Kyran
My breath catches in my throat, strangling me as my heart thumps painfully and constricts my chest in a vice. I fear I might pass out. No. No. No no no. This…this can't be real. She…why? I…I can’t lose her. I can’t, I think desperately as my mind spirals in despair.
Devastation gouges out a gaping pit in my stomach as I frantically search her face, seeing her nervously standing there with her eyes closed and inhaling slowly. I stagger back a step, my body betraying me as I involuntarily reach out toward her and I wrench my hand to my side. My fist clenches into stone, feeling the sharp sting as heat trickles down my palm and through my knuckles. The pain focuses me for a moment and I grit my teeth, steeling myself to endure the absolute worst agony I could ever imagine. Losing Selene is the one thing that could break me, I knew that from the moment we first touched. She is an angel I never deserved, I would cherish her always and will forever be there for her in any way she needs, even if it kills me.
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Severely gritting my teeth until one sharply cracks under the pressure, I begin to lose control. Hot tears spill from my eyes and I don’t fight it, I let them flow freely as I burn alive in silence. At first, I couldn’t believe she would be my soul mate, it seemed impossible for my darkness to be bonded with her light. I did hold a small seedling of hope, though, planted deep within me which she nurtured with every smile, every laugh, every touch of her soft, gentle skin. Kissing her had bloomed that seedling into a bright, stunning flower when she didn’t shove me away. I love her, with my entire soul, with every fiber of my being. I love her unconditionally. I always will.
Swallowing thickly, I don my mask. It is a well-versed skill I mastered promptly in life, one of which I’d never intended to use with her. Arduously straining my face, I put up a facade of calmness though the roiling storm wreaks havoc just beneath its surface. She releases her held exhale. I can’t breathe. Her beautiful eyes are glistening ice as they open and when her gaze meets mine, a searing pain of finality stabs through my heart. I collapse to my knees as the wave of despair crashes, crumbling my fortitude in one fell swoop. With my hands clawing into the ground before me, I cannot hold back the small sob ripping from my chest. I am shattering into millions of irreparable pieces at her feet.