Chapter Thirty Three

Right Where It Hurts

(Axel POV)

I knew I had said something wrong as soon as Calostire's eyes lost every ounce of life they had in them, and Rose was still a bit drowsy but she heard what I had said. The only problem was, was that I couldn't figure what I had said that made everyone so lifeless…oh no.

"Your right, I didn't tell her my name. She is to know me by Master and only that."…"You…your hiding something aren't you Calostire… you were able to stay human for a while…did you happen to meet Rose Calostire…did you meet her when you were still a human?"…"IT'S BECAUSE OF YOU CALOSTIRE, THAT I AM HERE TO STEAL ROSE AND YOU'RE ROSE! I WANT TO RIP OUT YOUR HEART THE VERY WAY YOU RIPPED OUT MINE! I WILL NEVER, EVER FORGIVE YOU! CALOSTIRE, I HOPE YOU ROT IN THE VERY HELL YOU MADE MY LIFE INTO!"

They fell in love.

While Calostire was human, he met Rose and he fell in love with her. But when he turned into the beast and returned to the castle, somehow they met again but Rose didn't know.

She didn't know that the man she loved was the beast, her Master.

Rose was now fully awake and tears were streaming down her face. I could see the shock and fear in her emerald eyes.

"Rose…" Calostire tried to explain but she jumped at his voice.

I could see that he wasn't going to get anywhere, so I tried to apologize with all of my heart.

"Calostire I didn't know…I didn't know that-." I was cut off.

Calostire's fist punched right into my jaw and flung me into the wall beside me. I don't think that my jaw was broken but it hurt like hell. I could see blood start dripping from my already red hair from the crushing wall behind me.

When Calostire spoke, he told me how I had ruined all the hope he had left, and now he had nothing to live for. I could almost see the blood lust in the air, and hear it in his voice. He was going to kill me, and I was going to die lying on the ground dazed and hurt.

No, if I am going to die I will at least put up a good fight.

We fought crazily, I was thrown against the bookcase, and then I and Calostire got into something of a wrestling match. I landed a few good kicks on Calostire, but his fists were like knives themselves, and every time they hit me, it felt I was getting sliced at.

Finally, I had had enough, I got away and stood up wearily, it was now or never to end my once friends life, then go back to having a normal one.

Calostire lunged at me, his claws looking like daggers, and was aiming right at my throat. I quickly pulled one of my loyal knives and was just about to thrust the knife deep into Calostires chest, when I heard a scared voice yell out.

"NO!"

It was Rose, the one person who had been hurt the most in this little reunion.

I looked at her from the corner of my eye; she was trembling like a leaf in the wind. Looking back at my old friend, and saw the hurt in his eyes as he looked at her.

We both were bleeding deeply, but after noticing Rose, we must have scared her very much.

"Please stop. Just stop it both of you. Master…" Rose started, but then she ran out of the Library, leaving for the second time tonight.

Both of us backed away from each other and wiped the blood off of ourselves, Calostire looked to the door as if he was hoping that something would make Rose come back, But I knew that she needed time to think over.

"Dang Calostire, you really did do a good one on my jaw."

I cracked it back into place.

He seemed in a trance.

I knew that I hurt him more badly than any knife could ever do.

"Axel…please forgive me. I was foolish and full of greed when I hurt you so much. I… all my life I learned that power was all you needed to rule, as well as good knights to serve you. My father was against everything that I ever did. The only thing I could think about was power! And I wanted so much of it. Now…because of what I did Rose almost got hurt, and I lost the only friend I had as a child. Do you think she'll forgive me?"

He sighed, as if all the troubles of the world were on his shoulders, weighing him down.

"And what about you, I know that nothing I do can ever pay for what I had done. Just please, if I lose Rose, I don't know what I'll do…"

He looked at me as if I was the answer to all of his problems.

"Calostire, I don't think that I will ever fully forgive you for what you did, but I can let go of it right now. As for Rose," I sighed.

"I don't think she would have been as hurt if you told her in the first place. I mean come on! You knew she loved you, so why didn't you tell her?"

I could see that he was debating on whether or not it was a good reason, but I sorta already knew what he kinda would have said.

'Who could ever love a beast?'

"I didn't want her to now; because I thought that no good would come from me loving her. I thought that she would be repulsed that I loved her in this form, and that she would reject me and leave as soon as I told her.

The voice inside of my head told me that she loved the human side of me, and nothing more."

We both sat on the couch that Rose was laying in not too long ago. It was still warm where she laid.

"Look Calostire, I may have just met Rose. But from what I can tell, she loves you no matter what you look like. I think that she was more hurt that you lied to her. If we're ever going to talk to Rose again, I think that we need to get along for her sake. Deal?"

I held out my hand to shake on the deal.

At first Calostire looked at me confused, but then I could see that he finally understood.

We shook on it, promising to each other that we would work together for Rose's sake.