15 A ray of hope

Zhakhil's p.o.v

The loneliness that I felt in my heart was enough to drown. All that I had to provide me comfort for the things that had happened was the memories that we had together.

Right now, Adran and I were on our way to the palace of Neladia. It was the only destination that I had left. Looking back was too painful and moving forward was torture.

My heart was tearing to pieces at the thought of my dragon. He was not mine anymore and I couldn't do anything about.

The knight advised me to fight for my love than watch it fade away. But how do I fight for someone who was no longer with me. It was pitiful the state that I was reduced to.

I just couldn't believe that everything that we had was over long before it even started. I was not sure if my feelings would have bloomed into something more or not, but now I will never know.

Tears flowed from my eyes to the bridge of my nose. I didn't have the strength to wipe my tears away as more would just flow in it's place. It was tiring to have to do the same thing over and over again each time expecting a different answer.

I have wiped my tears a lot hoping that they would stop falling but that was not to be. The more I wiped them the more they fell, tear drops fell from my ears whispering of my desires and longing of my dragon.

"We should rest in an inn not too far from here," Adran's voice sounded in my ear. I was not sure whether I was up for resting or not. I was tired and needed the rest but the thought of seeing his face in my head when I close my eyes was too much for me.

I didn't respond to him and just went with the flow. We arrived at the inn soon, Adran checked us in while I stood in the corner wallowing in my pain.

I was fading away. The life that used to glow in my eyes was slowly slipping away from me. "You are like the first ray of dawn, Axaran," the dragon's voice echoed in my head.

I closed my eyes bitterly. His memories haunted me reminding me of what I had lost, I loved morning only because of him. And ever since he had left me, only sunsets are visible in my eyes. I can't seem to see the sunrise and the morning have become bleak with no meaning.

"Let's go," Adran ushered to me. He wrapped his hand around me to give me support. I was in no shape to move on my own to head up the stairs to the room.

The people around looked at me with pity in their eyes. I didn't feel bad, I would pity myself if I was in there shoes, a man crying in public hardly gave off a manly aura.

But I didn't care, they could think what they wanted of me. The only one whose opinion mattered to me was no longer around to see the damage that he had done to me. His absence had left a void in me that I doubted could be fixed so easily.

"Sorry," Adran apologized to the man that I had just bumped into. He too was headed up the stairs, he wore a black hood that covered his face.

"You should be more careful when you walk," The man scolded.

My feet froze to the ground, his voice so magnetic pulling the strings of my heart and bringing it back to life. My heart beat quickened in my chest, my heart threatened to jump out of my chest and race to the man with the hood.

"I apologized," Adran defended himself.

"If all the mistakes in the world could go away with an apology. Then the world would be a peaceful place," the hooded man fired back silencing the knight.

I smiled with pride, it was my dragon that always had the final word. It didn't matter who he was up against, his way with words always left him victorious.

I removed Adran's hand from me. I didn't need his help anymore, my dragon had come back and he was all that I needed. I moved up the stairs to reach him but he ran off before I could hold him.

Not willing to let him go once again I chased after him. I saw him head into a room at the end of the corridor before locking the door.

"Why are you running after that rude man?" Adran asked catching up to me. I don't know to explain to him that it was my dragon and not a strange man.

I was yet to see his face and couldn't confirm if he was really my dragon or not. It was just not possible for him to understand and their was a possibility that he might attack him again.

So I kept it to myself and didn't utter a word. I saw him open the door next to the room the dragon walked into, my heart nearly jumped out of my chest with joy.

It was a chance of me to find out if he was my dragon and hopefully get him to forgive me. A ray of hope after a long dark hour.

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