Chapter Two
"What Is Love, When What You Love Is Not Real?"
By the time we reached the back private room of his large mansion, I was out of breath. "Why do you make yourself breathe? You realize that it is not necessary right?" I exhaled deeply, realizing he was right. "I don't know Aubrey, I just don't know." I stopped abruptly when he turned to look at me, something wasn't right. Whispering quietly I asked who else was here, he didn't know. We snuck quietly as to try and surprise the person intruding. "You fail at sneaking Knightingale….." I didn't hear the rest of his sentence. All I remembered was being thrown against the wall, lights out.
"oh my, looks like I knocked her out!" I heard him snicker like a mad man. "Astro. Why. Are. You. Here." My patience was wearing thin with this man. I hated him with everything in me, and most of all. No I won't think about that, it happened so long ago. I noticed that she was indeed out cold, this set me off the deep end. "If you so much a left a scratch on her, I will kill you." I snapped at him as I checked her fair skin. Second day as a fledgling and she is already so passively submissive. I love that about her. Love, is it really real or am I just making stuff up again. I sighed as I found no reason to kill my mortal enemy today, she was fine and unscathed. "Lucky you" I turned to see Astro eyeing me suspiciously. "What are you doing with this weak fledgling Aubrey? You don't actually love her do you? I didn't think you remembered what love actually was, you know, after I killed your wife." I ignored his last statement and picked up Azure. "Just leave Astro, no one said you had to say. You've proven your point, now go" I said calmly. I took a deep breathe when he gave her to me, all in one piece and quietly sleeping. "Azure soon you'll be the strongest one I know, just like her" I whispered into her ear. I lie here with her head in my lap for hours as she breathes in and out slowly.
I felt at ease, not dead. Not dead again that is. I dreamt of my family that I had left behind, this made me sad. I could feel myself start to cry and then my body change positions. The whispers in my head got loud. "Wake up sweet Azure. We must go now, things are not safe here for us anymore." A touch was felt across my chest which startled me out of my now nightmare filled sleep. Thank heavens I woke up…