Althea Garcia Hela Silvermoon

Evelyn whispers from behind me. I turn around to face her. I thought she was talking about the women behind me, but her eyes were looking at me with so much questions in them.

I look back only to find them gone. I, then around to face her but the scene had already changed once again, making my head spin. I closed my eyes shut. When I finally opened my eyes, we were back in my room.

I don't know how long we spent in my dream, but the room was brighter now with the sunlight peeking through the window. I finally looked at Evelyn who sat in front of me with her legs folded and arms crossed over her chest.

"Who are you?" She questions me again, her eyes seeking answers as she tries to read my blue eyes.

"I-I" But there's nothing that I can say. Who am I? I myself don't know the answer to that question. I don't know my identity.

"I swear, Althea. I don't know much, but I know a goddess when I see one." She raises an eyebrow at me.

"W-what do y-you mean?" My brows furrow at that.

Goddess?

"That clearly was the goddess. I felt her presence." She shivered as she said it. "Her silver eyes seemed as if she could see into my soul." She shuddered again.

"But- but why was s-she in my dreams?" Why was I seeing a goddess in my dream?

Evelyn puts one hand on her chin as her index finger lightly taps it. "Maybe she wants to say something. Convey a message." She says as she looks deep in her thoughts.

"The fact that you lost your memory, maybe it has got something to do with her. Or maybe she's just trying to help you." She finally looks back into my eyes. "Has she ever spoken to you?"

I nod my head as I look down at my fisted hands, remembering her words. Why would she ask me to hold on? Why did I have to hold on? Hold on to what? To who?

Evelyn crawls closer to me until our legs are touching. She places both her hands on my neck. "Let me try. One more time."

She clamps her lips as she looks expectantly at me. I nod my head slightly and she closes her eyes once again. I see bright light coming off her hands that's on my neck. It felt warm and soon I felt soft tingles but as soon as they hit my skin, they bounced right back.

Evelyn clenched her jaws as her face scrunched. She exhales loudly as she lets go of my neck and sits back, her arms back as she leans on them.

I sigh, looking up at her. "I-I guess it's useless."

"Something is definitely blocking me." She pushes her head forward so she could see my face. "Are you on a ticking time bomb? What is your body made of?"

Then her eyes go wide as soon as the words leaves her mouth. She sits right back up and looks at me with those huge orbs. "You did not." She whispers.

I tilt my head sideways as I try to understand where she's going. "Please tell me that is not it." I shake my head at her as I did not understand what she was talking about.

"Althea, did you, I mean you lost your memory and all now, but d-do you think that maybe- just maybe you made some kind of deal with the goddess for something in return." Before I could say anything, she continues.

"Your body. I don't think it belongs to you. I-I don't think it's from this world." Unable to utter a word, I stare at her as she once again comes forward and reaches for the bandage in my arms.

She quickly unwraps it as she inhales a sharp breath, no matter how many times she saw it before. "See, what I mean." I look down at my arms and nod. The still raw wounds stare back at me angrily. Although it had stopped bleeding, it wasn't healing. By the looks on Evelyn's face, definitely not fast enough.

"Even for a human, your wounds should almost be closed by now, if not completely healed." Her eyes move back up to me with some sort of panic and worry now.

"Listen Althea, you may think I'm being overdramatic, but I think there's seriously something going on with your body." She shakes her head as she closes her eyes, her brows deeply furrowed together.

"And I really and truly hope that I'm wrong. But these feelings I have been having tells me otherwise. I-I think that once-once you wound your body, it-it won't ever heal back." My heart sinks.

"The clock seems to be ticking on your side, Althea." How long did I have left?

"And I hope you won't injure it any longer. I truly don't want to lose a friend that I just found."

My whole body goes numb as the only thing I feel is the ice-cold breeze through the window that slices my already chilly skin. I shiver from both feeling of the icy breeze and the shock from the revelation.

Was I really going to die if this continues?

I look down at my arm as Evelyn wraps a new one. Was my body not strong enough to heal itself? Did I make some kind of deal with the goddess?

But as I searched through my mind, the question that I ended up asking myself was, if I did make a deal with the goddess, what did I want in return for this rotting body of mine?

My heart beats silently as it speaks to me. But I'm not smart enough to understand it. I feel my face getting wet as tears openly fall down. "I'm sorry, Althea. I can't help you." Evelyn whispers as she too sobs quietly, tears streaking her beautiful face.

If I were to- no, when I was to fade away from this land, I don't want to hurt anyone. I want to leave as quietly as I possibly can, without causing any trouble to any of these people. I never want to see them sad or hurt.

I grab on to Evelyn's hands tightly as I force her to look into my eyes. All the pain and the shock had left my face as I spoke to her with seriousness in my voice. "Listen, Eve. Never. P-please never utter a word of this to a-anyone."

