Chapter 41

REIGN
I let myself be drawn in tears until I fall asleep.
The next day I didn't feel good anymore. I feel like I have lost everything. I lost everything that I didn't even owned.
"Reign?" I heard shenlo call when he entered the room.
"Shenlo can we leave?" my opening surprised me.
"H-ha?"
"I want to leave."
He couldn't speak anymore especially when I uttered those words as if I was sure I was here.
I hide the gown under the bed as I chose to fixed my self. Even though I was overwhelmed, I was still able to act. Until the night came and I could see the moon rising, round and round and it seemed that it was just so close to me. I closed my eyes tightly and closed the curtain then lay down on the bed and was forced to sleep even though my chest was filled with pain because of my decision.
'I'm sorry sage but it is just for us.'
ended that night which was supposed to be the night when we would be a real couple but I didn"t plan to attend.
I just cried and cried as I thought that the only man I loved was waiting there.
Did I do it wrong? Or is it just right for the two of us to get along?
I was busy packing my things when Shenlo entered the room worriedly.
"R-Reign .... si s-sage." He was worried about staring at me and that's how it wrapped around my chest when I heard his name.
"b-why?"
"He's outside begging me to let him in ... he said he wants to see you and talk to you." I feel my eyes watered.
I quickly peeked out the window and he wasn't joking. The sage was standing there and clinging to the Gate. While peering around the house waiting for him to open. He look wasted, messy messy hair and looks sleepless.
"I used my ability to put barriers that he definitely can't get in here, but the decision reigns if you let him."
I peeked outside again and saw the opening of his parched lips, I did everything to use the sharpness of my hearing to hear him.
"Reign please! Please lets talk, baby please ?!" he barely shook the gate almost begging that really pinch my heart because of that scene and his tone. I covered my mouth as I saw him slowly kneel down.
"please, d-don't do this." He begged. Oh God what have I've done?
"you know reign, I envy you. I envy you for having a man like sage, And I'm sorry, because I led him, I fully thought because they were just the same, but looking at that man outside right now? I thought that's the thing that Hage can never do for me. I can see sage's love for you through his eyes and actions. while you try to stay away from her.Please reign as your sister all I want for you is to be happy, something I can't get.So I want you not to experience how depressed I am now.Choose your heart this time, choose if where are you really going to be happy, and that way you won't be too hurt. "
"B-but we can never be happy, as long as the wounds of the past don't heal completely, he will continue to be hurt, as long as he sees me he will remember his mommy, and I'm afraid the fun might only be short-lived if I come back right away. he is. " I know he loves his mom, I see that every time he mentions it, I see the pain in his eyes, that time when I ask him where did he learn how to cook and he mentioned his mom, pain filled his eyes. It is no joke to lose a loved one, especially if you are too nattached with that person. And sage's situation isn't easy. If I were you, wouldn't I be sad to see the people who killed my parents? is he still able to be with the daughter of the one who killed his mommy? This is not all about our feelings anymore, if I put my feelings first, I know we will not be happy either, this is about our selves, to heal, to get over, to forgive and to move forward. Her daddy is right.
"Then simply talk to him."
I glanced at sage again. And faintly sat up in bed. No I can't do that. I'm afraid that when I let him out, I won't be able to leave his side.
"Get him out of here shenlo, I won't come out of here."
"Reign ..."
"please, just d-do it." he did nothing but follow what I said.
I stayed in the room and waited for the time to pass, until late at night I was still there, suddenly a heavy rain fell which woke me up. The thunder was very strong and the drawing of lightning could be seen.
"Reign! The sage still doesn't want to leave." Once again I was overwhelmed with nervousness so I could easily peek out the window again. The sage remained there on his knees as he bent down and was soaked by the rain. He was still there like he have no plan of leaving.
'sage please go'
'talk to me, I'll just leave when I've talked to you'
'We have nothing to talk about just leave.'
'We have, too much reign please lets talk.'
I ignored what he said and cut that kind of mind link.
