This chapter. . .well. . .Don't hate me. This is all leading up to a grand finale...Trust me.
The next morning Arielle woke up late and happy. She stretched gratefully and moaned. She couldn't recall a time where she had ever felt better. Not even her past lovers compared to how The Kurgan made her feel. The first thought that came to her mind was to make love to him again. It was then that she noticed something was off; her bed felt too empty. She opened her eyes and looked next to her. He was gone. She didn't think it was too serious; he was The Kurgan and did what he wanted.
Then again never in all the time he had slept next to her had he disappeared when she woke up. She sat up and glanced around the room.
"Kurgan?" she called. There was no response.
Her heart dropped when she saw him. He stood by the window and seemed to be in pain. She wrapped the blanket around her and ran to him.
"Kurgan?" she said quietly.
His body seemed to glitch and catch as if his image was fading.
He turned to face her and his face was in so much pain. Her heart beat fast. He clutched his side and doubled over, his image caught again.
"Arielle," he said in a low tone as he reached out for her.
"What's happening to you?" she shouted, letting him cup her cheek.
"I'm going back to my world," he said though gritted teeth. "I was brought here to make you come to terms with your brother's death and I did that AAAH!" He screamed as he glitched again and let go of her face.
Tears began to stream down her face. "But you said we were meant to be together in any universe!" she screamed, "I belong to you and you me!" She couldn't bare to watch him fight the pain of trying to stay in her world.
He chuckled, "You don't understand how badly I've wanted you to say that. It's the truth and I'll find a while. We'll be together Arielle. Whether I have to tear apart time and. . ." he groaned in pain, " space, I will get you back."
Her mind went into a panic, "No! No, no, no, no! Kurgan look at me, don't go! I need you!" She screamed as she tried holding onto his arm but grasped only air.
He gave her his trade mark smirk, "Why the tears pretty? Two weeks ago you couldn't stand the sight of me, let alone my touch."
"Because I-" her speech was interrupted when The Kurgan growled loudly. Her jaw dropped in shock as he finally disappeared.
Arielle collapsed on the ground in a crying fit of sadness and didn't budge the entire day. She curled into a ball and eventually fell asleep. In her dream The Kurgan came back one last time.
"My woman," he said. "I'll find a way again."
"But why is this happening now?!" She screamed. "After all this time, after my whole life? You said so yourself that you've always been there and I know now that that's true; I've always felt you in the back of my head."
He wrapped one arm around her waist and the other ran through her hair, "Because your whole life has been coming to this. It's like the Game, we journey through centuries until The Gathering, this was your Gathering. You have claimed your Prize and now your mind decided for its self that it no longer needed a distraction like me."
"But you became more than that Kurgan," she said as she pressed her cheek to his chest, listening to his heart beat.
He moved one hand down to grip her buttocks, "Go back now and I'll come for you in time. Go on without me for only a little while pretty."
She nodded and against her will she came out of sleep. When she opened her eyes she saw that it was dark outside. With a sad sigh she lifted herself up and let the blanket fall off of her. She made her way to the bathroom with a heavy heart and turned on the shower. While she let the warm water run over her body she felt a small peace enter her mind after The Kurgan promised that they'd be together again. There was no way that she could deny she had feeling for him now.
After she got out of the shower she went to the kitchen to find some food. Along the way she spotted her phone with the text message alert on the screen. In curiosity she opened the text and saw that it was from Darren, that guy she met at the super market back in August. Remarkably he had made an effort to keep in touch with her. She saw that he had asked if she was free for coffee. Arielle craved contact with her Kurgan gone, she responded for dinner.
A bit of a shorter chapter. Is the end close at hand?!