She shakes her head as her cries gets louder. "But Althea we need help-"

"Shh." I tug her hands gently. "Please. Just do this one last thing for me, friend. P-please."

She stops bawling her eyes out and sobs quietly, nodding her head. I pull her into a hug and whisper, "Thank you." I hold her until she calms down and I eventually let go.

"Go freshen up. It's a-already morning. I-I need to see s-someone." I pat her shoulder. She nods and gets off the bed to go to the bathroom.

I stay on the bed for a while until I hear the shower turning on. I release a deep breath and get off the bed. I find myself a pair of jeans and a white top and get ready. I pat my hair until it sits down nicely and head out the door in search for him.

The only one who can calm this heart of mine. Or who I think it is.

I reach his office door and knock a few times, but there was no reply. I waited for a while and tried again. I really want to see him. I release a breath and have a debate with myself before I twist the knob and open the door, only to find it empty.

I look down in disappointed. Now where was I going to look for him? This place was huge. But I didn't give up. I searched for him in every part of the house before I headed out. I looked around the training grounds, across the field until I saw his back as he stood facing the bed of roses. My heart stops beating for a while. I move closer towards him.

When I was only a few steps away, my heart starts beating hard as if it wants to rip out of my chest and jump in his arms. Like it wants him to hold it tight. Next to him, close to his own heart.

I stop as I feel him inhale a deep breath. His shoulders rises as he breathes. "Were you looking for me?" He asks, his back still facing me.

I look at the roses as I take the last few steps and stand beside him. They looked sad. The story behind it. Whatever it was. To me, it seemed like a sad one. "These roses, although they are very beautiful, they just look so sad to me." I whisper out. Although my throat complained at being used too much, I didn't let it bother me.

No, I wasn't going to.

I feel his eyes on me, but my own eyes now fixed on the blood red petals. I reach forward and lightly touch them. Flashes of images passes my eyes. I saw a blurry white figure hovering over the roses as she cries tears of blood. Dark red blood.

It falls on the roses, making it deeper, darker to what it looks like now. I retreat my hand back with a gasp as it burned me. The blood. Whose blood was it?

"Are you okay?" I turn around to look at his concerned face.

I squint my eyes as I think about what I just saw or imagined I saw before I look into his eyes.

"B-blood."

It was the only word that my mouth would form, while he looked at me shocked. He blinked twice before he clenched his jaws tight and turned away from me to look at the roses.

"What do you mean?"

I blink a couple of times myself as I keep looking at his face that had now become stern but also pained. "I want to k-know the s-story." He turns towards me, but I turn to look at the roses.

A sadness once again washes over me as I look at them. My heart clenches tightly, making me close my eyes as I think about the blood tears that she had shed. Who was she? Why did her pain feel like my own?

"This is where she left me. This is where she blessed me." I heard his words filled with sadness. Guilt.

I turn around and opened my eyes to see him already looking at me. "She gave me another chance at love." His eyes flicker between my eyes. "She gave me you."

His words plays over my head. Who was she? Someone gave me to him? Why?

His last words whispers through the air as it gently blows my hair towards my face. He closes his eyes and inhales deeply. When he opens them again, he looks at me with such an intensity. It draws me in towards him. To him.

I take a step towards him as my eyes searches through his. What is this pull that was tugging my heart towards him?

He mirrors my steps and takes a step forward himself. Now we are only inches apart from one another.

I was literally tilting my head up and back to look at his face. He was huge. Almost intimidating. But here, I somehow felt safe. Almost like I belonged.

Here. With him.

My heartbeat quickened as he moved his hand up, lightly tracing my cheek. My eyes flutter close and I inhale a deep breath. All the sparks that his touch ignited was making those butterflies in my stomach to flutter. I feel myself leaning on his hand until my face was on his warm palm.

I feel another hand on my other cheek. His hands now fully engulfing my face. I open my eyes just as he puts his head down on mine, his eyes closed shut and he inhales deep breath as if he was breathing me in.

I take this chance to really look at him. He had this perfectly shaped dark eyebrows. He had thick dark blond lashes, high cheekbones and a sharp jaw. But his lips were what pulled me in. They were slightly parted, his breath ticking my face every time he exhaled. Now my whole body was on fire. I was on flames.

"Althea..." His whisper soft and gentle. This was the first time he called me by that name. My name.

I finally broke free of those lips and look back up to his closed eyelids. I felt the crease on his forehead as his brows slightly furrowed. I bring my own hands to his and hold his wrists.

My heart responded by thumping hard. It was calling out a name. His name.

But this time I heard it.

"Aries."

Hello beautiful people. Only a few more chapters to go. Just a quick warning, I'm not going to update daily from now on because work calls. Sorry to disappoint. But I'll try to update as quick as I can. Please vote and comment. 

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