The heavy rain just kept pouring. I peeked outside again and saw that he really had no intention of leaving.
I was about to go back to bed when I suddenly found out that he had fallen there so I ran out, I didn't care about the strength of the rain, I could hear my heart beating as I approached him.
He's just lying in there soaked in water with his eyes shut with his pale lips and skin.
"S-sage?"
My tears flowed as I shook him and hoped he would wake up there and hug me tightly but he remained like a withered vegetable there that I was holding.
I tried to check him out only to find out his unhealed wounds, where did it come from ?!
It was too much then and it almost filled his whole back, he also had some bruises on his face and neck that I just saw now. I was even more nervous. I tried harder to wake him up but he didn't really wake up, he really passed out. Before I could even struggle to lift him, someone helped me.
"z-zeus .."
"Let's get her inside first, katelyn bring my back please." It was only then that I noticed katelyn looking at me anxiously and hurriedly obeyed zeus' command.
Zeus lifted his cousin inside my sister's house and remembered that I had found out about it.
Maybe zeus knew what happened to him, especially and he"s so serious now that I can barely see the sparkle in his eyes.
"Here you lay him down." He nodded as he laid Sage in the bed I used to sleep on.
"What's going on-oh? What happened to him?" Shenlong asked in shock with another spoon, he was probably cooking our night when he heard footsteps coming here.
"He fainted."
Zeus touches the sage's forehead and seems to be burning he pulls his hand away from it. He took off the sage's clothes and laid them on the ground so that we could clearly see so many wounds on his back that seemed unwilling to heal.
"A-what happened to him."
"Can I have a basin with warm water and a towel please?" He begged shenlo who immediately obeyed and zeus's eyes went to me and he stared sadly.
"Last night, he waited." I stopped breathing, as if I couldn't hear what he was going to say.
"Hoping you'd come, you would still come." That's where my tears finally flowed.
"And he just waited for nothing."
shit! why is the pain heard from him? Are they mad at me?
"He went crazy after, and hurried away, we didn't know that he would get drunk and tried to find you, I tried to search for him but it was too late when I saw that he had been knocked down by the vampire rebels who took advantage of his weakness, It was good and I caught up with him and he wasn't killed. "
"I took him home after and tried to mend his wounds but I couldn't heal them, maybe they used a weapon that they could really make sure that his wounds would be difficult to heal until he died ... and then the next day he left again and here we caught him ... unconscious. " I started sobbing, and katelyn immediately approached me and tried to calm me down.
"If you think we're mad at you, don't worry riley, we're not mad, we understand you and we expected this the moment you found out the truth, its not your fault." After he said that shenlo arrived just in time and handed the basin with water and a clean towel to Zeus.
It had been busy wiping the sage's body.
"W-what can I do? To make him okay?"
"Your blood, only your blood." I nodded quickly and approached then wiped away my tears. Zeus give way for me to be able so sit beside sage.
I bit my wrist and let the blood sage need now come out of it.
I quickly touched both sides of his lip to open it slightly and I put my wrist there and then dripped my blood there.
Then I quickly kissed him and slowly stood up then took a tissue and wiped my wound slowly healing.
"Tomorrow, he will be okay. His wounds have healed, he just needs rest, he is very tired so he hasn't woken up yet." Zeus said that I just nodded.
"Thank you reign"
"Its my fault you don't have to thank me."
"Still, you choose to save him."
"Then your fault reigns." Katelyn added to what Zeus had said.
"Sage really loves you reign, From the beginning, from the moment he forced you to accept the contract, he already loved you, he did it so that he could protect you when you're on his side. But when he found out it wasn't just the contract what will hurt you is that he let you avoid especially when the wolves are chasing you. " Zeus stated that made me feel even heavier.
"I found it out when I talked to Hades, I found out everything and because of that I also linked his actions and decisions." He added.
"I know what you're planning to do Riley, but please tell him." I just stared at Zeus and was about to speak when someone suddenly entered the room.
