She was definitely feeling better. Her head didn't hurt her, her body wasn't aching and she felt good. She was sure that day, was going to be the day she would finally have all the answers she had been looking for.
Daniel was already there. Apparently Rose had informed him of her awakening.
He was sitting on the bed. Both hands on his face as he studied her. He was glad she was already doing better, and he had to admit, Demetri was taking good care of her even on his own.
He he would have more time, He knew what his sister wanted, and knew perfectly well she wouldn't back down. Lyla was stubborn. Once she decided something, she always went through with it. And this time was no exception.
Demetri, who had been leaning with his back to the wall was looking calm and slightly bored. He wasn't worried for Lyla like Daniel was. He didn't need to. She was strong. She could perfectly handle anything that came at her.
"So, let's start" she said looking towards her brother, who just nodded, standing up.
"Ok, come here and lay down"
Lyla did as she was told, and took her place on the bed.
"Lyla, you will fall into a trance. It will make you feel as if you're sleeping, and meanwhile you will see everything that I took away. It will be like one big dream"
"All right. I'm ready"
Demetri tensed when Daniel touched Lyla's forehead with his fingers.
After a few seconds, Lyla's eyes became heavy and she felt sleepy. Sje closed her eyes, and when she did, she heard Daniel's voice. It was faint, as if it came from somewhere in her mind.
"Relax. I will wake you up when it's all over" he said, before she slipped in her past.
Start ofdream:
It was spring. The trees around were in flower, and grass was green,and the scent of wild flowers was every where. The sun was warm and a soft comforting breeze flowed calmly.
She was sitting on a part of the big construction that stood menacingly in top of the hill. The sound of the sea calming her senses.
She was trying to concentrate. Daniel had said she needed to train on her powers, and she was trying to.
It was hard to concentrate, she was easily distracted. And the young boy looking at her from a certain distance didn't help.
She felt her cheeks getting warmer as she took a glance at him. He was talking with Konstantin, who was explaining how to use the remedy he had come for. It wasn't the first time she had seen him. He had come often lately. Daniel didn't like him, and always made an annoyed expression at his sight. He thought the young man had other reasons for coming so often, making up excuses to come every other day.
She didn't agree with her brother. He was such a fuss sometimes. She couldn't help but find the young human quite interesting, and cute. Sje was mesmerized by his eyes. They were the clearest blue. They reminded her of the sky, or the clear sea water she loved so much.
She couldn't help but smile at him when he looked at her so directly. He smiled back and she felt something in her stomach, as his clear eyes locked with hers. It made her feel weird. She never felt like that. Like butterflies in her stomach.
Her cheeks were even warmer than before, and she looked away, suddenly embarrassed.
It was the first time they had made eye contact, and she couldn't help but be even that his eyes were the most beautiful she had ever seen.
Suddenly the weather changed, and so did her surroundings.
She was in the human village, with Konstantin and Rose was with her walking on the other side, studying the merchandise the market offered.
It was then, when we heard a banging sound that her head turned, and she met those eyes again. He was there. It was the blacksmiths laboratory. And he was helping another man, holding what looked like a very heavy sword
Her heart felt like a drummer, it started beating like crazy. And she had to look away. Rose noticed her strange behavior and a half smile formed on her thin lips. Konstantin didn't notice her weird behavior, and just went straight to them, saying hi to the young man, and she finally discovered his name. Demetri. She liked it, she thought it suited him.
He was looking at her under his eyelashes, pretending to pay attention to what his father and Konstantin were talking about, but she noticed him and looked away.
Everything changed again.
She was now in the temple. She recognized the room she shared with Rose.
Daniel was there too. He was lookong furious and she almost held his same expression.
"I don't want you to see him anymore"
"You can't decide for me! If I want to talk to him I will!"
Daniel passed a hand through his hair, he was really upset.
"You don't understand, it's dangerous!"
