Chapter 79
Amaia pov
It was today Creamy was going to take me to see father, and I was all dressed up for the journey. I was outside the house when I suddenly fell, and the next thing that happened was a big vase that fell right next to me. I didn’t understand for a moment. But I knew I just escaped the vase that was met to hit me on the head. I looked up, no one in view would’ve hurled the vase at me.
How did I even escape it? I didn’t know how it happened.
This I would’ve to sort out by myself.
I walked to the front door of the house about to go in. I had been feeling nothing but happiness until that incident happened and got my thoughts all in the mud. It went worse when a lady came out of the house with a child in her hand. The baby I recognize to he Zyair’s. Her eyes met mine. And she looked at me, up and down, with a bit surprised look on her face and her eyes went to the broken vase next. I bite the side of my cheeks. Keeping my cool.
The bastard didn’t tell me she lived with him!
How could he bring her here and let me stay with my parents?
I was fuming inwardly. Because I didn’t know how would’ve wanted to hurt me.
I didn’t want to start a fight with her when the baby is around. It won’t be nice.
“You should at least greet your Luna, how could you lack so many manners? Have you no home training?”
That came out right. I said that with a smile on my face while I stare at the baby in her hands. The resemblance was obvious, it would’ve been hard for him to deny a child that looks like this. So beautifully handsome. And I even wished I was the one who had him.
“You’re the Luna?”
“Is it you then?” I retorted.
“Is it true you’re the Luna?”
“Is it true that you’re a whore?”
She bashed her lashes unable to find words that she would say to me.
“This disrespect shouldn’t repeat itself. Greet your Luna now.”
She bows her head in submission. I smirked, what a silly woman she was. She would be no match for me if we spar. She wasn’t even pretty, she should be intimidated by my looks and I was sure to flaunt them in front of her.
And I was the one Zyair wants not her. I turned to gaze away from her to the baby and made a crazy face at him which made him giggle at me.
I smirked at his mother and who was fuming in anger. She couldn’t even hide the hate in her eyes when she glare at me but I don’t give a fuck. She should leave before she gets more embarrassed.
As if she had me, she grumpily walked away with Zane. I gawped at them as they left, admiring the baby. I suddenly have that craving of having one.
Nah, I wasn’t ready for it yet.
“It took you hours to come to me!”
“I’m sorry. I couldn’t find my boot.” He waved the boot in front of me, I slapped it off.
“You should’ve come in, did you wait long.”
“Someone kept me busy.” I turned and he followed my gaze and saw them ahead of us.
“Oh, that.”
“Yes that, why is she staying here?”
“She’d nowhere else to go and secondly Zane won’t talk to anyone or want to be anyone. He’s always with the mother.”
“But he did smile at me.”
“Maybe he’s coming up. And he might like you.” He wore his black boot and stood upright.
“How long would she continue to stay here?”
“I don’t know how long.”
“You better know how long when we get back.”
“Have anyone told you, you look scarier now.”
“You ain’t the first.”
“I know right.”
I nudged him by the elbow. And he pulled me into a warm hug. I smiled and pat his back.
“I remembered telling you not to come to the cave but you came. I heard your voice.” I whispered to his ears. We disengaged from the hug.
“You heard that?”
I scoffed.
“I said it, you’ve become scarier..” he hurried away towards the stable where the horse was kept.
“Am not done talking to you!” I yelled after him while running to meet up. I was glad he didn’t see the vase when he passed by it.
It was a long ride from the pack to the sides of the mountain which was far away. It kept me wondering throughout the ride, what would Father be doing in a place like this, why was he even here? Deep in the forest. He couldn’t have been hurt or attacked by some rogue or something else in the forest.
“Is it still far away?” I yelled, so he could hear me.
“We’re almost there..”
I would take him back immediately. I won’t let him stay here. Not in a place like this.
Creamy’s horse stopped. And I did the same thing behind him. This was the place he was, there was nothing here, except fallen walls of a cavern.
He came down from the horse and he helped me down.
“Where’s this place?”
“The cavern that held the lamp of sacrifice.”
“The lamp of sacrifice?”
He nodded.
We walked closer to the cavern. It’d all collapsed.
“Here..” I twitch my neck to look at him. And he placed something on my hand. I opened my hand and stare at it. The bracelet father was working on. Seems he’d completed it. He didn’t let me see it then when we were together. He said he was gonna give it to me after I break the curse. His gift to me would be that.
I stare at it, my eyes getting all teary. And my lashes getting wet.
There were letters written on it.
It says; the daughter I’m proud of, Amaia. I love you more than anything.
The tears fell from my eyes.
“He gave it to mark and told him to give it to you. They came here to get the lamp of sacrifice.”
“The life you talked about, the life in the lamp was his life. Wasn’t it?”
“Yes.”
“I thought so, I’d suspect that when I asked you about the lamp. I became even more suspicious when I heard his voice. And talked to me. And now...” I sniffed.
“It was all real, he did die.”
I cried. Falling to my knees.
I wanted to pull him out, if there was anything I could get that belongs to him from there I could get it and take it home with me.
Why, why did he have to die?
“I couldn’t tell you because he made us not to do so until you’ve overcome the trials. We didn’t want him to but it happened to be something only he could do... I’m sorry.”
I’d pictured our future together then, but I forgot he was vulnerable.
I started moving the blocks of each other, I could find his body if I keep on, I can’t him be here. I’ve to take him home with me.
“Stop it, you won’t find him.”
“Why?” My voice was soft and high-pitched. I was trying not to break that again. Because you could hear how cracked my voice was.
“It dissipated..because of the lamp.”
“No!” I cried.
He pulled me away.
“I’ll find something about him.”
“You won’t be able to find anything.”
“Let me go!” I screamed, hitting him with my fist.
“I’m sorry.”
I didn’t know Zyair came until he took me away from Creamy’s hold and hugged me. I cried on his chest.
“Let it all out...”
“And you’ll be fine.”
He took me in his arms and ambled towards the horse. He must’ve been following us from behind. That’s why he’d been able to keep up.
“Creamy, take the horse, and let’s go home.”
He’d been watching me, from wherever he was. He stayed with me even if I didn’t feel his presence. He was there, my wound gets healed even when I didn’t do anything to it. He was there at the time too, to have it treated. Father had always been there, helping me in the slightest things I thought it was normal.
And he promised he would forever be and now I’d to make sure I don’t miss sure moments again.