The Twins

Chapter Nineteen: Am I Falling?

I wake with a jolt, shylo waking from my abruptness. I had another nightmare, I saw Niko again, he seemed happy. It should have made me calm and at peace with life, but instead it made me regret everything, I'm the reason he can't really have all of that. I tense when I realize I can't move, I've heard of this before it's called something like sleep paralysis. When I finally can move I scream, as if it's a delayed reaction, I had already forced myself into an upright position not being able to move after. I didn't mean to scream, but I couldn't control it. In a heartbeat shylo's hand is on mine and her other hand is on my back as she's pulling me into a soothing hug. I take deep breaths calming myself, im here. Shes here. I am free. I am ok. This won't last forever. I will prosper. I let my breath slow down, I'm back to a steady heartbeat. I will be ok. I look at this girl before me, she calmed me instantly. Am i falling in love? Is this love? I'm not sure. But i choose to hope so. I think maybe shes the one. I can't be certain, but I've never felt this way before, not even with sophia. Currently i feel like i'm on top of the world. Like i could conquer it with this one girl by my side. She could be everything. I turn to shylo and ask, "will you catch me if i fall?" she responds with the cutest of looks, the most puzzled face I've seen in ages, questions riddling the edge of her face. She had so many to ask me, but I wasn't ready to answer them just yet. But i hoped we had time. For all i knew we could die tomorrow or even in an hour. Her dad could be our end, hell if we're being realistic even aiden could be our end. Fuck, maybe im wrong, i dont know how much time we have, but im not wasting it. I reach over grabbing Shylo by the face and kissing her with the most passion I could muster after that horrifying nightmare. I had this. Maybe with some luck and hopefully a little werewolf aid we could find her father, whom when met the first question wouldn't be anything about me and nat and what we are, it would be why did he leave shylo. She wasn't the only one riddled with unanswered questions. And I intended to get the answers to mine. No matter what it takes, even if that means risking my life. I would. For shylo i would risk anything but the life of my own sister. "I need some air. I'll be right back, ok?" she nods as i leave the tent, she understands i need some time to myself. I walked over to the fire that was still lit, seeing a figure beside it. I lurked near a tree. There's a second figure standing so I almost didn't see her. Sophia. What is she doing out here with the alpha of all people? "I don't know Aiden, she's fragile as is. That could be risky, plus you know she likes shylo. And she's only just recently got her humanity back." whispered sophia. "I can smell a vamp." I hear Aiden's husky voice stiffening my muscles at the sound. I peak around the tree, and see the faintest of smiles reach his mid face. "Never mind I'm only smelling Kate. it seems she's moving around in there. Wind sure is a beautiful thing isn't it?" he risks hoping she doesn't smell my exact position hiding only feet from her. "Yea. I used to smell her scent all the way from her house a block away when she first left. It was an emotional connection leading my senses to be so heightened I suppose." she responds with a grimace. She still misses me, it appears. I decided to finally enter this conversation, it is about me afterall. I walk over with my head held high. "Whose senses are heightened?" I ask. "Oh hello Kate. anyway i think I'm going to turn in aiden.'' Sophia states plain as day, having an ulterior motive. "Night." is all she gets in response from him as he's smiling down at me. "Hi,so talking about me now, huh?" I chanced seeing the blush creep across his face slowly. "Well talking about someone so beautiful just comes naturally." he returns the favor. Heat rushed up my spine and around my head to my cheeks. In an instant I can feel the blush, I know it's very visible. "Did I do that?" he teases. That's it damn it. He's not getting away with that one. "No, the fire did. It's quite intoxicating." I started watching his face fall when I didn't respond the way he expected. "So what about me?" I ask, adding an eyelash flutter waiting for him to blush again and cave at my questioning. Currently this is my best tactic with men other than violence. "Just how I think you're the most beautiful woman I have ever laid my eyes on." I sigh in response. "Am I now?" he nods in response but ligers keeping his eyes on my every facial feature. "S'mores?" i ask pulling the marshmallows from my jacket pocket, which I had earlier discovered held a lot more stuff than I could have ever imagined. "Sure." he says with a kind smile almost reaching his eyes, he never seems to let it fully reach that high. I suppose he has a troublesome past, he has the right to be unhappy. He looks at me as he takes the offered marshmallow from my hand, his milky brown eyes catching the light of the fire with a subtle glow of almost yellow amber. Our hands grace as he pulls the squishy piece of food from my hand, electricity sparking between us in a split second, had you not been looking for it, you wouldn't have even noticed. He pulled his hand back almost just as fast. Shoving the mallow on a stick to roast he smiled at me yet again. Just as the marshmallow had turned a lovely shade of golden he pulled it from above the fire, putting it on some graham crackers, and taking a bite. It was so alluring to watch, I forgot about my own marshmallow. "Hurry it's on fire." "shit" I muttered, pulling my food out from the fire, he leaned in close enough for me to get warm and giddy inside, blowing ever so gently on the marshmallow, bringing its burning corpse to a crisp end. "What a shame. A good marshmallow gone to the waist." he says about to throw it behind us. I grab the stick from him hastily. "It's not wasted. You just have to know what you're doing." I tell him, pulling gently at the blackened outside revealing the gooey inside, popping it into my mouth in an instant. "It's all about the inside that matters, same for a person, that's where their heart and emotions lay undisturbed by its surroundings." I sound a lot more full of knowledge than I truly am. I look over at him to see him staring at me as if I've touched his heart from where I sit. I let my gaze linger down to his lips, giggling when I see the leftover marshmallow has chosen to victimis the man in front of me. "What's so funny?" he asks. Leaning over, I wipe at his mouth with a pre-wetted thumb. His smile was small as he watched my every move, suddenly leaning into me and reaching his lips to mine with a passionate kiss. Swooning, I rush out the words "I think I'm going to head in for the night." his smile drops as if he's done something wrong. Oh what have I done? "It's not you, I promise. I just, it's complicated. You know that." he smiles nodding at that knowing that he did nothing wrong he seems content. I turn and head back to my tent for the night where Shylo awaits me, laying awake ready to comfort me in any way I need, but I don't. It seems without trying Aiden did just that. "Goodnight Shylo." I whisper while laying down.