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By KaSonndra Leigh
Faris
The
shackles tightened on my wrists and ankles, digging deep in my flesh. Dark
magic eased its way through to my skin. I sucked my breath and held it, waiting
for the fiery feeling to pass. Curse it. I could hardly move, let alone think. A
small band of light eased in through the windows above me, giving the metal
chamber a touch of softness.
"I
ask you again, Faris Toulan. Is this girl worth your life? Your immortality? Or
what's left of it anyway," Olivia hissed into my ear, a sneer on her face.
I stayed silent, refusing to give in. She grasped my chin and forced me to look
at her face.
I
glanced deep in her empty eyes, and said: "Yes. Chela is everything to me.
She’s all that you could never be. Your tricks can't remove what I feel for
her."
Dark
eyes glared at me. Her harsh laugh ripped through my soul. The kindness she showed
me earlier disappeared at once. I didn't care. All I hoped for, all I ached for
was a chance to see Chela again. I promised to return as the protector she needed
me to be. I refused to go back as the thing she was cursed to destroy. That would only hurt her more than I had
already done. I intended to keep my word.
"I
do hope you understand what you've agreed to do," Olivia said in a low,
but deadly voice, her breath on my ear, her cold fingers stroking my face. "By the time I’m done with you, there
won't be any other name you'll call except mine. Because that's how long you'll
beg for mercy."
She
moved closer to my face and kissed my lips. I wanted to gag. Inside, I was
already screaming. But her torture, or whatever she planned for me, was nothing
compared to facing a life without Chela. By thinking of her face, her laugh,
even the way she sometimes annoyed me, I could handle anything Olivia did.
Hell
most definitely existed. I was about to experience it in full force.
And
then I heard Chela call my name…
Chela
In
my dream, I felt his suffering as if it were my own. Every burn, each tingle,
the agonizing way he screamed from inside that awful dark chamber. Lying in my
bed, I thought of the kiss we shared the last time I saw him. My eyes flew open
as I grasped at the air around me, reaching for him, but finding emptiness
instead. And then the tears fell, and kept falling.
My
mind was shutting down one cell at a time. Even breathing took effort. It was
as if my lungs were a balloon, and his breath was magical helium; something
that only the luckiest girl could find…and lose.
"Faris."
I called his name out loud, hoping with all my faith that he heard me. Was it
possible for us to connect even with so much distance between us? I had to try. If he can hear me, then our
link will pull him through whatever they were doing to him.
I
can't just sit around and wait to hear news about his death. I had to do
something.
"Chela.
Can I come in?" My best friend, Alexa, stood in the doorway to my room. I
didn't even hear her open it. She walked over to the edge of the bed and sat
down. Her kind eyes filled me with warmth after so many cold nightmares had
left me shivering.
"Baby,
you've been in this room almost a week. Jalen and I miss you. Come back to
us." She stroked my hair and laced her fingers with mine. Those small
gestures were just enough to make me sit up and bury my face in her shoulders. "You
got snot on my school uniform. Well, at least that's a start." I pulled
back, glancing at Alexa's face as she studied her shirt. Looking up at me, she
wrinkled her nose.
"Eew,
gross," we both said at the same time. And then we both burst out
laughing, covering our mouths as we giggled. She was right. Smiling was a good
start. And then I heard a boy's voice speak in my mind.
"Chela, I heard you. By the
lights, I heard you," Faris said.
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