I watched as he came toward the chamber. His face was emotionless aside from the slight frown sporting an otherwise perfect picture. It was kind of sexy though, to see those harsh strides cutting through the air with a matching hard face. A shiver washes over me and all I could do was shake my head to rid the blush that crept on my face.
The way Knives carried himself was so overtly dominating that it made me want to submit and it scared me. I was never the submissive type, never will be but his personality felt threatening to my sense of control. Even so, I had to put my fears aside now and fix the bond we had. How? I wasn't sure, but I knew it would all be easier if he touched the glass and I could express myself that way. Now that I had a clear head it would be easier to explain, but of course he didn't even bother just walked past and headed up to the top of the chamber to help me out.
I narrow my eyes at him as I took his hand and studied him carefully. He wouldn't even look me in the eye and just turned away about to start walking until I tugged his hand back. He looks at my face now, his eyes that are usually extremely expressive were oddly empty.
I frown, unable to find any words. He looks away again and I pull harder trying to get him to fall into the chamber with me but he doesn't budge…not an inch. "What are you doing?" I shiver from the tone he uses never having heard it so dark and serious before.
He stares at me as I pull away from him, his frown deepens and I realize my mistake. He turns his head away quick and sucks his teeth. "Come on" he mutters it under his breath. I just stand there watching his broad shoulders walk away from me. My retreat looked like fear to him, I caused him pain… again.
"Knives…" He stops but doesn't turn around, doesn't say anything. Once again I have an opportunity but say nothing, my tongue twisting it 'self every time I open my mouth. He starts walking again and I feel the distance between us spreading. In desperation I run up and in front of him, stopping him in his tracks.
His face wasn't smooth anymore, his mouth was twisted into a bitter frown and his eyes gave a slight crazed look to show his agitation. I didn't like seeing him like this, he looked so much like the old Knives, the one that would have killed me long ago. I was on the verge of tears, I wrap my arms around him and burry my face against his abs. I can feel him stiffen but I still held tight. I didn't have the words and I sure as hell didn't have the strength to let myself cry in front of him.
"What are you doing?" He says it in the same dark tone like a tape recording. After a while of me refusing to let go I felt his arms move to touch me and then go back to their sides, "I don't need your pity" there was disgust laced in his voice and I was almost afraid of looking up at his face.
He pulls me off before walking ahead and I just stand there again at a loss of words. My mind was running rapid with possibilities of what I could do or say all of them seemed like they would only anger him further. "Wait" He keeps going and was about to turn the corner out of my view.
Something clutches at my throat, a deep overwhelming emotion making me feel as though this was my last chance. I irrationally felt like if I didn't do something now that what we had would all be over and I just couldn't take it. "I love you damn it"
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Meryl's words hit me hard, flying through each barrier I put to protect myself and destroying them. Time seemed to stop and all I could hear was my own breathing as the words played over in my head. All the past feelings of bitterness and disgust dispersed and all I could feel was joy. An unaccustomed amount of it that made me think my heart would explode out of my chest.
"Ah shit… Knives." Her voice was strained as if in pain, was she crying? I turn to look at her, she was on her knees hunching over her stomach. I sucked in a quick breath before rushing over to her side, the fucking baby was coming.
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Human? No he was a bit more than that, he was another one of my brothers modified creations. It meant I was closer to my brother. It made me feel glimmer a relief but it also made me fill with more dread. Was there more of them? How many would he send to slow me down? How many would he send out just to fuck with me?
"She's fine, ya know" I narrowed my eyes at him, he was scrawny compared to the rest that my brother had taken under his wing. "I'll be honest she isn't the same any more, but she is defiantly alive and well." I wanted to believe him but I couldn't, how could I? For all I knew this was some deviant plan to scramble my brain further when I found out the truth later on. "You won't believe this but I am assigned to do two things. Tell you the truth and make sure you don't get there for another few days at the very least." His eyes flicked over to Milly who was behind me at the moment and then back to me. He proceeds to recite a list that I knew Knives made, straight to the point yet vague. "Meryl is pregnant with your child, Knives has made modifications to both Meryl and the boy, and finally he does not want you to disturb them and start a fight before she is at least a week away from her due date. I'm pretty sure you can understand why." The man's mouth twitched as if he had something more to say but knew Knives wouldn't approve of him saying it.
There was a long paused as I took in everything he said. My want to believe him was over ruled by what I knew my brother was capable of. He was the vengeful type that would kill Meryl and experiment on the baby just to have a good laugh when I saw it. Knives wasn't merciful unless it had something to do with protecting our kind. The only way I could see that working out for Meryl is that he's keeping her healthy along with the boy so he can extend the experiments. Either way I wanted to see it for myself.
" maybe we should listen? We don't want to miss losing my nephew right?" I could almost hear her smiling, I wanted to take the easy route she was offering but if I did what would the cost be if this stranger wasn't telling the truth?
"Sorry I can't risk it… I would want to see Meryl myself and I will do my best not to start a fight.." The wind was knocked out of me as a long needle was pressed deep into the meat right over my left shoulder blade. This small instrument caused an unbearable burning sensation that had me buckling at the knee. "What the fuck" I closed my eyes tight, everything around me becoming unbearable to even look at.
"I'm sorry . We just can't risk it, I know you don't believe but I do. I have to protect Meryl." I squinted my eyes to see Milly's determined face before passing out by her feet.