Evigheden

by S King

  His lips quirked for a second, “because there’s not enough time to argue and spar right now.”

  “Spar? You think I want to spar with you?” I staggered to my feet and grabbed the wall for support, “no, I don’t want to spar with you. I want to fucking murder you!” The dizziness forced me to catch myself on the rock as I fell forward. He definitely hit me harder than I had originally thought.

  “That’s understandable.” He was too fucking calm for my liking.

  Unfortunately, he was the one with a weapon, and I knew better to go up against him without anything to defend myself. Demir may have been a gentleman at one time, but he was also a product of mad scientists and engineers. He was a weapon by nature and nothing—not even my feelings for him—was going to override his inherent drive to finish a job and obey Onyx Elite.

  “Since you won’t allow that to happen, why don’t you help me out. Explain to me what the fuck is going on.”

  He took a deep breath and stared into the small flames of the fire for a second. “I had to make a decision,” he finally said still not looking at me.

  “And that decision was what?”

  “Either kill you or die beside you.”

  “So, you’re going to dump my body in front of the judges of BC. Thanks,” I spat, straightening my body as the dizziness somewhat subsided.

  “I didn’t say that.”

  “You didn’t exactly deny it either.”

  “Luminous, you have to understand—”

  “No, you listen to me your fucking narcissist! I chose you when there were other routes to take! I defended you against my better judgement! And in the end, you chose your fucking self!” I grabbed a rock and threw the thing at his head.

  Of course, he skillfully dodged the sharp rock with his sword knocking the thing out of the way and kept his eyes glued on the fire.

  “Will you let me finish?”

  “No, I’m over it and you, go ahead and literally stab me in the back as I’m walking away. At least you’ll be consistent with something in your life that way.” I leaned against the wall, putting one foot in front of the other as I kept my gaze trained on the opening of the cave.

  “Damn it, Luminous! You don’t understand!” He erupted, causing me to stall in moving.

  The old saying was true; women couldn’t handle a man’s voice after it reached a certain level. I was scared shitless of Demir right now, but I couldn’t stand to be anywhere near him anymore.

  With my muscles tightening from anxiety, I started moving toward the opening end of the cave again.

  However, I wasn’t expecting to come face to face with him before I could regain all of my balance. Again, he moved faster than I could track and swung me around with my back to the opening of the cave.

  “I’m trying to get both of us out of this mess!”

  “You can’t!” I hollered back, feeling everything I hadn’t allowed myself to feel come rushing to the surface. Tears started to roll down my cheeks as I shook my head vigorously, “don’t you understand? I made my bed. After everything, all of this,” I waved a dismissive hand, “I can’t be saved.”

  He stared at me with his thumb wiping away the tears. In a calm voice, free of the earlier malice and warning, he said, “I can make this work, but you have to trust me.”

  “You chose yourself.” I breathed, searching his eyes.

  He fell silent, allowing the perfect opening for the warning whistle to ring through the night. Just like when we left the little tavern.

  I pushed away from Demir and rushed out of the cave, looking to my left. Coming over the hill was a gaggle of guard members with determined, pissed off looks covering their faces.

  “Well, shit,” I breathed.

  “Come on,” Demir rushed past me, grabbing ahold of my wrist and yanked me along with him as we ran up the hill through the snow toward the trees.

  I’d be a liar if I said there wasn’t a futile hope burning in my heart that the mob would lose us in the woods. I was praying for it, but the problem was simple. The guards were advancing on us, backing us into a corner—actually, they were backing us to the edge of the cliff. Somehow, I knew from the look on Demir’s face he was reliving my death in his mind. The problem was, I was slowly coming to grips with the newest reality check.

  It didn’t matter what we did or had done. The reckoning had come. This was the moment both, Silver and Gold Guards, were waiting for. Ever since the Black Diamond Orders were handed down, our respective sects were plotting our deaths. Now…now, either Demir had to kill me or I had to kill him. Of course, the latter wasn’t going to happen, and something told me the former had been already set in place a while ago. I wasn’t heartbroken by the reality, but I wasn’t excited for it either.

  Spinning around, I stared into the tree line and frantically thought of a way to get out of this. But there wasn’t. There wasn’t a way for both of us to get out of this situation alive. The moment had finally made its appearance and now, I knew to the core of my being. I would be the one to die.

