Decision
1085 Words
Idalia
“I’ll see you tomorrow, baby,” I told my boyfriend before I kissed him, hearing Blaze and Thora growl at the same time.
“You didn’t seem to mind me kissing him before Blaze came,” I whispered to her as I walked out of the diner. Blaze was following me and I turned around, only to see him with a smirk on his face.
“You are enjoying this, aren’t you?” I asked and he shrugged his shoulders, probably admitting victory.
“I am not. At least not until you accept to come back home and assume your place as my queen.”
I took a deep breath and kept walking, his chuckle infuriating me as I turned into an alley and pushed him against the wall.
By the looks of it, he was not expecting my sudden move. I guess I could be full of surprises.
“Let me tell you something, Blaze. I’m happy living my life here, and you’re not going to change that, do you hear me?” I almost let out a growl, while Thora stirred inside me.
“You might be happy here, Idalia. But is Thora happy?” he asked and I didn’t know what to say. I had been selfish, keeping her trapped inside my body and didn’t care. She wants to be free and wants to be home.
“What is stopping you, Idalia?”
“You. You are stopping me. The day you were born, I was uneasy and Thora was too. We were feeling a strong pull and we didn’t know what it was until we arrived there. You were just born and it was frustrating not to be able to know beforehand what was going on. The truth is, when it comes to you, I can’t see what will happen. I can’t see my future with you.”
I let go of him and my tears wouldn’t stop falling down my cheeks.
“I am afraid, Blaze. That is why I left, because I didn’t want to know anything that had to do with you. And yet, here you are. I couldn’t even hide from you.”
He took me in his arms and I felt so safe in them. The heat of his body calming my nerves down and soothing my soul. I put my head against his strong chest and sobbed, my arms wrapped around him and held onto him for dear life.
His hand was caressing my hair and I was breathing evenly, Thora purring inside of me like a kitten, and I couldn’t take this from her.
“It’s going to be okay, beautiful. I promise to protect and take care of you with all my being,” he said and I wanted to believe him badly, but I was still hesitant, “for now, why don’t we go to your home and let you rest? You had a long night and it was all in part my fault.”
I nodded and his big hands took mine before we left that alley and headed back to my apartment. We arrived and I didn’t waste time kicking off my shoes. They were killing me and I couldn’t take them off soon enough.
Putting my purse on the coat rack, I offered Blaze a drink as I headed towards the kitchen with him following me. I grabbed a bottle of white wine and poured two glasses, handing him one so he could drink.
The silence was deafening and I was feeling so uncomfortable, that I ended up taking my ponytail off and letting my hair loose. Another growl escaped his lips and I rolled my eyes, walking to my room to change.
“You can wait out here while I put on some comfortable clothes,” I said when I felt him following me once again like a lost puppy.
Are dragons this possessive? I know werewolves are, and oh boy, how I hate those creatures. I was glad there were none in Gargolian.
I looked at my drawer and picked a set of black pajama pants and tank tops. Looking at myself in the mirror after changing, I could see my eyes glowing bright red.
“Thora, what are we going to do?”
‘We? What are you going to do? I want to go back home with our family and our mate.’
I groaned in annoyance.
“But I love Stephen. I can’t just up and leave.”
‘Well, I am sorry, Idalia. But our true love is out there in that living room and we are going back home with him.’
She didn’t know about true love, but again, I didn’t either. Stephen has been there for me all the time I have been here, and he truly cares for me. It would probably break his heart if I broke up with him, or even if I left.
‘You could go missing and he wouldn’t care. I know I wouldn’t.’
I shut Thora out. She was not helping the situation. I was between a rock and a hard place, and that hard place was Blaze’s chest. As I closed my eyes, I could just see him and his body. What would he look like shifted in his dragon, or even after?
“Don’t worry, love. I am never naked when I shift back. One of the advantages I have, so don’t get any ideas,” I heard him. The jerk was reading my mind. With one last roll of my eyes, I walked out and Blaze was sitting on the couch.
“Are you comfortable?” I asked, sarcasm pouring through my pores as he smirked. Was that all he knew what to do? This i***t was really getting on my nerves, but Thora wanted him. She had wanted him since he was born, and she still wanted him now.
“Are you going to listen to Thora?” he said, standing on the doorway while I was putting the wine bottle away. I looked down and leaned against the counter, thinking of any possible outcome that can come from going back.
‘We could see mother and father. Lucian should be there too, and I am sure Castellan and him miss us too. Please, Idalia. Let’s go.’
I sobbed once again, my heart was clenching and I was holding my chest, trying to breathe. My legs gave up from under me and I almost fell on the floor, but a pair of strong arms caught me before I could. I looked at Blaze straight into his eyes, the red orbs calling to me and begging me to leave with him.
“Fine, Blaze. I will go with you. Let’s go back home, but only because I miss my family, nothing more.”
“Don’t worry, my beautiful princess. I will make you change your mind soon. For now I will be happy to have you near.”
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