I advanced towards the place I heard his voice. My heart kept on beating loudly in my chest the nearer I got to him. I walked around the large tree and that was when I saw him. My Oga. He was sitting on the ground, looking up with his wide expressive purple eyes, the sa I fell irrevocably in love with.
"Storm," he whispered, peering up at . "What took you so long?" He accused, turning his mouth up in a pout.
Brys was dressed in the sa clothes he wore when he waved farewell to the rest of my family mbers.
"Brys?" I was still awed by what was happening. I couldn’t believe my eyes, couldn’t tell if I was hallucinating. Brys was right in front of , unscathed, in a forest that was rumoured to kill any who weren’t part of the royal line.
Had that always been lies? It seed to be the case. Our ancestors must have made it up to prevent anyone from stepping into it.
"Why are you looking at like that?" He frowned, wrinkling his nose. "Are you going to help up, or will you continue staring at like a fool?" He snapped.
His words should have angered , but it didn’t.
"I’m sorry." I reached out for him and helped him up. "I was just too stunned to see you. How did you get here?" I gave him a once over, to be certain he wasn’t wounded, and he wasn’t. He looked like he always did, with his unblemished skin and beautiful face. There was no sweat on his forehead. He didn’t even look as if he walked a distance at all.
He lifted his shoulders in a shrug, with his lips still pursed. "I followed you."
"Oh."
Though there was a nagging feeling that sothing wasn’t adding up, I couldn’t deny my joy. It seed like the gods wanted to compensate by bringing him over, knowing how much I had been thinking about him.
"So? Where are we going?" He looked around the forest with a bored expression on his face. He didn’t seem that spooked by the eerie place. You would have thought we were walking through a garden that had flowers that hadn’t blood just yet.
"This place is a maze," I responded, ignoring that insistent feeling. "I don’t know where to go, so I will —"
"Oh, I know the way." He smiled at , revealing his nice set of teeth. Have I ever ntioned how beautiful my Oga is? I had seen no one as pretty as him. He took the crown, with his face and his shape. Had I not known better, I would have believed he was a woman disguised as a man.
"You know the way?" I blinked, focusing on the present, so I wouldn’t get drowned in a path I didn’t wish to tread — until we get to a nice place, that is.
"Yeah." He nodded, smiling again. "You just have to trust . I will get us out of here in a few —"
"How did you know about it?" My suspicion was getting over the peak. "Have you ever been here before?"
"Not at all." The smile didn’t leave his lips. "I heard your father talking about this place, so I got as many pieces of information as I could. You just need to follow , okay?" He turned to leave. "I know a shortcut. It will take you straight to the middle of the forest where the staff is. You don’t need to prove yourself to anything. You have got ."
I didn’t know what to do or how to react. Though the nagging feeling intensified, I couldn’t help but believe him. There was nothing not to believe. This was my Brys.
"Co on," he beckoned for when I didn’t follow him imdiately. "Don’t tell you want to stay in this forest until you get old?"
"Of course not."
Well....
It didn’t sound that bad, though. With Brys here, I wouldn’t have to fear being alone. We could build a house here and grow old together. It would be like a romantic trip with no end.
My legs followed Brys towards the path, that didn’t seem that welcoming. The trees that lined the path, looked like claws, ready to rip my heart out should I venture deeper. I stopped and glanced around. Unlike the part of the forest I was in before I heard his call, this side looked ominous like there was danger lurking on every side.
"Brys?" I called to him, causing him to stop.
"What’s wrong? Why are you standing there?" He frowned when he realized I was still standing at the entrance. "Co on. You need to hurry, else this —"
"I don’t trust this place." I shook my head, looking into the dark, at the trees that had sohow changed to resemble normal ones. Gone were the claw-like branches.
"You don’t trust this place, or you don’t trust ?" He narrowed his eyes at . "I have been with you for a long ti, and you still don’t trust ?" He laughed, the sound bitter to the ear. "I can’t believe I risked my life to walk into this forest for you only to be doubted by my lover?"
"I’m not doubting you. I just... Can you step out for just a mont? I need to speak to you about sothing."
"Why don’t you co to ." He smiled, the expression enticing. "Co over to , Storm."
I felt my leg move at his call, but I stopped it before I could go nearer to the entrance of the path. My guts had never been wrong. That nagging feeling didn’t stop. It only intensified.
"I... Can you answer a question I have?" I asked, instead of telling him how dangerous the path looked.
"A question?"
"Yes. I seem to have forgotten how we t. Can you tell about it?" I smiled at him, keeping my expression neutral so he wouldn’t read into it.
"How we et?" He frowned. "Why are you suddenly asking about that?"
"I just want to know."
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