  “Lumi,” Demir grabbed my hand, backing us closer to the cliff’s edge. “Listen to me,” he cupped my face in his huge hands and stared into my eyes. “You need to kill me, that’s the only way you’re going to get out of this alive. Do you understand me?”

  Rapidly, I shook my head and searched his eyes, “no, no, this is not how we end up. I’m not going to let that happen.”

  “Luminous, listen,” the sharpness of his tone told me his next words were a command meant to be followed. No arguments, no disagreements. I was to listen to his command and nothing else.

  “You have to do this, you have to.”

  “I won’t,” I frowned, forcing the tears back as I remembered what next to everyone had told me.

  You and Demir were specifically designed to bind Silver and Gold together with your marriages. No matter what you do, he will not die by your hand and you will not die by his hand. That’s the fates design and plan for the two of you, nothing will ever change that. Your love for one another will be your saving grace in the end. So, remember that when you’re weathering the storm against each other.

  “Demir Losett, Luminous River!” The joined voices of Roxy and Karmel erupted through the clearing, ripping my mind away from the memory.

  Demir spun around with his back to me, shielding my much smaller frame from the cross bows, swords, guns, and knives aimed at us.

  “Demir Losett, signed the contract with the presiding judges. Your time is up, and fulfillment of your contract is required,” Karmel smiled wickedly as he caught sight of me peeking around Demir’s shoulder. “It is by the order of Onyx Elite, Luminous River, former sect leader of squadron eight of Silver Guard, be executed on this night for the crimes she has committed against the BC society and her creators.”

  I didn’t know if I were more hurt by the fact Demir didn’t flat out refuse right away or if it were because I watched his hand tighten on the grip of his precious sword. Either way, I instinctively stepped back and stared at Demir.

  Slowly, he turned around without a word to his commander and just stared at me. Gone was the small insight into his soul, covered up by the cold, hatred filled glare he had given all of his wards before he wielded the sword.

  “Demir,” I breathed, staring at him and kept replaying Rasmussen’s voice in my mind. You will not die by his hand.

  Over and over, I tried to convince myself this was not happening. This situation was nothing more than a bad dream; Demir would raise his sword and right before the fatal blow landed, I’d wake up in a moment, paralyzed by fear and be greeted with my ceiling.

  “Luminous River,” his tone had dropped to the type of cold, hatred filled warning that told me I was about to die. Good scientist be damned.

  Something in his gaze shifted for a moment causing me to frown. In the spilt second it would’ve taken me to dive out of the way, the hilt of the blade punched into my stomach.

  Pain. Undeniable and unrelenting
pain erupted through my body as the metallic taste of blood filled my mouth and my hand shot out to grab his shoulder.

  In a soft whisper he said, “even if I have to sail across the seven seas and the universe, I will find you again.” With a gentle kiss to my temple, he dropped something in my coat pocket before looking me in the eye again.

  “This I promise you, Luminous River.”

  I didn’t have time to react or wipe away the tears that were steadily falling from my eyes when Demir Losett, my enemy, my lover, my other half in this vastly empty world pushed me over the cliff and stared at me.

  And just like that, I was falling thousands of feet to the ground with the taste of blood filling my mouth and my stomach screaming at me, but my eyes were glued to Demir.

  Through all of this I had shown him my dark side, I had revealed a part of myself I had spent a lifetime hiding from the outside world. Now, I was watching everything within the past eleven months deteriorate to nothing more than embers in a dying fire.

  My only saving grace? The three words that had been reserved for the sorry, sappy idiots who believed in fairytales, came across his lips before I waited for my pain to end and my world to go black.

  “Wait for me.”

  About the Author

  S. King is a Missouri native, growing up in Jefferson City before moving further north within the state to focus on raising her family and working in healthcare. When she’s not working with the elderly she’s normally writing; unless her young son, Sean, and dogs demand on watching Mickey Mouse and doing the Hot Dog Dance.

  She holds a AAS in Psychology, BS in Accounting and a BS in Criminal Justice. Hobbies include enjoying music, spending time with friends and family, especially her son and mother, and riding through the country side.

  You can connect with me on:

  https://www.skingbooks.com

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