"Really? Why? We talk with Artemis and Alexis, Rose lives here with us! They are humans, just like him!"
"There's something, the way he looks at you, and the way you look at him...i don't like it"
Lyla shook her head, gritting her teeth.
"You don't have too. It's none of your business!"
"You are my business!"
"I'm not your possession! You can't tell me what to do!" Her rebellious nature couldn't be contained any longer.
She left the room, fed up with her twin's nonsense. He didn't know what he was talking about.
Konstantin stopped as he looked at her passing by, upset and with eyes full of tears. He wasn't surprised, he had expected it.
She ran, she ran so much, her feet hurt. And she found refuge in the old unused temple. She finally sat on the humid grass, and cried.
She didn't know how long she had been there, when she felt something warm encircle her shoulders. She looked up, meeting the clear eyes of Demetri.
The scene sped up, and she saw the two of them, in the same place. It was early morning, and it was chilly. She had covered a sleeping Demetri with the same cloth he had given to her the night before. He needed it more than she did. She couldn't feel the cold of the morning anyway.
He was so peaceful, sleeping on her lap, and she couldn't help but to stroke his cheek, and pass her hand through his hair. The feelings it caused her, were strong and foreign. Her heart beats felt like a hammer in her chest, and het stomach , but in a good way. It always felt this way when she was around him.
He stirred and she retreated her hand, uncertain of his feelings. Maybe he was just friendly and didn't feel the same way she did.
He opened his eyes, those eyes that mesmerized her everytime they met hers.
He smiled at her, and she felt for the first time, like if she was in the right place. For the first time she felt like she belonged.
Time changed again. She could sense it was Daniel's memory this time. He was showing her his point of view on something.
It was him, she saw. On the road that took to the temple. He had looked like he was waiting for someone, and she understood, when she saw Demetri coming his way.
Demetri looked above him and smiled slightly at the other man waiting for him. His smile had that same wicked gleam he had now. That hadn't changed after all.
"Daniel. Waiting for me?"
"What does it look like to you?"
Demetri raised his shoulders, he had a slight idea of what he wanted to tell him.
"What do you want then? If you want to talk, here I am" even his cockiness had followed him in his new life.
"I want you to stay away from my sister"
Demetri smiled crookedly and shook his head.
"Does she know you're sticking your nose in her business?"
"She doesn't have to know. Lately she seems to incautious on her decisions"
"So I'm one of her bad decisions?"
"She is not of this world. I think you understood that. You and her come from two different realities, what do you think, there will be no consequences on this? She is in danger, and you're the one putting her in such a situation"
Demetri listened to those words. But he wasn't the type to back down so easily.
"I want her to tell me this things. If it's her decision, then I'll respect that, but since it's not, I will not let you get in the way."
Daniel gritted his teeth. He knew Lyla was stubborn, but Demetri seemed even worse.
"You do not understand. You are not on her level. You're not enough for her"
"Maybe you're right on that. I don't deserve her. But I won't let you tell me what to do. It has to be her decision. I will never force her to do anything against her will. I respect and love her too much for that"
"If you love her, let her go"
Demetri started walking again, passing Daniel, who was now fuming.
"I'm not forcing her to stay with me. If she will decide to not see me anymore, I will let her go"
Lyla had been sitting on the temple steps all that time waiting for Demetri to show up. She was starting to worry he wouldn't come that day.
She felt relieved when she saw him approach her slowly, with that brightening smile of his.
"I was worried you weren't coming"
"I had a little delay. But here I am. After all, I know you can't survive without me"
"You wish" she folded her arms on her chest, and pouted at his words.
He chuckled as he looked at her pretty pouting face.
"Maybe I do..." He was still thinking about Daniel's words. He may not have showed it, but they had bothered him more than he had let show.
She looked at him, his expression had changed into a serious one, and that was enough to worry him. He was barely ever the serious type.
"What's wrong?" She asked him.
He smiled at her, but it didn't reach his eyes.
