, as my voice got carried away in the howls of the wind, but I knew he heard me perfectly.
"I am s-so sorry."
He said in a heart breaking voice, as panic filled my system, my senses went overdrive, as I realized he wasnt able to protect our daughters.
But a loud thump made me look at my right, and I screamed as I saw one of my babies was mercilessly dropped to the ground, the other one, no where in sight.
I ran towards her and took her in my arms and wrapped my shawl around her, but I froze, when I realized that I couldnt feel her heartbeat, pain like none other wrapped around my heart, and I buried my face in her lifeless body, and wailed, I felt hollow, I looked up, tears still streaming down my face, as I caressed her platinum blonde hair, just like mine, as I stroked them, relishing in the softness of her soft strands of hair.
I wanted to see her eyes, what they looked like, but I dont think I was courageous enough for that, as I felt my arms shake at the mere thought of that.
So I squeezed my eyes shut, and raised my head and looked at the midnight sky, and glared at the full moon for not protecting us, but suddenly my eyes caught a huge silver dragon perched upon a peak, looking down at me as if mocking me.
Rage filled me again as I kept holding my sweet daughters lifeless body in my arms, still eyeing the dragon, but the sounds of footsteps diverted my attention, as I saw a man with black hair, wearing a suit, with a smug look on his face, stood at a distance, with his arms crossed.
I snarled as I recognition flashed across my eyes, and I realized he was the man who was responsible for this.
I opened my palm wide and faced it towards him and chanted.
"Sinerus"
But I watched, shocked, as he too chanted the same words, and my ice, connected with his fire, making me stop as realization struck me.
"You are a sinerus dragon too."
I said out loud making him smirk at me in agreement.
"We made a deal with your beloved."
He said making me narrow my eyes and look at Laxmion in confusion, who was looking down guiltily.
"So according to the deal, he allowed us that he would let us burn you and your already dead child, in exchange of leaving him and his community alone. Shame, he doesnt realizes that without you, and your sinerus born, your community will perish in the absence of a proper leader."
He said with a malicious smirk, and I wanted nothing more than let out a sigh in relief.
My baby is alive.
I was overjoyed by the fact, that he didnt knew about my second child.
I turned towards Laxmion, to show him how happy but my heart broke as realization struck me.
My death would lead to Laxmion, age like a human.
I rushed towards him, still clutching my baby in my arms, and cupped his face with my hand.
"Hey, you are doing the right thing."
I said as he clutched my hand in his, sobs wracked his body, as he suddenly threw his arms around me, and I felt cold ache, spread across my chest, as I realized he will be left here, all alone.
I wrapped one arm around him, and caressed his nape, in an attempt to soothe him, as I relished in his familiar warmth, our child squeezed between us.
We slowly parted as I smiled at him through my ears, my heart breaking as I saw him smile through his tears.
"Take care."
I told him with a smile and he nodded with resolution, making me smile brightly at him.
I heard the wind flapping of dragons, and when I looked back, I saw the silver scaled dragon from before, was now next to the man, and another red scaled dragon, was standing next to them.
The black haired man motioned me to come next to them, and I sighed, I looked back and gave Laxmion one quick kiss on his lips, and gave him a bright smile as I watched him struggling to keep his tears at bay, as I caressed his face one last time, and then gave his hand a gentle squeeze and mouthed him you got this to which he smiled through his tears.
I then straightened my back and cleared my face of any emotions, as I walked towards them with my chin raised.
They were looking at me with narrowed eyes but I didnt care, I am a sinerus dragon, I will die with respect.
I unconsciously held the dead body of my child tighter against me, as I stood in front of them and smirked at them, but I didnt want their face to be the last face I saw.
So I looked down at my child, and felt my eyes watering as I realized that she never had a life, that she had to sacrifice such a long life, but I smiled as I realized our sacrifice was worth it.
With determination in my eyes, I looked up and glared in the eyes of all three of them, and saw them look taken aback making me smirk inwardly.
"I am ready."
I announced with a determined voice, then looked back at my sweet little girl in my arms, and smiled at her, pride filling my veins as I bent down and whispered in her ear.
