Forbidden Love during Winter [LoC]

Chapter 9 - Where our worlds end

- Eris !

His voice echoes into darkness as I close my eyes. The wind rushes over my face. It is so fast I can't open my wings. I feel my heartbeat grow faster and faster. Everything arounds me seems to intensify.

A black panther flashes through my mind, his eyes like fire. But I don't want to see it anymore. I push the thought away. And then I realise I can't stop. I'm falling, and there's no turning back. But I am not afraid. I open my eyes wide. I am alive. Finally.

I can feel the ground approching more and more. I would like this moment to last forever. But you can't wish for everything. I close back my eyes just before the colision. It happens so fast, it barely feels real.

I might've hit a rock. I don't know. The ground is cold and soft at the same time.

Snow. A sweet ice bed surronds me. And then it starts falling again. It is a nice sensation, even though I feel like everything is leaving me. I want to cry ; but I smile instead. A warm liquid is pouring on me. It makes me weaker ; but I feel like it's giving me energy.

And then the next thing I know, I'm in his arms. He warms me up even more, his furr soft under my bare hands. I hug him close. And he feels like I'm about to let go. But he doesn't say anything. Not yet.

- Eris, he whispers. Stay with me.

- I'm sorry, I whisper back. This is where our worlds end.

I wish it could last, but it can't. And even so, I'm happy. We couldn't be together in this world, and maybe we won't be either in the next. But this moment will always be engraved in me as my last.

Though, as I come to think of it, it may be my last. I smile, but it feels like a weak smile. I don't want it to. I hug tighter, and then I let go. He slips away gently, and then he disapears in the falling snow.

I'm lying on the ground, white flakes filling my vision. A tear runs down my cheek. I close my eyes.

Nothing ever felt so real ; nothing ever felt so beautiful. And wether or not it was a dream doesn't matter. Not to me.

I feel myself slipping away from my body. Everything becomes dark, but it's not a scary dark. I find it reassuring. I breathe, and my breath is white. I smile at this vision.

And when it all ends, I am grateful.