Burning Soul

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In the palace, the temperature had dropped quite too much, and it was rather chilly now. Although she decided to stay by him, she couldn’t get a minute of sleep.

‘What am I going to do,

if I don’t sleep, I’m gonna smack the heck out of him for babysitting him.’

She thought to herself when she heard him mumble in sleep, it wasn't clear enough but it seemed like he was talking to someone.

She also noticed that the Pendant he was holding onto was shaking a bit as if it was trying to resist.

She couldn’t understand what was going on but out of her quick wit, she grabbed his hands which held on to the stone tightly.

“I don’t know what it is that you remember now but, I wish it fades away!

This is getting a lot bigger than us now!

I don’t know what challenges await us, or what will happen.

I can’t say everything will stay like this forever, may it be the evil out there!

But I want you to know,

I will stay by your side to the end, so, please

You can lean on me at times like this!” wind was blowing softly, the restless night had passed.

After a while, the shaking stopped, which made her wonder what it really was and why the hell was it shaking but as soon as it stopped his mumbling stopped as well.

AThe glow on the pendant vanished after some time.

A sudden wave of tiredness hit her, and she couldn’t resist it anymore and lied down next to him unable to move.

‘Crap it sucked all my energy,

I can’t even move’,

she could only curse but then it also helped him feel easy, so she didn’t give much thought and stayed right where she was staring at him.

‘Will he remember this ever happening!

I think not, maybe Oh!

What am I thinking?’

She was thinking so much stuff making her feel dizzier, all the tiredness and thinking got her sleeping.

Right there,

In his arms.

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Finally, the long and cold night was over,

and the rays of the sun were hitting her cheek making her feel warmer,

the morning was rather not so clear,

but the huge window and height of the palace allowed the rays to slip in and hit her.

‘Oh crap,

I couldn't get enough sleep!

It’s morning already!

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Wait!

Does that mean…’

as the thoughts started piling up in her heart, she couldn’t take it all in,

she turned to see him still holding her hand.

‘Nothing happened right!

Right?

Goddamit I can’t remember what happened after that!

Wait, If he saw me here. What will he think?’Her face turned cherry red by the thoughts.

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Without wasting any time, she carefully made her escape from his hands, and hurriedly walked to the doors without noticing that the pendant he was wearing stopped glowing as she moved away.

She hurried to her room to get changed into as Dimitri had told them all to gather at the main hall by the morning,

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“Oho! Where is this little dragon flying off this early in the morning?”

It was Aeneas who was standing right next to her room door,

“I thought I’d wake him up but looks like that won’t be an issue!”

While leaning on to the wall he continued in a teasing tone to which he received a glare making him quit for good.

Without looking at him or answering she stormed into her room,

“Did I say anything wrong?” He asked to which Dimitri who was standing in the shadows replied,

“You are such a mood killer you know!

Anyways get your butt moving we need to get there before he slips out of our hands again.”

Saying this he walked to the main halls,

“Why so rude to me always!” Aeneas complained with a pout and followed him.

‘Damn!

I don’t remember a thing!

What did I do?

Did I do anything?

Nothing right?’

Vivian was thinking to herself while leaning on the door with her back facing it and the tips of her fingers touching her soft lips with a heavy blush on her face.

After shaking her mind and clapping on her cheeks she headed to get ready for today’s adventure.

A rather different one than the one she had been through.