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I sprinted away from him and leaped onto a narrow metal board. Running along it I heard him calling after me, asking me to stop and talk to him.
I didn’t.
I ran and ran, staying just in front of him and leaping higher and higher. But I knew I’d have to stop sometime, I’d have to face him someday.
I reached the top of the half-made building and stopped. I guess the day I’d have to face him was today.
I turned and slinked back to where he was scrambling up after me. I may be more nimble than him but he could easily outrun me, that’s why I’d gone into a construction zone.
“What do you want?” I asked, my voice dripping with honey that threatened to turn acidic at any moment.
“Just… A second…” He panted, getting his breath back.
I waited and watched as his finely muscled chest rose up in down with each breath. His black hair was mussed from the wind and his pale face looked tired but determination showed in his dark brown eyes. I’d looked into his face so many times, trusted him with all my secrets…
How could he have ever done that to me? He’d said he loved me then threw my soul and heart away. Why? He’d traded me in to be with another Shifter. Not that we'd even be able to go together. Truthfully, I'd always thought we'd break apart. I was a feline Shifter and he was canine. We were opposites, never meant to go together.
“I think you owe me an apology.” He started.
“Really?” My voice was frigid and I could tell he was worried about what I’d do next. “You think that you can just go and love my like you did then throw me away? I’m not disposable Trevor. I have feelings and a heart. Unlike you, I see.”
“You know I never meant to do those things to you-”
“I know you did.” I snarled. “And I will never forgive you. No matter what you do, no matter how hard you plead, I will never forgive and I will never forget.”
“Please, just listen to what I have to say?”
I could tell he was getting desperate but the determination was still in his eyes. I’d have to wait it out.
“No.” I turned and walked to the edge of the metal plank we were standing on. I stood and kept my back to him, hoping he’d leave eventually.
After a few minutes I felt him encircle my waist with his hands. Couldn’t he tell it wasn’t going to work anymore? He’d hurt me once. But I’d never, ever let him do it again.
“Please,” he whispered into my ear. “Don’t give up on me.”
“I already have. Long ago Trev, long ago.”
“Just listen to my side then? Please?”
I turned to face him. “This will be the last time you ever talk to me. I will leave after this. You’d better make it meaningful.”
“I thought you’d known. I thought that you wanted it to be over. Because we’re so different. I thought you didn’t love me anymore.
“I thought you’d left me all alone.”
“Well I didn’t.” I snapped.
I could tell that he knew his words were getting to me.
How could I let him? I’d turned that part of my heart into ice after him. I’ve never loved anyone since. And I never will again.
“Let me be with you…” He crooned, bringing his face closer to mine.
Instinctively I turned my head upwards and our lips met. It was all so familiar I didn’t realize what I was doing – my hands were in his hair, he was pulling me closer…
“Stop.” I pulled back. “I don’t trust you now and I never will.”
“Please Ariadne.”
“No.”
And with that I slipped around him and walked away.
I’d freed myself of his spell; he’d never get me back now.
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