A Fateful Encounter- Chapter 5
Legna had fallowed Angelus towards Caim's castle.
Nowe and Urick had seen the old beaten up castle in the distance.
Manah had sat in front of Caim. She had felt Caim's strong arm around her holding her so she wouldn't fall of of Angelus. She felt her heartbeat quicken feeling his strong arm around her waist.
Angelus gave out a small laugh as she felt Manah being nervous.
"What's so funny Angelus?" Caim asked smiling at her.
"I can feel how nervous you're making the Preistess, Caim." Angelus said smiling back at him.
Manah blushed hearing what Angelus told Caim.
Angelus and Legna had landed inside the court yard of the castle.
Nowe and Urick had gotten off of Legna.
Caim had gotten off of Angelus. He raised his arms up as Manah placed her hands on his shoulders.
Everyone walked into the castle. They had decided to relax for the rest of the day. Because they were tired of fighting.
Nowe and Urick had shared a room. While Caim and Manah shared a room.
Manah had laid down and felt her eyes grow heavy with sleep.
Caim smiled at seeing how fast Manah fell asleep. He reached over and covered her with the other half of his cover. Since she was already laying on one half if it.
He left the room leaving the door open for when she woke up. She was probably going to be hungry when she wakes up.
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"Where's Manah?" Nowe asked as he saw Caim come down the stairs alone.
"She had fallen asleep when I had shown her to her room." Caim said looking at Nowe.
"She must have had a long day." Urick paused then said looking at Caim. "And the longest part of the day would have been when she had spent it with you."
"That was also the longest part for me. I was telling Angelus about it after I had freed her from her bond as the Goddess." Caim said looking at Urick.
"I remeber how she had changed after she had seen you when we had defeated Yaha." Urick said looking at Caim.
"Well," Caim paused then said. "That was our first encounter from when we had faced eachother eighteen years ago. She was still a child. But she was also the one whom had shown me what my sister's hidden feelings were."
"Your 'sister's hidden feelings'?" Nowe asked.
"Manah had shown me that Furiae was in love with me." Caim paused then asked looking at Urick and Nowe. "How do you think that made me feel?"
"I would guess very uncomfortable." Nowe said.
"Yeah. I was disgusted at knowing that her love for me was the intimate kind and not a sisterly kind of love. I had turned my head away in disgust. But at that moment. Before I could stop her. Furiae had taken up a dagger and stabbed her chest. The last words she spoke to me were, 'don't look at me'."
Nowe had looked at Caim with a little bit of sympathy in his eyes.
"I'm sorry," Nowe said to Caim.
Caim looked towards Nowe and asked, "why?"
Urick cut Nowe off before he spoke back, "Nowe still is a child himself. So when he feels someone was upset about something. He also feels the same way."
"I'm not a child Urick." Nowe said back.
"Of course you are. Your body might have grown. But you will still be one of my pupils I had taught." Urick said smiling at Nowe.
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Manah had woken up a few hours later and noticed she was covered with part of the blanket she was laying on. She had slipped out of bed and almost bumped into Caim.
"I had brought you some food and water." Caim said handing her the plate of food and glass of liquid.
"Thank you," Manah said softly as she took the meal from Caim.
"You're welcome," Caim said back.
Manah had sat back down on the bed and began to eat the morsels of meat and vegitables on the plate. She had finished about fifteen minutes later. She then brought the water to her mouth and drank thirstily. She placed the glass next to the plate onto the dresser next to her.
"Thank you, Caim." Manah said looking at him.
"Sure," Caim said nodding his head. He looked at Manah as he said, "I still can't believe it."
"What?" Manah asked feeling her heart pound.
"That the child I had hated would grow up to be the woman I had begun to care for." Caim puased then asked placing his hand against Manah's cheek and lifted her chin up to look into her eyes. "Would you allow me to kiss you?"
"Caim," Manah said as tears fell from her eyes as her heartbeat quikened. She paused then whispered blushing a crimson shade, "yes."
Caim leaned towards Manah and claimed her lips in a gentle kiss.
