Yeah i know I already updated this but I really wanted to do this and i couldn't think of anything else to write. After this I'll update my Yin & Yang story. Ha, yeah finally. Oh and some RephaimxBalik headbutting at the end. hehe, Mr. Balik really has a thing against our Rephaim and he's determined to figure out what he's hiding, and mess w/ shit he really shouldn't. Mahahahhahahahh!
Chapter 9:
Rephaim's POV:
Rephaim sighed as he watched his love walk away from him. His Red One, his Stevie Rae. He wondered what she was going to say to him. She seemed almost hesitant to say whatever it was; like she was scared of his reaction. But not of him, no she had proven many times over that she wasn't afraid of him.
But if not of him than of what, why was she scared to tell him what was wrong? Why did she dodge the question and avert her eyes? Why didn't she let him help? He could help, he knew he could. Her despair was tied into her pain and that was tied into…something. Something she would not tell him. But he knew in the recesses of his heart that whatever it was was tied to him. And he knew he could fix the despair in her, or at least make it better. If only she would open up to him and give him a chance to help.
Rephaim stood there, on the fringe of the forest just outside the walls of the House of Night, looking after someone who had already left. He should leave now. He knew he should. But he didn't want to. Yes she had left; a friend of hers had called her away. But she was still near, still close. Almost touchable, he did not want to leave, not yet. It had been two months, two long, painful months sense he last saw Stevie Rae. And he had felt those months like they were an eternity in themselves.
To tell the truth he missed her. To tell the truth it was almost painful to be separated from her. And it had been a relief to see her again. Like a glass of ice cold water after spending so many months in a parched scorching hot desert. And he didn't want to go back out into the heat. His world before he met the Red One had been a stark frozen wasteland. And she brought the sun back to that world and melted the ice. No, Rephaim scolded, Stevie Rae didn't bring back the sun, she is the sun.
It felt so good to see her again when he first spotted her, first heard her, it had felt so good he almost forgot to breathe. She cared for him, loved him. Something Rephaim had never experienced before. She hadn't shrank from his touch, or sneered in disgust or disdain. She had openly accepted him. She had thrown her arms around him and embraced him. And she did with absolute, complete, undeniable joy. Like he was the best thing in the world and gods' gift to her; ha, try the other way around.
He was a curse. A monster, not man, or immortal, or beast; he was a monster. A monster who did not deserve her kindness. Monsters did not know anything but death and destruction. They were not capable of love; they were not created with such an emotion. But ever sense she found him almost dying he found himself feeling emotion. Feeling love; and of some miracle she has began to love him.
No he did not fully understand it. But he knew he did not want to give it up. Nor did he want to go back to the dark, lonely, shadowy place he knew before. And he wanted to be good, truly good for her. Which made little sense but that was how it felt. Either way he wanted to stay a while; if no other reason but to be near her.
Just than the Raven Mocker felt one of his brothers' presence. He looked up to see a group of Raven Mockers circling the school, but up high enough, and in the shadows so they wouldn't be spotted. Rephaim hissed in anger and fear. What were they doing here? Had they seen his and Stevie Rae's exchange? Did they know that they loved each other? And if they did it was only a matter of time before Father found out.
Feeling dread close his heart Rephaim opened his wings and took to the sky. As he got closer and saw the familiar fear and respect that reflected in all the eyes of his brothers Rephaim found himself slipping back in the familiar roll as Father's favorite son.
"What are you doing here?" Rephaim snapped. The creatures surrounding Rephaim flinched but it was Asim who spoke; "Father ssaid to come get you. Sso we came. We came to get you. And it ssseemss like we came jusst in time, you were almost sspotted by the Red One." Rephaim throw back his head and laughed. And it sounded even to him, like a noise of pure madness.
Chander asked, "Are you well brother?" Rephaim laughed again and said. "Yes of course I am well. Now Father said to come get me right?" They nodded, "Well you got me; let us leave this place before the warriors of here find us. Come." With that the Raven Mocker pushed his wings and took off at a speed he knew they would have to struggle to keep up. Taking them away from the House of Night, and thus, away from Stevie Rae.
He was happy that they did not think of the truth; that they did not put two and two together and discover his secret. Now they did see Stevie Rae near his hiding spot but that only caused them to be concerned, not suspect. They only say her walking away from him, looking away. They did not seem to think of it in the way it had been. As far as they were concerned she probably saw something and instead of facing it ran away, or went and got help. Or better yet maybe she didn't see anything at all. They would never believe that the favored son of Kalona, and the brother they have respected and feared for centuries, would betray their father; and especially not for something as, (in their opinion,) foolish and unattainable as Stevie Rae. They would never believe that a monster such as him would/could love someone. That the ice that has frozen his heart and he would let himself care for anyone. What's more is that they wouldn't think that someone like Stevie Rae could love him. Hell, he didn't really believe it himself sometimes.
Rephaim turned his head slightly and his eyes widened when he saw the look on Balik's face. It was a look of smug suspicion and when he caught Rephaim's eye his eyes glinted, and he gave him a look like a cat cornering a mouse. He chuckled darkly and flew past Rephaim and kept laughing. Once again dread closed around Rephaim and the words he knows whispered tauntingly through his mind. No impossible, Rephaim shook off the thought. He Balik could not know. Not even he would imagine the truth. Not even he could realize what Rephaim had done.
When they arrived at the penthouse suite Balik stopped Rephaim from going in by grabbing his arm. Rephaim hissed and tried to pull away but Balik's grip on him tightened until it became almost vise-like. Then he leaned down so he can whisper in his ear. "I knew you had changed brother but I did not think even you could sink so low as to betray Father like that."
Rephaim froze and for a heartbeat he forgot how to breathe. "I do not know what you are talking about." Balik chuckled and said. "Oh I believe you do brother, you know exactly what I'm talking about. Now I may not know what is up with you and the Red One but I am bound to find out. And when I do I will use it against you. I will find out, and I will ruin your life. Oh yes, this is going to be fun." With that he walked away laughing, leaving Rephaim frozen in his own fear and shock.
Diclaimer: Does anyone one this thing? Oh right PC and Kristen cast, not me, or you, or anyone on this site.
R&R
and i did take some parts from Awakened in this one and smashed together w/ my writing style to create certain parts of this, like him calling himself a monster and such like that.