"A-what ?! You've already left here!"
"Shut the fvck up woman! My sister is here so shut up!"
"Hage don't yell at my brother."
"You're one more!"
"Hage, don't be mean to riley."
"Don't interfere zeus, because I won't listen to you. First my mom and now my brother, how many more members of my family will your family destroy?" I was hurt by what he said, he was very angry and that was a trace in his voice but I knew shenlo was hurt more.
"We have nothing to do with what happened to you Hage, so please stop blaming me and my sister!" Shenlo's voice breaks and I know he's very sick on the part of what hage said.
"As long as the blood of those hunters runs through your body, I will put the blame on you and to this woman! I will never forgive your race and if it weren't for my father and brothers I would have long since wiped you out of the world. to! "
"Move! I will bring my brother home and you! I will never accept you into this family." He stabbed me and quickly approached the sage.
"H-hage please ..." katelyn clung to my arm as I approached hage.
"Hage bro, please let him stay here for now."
Hage looked at his cousin and his eyes drifted on me.
"Let him stay here, and I promised tomorrow he will come home to you" I firmly said, giving him full assurance that I will be true to what I said.
He breathed out heavily and looked at me intently then turned sharply to shenlo who just bent down and simply wiped away his tears.
Hage looked at his brother again and without warning said to leave.
I immediately approached Shenlo and hugged him while trying to calm him down, the two of us stared sadly and only sighed.
"You both can sleep here tonight its too late, if you still travel." They both looked at me, joy appeared in katelyn's eyes and Zeus just smiled.
"Thanks riley."
"I thought you didn't want to be with me reign ... we also didn't meet a few times, he said with tears in his eyes and approached me."
"I love dogs katelyn."
"What the--
"Specially the wolf-like" When I interrupted his annoyance, I heard a suppressed laugh from zeus.
"What are you laughing at filthy mosquito !?"
"N-nothing lil pup-pfft"
"Tss! Bwisit!"
"A-ahm are you hungry b-are you? I'm cooking." Shenlo's insertion has now separated from my embrace.
"Thanks" He almost whispered to me, I just nodded at him, actually I'm still not comfortable with him maybe I haven't been with him since I grew up so I'm still wondering how I'm going to deal with him, but I'm slowly he is also accepted as my brother and the same blood flows between the two of us.
"That's right, I'm really hungry! I'm not being fed by an ugly mosquito!" he whispered to Zeus but when he turned to shenlo he suddenly seemed to feel ashamed.
"A-ah ano a-ate shenlo ... I just want to say sorry e
because I judged you without knowing your true identity. "Shenlo smiled at her.
"Its okay, I accept that because of my mysterious effect on you two."
"Kaloka, I thought you were planning something bad."
And they laughed that I wished I knew.
"Eat up, leave me here first." They immediately obeyed what I said and just looked at me as if making sure I just nodded at them. Shenlo came out last and looked at me again.
"I'll take you here,"
"Even if not, I'll find out later."
"Oh go ahead, I'll keep you informed." I nodded before he finally came out and closed the door.
I sat on the edge of the bed and watched Sage who seemed to be sleeping peacefully. I positioned myself and laid beside him then hugged him tightly.
I missed him, I missed him so much. It's like I want to know to hug him for life but I know it's not that easy.
Who would have thought I would love him.

He's a pest in my life.
Where I am he is there.
Several times I felt pain because of him.
But in spite of all that hides a man who is pure love that has almost nothing left for himself.
He's a demon with a heart.
He knows how to love and will protect you even if it means of losing his self and life.
And I want him to learn how to love his own self. Sage please, learn.
"I love you." After I uttered those words I was quickly visited by drowsiness.
I felt a gentle caress of my hair that my eyes widened, the familiar gray eyes met my vision that reminded me that the sage was here next to me and I still hugged him.
He was looking at me seriously.
"S-sage ... are you okay now?"
"Hmm, thanks for your blood."
I nodded and gently withdrew my hand.
"Where are Katelyn and Zeus?"
