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She saw herself in a dark room. No, it was not a room, it was just a dark space. She wanted to take a step but her feet were suspended in the air, she looked down at the ground and there was a pit. She took her feet back, she looked into the pit and she could see someone. A woman. She looked beautiful and well-dressed. Kiara wondered how the woman had gotten to that place. The woman looked up and when she saw Kiara, her face lit up with a smile.
“Child. Why did you come?” She asked.
The woman’s soft voice echoed in the pit and outside. Kiara looked for an answer to give the woman but she did not know the answer to that question either. She did not know why she came or even how she got to where she was but she was there. She opened her lips to tell the woman that she did not know but what came out was.
“Who are you?” She asked the woman in the put.
“I am Louisa, child.” The woman said.
Louisa. She could remember the name. Louisa.
“Are you the dead fairy queen?” Kiara asked.
“Yes, I am the child.” The woman replied.
“Why are you here? Why did you come back? Why me?” Kiara asked.
Kiara felt relieved. She was finally asking the questions she so longed to ask, she wanted to know why. She had a lot of questions. The woman sighed.
“Why I am here? I am here to be with him. I came back to be with him. I have loved him and despite the fact that he killed me, I still love him. My soul could not rest when he killed me, I was still helplessly in love with him and when you were in the womb, I could feel your strength. I could feel that you are his mate and I got into you.” The woman explained.
“So you got into me because you wanted to share him?” Kiara asked.
“We both love him.” The woman said.
“I don’t want this,” Kiara said.
Her voice was firm.
“You don’t have a choice.” The woman said.
“What will happen if you are set free? When he marks me.” Kiara asked.
she wanted to know if she would be used as a weapon for some war or revenge plan.
“He will mark me too and we will become one, I can always come through for you. You will possess my magic too child.” The woman said.
She did not want to possess any magic. She wanted to be left alone. She wondered why the world was bent on domineering her. First, it was her mother and now it is some fairy queen who does not want to let go of what is not hers. Kiara felt tired. Extremely tired.
“You must go now, child.” The woman spoke.
That was another problem. She did not know how she got there or how to go back.
“How do I go back?” Kiara asked.
She was hoping the fairy would know.
“The way you came.” The woman answered.
Kiara stood back there, which way did she come? She did not know.
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She flicked her eyes open and she was back in the room, her room with Mark and she was on the bed. She felt a heavy weight on her and she knew what it was, or rather, who It was. It was Mark. She stayed there under his arms and the memories came rushing back, the darkness, the pit, the woman and their conversation. It was all real. She could feel it. He woke up not long after she did and their eyes met. She smiled at him and he smiled back.
They stayed in bed for a little while without speaking to each other, just staring at each other.
“I met her.” She said after a long time.
His brows knotted in confusion.
“You met who?” He asked.
“Louisa.” She said.
His eyes widened and he sat up.
“Where?” He asked quickly.
She stood up from the bed.
“I do not know. In a dark place and a dark pit.” She answered then she went into the bathroom.
He did not understand what she meant by a dark place or a dark pit. He needed further information and explanations but he heard the shower rushing and he decided to wait. He did. It took her a long time to be done with her shower but she was finally done when she came out, he opened his mouth to ask her questions but she spoke.
“She loved you even before the war and she still loves you. I am bait for her to get closer to you.” She said and went into the closet.
He could hear the anger and rage filled in the last part of her sentence. He got out of bed and walked into the closet. She was there, standing in front of the mirror with just a towel around her chest. She always looked sexy after bathing. He went to where she stood and stood behind her, he wrapped his hands around her waist and he bent low to her ear.
“You are nobody’s bait.” He whispered to her.
Yes, she was. That was all she felt like, a fucking bait for the fairy. She did not speak. He went from her ear to her neck and placed his lips on it. He could still see the hickeys from the last time. He did not want to give her more. He turned her around to face him, he cupped her beautiful face in his palms and looked into her eyes.
“She may be living in you, she may have come back for me, she may have loved me and still loves me but that all does not matter to me. What matters Kiara is that I love you. I will always love you and no one else.” He said.
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