"Blue Iris: Faith and Hope"- Flower Language
Lyall's Pov
It was still night when I woke up. Everything felt dark. But I felt very sick. I felt like a heavy weight was placed on my chest. I sit up rubbing my chest, feeling the cold metal of the pendent. I thought for a moment. "Why am I still wearing this?". At first I still wore it so that… my… god I can't even say it. I just wanted someone to physically see me. Well look we're that got to.
I suddenly felt a stronger pressure on my chest and I clenched on the pendent. I finally took off the pendent and I suddenly got my sight back a little. Everything was blurry but still visible. "So I was right. The pendent has the ability to make me visible." I whispered to myself. I dropped the pendent to the bed and got out. The pressure on my chest was still there but it lessen a bit. I was heading to the door until I heard a knock. I stopped dead in my tracks in fear. "Inger…" Vlad whispered. I covered my mouth in fear. "Inger… please forgive me… I was too blind in my rage. Can I speak with you?" He asked me with sadness lacing his voice.
I walked slowly to the door and just stood there. He knocked again, louder this time. "Inger! I know what I did was wrong, I didn't mean to yell or hit you. That I know would not be forgiven. But I will not apologize for my love for you. You are mine, when I first met you in the dungeon I knew you were my one. You are mine but my heart and soul belong only to you…. I am to go to battle tomorrow. Please, let me see you one last time." He begged, sounding like he was crying. I was crying myself, covering my mouth to hold in my sobs.
I was thinking of just running back and putting on the pendent and opening the door and kiss him and confess my love to him but my feet couldn't move. He banged on the door but he didn't barge in. I finally moved closer to the door and placed my hands on the wood. What he did next… I will never forget.
"Amintește-ți de mine
Deși trebuie să-mi iau rămas bun
Amintește-ți de mine
Nu-l lăsa să te facă să plângi
Pentru totdeauna dacă sunt departe
Te țin în inima mea
Îți cânt o melodie secretă
În fiecare noapte suntem despărțiți
Amintește-ți de mine
Deși trebuie să călătoresc departe
Amintește-ți de mine
De fiecare dată când auzi o chitară tristă
Știi că sunt cu tine
Singura cale prin care pot fi
Până când vei fi din nou în brațele mele
Amintește-ți de mine
(Remember me
Though I have to say goodbye
Remember me
Don't let it make you cry
For ever if I'm far away
I hold you in my heart
I sing a secret song to you
Each night we are apart
Remember me
Though I have to travel far
Remember me
Each time you hear a sad guitar
Know that I'm with you
The only way that I can be
Until you're in my arms again
Remember me)"
"Remember me…" I sang back with him. I heard him suck in a breath when he heard my voice. I was overwhelmed. "Wait one moment." I said quickly. I ran to the bed and quickly putting on the necklace and back to being blind. I slowly walked back to the door, making sure I didn't hurt myself. I finally made it to the door and opened the door. "Inger." He whispered. I can feel him trying to hug me but I placed my hand on his chest to stop him. I pushed him back slowly. "Let me say something first." I said.
He was quiet so I continued. "Vlad, what you did was unforgivable. I deserve more than to be yelled at and be hit. No I have not forgiven you yet. But… that song. I have thought you have forgotten it but you didn't. You and I know that this is wrong." I said. He was about to interrupt me but I place my fingers on his lips. I pressed on, my heart blazing. "But even though it's wrong, you don't think you also have my heart? You were right, I kept denying what I feel for you because I thought that it was right but I was wrong. Spirit or no… I am… in love with you." I finished, finally confessing. I dropped my hand to the side.
I felt him suck in his breath and breathing in and out rapidly. I was about to ask if he was okay until I heard a bang. "Vlad!?" I asked worried. I jumped when I felt his hand pull mine to his face. He kissed my palm. He was on the ground down on his knees. "My love, I do not deserve any forgiveness. But I am overjoyed. You love me… a monster." He whispered, his voice thick. I shook my head and knelt down with him. I held his face with both my hands.
"No Vlad, I'm sorry to call you such a thing. You are not a monster."; "Oh Lyall, but I am." He sobbed. I shook my head again and hug him. " Lyall… do you know what Inger means?" He ask in my ear. I shivered. "I know a little romainian now but I still don't know what it means." I said nuzzling my face to his neck. He pulled me back from the embrace and held my face. "Inger means… my angel. You Lyall are my angel." He said while moving a piece of my hair out of my face. I smiled with tears falling down my face. I kissed his palm.
He suddenly let go of my face and reached to grab something. I tilted my head confused. Suddenly I got a strong scent of flowers but not just any flower. It was irises. I was amazed. "Lyall, I present this flower to you." He said. He grabbed my marked hand and started wrapping the flower around my ring finger. "Vlad…" I said in shock. "My Inger, when I return. I would love for you to be my wife for the rest of my life and to be… my one true queen. Not a mistress, not just any wife. But my one. With this iris ring be a symbol of my promise and love. Will you accept?" He asked. I covered my mouth is pure happiness. "Y-Yes." I stuttered, tears falling down my face.
He laughed and held me in a bone crushing hug. After a moment I lifted myself from the embrace. I grabbed his hand and lead him to my bed. I sat down while he stood above me. "Will you stay with me tonight. As in sleep… not the other way around…" I stutter. He laughed and kissed my forehead. "Of course." He said while caressing my face. I suddenly realized that his hands felt moist and it smelled like… blood. I felt a chill go straight down my spine. I reach up shaking, grabbing Vlad's hands in mine. "Vlad… what happened to your hands?" I asked fearfully. He laughed darkly. He knelt down and leaned into my ear. " I told you that those women mean nothing to me… with them and that brat out of the way… it… is… just… us." He whispered slowly. I screamed.
(End of dream)
I jumped straight up from the bed in a cold sweat. I was shaking like a leaf. "My love what is wrong?" Vlad asked sleepily but with concern. I jumped again. I couldn't remember Vlad getting into my bed. Without answering him, I grabbed his hands and felt them and smelled his scent. No blood. "Inger." He said placing his hands on my face. I suddenly remembered everything and felt the softness of the ring flower. I know that part was real. "Oh Vlad… it was a bad dream." I said holding his wrists. "Tell me." He asked concerned. I shook my head.
"Was it about him?" He whispered. I froze. "What?" I whispered. "Before I left you, you said I was exactly like him. Who is him?" He asked gently but with an edge. I sighed and kissed the palm of his hand. I was hoping to avoid this question all together but looks like I can't. So I told him everything, about my mother and father. About how my father abused me and how he tried to rape me. After I finished, it was dead silent in the room. Then I was suddenly pulled into his arms. He held me tight. "You know I would never hurt you. I am nothing like your father. Your father deserves to go to hell the way he treated you and your mother." He said while burying his face in my neck.
I nodded. Too tired to speak. We laid back down. He caresses my face. "Sleep my Inger. I'll still be here when you wake up." He said softly. Though my chest and mark were making me uncomfortable I still closed my eyes and fell into a deep sleep. But I still cannot shake this feeling that something bad is about to happen.