"Mommy is so proud of you."
I told her and then smiled again at her through my tears, vaguely familiar of them, chanting, ready to burn my child, a blue ball of fire, glowing between them, as they combined their fire, but all I cared was the sweet girl in my arms.
I bent down and tenderly kissed her cheeks, just before a ball of blue fire engulfed me completely,
The last thought on my mind was what did my other daughter looked like.
I woke up with a jolt and sat up frantically as I felt scared to death, my limbs were shaking, and my body was drenched in cold sweat, I wiped my face with shaky hands and attempted to calm my breathing.
Looking around I realized I was still in Mr. Dracinis office, making me jolt out of the couch I was laying down on.
I dont know why but my gut feeling was screaming at me to leave, so I stood up, and quickly slipped on my heels and took up my file, which was still kept on the table, my mind still buzzing due to the horrible dream, as I rushed towards the door, opening it wide I rushed out but I was stopped by a voice.
"Ms. Siya, are you okay? Where are you going?"
The girl from earlier asked me making me put on a fake smile and look at her with a smile.
"Ahh yes, thank you so much for asking, but I am not feeling well, so uhh can you tell Mr. Dracini that I left?"
I asked her, hoping she would say yes.
"Why, of course, but umm what happened? You do realize that this is gonna leave a bag impression on you?"
She asked me with raised eyebrows, but my body was ringing warning bells in my head making me smile at her apologetically.
"Honestly, I dont care right now, I do not feel well, Thank you so much for your concern though."
I told her hurriedly and without waiting for her reply, I waved my hand at her and then left, as the women from the dream kept flashing in front of my eyes, and I rubbed my temples.
What the fuck happened?
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I blew the steam escaping from my hot cup of tea, I took a small sip, and sighed in content at the perfect taste, as I sat crossed leg on my couch, a blanket wrapped around me, while I looked out of the window of my cozy room, and watched the sky high mountains, as a snowflakes continued to cover my windows, but I didnt mind, I was content, and felt strangely safe here, away from the hot and humid temperature, I rubbed my nose with my left hand, which was warm from soaking up the cups heat, as I tried to forget the horribly embarrassing encounter with the Dracini brothers.
I sighed and looked away, feeling drained from todays experiences, and took another sip of my tea and mentally huffed when I realized that I waisted my holidays for a stupid trip, when I could have done some house cleaning. A laugh escaped my lips, followed by a sardonic smile as I remembered the relief I had seen in Mrs. Lunas eyes, who looked like she might cry as she had caressed my cheeks.
My father and Mrs. Luna were really close, just like a brother and a sister would be. If it wasnt for Mrs. Lunas platinum blonde hair, I would have thought they were actually family. When father had disappeared, she was the one who helped me to go through the pain, she had been by my side, just like my mom should have been. But my mom never had time for me.
I sighed feeling gloomy, at the thought of my absentee mother and my dead father, when a call jolted me out of my reverie.
I frowned, and placed my cup on the table and picked up my phone, I was surprised to see a name Kiero with a heart, flashing on my phone made me frown, as I searched my memory for any possible memory of someone named Kiero, but I couldnt remember, so I quickly took up the call.
"Whose this?"
"Ahh Ms. Morgenstern, how are you? I hope you dont mind that I saved my number in your phone while you were sleeping in our office."
The speaker said in a mischievous voice and chuckled in the end, I was about to demand for his name, but suddenly realization struck me, making my eyes go wide as saucers.
"M-Mr. Dracini?"
I asked in an unsure voice, not even believing myself .
"Yes! You guessed right, so, I know you havent been well today but you see we saw your certificates, and we are impressed by your dedication so we have decided to hire you. Please pack your things the moment you are relieved by your current workplace and leave, our secretary will contact you for further details, And one more thing,"
"Huh"
I asked him daze, my mind scattered as I felt slightly dizzy of the new found information as I listened to his eager and mischievous voice.
"Call me Kiero."
He said seductively and I could practically see him smirking at the other end of the line, before a beep told me that the call was disconnected.
What in the burning hell is happening?!