Zarak'hi the troll spent the last two months exploring the strange and alien Outlands. He met new people and fought new enemies. He completed a large array of quests and gathered gold and armor by the sack load. All the while he thought about the human priest that seemed to have stolen his heart. For a long time Zarak'hi thought about finding Ella, but he was afraid she'd never want to see him again.
His friend Tyrisa could tell he was thinking about someone when he was caught with his mind wandering. Though it hurt her to know this, she tried her best to stay his friend. Though she couldn't sway him from the girl in his thoughts, she wanted to stay close to him, even if she sacrificed her feelings.
One evening while exploring Shattrath City, Zarak'hi spotted a strange couple. A female night elf with long flowing white hair, arm in arm with a male blood elf. Their small son was holding onto his mother's hand, trudging along. The family looked so happy and untouched. The young boy was a half-breed, but it obviously didn't matter. It made him realize that maybe him and Ella could be happy and he made the decision to find her.
He remembered speaking with Kieran briefly about her; he had mentioned something about her and Azshara. He decided to start his search there.
It was indeed a good lead, in fact it led Zarak'hi straight to Ella. She was practicing her skills on some nearby naga. He watched her for a moment, admiring how determined she had become. As he was ready to emerge and approach her, he saw someone appear from behind her. Focusing in the distance, he realized it was Kieran.
Zarak'hi watched the two as his heart crumbled each moment he witnessed. He couldn't hear anything they were saying, but it seemed Ella had recognized him as someone. Kieran pushed her away at first, but his memory was regained. Then as if the two were long lost lovers, they were in each other's arms.
The troll turned away when he saw Ella disrobe. He didn't want to watch someone else take the woman he thought of for so long. He stood and walked in the other direction, suddenly feeling very lonely. His large feet trudged through the grass and his mind wandered to the night he and Ella shared. The way she acted with Kieran when she saw under his hood couldn't compare to her two months ago. She was no longer the quiet, meek human. He was proud and heartbroken at the same time.
"Zarak'hi?" A voice was heard.
He looked up and saw Tyrisa standing in his path. "Tyrisa?" He was surprised knowing he had parted from her in the Barrens. "What you be doin' here?"
"I followed ya." She paused for a moment to catch her breath. Her heart was beating a mile a minute. "I knew ya'd eventually seek dis girl out. In a way I be hopin' that she'd accept ya just so ya could be happy, but I wanted ta be here in case she didn't."
Zarak'hi didn't have to say anything, knowing he always had a companion in Tyrisa. He smiled warmly at her and continued to leave the forest, with his best friend at his side.
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Kieran sat up abruptly. His head seared with pain. He'd given in to the human luxury of love, now his Forsaken side was fighting back. It was getting harder and harder to fight his dark, evil side. His robes were sprawled over his naked boney frame and over Ella's who was enjoying the aftermath snuggle from her past love. She looked worried when he sat up so suddenly.
"Jonathan?" She murmured.
"Don't call me that." He hissed.
"But it's who you are."
He faced her with rage flaring from his eyes and his decaying teeth gritting against each other. "I was just fine until you had to come along and put this burden upon me." He stood, snatched his robe up and bellowed as he put it back over his body. "Why couldn't you just let me go?! You couldn't let Jonathan rest in peace and now I'll never be the same with these damned memories in my head!"
He gathered his weapons and other garments and whistled for his skeletal horse. Ella couldn't move as her eyes were glued to his back, watching him leave. Tears were slowly and painfully welling in her eyes as she was left naked on the forest floor.
Kieran got a far enough distance away so their eyes couldn't meet again. For if they had, he wasn't sure what would've happened. He dismounted and put his armor and weapons on as they were always meant to be. Then he pulled a white, flat stone from his sack Using its natural power, he closed his eyes and focused on his point of destination. The stone glowed a green hue and in a blink Kieran disappeared from the forest and into the hot, sticky city of Orgrimmar. He trudged through the dusty city, his hood was back in its menacing place. Passerby's still regarded him with fear and uncertainty. No one knew. He didn't know why he felt relieved. Of course no one would know that he just made love with a human an hour or two ago. They would definitely never know how much he enjoyed yet how much it tore him apart. Ever since he woke in that crypt, he would never think that he would have been able to touch and taste something as smooth and sweet as a young human priest, but he was too stubborn and malicious to ever admit.
Ella was an amazing lover, he had to accept it, but perhaps it was only because Ella was the woman he loved in his past life. Their burst of forgotten passion was awkward, only because Kieran couldn't fully let go of his Forsaken self. He never would've thought Ella would maintain control during their strange encounter, but he figured she was as wrapped up in lost memories as he was. Kieran recalled the strange grunts that emerged from his throat as Ella's hips rotated against his. He couldn't decide whether it was from the pleasure or from the uncomfortable feeling that kept him doubting his desire. Kieran took much enjoyment watching Ella on top of him, throwing her head back in ecstasy, moaning, whimpering and biting her lower lip while he was inside her. He was kind enough to let her reach her climax before changing pace. After the pleasure exploded within her, Kieran flipped her over in one swift motion. He needed to be in control, he loved being in control more than watching her arch above him. Now that he had taken over, more of his Forsaken thoughts had crept in. He forced his tongue into her mouth and moved at a hard, fast almost uncaringly tempo. He didn't falter until he felt his own climax sneaking up on him. It was something he hadn't felt is so long and it was so good that even the undead inside him was thanking Ella for giving him that experience again. Afterward was the most peculiar. Kieran wasn't sure what to say or do, except rolling off of Ella, which allowed him to become the Forsaken again. All he felt now was anger, mostly at himself, and hatred towards Ella for ripping him away from his undead life.
Kieran found himself in the inn, the meeting place for his guild. He scanned the tavern and caught the shocked eyes of Zarak'hi. He was seated next to his female troll friend, having a drink. When Zarak'hi spotted the undead, he stood and approached him.
"Where's El-" he cut himself off realizing he was not meant to have seen them. 'What has he done wit her?' He thought to himself.
"Everytin' okay, Kieran?" Zarak'hi asked casually.
"Why wouldn't it be?" Kieran grumbled in his dark tone.
"Just curious, have ya heard from dat Ella girl recently?"
Kieran's body turned rigid. 'He knows! He knows!'
"Yes," he replied holding back his emotion, "but I don't give a rat's ass about that girl."
"What happened, mon?"
"I found her in Azshara randomly. I wanted to see how she progressed." His words stumbled further into a lie. Even if it hurt his ego, he could only think of one reply. "She was too good for me. She ripped me apart and so there's only one way to deal with her." Kieran spun around and continued under his breath, "And that wretched offspring."
To be continued…
