The lake's lady
3. I never known anyone like you.
The madness continued killing innocent people. It couldn't stop, it was doomed to kill. Each time the midnight bell rung, more people fell at its feet. Only the day time was safe.
I gasped waking up. The candles flickered around me, reassuring me I was safe. But I shouldn't be safe. What about all those people?
Merlin hadn't arrived yet. He be busy or maybe he's had found out. Out of grief and confusing, I began sobbing.
"Sorry I took so long."
I wiped my tears as Merlin came in, carrying food for me. He still held the innocent in his eyes and showed no signs of fear. He doesn't no.
"Thanks." I whispered, taking the bundle. But he noticed my eyes.
"You've been crying."
"No."
"You're upset. Did you think I wasn't coming."
I laughed. So innocent. It what made him cute.
"I scare most people away." I hinted. He had to know.
"I'm not most people."
I smiled as it gave me relief but a false relief. He would be scare for me if he knew.
"How long have you been in that cage?" he asked as he placed more candles down.
"A few days?" I wasn't sure. It seemed such a long time and yet my secret had remained safe...
"The bounty hunter-"
"Halig."
"How did he find you?"
I sniffed. Someone who I thought was a friend had turn me in. "You can't always trust people."
"I know. That's why I left my home, Ealdor."
He sat down and I gave him a questioning look.
"It's a small village, just a few fields and a couple of cows, nothing special." Special to him but not to most people.
"My home was next to a lake surrounded by the tallest mountains. In the winter the storms whipped up the waves and you thought they were going to crash down upon you and take away your houses." I smiled to myself as I remembered it as if I was there now, "But in the summer...wild flowers and light. It's like heaven."
"Sounds perfect." Merlin said, hypnotise by the story.
"It was."
He immediately noted the past tense, "Was?"
"My family died."
"Have you been on your own ever since?"
I nodded. More than just family less. I was friendless too.
"You're not alone anymore." I looked into his determine blue eyes, "I'm going to look after you."
"You can't" I said handing back the food to him. He wouldn't want to soon, anyway. "No one can."
"I don't think you understand." He said taking my hands to stop me. They felt warm, a life saver. "I've never known anyone like you."
He stared at me with those warm blue sparkling eyes. The summer lake shone in them, rescuing me. When he noticed he was holding my hand and let go, I grabbed them. They were home.
"I wish I could stay." He had to go. "We need to be careful. I'll come back in the morning. You now I'll be back don't you?"
I nodded, sharing another smile with him. He place my hands on the food bundle and got up to leave.
"Merlin. I never known anyone like you either."
We grinned again, a red tinge appearing on his cheeks.
But that night the bell rang.
The scenes with Freya are too short but it's better than joining them up into one chapter. Hope you like it even through we already know Freya's secret, i wanna keep the tension. Review plz.