Kaya's POV
My foot is moving fast and I am panting with loss of breath, I can't stop myself I am running helpless as if I am running for my life, I am screaming for help, but I can't see anyone, the place is filled with huge pine trees and I don't know which direction I should run to, then a point came where I was unable to run and I stopped myself and sat down placing my back on the huge pine tree and all I could see was a never ending forest as hell. I closed my eyes as I was exhausted, I was breathing heavily when I heard some movement of snapping of dry leaves as if someone was approaching. My senses alerted and I quickly covered my mouth with my hands to avoid making any sounds. I tried to avoid making any sounds when I saw a huge and tall man with brunette hair and light green eyes with well fine physique, came and stood infront of me but when I moved my eyes down he didn't have legs. it terrified my core and I got up trying to run when he held my hand from back and looked into my eyes and said
"let me show you something "
without any hesitation I followed him as if he compelled me to follow his orders. I went with him forth and I saw a beautiful stream in the middle of nowhere while he let go my hand and said
"Look at yourself into the crystal clear water"
I listened to what he said and went forward towards the river in order to see myself while I stood there at the brink and bent forward to look at my reflection in the water.
All I could see was my hands were covered in blood and my dress was all damp with blood, while I screamed out of terror and fell down with shock and when I turned back, I saw a pile of corpses in blood and when I moved my gaze towards the man I saw he was holding a sword while he came forth and blew a cut on my chest with a blink of an eye and everything became black in my colorful world seeing through my eyes.
Suddenly I opened my eyes and everything was clear on my eyes but the effect was still there about the terrifying dream I just saw, I was feeling weak and low after what I just saw, I got up from my bed and bend forward to pour myself some water, I looked at the watch and saw it was 2:00 while I stared at the window pane it was dark outside, I rested my head on the fluffy pillow while I laid down on my bed when I sensed my pillow to be wet I touched my eyes and realized that I was crying while I was dreaming, it felt so much real to me, I didn't want to think about that dream anymore and went back to sleep.
I woke up in the morning and brushed my teeth while I looked at the clock it was 5:30am in the morning and it was still dark outside because of the winter, I dressed up into pants and a jacket while I went out on jog when someone called me from behind to which I turned back to see who it was when I saw someone approaching at me with a black cloak on, while I looked closely as it was dark and the candles burning were enough to see his face, I looked closely and I saw it was Amanedeil. I felt like gross and quickly turned my eyes away from his face. Though I am not scared of spirits but the guarding spirits seems to terrify me whenever I see them, once they even tried to harm me because I am a human but then Mother Jane ordered them to not lay a finger on me and on Miss Madison, since then I am very cautious about them being around me while Amanedeil doesn't treat me the same way other guarding spirit does just that he doesn't react anything about me being around while the other gaurding spirit still despises me for being human and staying with the spirits.
"Amanedeil is one of the guarding spirits. The guarding spirits live with dark energies with non friendly nature, they do not talk at all and live with a horrible face, they wear a black huge cloak covering their face, they were sent to guard the cemetery and the palace when people tried to burn the palace and the cemetery for their own means that's when the heavens sent the guarding spirits to protect this place and the palace was made invisible to the humans unless they are in great need"
"Amanedeil its me, you can go and guard the Wisteria tree at the back "
He nodded with his head and went away floating in air and my face was on complete terror, I drank some water from the dining and headed out and went to the cemetery.
The cemetery was filled with candles but the fire was out due to the cold breeze, I took the lighter and light all the candles one by one and sat on the bench while Davina appeared
"Hello Davina, did you sleep well"
"Don't get mad actually....I went to the city side, I possessed a girl and had so much fun, you know 21st century is so beautiful and open, back then we didn't even get to ...."
"Enough Enough I already listened to your story from 18th century like thousand times, you know you will be banished from here if you harm any human beings. This curiosity of your will kill you one day"
"I know I know , now don't start lecturing me you know I won't harm any humans I have gain control over myself all these years, just don't mention this to mother Jane "
Davina pleaded me with a puppy face and I couldn't ignore her, she's been my best friend all these years and I've been playing with her since I was 3 years old, she never left me alone and never made me feel like she was a spirit she was more caring and loving than a human could have been.
