Hello all! Thanks to everyone who voted and commented on my story, I love my readers! I was also informed that my chapters are too short so I've come up with a solution.... I'm going to update with longer chapters but not as often. If anyone has any problems with this leave a comment. :)
Do you ever experience those brief times in your life when everything stops and its like you are trapped in this one moment that could change your entire life?
Well, I'm experiencing that right now. I'm helplessly being dragged along the ground by Kelly. Kyle is ripping at the bars of the gate like they are prison bars, growling at Kelly with blood red eyes. His eyes pierce the darkness surrounding them and I decide to get lost in them rather than focusing on the reality of the situation.... but I can't help where my thoughts lie.
Why did I do this? I was so stupid to think that I could finish this school year without falling for Kyle. The bond between us is unmistakable and unbreakable. I can't even begin to explain how he makes me feel. Everything about him draws my interest. The way his golden hair reflects the light perfectly. His gorgeous deep green ocean eyes that I desperately want to dive into. The perfect curve of his plump, pink lips that draws the attention of every girl within a five mile radius. And despite the irritation it brings me, I can't help but find his gorgeous smirk to be extremely attractive.
But all of that doesn't even begin to cover the effect he has on me. Whenever I see him its as if the world has slowed and a faint white glow is circling him. He's like my fallen angel. I relive all the moments we have had together before mind linking him so that he can see what I see. In a way I was playing him a slideshow of our time together.
The first moment we met in the courtyard...
The way his hair fell across his cheek in a perfect slant, outlining every fine angle of his face. The way the contact of his arm on my collar bone had sent shivers down my spine.
Then when we first realised we were mates.
As soon as he had shifted into his magnificent wolf my heart had stopped. In fact the whole world had stopped and all of a sudden my centre had shifted and all that mattered was him.
Then finally I showed him my first encounter with Kelly.
The comfort I had felt in his arms. With my head against his warm chest...
It was all too much and I had to break the link to release my sobs. I closed my eyes and sobbed for a moment before opening them to be released back into the real world. Kelly had stopped dragging me and was now staring between us in anger. Then I saw why.
Kyle had stopped his thrashing and now had a tear rolling down his perfectly angled cheekbone. He nodded at me in understanding and just like that, all that had needed to be said was said...
Suddenly Kelly pulled the knife tighter and I whimpered in pain.
Then she did the stupidest thing possible.
She started talking about my parents. I saw the look on Kyle's face harden and saw that he knew what was about to happen.
In that moment every emotion I had ever experienced in my life, the sadness, the happiness..... they were like lulling waves compared the tsunami of anger that was coursing through me at this very moment. My features slackened and I became a heartless warrior, whose soul mission was to kill Kelly.
I rooted my feet in place and threw Kelly over my shoulder using mere force. She crashed onto the ground with a loud thump and I raised my fist to collide with her face. She quickly rolled over and stood, holding her knife in front of her. She growled at me baring her fangs and I growled back at her, releasing a deeper roar that burst from my throat and echoed violently through the forest. Kelly stepped back slightly, a fearful expression appearing on her face before resuming a defensive stance. I hear Kyle trying to get the door open in time to stop me, but there is no way I'm going to let that happen.
This bitch is going down!
She runs at me with the knife but I quickly twist her hand behind her back and snatch the knife out of her hand, then kick her back side so that she falls head first into the dirt.
"Come on Kelly! I thought the 'best female fighter in the school' would put up more of a fight!"
She turns to me with a vicious snarl on her face and stands up, cracking her neck from side to side.
"Oh I'm not done yet"
She hurls a fist in my direction but I dodge to the side easily. This is easier than I thought it would be.
But just as i leaned to the side she bunched her fist in the back of my shirt and twisted me so my back was to her. I feel her arm snake its way around my neck and hold me there.
At that moment Kyle and 5 other guards burst through the gate with guns in hand. Kyle points his gun in Kelly's direction then his expression softens when he sees me in front of her
Kelly laughed, "Go on Kyle. Shoot us. No more problems. A clean slate. I was hoping it would be with me, but if I can't have you then neither can she."
This chick is actually crazy!
I see Kyle looking between Kelly's eyes and mine. A saddened expression crosses his face, then he looks to me for guidance. I nod at him, biting my bottom lip. Turning my head to the side I scrunch my eyes closed in preparation for the pain. But all I feel is the cool breath of the wind on my face. Opening my eyes I realise that Kyle had grudgingly lowered his gun and was now looking Kelly deep in the eye with a livid expression on his face.
Kelly smirked, "Now that's a good boy".
Kyle growls under his breath.
"See", she whispers in my ear, "unlike you, he would actually give up his life for the people he cares about."
The anger fills me once again as I hear Kyle laugh.
"You just had to say it didn't you.." he says smiling to himself.
Kelly looks at him confused, "What?".
But it was too late. I had already buried my teeth into her arm sending her sprawling on the floor in pain. I would smirk but my anger forbids it.
She gets up again and regains her position with a slightly softer exterior.
"You bitc-" she yells, but I cut her off, by throwing her knife straight into her shoulder. Her blood-curdling scream pierces the air as she falls to her knees clutching her shoulder. Within seconds her body falls limp and her breathing evens out, indicating she had fainted.
I feel my shoulders slump slightly as I let out a breath I didn't know I had been holding. My breathing pace starts to speed up and before I know it, Kyle's strong arms are encircling me from behind, stopping me from falling. I lean back into his soft chest and let his warmth envelope me, breathing heavily. His warm breath kisses my cheek as he leans further down. I clutch his arms, pulling them tighter around me and sob, not caring who was listening.
All the pain I had been holding back was now wrapping it's way around me, sinking into every crevice of my body. The only thing that kept me tied to reality was Kyle, his arms encircling my waist. He leans down and kisses me on the head. The contact sends a wave of relief through me and I feel myself sink deeper into his arms and continue sobbing.
"It's OK, Ella. I've got you. That's all that matters" he whispers into my ear.
Then he wraps his arms under my legs and picks me up bridal style. I sink deeper into the soft fabric of his shirt and let sleep come, with his warmth still clinging to me.