"I need to talk to you"
"About what?" She cocked her head in wonder, as her eyes widened trying to read his.
He was nervous, and she couldn't grasp the reason.
"About...well, actually, I want to tell you something"
He was embarrassed now, almost shy. He was definitely acting weird.
"I know you're not human. I've understood that from the first moment I saw you, but...I don't care -"
"You're not scared?"
"Of you? How could I? You are the most beautiful creature I have ever seen."
"So, you don't care?"
"I don't. I only wish to be by your side as long as I live."
"What...what are you trying to say?"
He smiled shyly, but she could still see the cheeky boy he was under that uncharacteristic behavior.
"I love you"
Lyla smiled, and before he could add anything else she threw herself in his arms.
"I love you too"
Demetri tightened his grip around her and their faces were now incredibly close, she closed her eyes, waiting for his lips to touch hers in their very first kiss.
She realized the scene had vanished as she realized she was laying on a bed. Her shoulders were burning terribly, and she couldn't understand how she had gotten there, with her body feeling so weak.
She didn't have to wonder much longer as she saw Demetri sleeping by her side. He looked pretty bad too. His face had some cuts and some black spots, and one of his arms had been bandaged, even if it was hidden by his body.
"You're awake"
"I thought you were sleeping" she said as he moved sitting up beside her.
"I couldn't. I was worried about you"
"I'm fine. You know you should worry about yourself more then me."
Demetri shook his head, kissing one of her bare shoulders.
"Like I could do something like that"
"You should"
She heard him sigh and she moved to see him better,causing her to feel more pain.
"I should have protected you better"
"You couldn't do anything against them, they are immortal, and have powers, you-"
"Are a worthlessness human"
"You are not worthless"
"Look they did to you"
She smiled stroking his cheek, tracing the small cut that went through it.
"You are better than all of them"
He moved his hand on her back, and even without touching her skin he saw her wince in pain.
"This, will never go away"
"The pain will, and I don't care if they see me as a traitor. I wasn't thinking of going back anyway"
Demetri snorted, playing with a strand of her long hair.
"I have something for you then"
She raised a brow as she watched him reach for something on the little table close to the bed.
"I had meant to give it to you yesterday evening...but"
He handed it to her, and she looked at it wide eyed.
It was a beautiful necklace with a heart shaped pendant and a lavender stone in the middle.
"It's beautiful"
"When I saw the stone, it reminded me of your eyes."
She smiled and kissed him lightly on the lips.
"But before I give it to you, you have to answer my question"
Lyla rolled her eyes. "All right, what is it?"
"Marry me"
"What?"
"I could have lost you tonight. I want to be with you forever. I don't know if what they say it's true, about afterlife, paradise or how they call it. But if it there's the slightest chance of it, I want it"
Lyla grabbed his face with tears in her eyes.
"I love you so much, and yes, I want you forever too"
(End of dream)
Author's note:
Yes. I'm that terrible that I will end it up here!
Anyway I hope this chapter isn't too boring! I know we practically just took a look in Lyla's mind, but, as you guys can imagine, there will be more! Yay!
As usual, I want to thank everybody that has put this story among the favorite/followed
And thank to my reviewers!
EJM87, thank you for your review! It's always a pleasure for me reading them! I know I'm bugging you with the mistery man, but don't worry, we'll discover who he is, soon enough! ;-)
Evangelina Akriti: Thanks for your review! I will probably put the Cullen and the here, I'm working on it 😊 hope to see you next chapter!
Lastly but not less important, the forgotten, will be split in two parts.
In case you were wondering where the Romanians and the rest ended up, don't worry, they are hanging in there, they will show up nor in the sequel, that will start as soon as the forgotten ends.
I was also thinking about writing a prequel, where we explore young Lyla and human Demetri's relationship and everything that lead to the events of "the forgotten"
In case you're interested let me kno and I will start working on it!
Till next time!
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