CHAPTER FORTY SEVEN

He let out a sigh and continued on his journey in his own mind. Did he really push her away that bad? Why would she want to be with someone that had caused him nothing but immense pain and hurt? There was no way that was his fault. Arielle had been distant way before he met Beth. She was always saying she needed space

“Space from what exactly?” Alex yelled at her one time she said this to him again
“What do you mean by space from what? I just want space. Can’t I have my personal space? Must I be around you every time?” she asked him back
“What personal space are you talking about? I have barely been here because we have been looking for Annabelle and I understand if you’re upset with me for being so distant but Ari, please. Don’t ask for space. It would only pull us apart and I don’t want that” he said, trying to be reasonable but that didn’t work

All she did was leave the room and spend the night with Sally and the next day, she moved out of his room after asking Damian’s mom for a separate room. That was when it all started and he decided to let her have her space. A few weeks after this, he was walking around the town when he ran into Beth. She was on her phone, doing only what heaven is aware of when she bumped into him and was going to fall on the floor when he caught her

“I am so sorry. I didn’t see you there. I took my eyes off the road” she apologized immediately
“There was no possible way you would have seen me. You were on your phone. Just be more careful next time” he said to her

That was the beginning of their relationship. They were exchanged numbers and they started to talk via text messages. Soon enough, they switched to phone calls and she understood him like that had been friends since he was born. Very soon, he got bored of the phone calls and he decided to have lunch with her which he did. He didn’t want to bring her over to the house so he went to hers and things got out of hand, he slept with her and they started a relationship together. Those were the happiest moments he had for a while. He went out way too often which Arielle had complained about but she was the reason he even started all of this and she wasn’t ready to admit that and apologize so he decided to play her game the way she was playing it. Right now, all of that looked like a mistake but at least he was free to love just one person. That was all he wanted, some sense of peace

*****

She got in bed with him and he faced her. She looked so stressed out and he didn’t understand why.

“Are you okay, my love?” he asked her
“I am. I am just so stressed. With everything that is going on, I am just trying to find a balance between work and personal life and it is looking very impossible. I am just tired of everything, Justin” she said to him
“Sally, you can’t carry the weight of the world on your shoulders. Listen to me when I say this. I love you and I am willing to wait until you are ready to tell everybody about us but you’re handling a lot right now” he said to her
“Handling a lot? Justin, we all have our responsibilities. We all have duties assigned to us and none of us asked for it. We are way too young to run a kingdom and that is exactly what we are trying to do. Every time we get far, there is a stumbling block that sets us back. We are fighting enemies that aren’t even ours!” she said
“We have to. Inheriting a kingdom doesn’t mean you inherit just the good along. It comes with the good and the bad, sometimes, even the ugly. Damian’s father, your father already made lots of enemies and they don’t care of you are his enemy or not. As long as you’re his offspring, they would come for you too. We didn’t ask for it bit we have to deal with it. We have a Kingdom to rule, Sally. We can’t run away from the responsibilities that comes with being in charge and still want to stay in charge. It doesn’t work that way”
“I am just really tired of all this. Every time we come close to Phillip, we are set back. We keep hitting stumbling blocks that set us back and it is just not by one step or two. It is almost ten times backwards. It is just really tiring. We fix one problem and another arises. We are barely even done with fixing one problem!” she said
“Because that is what we inherited. We have to work together to fix these problems. That is why we are there for each other. They is why we have to be there for each other. We have to be there because the burden is too heavy for just one person to carry. I am here for you Sal, I always have been. Understand that I am your comfort space and although we might still be doing all these in secret, I would be here until you walk down the alter and tell me that you do. I would be here for better and for worse until death do us part!” he said
“The reason I called you back today was because I was finally ready to tell everyone that we are together. I was ready to let them know and then Annabelle woke up without remembering anybody. I am just tired of this cycle. It is starting to bleed out on everybody I love. Damian is a shadow of himself. He is worried sick and there is no comfort anybody can provide that can replace what he feels for Anna”
“Hold on a second. When they found Anna, she remembered Damian, right?” Justin asked her
“Yes, she did. Why is that important?” Sally asked
“She only forgot him after Arielle left. What if Phillip is not the reason why she can’t remember? C’mon” he said as he jumped out of bed and grabbed his robe

*****

He sat there, watching her take little breaths while she was asleep. He pulled out his phone and checked what the time was. It was almost midnight and he was not ready to take his eyes off her. He wasn’t going to fall asleep because that meant that he was going to let his guard down. He decided to scroll through the internet to check whatever was trending

“You look like you could get some rest” he heard her say
“I didn’t mean to wake you up. I’m sorry” he apologized immediately
“You didn’t wake me. I am a wolf. I hear almost everything I can hear. I knew when you entered, when you sat down, when you decided to check your phone” she said
“I guess so. How are you feeling now?” he asked her
“Tired as hell. I can barely feel my hands. It is crazy that they hurt. For some reasons I am not healing up. I have tried so much to access my wolf side but it is feeling almost impossible. When is the next fill moon happening?” she asked
“In a couple of days. Why are you asking about the next full moon?” he asked
“I was hoping I could harness the powers from the full moon, hopefully it would help with the transformation. I don’t know how possible that would be, even for me but I have to give it a try”
“I thought that you would be less crazy without your memories but you’re even much more crazier than you were with your memories intact. You must be joking right? Transforming I’m this condition would kill you faster than anything would!” Damian said to her
“Without my memories? What are you talking about?” She asked him
“Annabelle, you are not you. We, you fell in love with me and the baby that was removed was mine, not Caleb’s. I know you can’t remember any of that right now and that’s why I’m being patient with you. I am hoping they would come back soon because I have a lot to make up for but you are not even yourself” he said
“You must have mistaken me for someone else, your highness. How can I possibly end up with the prince of Cordina?” she asked
“Well, you did and we have so many beautiful and we’ll, ugly memories together. Whatever my father put you through, whatever spell he out you under, I will find a way to get it off and get you back. All I need you to do is hang in there for me just until I get all of this together. I promise I would get you back as soon as possible” he said to her as he touched her arm

She screamed in pain which shocked him to the core
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