chapter 2

Chapter 2

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“ You are here again,” She said with a smile immediately he walked elegantly into the forest clearing. He strides in happily with a smile that brings out his temples that accentuate his handsome face. To her, he is the most perfect man in the world at least the only one she knows but even if there are others, she did not think they could ever compare to him.

She knew everything including him was a dream but she didn't even have an idea of who she was and everything around her until the strange handsome with red eyes intruded on her space and since then he has kept her company in the Dreamland even though she didn't know who he is. Every time he told her his name, the wind carried it and it faded out of her brain until she couldn't remember anything but his face and his signature red eyes.

“ Little one” He whispered immediately calloused hands found themselves on her cheek. They were cold and she wondered why. Everything about him was always cold even though he made her insides warm. There was something familiar about him, a fuzzy feeling that gnawed her thoughts and made her feel they had known each other for a very long time but she remembered nothing.

“ You promised you would be back soon but you never returned” She pouted but he grazed his fingers on her lips shutting her up as her heartbeat grew faster.

“ Things I wish to do with those rosy lips little one” He mumbled under his breath out of her hearing but she heard the words lips. She became confused as she furrowed her eyebrows. Seeing the confusion written on her face. He chuckled and removed his hands as he replied to her last statement.

“ I had a lot of things to do little one but here I am now”

She sighed and sat down on the dried leaves, he sat beside her and used his hands to tilt her head so she could rest on his shoulders. His expression always gave nothing but affection toward her. To her, she felt he was hiding a lot of things with those affections but even if he had told her anything, the strange wind would blow and she would end up not remembering anything the next he came back to the clearing.

“ Why do I forget all our previous interactions? Sometimes I wonder if I'm going crazy or if they never happened at all. But every time you come back, I recognize you as the only one who visits me here but never anything that happened in any of those visits” She rambled on and on while he watched her in fascination.

“ You always ask this question and I always answer but today will be our last meeting so I won't answer,” He said brushing a strand of her hair aside.

“ What do you mean?” Alarmed she whipped her head to face him and asked with fears evident on her face. She wasn't prepared for his sudden farewell. Is she going to be lonely again? Her heart beat wildly as a stupid beeping sound surfaced in the background.

“ It is time for you to wake up little one,” He said with a serious expression placing his hands on her shoulders. The word “no” rang in her ears and she watched his face morph, his sun-kissed skin became paler as his elongated canine made its way out of his mouth. His red eyes shone and he looked different from what she recognized. He looked scary but at the same time made her heart flutter; like she loved the appearance and her head hurt as she tried to remember something.

Suddenly he sank his teeth into her neck and she waited for the pain but they never came as he held her closely in his arms. He looked at her for the last time without a trace of blood on his mouth, he didn't do it yet. He gave a look that said “ Brace yourself for the pain” before he did what he wanted to do in the first place. Raw pain invaded her body as his teeth penetrated her skin but his hold calmed her down a little bit.

“ Find Decanal” He whispered to her with her blood still in his mouth. Her eyes struggled to stay open as her body trembled violently but his words kept on repeating in her head.

“ Find Decanal”

“ Find Decanal”

Who is Decanal? She asked but it seemed he was gone already. She couldn't feel his presence anymore.

The annoying beeping sound became louder in her ears, She could hear a lot of background noises which sounded a lot like other people's voices. What is happening to her? She couldn't open her eyes, she felt her body become heavy as she struggled to move her limbs.

“ Oh my God she is waking up” a tiny female voice shouted.

“ Call the Alpha! She is moving”

The noises, the voices, and everything was driving her crazy as she tried and tried to open her eyes but they wouldn't budge.

“ Thanks the moon goddess”

Finally, her eyes flew open but she shut them instantly because of the bright light. Where is this place? What is going on? Why is she not in the clearing anymore? She opened her eyes again and then blinked to adjust to the light. Everywhere was blurry at first but it became clearer as she made out shapes and images in her sight.

“ She opened her eyes!” Somebody screeched beside her and she cringed at the noises. Who are these people?

“ Brittany shut up for once! Diana, can you hear me?” A man asked and she moved her neck to look at her surroundings but she couldn't recognize anything. The white Walls and the strange wires and equipment failed to suggest anything to her memory. Who were Brittany and Diana? The beeping sounds continued but were slower now but she felt like flinging whatever was making those sounds out of the room.

“ Diana?” The man asked again but got no response from her as she stared at him in confusion.

“ Who is Diana? And can you please make that sound stop?” She croaked out surprised at how rough her voice sounded like they had not been in use forever.

“ It's just the heart monitor. I'm sorry” The man dressed in white apologized but did nothing to the beep nor answered her question. She stared at him as her vision was now clearer and he didn't look like the stranger in her dreams. She was right after all, nobody could come close to being perfect like the man. She smiled at this.

“ Hello?” The lady is probably Brittany. Said bringing her out of her trance.

“ She just woke up from a coma Brittany, She doesn't need your loud voice” Another feminine voice called out from afar.

“ Ben just ran some tests so we can determine her condition. Seems she lost her memories seeing that she doesn't remember her name. Diana, can you hear me? Nod if you can” the older feminine voice barked putting the orders as she moved closer to the bed Diana was on. Diana nodded in her answer even though she wasn't sure if the woman was talking to her.

The door suddenly opened as another man barged in. He was big, tall, and intimidating, not like her handsome stranger at all. A scar ran from his forehead down his left eye which was covered with an eye patch. She suddenly felt a strong feeling of hatred at his sight but said nothing as she wondered why.

“ Diana?” He said emotionally as he moved closer to her bed. He looked genuinely worried and happy to see her but she still couldn't explain the feeling of hatred gnawing her mind.

“ It seems she lost her memories Alpha. Please wait, we need to run some tests to see if she is okay” The older woman said stopping the strange man she called Alpha.