Davina was an 18 year old girl who lived during the 18th century. She was a farmers daughter and a very optimistic soul with the attitude of living life to the fullest. But one day her life shattered down into pieces when there was a great plague of 1738, it was an outbreak of the bubonic plague between 1738 and 1740 that affected the areas of the Habsburg empire now called the Romania. The pandemic killed over 50,000 people and more and Davina and her family was one them. She succumbed to death when the plague gulped away her life, her family found peace while her desperation of living didn't allow her to leave this realm and she stayed back at the cemetery hoping to live as a spirit and go to the other side when she is ready to leave, she once wanted to leave but then she met me and couldn't leave because I will be left alone, she says that we will leave together the day I die"
"Umm...Davina how about going to the woods"
"No No, never we are not allowed to go there, you know that if the guarding spirits catches us we'll be in trouble"
"look who's talking, who doesn't even follow the rules and regulations herself, please please just once"
I made such an innocent face to which she couldn't deny my request and finally she was willing to go
"This will be the first and the last time ok, then no more'
We took a large candle each one and went forward, it was dawn but the trees made dark to see anything but we were able to walk with the help of the light of the candle, the mud was slippery because of the dew drops, we were walking carefully to avoid falling down, I suddenly got the cringe about my dream seeing this place it was all surrounded by large pine trees and all I could see was only forest wherever I lay my eyes on, suddenly everything became clear as the sun was rising and we were astonished to look up at the sky it was so beautiful, we were completely lost at the beautiful sight when suddenly we heared some snapping of the twigs on the ground and someone's footsteps while our senses alerted
"Kaya did you hear that" she swallowed a lump of fear while staring at me
"Lets run" we ran without giving a second thought we turned back and started running while the ground was slippery my shoes slipped and I fell down on the ground and got hurt on my arms, it was bleeding and I was in pain but still i tried to get up when we heared someone saying
"Is someone there "
It was a humans voice while we relaxed a bit and I got up and turned back to run when we heared
"Hello"
We turned towards him and saw a man standing in front of me, he was wearing a track suit and he was handsome with grey orbs and gelled up hair standing there, while I asked out of curiosity
"Who are you?"
"I am Delakai, you can call me Kai"
"Why are you here in this isolated woods" I asked out of curiosity
"Well I am here on camping and you"
" Same here I am on camping here too"
I understood that he wasn't able to see Davina because he was just a mere human, I was talking to him when Davina said "let's go Kaya the sun already rised, we must leave before the guarding spirits catches us " I reminded myself about how much I hated getting caught by the guarding spirits, I didn't say anything further and came to this side while he was just staring at me from back, I came back to the palace when i saw Miss Madison cooking breakfast, I hated lying to her so I silently took my footsteps and was going silently when she said "You don't have to hide , I've prepared breakfast go and freshen up"
I got caught and I couldn't say anything but to run away to my room, I came back to my room and opened my clothes and headed directly to the shower, the warm water touched my skin which made me relaxed, a thought ran through my mind about the boy I just saw in the woods, when the water touched my wound and it burnt like hell and I woke up from my thoughts, it was still bleeding with the water, I took my shower and put some ointment on my wound and put on the bandage and I decided to wear a long sleeve gown to avoid getting caught by Miss Madison seeing my wound.
I headed downstairs but before I went to the room where Lucas was sleeping, probably lying unconscious, I stared at his face and I realized he had an innocent face but deep down I was still doubting on this stranger who trespassed in my house. After he fell down yesterday Miss Madison has been treating him as she was a Nurse once.
I came downstairs and sat on the table waiting for my breakfast then Miss Madison brought me a toast with an omlette
"Miss Madison , how is he now" I wasn't just a heartless person he became that way in my house so it was my responsibility, so I asked her out of sense of responsibility.
"It was just food poisoning r some allergy, he'll be alright in some days'
"Why isn't he awoke yet '
"I gave him a sleeping dose, he'll probably be awake by now, but are you still on planning to send him away'
"wait lets see once he completely recovers, then I'll decide"
I completed my breakfast and went to Lucas's room to see if he was awake probably to give him medicine, while I saw him sitting there on the bed all gloomy
"you awake, take this medicine '
"Is it poison again, so that you can kill me again'
"Looks like the food had an effect on your brain too, why would we want to poison you '
"Then what was used during making the breakfast"
"Obviously it was a steak you saw it too , haven't you ever had any steak in life"
"no I am talking about the utensils used what was it made of "
"Are you crazy, if you suspect us so much then get out "
He got up from his bed and banged me towards the wall while holding my both hands placing on the wall, all I could see was anger and fear on his eyes which was turning a bit red while my eyes went to his bare body and I was awestruck to see his hard naked chest with just a few distance back from me, I cleared my thoughts by the pain on my arms which was getting more deeper due to the wound I already had and his tight grab, my eyes got teary when I said
"Lucas, its hurting" to which he came into senses and loosen his grab and let go of my hand, he turned guilty and quickly apologized to me "I....m...I am....sorry Kaya.....I just wasn't on my senses....I..am sorry" while my eyes caught his eye and it was completely red now
"Yo....you....r....your...eyes" he quickly turned his eyes off me in terror to which I went forward and stood infront of him to see his eyes again to make it sure that it was probably red in colour.
I saw it clearly again and it was back to its normal color, to which I thought about getting mistaken while he said
"You don't have to worry it was just the iron utensils that made me sick, I am vulnerable to Irons, they can kill me"
"if you don't trust us you can leave this place anytime"
I was just so angry by the allegations and how he hurted me, so I banged those words on his face and came out banging the door behind.