==This chapter ended WAY earlier than I expected, but that's okay! Things were about to take a different direction, anyway. Now, the next chapter is the one I'm not sure about when it'll be posted, so I hope this will satisfy excitement until then :D==

Tritonal - "Now or Never" feat. Phoebe Ryan

Like planets in the dark, we don't know how we got here in the sky. Like magnets torn apart, you don't know why you come back every time.

Haunted: Collapse into Caliginosity

Chapter 32:

Magnets Torn Apart

Never did I think it would happen this way. Less than twenty-four hours after releasing the video about Zane, I was once again wrapped in his arms. We held on tight as my tears ruined my makeup.

Finally I let go and slipped his mask off. The sight of his face brought a delighted smile to my lips.

"Are you okay?" I questioned him, holding his face between my hands and looking into his precious blue eyes.

A tear streamed down his cheek. "Yes. Nobody was in the fire when the Hypnobrai burned the monastery down."

He tried cleaning up the line of bleeding eyeliner going down my cheeks, making me giggle and sniffle. "I missed you," I whispered.

"As did I. There wasn't a day I didn't think about you since our parting." His eyes scanned our surroundings of people curiously watching us. "Come with me," he suddenly said.

"To where?"

"To our new home. Please. I don't want to leave you again."

I then took a quick glance at the people, deciphering what to do. Of course I didn't want to leave him, either.

I breathed out. "Okay, but wait one second." I got up and went over to where a girl inspected the hat that flew off my head during the run. She looked at me with hope before I said, "You can keep that."

She squealed and jumped with excitement as I took out a marker and signed my name on the peak. I made my way over to the table I was once sitting at with a

bodyguard standing next to it.

"Get every single person's name and tell them to come back next week so I can get them what they came for today. Tell them that I'm sorry for the inconvenience," I told him, picking up another hat from the stack of new ones I was supposed to be signing.

He gave me a nod.

I went back over to Zane as he waited next to his dragon. He swiftly lifted me up and climbed into the big saddle. "I hope you're not afraid of heights," he said, taking hold of the reins.

"You're just lucky that I trust you enough to get on this thing," I replied, referring to the dragon.

He held me closer as the dragon made a slow but steady rise into the atmosphere. Its wings flapped, making a loud thumping sound and blowing wind against the ground. Eventually we were high above the buildings, and I shut my eyes tightly.

Zane gave the reins a single whip. The air around us quickened. "Open your eyes, Macca! A view like this should never be dismissed just because of fear!" he said loud enough for me to hear.

"But I'm scared!"

"How can you be if you don't know what's happening?"

I opened my eyes for a brief moment to see a skyscraper next to us.

"I propose we get a closer look!"

"Wha– AHH!" The rest of my question was drowned out by my screaming when he suddenly took a hard turn. I clung onto Zane for dear life as he flew us right around the building at an angle. Sunlight beamed off the pristine windows, creating a dark reflection of us on the dragon.

I squirmed underneath his hold to wrap all my limbs around his body in a panic. "Stop, stop, stop, please stop!" I begged with my face buried in his shoulder.

"You know I would never intentionally put you in harm's way," he assured me.

We straightened out and remained stable for a couple minutes. I was able to actually look up and not panic as much when I saw the city beneath us.

"Your heart rate has slowed down," he informed me. "Would you prefer to keep it this way?"

"Definitely. No funny business."

The links of the reins jingled as he put them down. He held me in a hug. Aside from the wind in our ears, everything was peaceful.

"How's everything been since I've been away?" I asked.

"It has been good for everyone but me."

"Why is that?"

"Well…nothing was ever the same when you left my life. There are times when my brothers treat me unkindly because I'm different from them. You never did anything like that to me. It was in my mind every day. Now that we are reunited, I can be happy again."

I leaned away from him. The wind blew my hair everywhere, but I just looked at his face. "You aren't allowed to be sad," I told him. "Life is too short to be sad. If I make you happy, then I won't leave. I promise to be there when you need me, and that we'll never lose each other again."

He smiled, holding my hand. "I'm more than delighted to refer to you as my friend."

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