Part 21 ~A moment of weakness~

Part 21 ~A moment of weakness~



Shandy stood in total disbelief of what was actually happening. "Devin please let me speak." she mouthed the words, pleading with her eyes. He snapped his fingers allowing her to speak, in a low whisper.
"Why are you doing this to me? I...I've never done anything to you. I only just arrived here and I thought we were friends." She spoke in a voice so faint she could barely hear it herself.
"I'm honestly not trying to hurt you Shandy, I'm just trying to protect you from him. You have no idea of what he's capable of...and the horrible shit he's got by with!" He roared with a look of pure hatred & disgust burning in his eyes.
"Wh...what did he do?" She whispered out. "Listen...if you'll just release me from whatever this is...I'll sit and listen to you... we'll talk. I swear I won't run out on you or anything. I....I really want to know what he has done. Please Devin! I need to know!." She begged. tears streaming down her face.
Suddenly Shandy could move and speak normally.
"Go ahead...run off, like I know you will. Run to that fucking scum! Like they all do!" He responded falling back into a chair, sighing as he rubbed over his face.
She walked over situating herself down on the small sofa across from him. "Tell me what he did to you...please. I really want to hear what you have to say." She reached over to take his hand.
A sad smile appeared on his lips. "Ok....I'll tell you, It's not something I really like talking about. But you need to know the type of guy you're dealing with." He scowled, his eyes glossing over, a flicker of pain showing in their depths.
Devin began telling Shandy of a time that he had fallen in love. Which had happened only a couple of years ago, and how Donovan had shamelessly flirted with the girl until he finally got her, and Devin caught them together.
Tears ran down his face as he spoke of a young lady that his older brother had taken from him.
The girl had killed herself, because of what had happened. He had found her body floating in the lake, her wrists cut and a letter left stuck to a tree he had carved their initials in when he had confessed his love to her. He still had the letter, handing it to her as he sat beside her on the small sofa. Shandy covered her mouth reading the sad passage, as tears poured down her cheeks.
He told her of how his elder brother was the type of guy that could never settle for having just one lover, kinda like it was an illness with him and he wanted every woman he could get his hands on, sometimes even having 2 in his bed at the same time.
Shandy was physically ill by the time he finished telling her of his brothers sick sexual shenanigans.
Shandy placed the letter down carefully on the small table in front of her. She turned wrapping her arms snuggly around him. His body trembled from the emotion of speaking about the girl he had loved & lost.
Her heart broke into a million pieces for this sweet guy she felt she had known far longer than she actually had.
They released each other from the embrace. Shandy stared into his eyes filled with such raw emotion. More tears ran down his face...she reached up, wiping them away with her bare hands. He stared into her eyes apologizing for what he had done to her earlier.
"Your such a kind, considerate and beautiful girl, you deserve someone that will treasure you. I'm not trying to say that someone should be me....but I just don't think it's my brother. However, that is for you to decide. Everything I have told you is the absolute truth. I will still consider you my friend... no matter what you chose to do." He concluded.
Shandy couldn't help but to cry her heart out for this kind hearted broken guy. She felt completely devastated....for Devin and the fact that she had begun to fall deeply for Donovan. Yet now she didn't know how to feel after hearing the diabolical things he had done to his own brother. It had shattered her heart to learn that just days before he had come into the mortal world he was chasing and bedding other females. It was clear he had not wanted her. She had been imposed upon him.
His father, the king, had forced him to leave Rolod for her, and she would not spend her life with a man like him. She would leave this place and return to the mortal world before she would be married to such a cold, heartless man that had damn near fucked every available woman in his kingdom.
"I'm sorry Shandy....I'm so sorry. Maybe I shouldn't have told you any of this." His eyes dropped down looking at their fingers intertwined in her lap. "Please forgive me Shandy....I would never want to hurt someone like you." He whispered, a single tear ran down his cheek as she wiped it away.
"Noo....nooo don't you dare apologize for doing the right thing and giving me what I asked of you. You were honest and just trying to protect me and I am so grateful to you for that." Her glossy eyes leveled with his.
Devin pulled her shaken body to his, holding her firmly as she sobbed in his arms. He stroked her back tenderly whispering soothing words in her ear.
"Do you wanna go and find a room of your own? I'll help you.... actually there's one right next to mine. If you want it, that is." He slowly pulled back, reaching up pushing back stray hairs from her wet face.
"Shandy...I'll help you with whatever you need." He replied in a soft caring voice.
"I....I don't know what to do now... maybe return to the mortal world...I just need to think." She cried...her head falling into his chest, gripping onto his shirt.
"I think I will stay here tonight.... If...if it's ok with you." She choked up a bit as she spoke.
Shandy lifted her head staring into his eyes that looked at her with such sorrow. She placed her palms on his broad well formed chest as he held her face gingerly just staring into her mesmerizing crystal blue eyes brimming with tears. Their faces came closer until their lips touched in a soft, slow kiss that made both their hearts skip a beat.
Their arms wound tightly around each other's bodies. Wanting and needing to feel comfort from the other. The kiss became a bit more potent, filled with such strong emotions. Each of them grasping at one another for strength, a temporary fix to an unresolved problem. Yet it helped to ease the pain they both felt if only for a short time.
They held care for each other, and felt the others pain in that instance. Wanting to forget.... for the moment. Devin for the love he had lost and would never get back..... Shandy for the love she had, for a man that wasn't who she thought him to be. A man she couldn't trust with her heart any longer.
"I need you Shandy....please." He whispered, their lips still touching as he spoke, he pulled her even closer to him. Her hands held his face, their lips moving a bit more fiercely.
Little whining cries lifted from her throat. He kissed softly down the side of her neck as she whispered his name, uncertainty in her voice...however she didn't stop him. He stood lifting her easily, carrying her to his bed. Both needing someone to hold onto in their moment of weakness.