"They left with your brother, they said they were going to do something buy I know they just want to give us time alone."
"So all along you knew, that I have a sister?"
"Yes."
"Why did not you tell me?"
"Because I know he has a plan and I don't have to interfere with it."
"You also know that he always keeps me away from you?"
"Yes, cause I am always around you"
"S-sage .."
"I was always there, from the very beginning, you didn't even know me I was there, when you walked away and avoided I was always there, when the punishment of the contract started attacking you I was there and when what was happening to you got worse and you passed out, that night I was also there, I was always been your shadow. "
"I remember that one, is that the one I woke up at selene's house?"
"Yes,"
"but selene told ne it was zeus?"
"Yes, it was zeus who brought you there, but if it wasn't because of me, selene won't know and she can't send zeus to pick you up. I was there first wishing I could remove the pain you're feeling , to have that pain instead, I just left when zeus came to pick you up. I just told selene not to mention my name and let Zeus show it to them. "
"B-why? Why are you doing this, why did you do all that?"
"Did I really make it clear to you? I love you reign, the first time I saw you and knew everything about you, I once hated and loved you."
"Sage I love you, I love you so much that I want you to be whole again. And I'm sorry because I didn't marry you. Sage, you need to heal, you need to love yourself first as much as I want to learn how to sacrifice for you, I don't want to be selfish, there are vampires waiting for you to rely on your leadership, and I'm not the only person in your life, your family, your clan. They are hoping for you to comeback to them and lead them, protect them, and I'm not the only one you should be protecting. "
"Reign ... I don't like where your words will end."
"Sage, this isn't just about our feelings, it's now about ourselves, we can't love others if we can't love ourselves. Admit it or not, we both just wish we hadn't become We need to learn to accept, because as long as we don't forget the past we won't be happy. "
"I can do both reign I can fix myself while keeping you, just please stay."
"We don't need to rush things up sage, all we need is to promise each other, that once everything is okay with us, we will get back together and we will make things up. We will get married as we will fulfill the contract. " well it's not that I'm rejecting the contract again, its different now I already accepted it so it has nothing to do with our partings.
He closed his eyes tightly and sighed and then woke up as he caressed my face. He leaned closer and pressed our foreheads together.
"Baby, your decision is too hard to accept, how can I live my life the way it was before without you." His voice cracked.
"Sage please,"
"Fine, I will do it, but baby please promise me, it's just me."
"Only you." After I said that he quickly claimed my lips, kissing me softly full of longing and passion.
Its a warm kiss, but on the other side, it is a kiss of goodbye.
I respond whole heartedly as we both pulled away and he kissed me on my forehead.
"Let's date,"
"huh?" looks shocked he asked.
"Let's date before we parted our ways, I want to experience that you can date not the pure fight that happened to us."
"Of course, of course as you wish." We get up quickly, we take a bath together as we eat breakfast together things I know I"ll look for.
We spend our time together that day, as if that wasn't our first and last togetherness.
We act like a real couple, holding hands together as if we are just an ordinary person. Things I didn"t know we could both do.
This is probably the only day that we didn't hurt each other, that we didn't fight, that we didn't shout or exchange bad looks and mischievous smiles, this is the first day I felt like he was mine, it wasn't it will be too late.
"so you're planning to go abroad."
"Yes,"
"Take care yourself okay? And no man around."
"You too demon, take care and no woman around." We are now facing each other, the sun is going down and this is our only minute.
"Lets meet each other after years then"
"Yes demon we will," I hugged him tightly and by the time I left I knew that was the signal of the parting of our paths.
One last glance and we turned our back to each other facing different direction, and started to walk on different ways.
We are now heading on our own paths, thinking what will be the world waiting for us on its end now that we are not together, will we go back to the beginning when we never met or a new world where we have to adapt and makisama?
I don't know, but whatever it is, I hope in the end we still find our way back to the place we can call our home and I could find my way back to the arms where I belong and to the man ...
I can call my own.
To be continued...