Manah had felt the moan slip up from inside her body and crept up her throat.
Caim had felt the moan vibrate from Manah and smiled to himself. Knowing he was affecting her so much. Caim had wanted to see how Manah would react if he took the kiss a little further.
Manah had felt her mouth gently open to Caim's probing. She felt her nerves were set aflame at the gentle touch of his tounge. Manah could feel her temperature rise considerably at the small intimacy of Caim's kiss. She had felt her face become flush with heat. Manah had moved her hands foward as she placed them against Caim's neck. She pulled away as she looked at him feeling his pulse race in his neck.
"Your pulse," Manah whispered.
"What's wrong with it?"
"It beats as fast as my heart does." Manah whispered.
"That's because you make it beat that fast." Caim said looking at her.
"I could say the same thing. You make me feel the same way with my heart." Manah whispered as she looked at Caim.
Caim leaned forward and kissed Manah one last time before getting up and taking her empty dishes to the kitchen. He had then walked outside to talk to Angelus.
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"What's the matter Caim?" Angelus paused then said, "you look like you have 'someone' on your mind. Am I right?"
"Yeah. You're right Angelus." Caim paused then said, "I had told Manah I had cared for her. And then we kissed."
"You kissed the preistess?" Angelus asked amazed at what Caim was telling her.
"Yeah," Caim said smiling.
"How did she take it? I bet she was surprised at it." Angelus said smiling at Caim.
"We both were nervous about it." Caim said sitting against Angelus' side as she swung her tail around to give him a warm and comforting embrace. "But I'm glad about how it happened. I never thought I could love anyone besides you Angelus."
Angelus swung her long and slender neck around so she could lay her head on Caim's lap.
"I'm glad you can love other people again." Angelus said looking at Caim.
"Manah had tought me I could love again." Caim said placing his hand against Angelus' long and slender nose. Caim smiled as he saw her nostroils flare in happiness.
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Manah could not beleive what had happened between her and Caim. Even though it was a simple kiss. Her nerves were set aflame with the simple caress of Caim's tounge. She felt her lips and smiled as she felt they were swollen a little and also felt a little hot to the touch of her cool fingertips.
She had looked out her window and saw Caim and Angelus sitting together. She smiled as she saw Angelus's head resting on Caim's lap. She was remebering a part of her past where she had fought against Caim and Angelus. She remebered growing into a huge monsterous size. It was after Verdelet had tried to seal her.
Caim had pointed his sword towards her and was about to strike her down as Verdelet placed his hand on his shoulder.
"Please. I am the Heirarch. This is my duty. Hom Galeic Nafri Natila. Hom Galeic Nafri Natila. Hom Galeic Nafri Natila. Hom Galeic Nafri Natila. Hom Galeci Nafri Natila." Just as he was saying the lest sentence. Manah had remebered she began to talk back.
"Foul humans." She rememberred as she began saying the other sentences her voice changed into a deeper voice that sounded close to a male's voice. "Do you still try to live? Pathetic. Pathetic!" Just as she had said the last word and Verdelet tried to bind Manah with the rings of sealing. The mail voice that took over her completely had begun to fight against the rings of the seal that was trying to subdue her.
She remembered the attacks she used were powerful. The first were energy blasts that looked like tiny balls of fire as they flew towards Caim and Angelus. But they were able to defeat the energy blasts she had created. And as they came towards her she was surrounded by a black barrier protecting her from their attacks. And her final attack was waves after waves of ribbons that folated out towards Caim and Angelus. This attack had made it very easy for Caim and Angelus to attack her directly with out fear of getting hit by the ribbons. They were finally able to defeat Manah. And before they left her as she was lying and rolling on the floor crying for her 'mother'. Caim had told Manah 'never to forget' what she had done. Which she never did. She had kept the memory locked away in the back of her mind. But the memory had resurfaced the moment she had seen him again.
Manah had wondered if Caim had forgiven her. But even if he did. Would she be able to forgive herself for the scars she had placed on his heart?