Hands wrapped around her he guided her head to his chest.
"I was scared I thought you died" Alaric said his jaw resting on head.
Isleen gulp moving away so she could catch a glimpse of his face.
"And why would you care if I live or not, we aren't even friends." She replied.
"If weren't what are we?" He ask tilting his head to a side.
"I don't know"
"Then should I give our relationship a name?" He ask Isleen brow raised in question.
Alaric close the distance between them his cold lips pressing against her warm own, at first there was no response from her and her eyes remained widen.
She expected to catch a glimpse of his past like she saw earlier but there was nothing it was like the gateway to his soul was closed.
She shutter as she felt a nip at the bottom of her lips prompting her to open up to him.
Her lips part and their tongue collide in a skillful play, it was her first and she has never felt anything as thrilling as this before.
It was like she was sucked into the abyss of sweetness edging at the tip of her soul, emotions unknown to her erupt causing a wave of butterfly to dance in her stomach. Her toes curled and she fist her palm against his shirt.
Alaric pulled away looking into her close eyes which almost made him lose his composure.
She opened her eyes and met his which look at her like it has never before.
Her lips parted but there was no word coming from it.
"What are we?" She asked.
"You are mine, and mine only no Sharing" he told her.
"Isn't that being selfish?" Isleen asked and a chuckle escape his lips.
"You can say that or do you intend on sharing me with another?" He asked his brow raised.
Isleen bit her lips even if it was just for a moment, she had met someone who made her think supernatural weren't all the same some were special.
"I..... I don't know" Isleen said.
"It was a one time thing, I feel offended, how could you develop a liking so suddenly for him" Alaric said .
"What you know?".
"I would if it was me"
Isleen looked confused.
Alaric raise his hand and slowly his face begin to transform into a familiar one.
Isleen stare in shock unable to comprehend what just took place her hand flew to her lips and she held back the scream that was threatening to fall.
"What?" Alaric ask a smile playing on his lips.
"Justin!!"
"How, why the hell, you were deceiving me all along?" She ask.
"You could say that " he click his tongue.
"You impude__" She was saying only to be cut short by Alaric .
"Yeah very impudent how could you be two timing" he said.
"Two timing!!" Isleen said shocked.
"If not two timing what else" Alaric asked.
"Am done talking to you" she said turning away from him.
"We're both stuck here for the night what else do want to happen if not talking" he asked.
Isleen paid deaf ears to him.
"I can entertain the idea of something else am up for the game" he tease.
Isleen close her eyes not wanting to be a prize for entertaining his annoying soul.
But something linger on her mind, Alaric was unaware of the switch it was like two souls were fighting to take control of one body her heart pang at the thought.
The next day.....
Thaddeus folded the tent into the bag neatly their tour was cut short because of the incident that took place a day before.
This days he hasn't been seeing much of Orlaith around he could still vividly remember those days when all was well with them.
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"Thad look it a baby panda" Orlaith ran forward holding a puffy panda on her shoulder Patting it like a mother.
"What have brought this time Orlaith" Thaddeus ask opening his room door for her to come in.
"It a little panda see it mama left him behind" she said showing him the panda that clung to her, indeed it was adorable but it was another headache, his room was slowly becoming a zoo.
He pulled the vase at a side and another room unlocked, they walked in to see a room filled with boxes of different animals which Orlaith had brought home to him.
The last time was a deer, now a panda,
" where am I going to keep this, pandas grow really big. we just release a deer to the wild and now another" Thaddeus said.
Orlaith pout. I couldn't just leave it and walk away"
"And maybe if you didn't walk around aimlessly you wouldn't come across it in the first " Thad mutter.
She stood on her tiptoe and peck him.
"You are my best man, I love you" she grin moving away to stuff the baby away.
Thaddeus smiled.
★★
Time had only broken the two of them, matter how much he wish to patch thing they couldn't go back to being who they were before and it broke him immensely.
Thaddeus raise his head looking at the morning sun that shone brightly in the sky.
He sigh basking in it glory,his skin warm and soothing.
His ear pick up a rustle in the forest and his eyes snap opened.
He look towards the green scenario but caught nothing in sight, but his ears pick up the sound again.
He turn and made his way towards it.
"Hey yo_" Calix voice faded behind him.
He search around, it could be an animal it could be anything but it wouldn't hurt to check.
As he proceeded forward, he heard a gate slam close and he turn sprinting forward only to catch sight of a figure disappearing into the private property.
He frown.
He pulled open the creepy gate and made his way to the withered land which was filled with mass weed of grasses.
The house look haunting and abandoned why would anyone come to a place like this.
And to top it he get a eerie feeling that kept his hair on his skin standing.
He wasn't the type to be scared, even with all he isn't scared, he hasn't really met something challenging to keep him on his toes.
The door was left slight opened, Thaddeus made his way in.
"It was better to keep silent than create unnecessary attention to himself.
The living room was fully package like it was paused in time, although dusts and cobwebs were flying about it still didn't cover the fact that someone once lived in the house.
The air smelt bad and foul, like a stench of something rotten with his heighten sense it made it hard to breathe.
As he took a step forward and found nothing in sight.
He was about to turn when he caught sight of someone rounding a corner.
Thaddeus frown, was someone playing mind trick on him.
He followed behind and he was led to the upper building, he stopped in the middle of an hallway facing sections of room with closed doors.
He stare confused around with no one in sight. A door close at the end of the hallway.
Thaddeus proceeded forward and opened the door to the room before walking in.
The room was empty with only a wardrobe in sight, it stood at a corner covered in dust.
Someone cried from within a sound of a little girl, Thaddeus frown.
He made his way to the wardrobe ready to pull it open but he stopped midway.
It could be a trap, he thought why would a little girl be stuck without anyone around how she had made her way in was unexplainable.
He turn to leave but stopped immediately.
"Thad help, I am scared" he
heard Orlaith scared voice and he turned.
"Orlaith , how did you get in there__" he pulled opened the door and was almost blinded by a Bright light. He was sucked in.
The wardrobe shut close and Thaddeus phone was discarded on the floor of the room with him nowhere in sight.