Chapter 19: What next?

      I stood still unable to do anything, my bones felt so paralyzed that I could hardly breathe hereby making it so hard for me to think straight.

     Ashina howled angrily, I could feel the gnashing of her teeth with so much vigor that I feared it might burst out in play at any minute.

    "Let me out!" I heard her growl with so much fury, my body shook tremendously as I tried to fight so hard but all to no avail.

    "No Ashina! Stay put! I can't let you out, I am so sorry, I just can't" I begged as my body shivered with a tightened stare.

    With deep anger, Ashina grew so impatient and the more she tried to find a way out, the more pain spread throughout my body making me scream out in agony.

    "Stop!" I yelled.

  "It hurts, it hurts so much!" I cried out in pain as I tried so hard just to stop Ashina. The more she tried to transform, the pain that came with it was so unbearable that I could feel my body grow so weak from it.

     I have to stop this, I can't let out Ashina, I am so sorry, I just can't. I shook my head adamantly and the growls of Ashina filled my ears.

    "You are nothing but a weakling Rain or whatever, you can't face your pain, you are so weak to the point that it gets me so pissed off. But I don't care, no matter how hard you try to have me locked in, Rex belongs to me, just me alone".

      There they come, That evil bitch always wanting to take my man. First Brook now Rex?

    I inhaled deeply, and with the pain gradually fading away, I closed my eyes feeling so weak. No matter how hard I try to bring Ashina forth, it comes with nothing but deep pain in a way that I just can't control.

     "Rain"

   I heard Ashina call me but I chose to ignore her. I was way too weak to retaliate and worry about each breath I breathed in, it just didn't stop how much pain I felt.

   "It won't be so bad if Rex should be called Mox, you and I know that it suits him perfectly, more than you can imagine" I heard him say with a mischievous growl.

Hearing her words, a deep feeling of disgust filled me. Hearing Ashina refer to Rex as Mox irritated me.

"You need to stop calling him that"

"Why?"

"Rex isn't Mox Ashina, you know this" I countered adamantly, "You just say this all the time to piss me off in a way that gives me the creeps" the image of Rex flashed through my head but I shook my head in a way to get him off my mind.

"You can't ignore the fact that Rex is mine, you just can't Rain," Ashina growls.

"I am not disputing that, me transforming will only cause me nothing but more pain and my body isn't strong enough to let that happen, you will only end up making me so vulnerable or even cost me my life"

Ashina scoffed accompanied by a strong howl. I could hear the sharp matching of her death, deep anger flushing so hard through her that I could feel it.

I knew she was going to attack me, yes, she is going to do so without thinking twice.

"You are way too stubborn Rain" I heard her say but I didn't care. No way will I give in to her demands and end up hurting myself. I won't do so no matter how hard she threatens me, I just won't.

"You will be out soon but not now"

"Let me get out Rain, I don't want to hurt you"

Immediately, a sharp pain struck me but before it could go deeper, an approaching footstep alerted us. Looking up was no one else but Caramel.

"Raven" I heard her call with a grin plastered on her face. The look of evil which glued to her was so intimidating that it made my skin crawl in a way it scared me.

Ashina growled again at Caramel present.

"I guess or at best we hurt her just to shake her up a bit" I heard Caramel say, a statement which made Ashina growl in agreement.

I took a step backward with my eyes fixed on caramel but before I could utter a word, someone walked into the room, I glanced up, and to my utmost surprise stood Rex who narrowed his gaze at us, the expression on his face was so stern and I couldn't help but notice the look of panic that quickly appeared on Caramel's face at the sight of Rex.

"You all need to leave now" he ordered so arrogantly, gently, his gaze left Caramel and rested on me.

"Oh, Rex," Raven muttered with a smile plastered on her face.

Majestically, she walked closer to him and placed her hand on his shoulder, her gaze not leaving him.

"You don't have to always look so tough Rex" she whispered, her mouth so close to his ears. I knew that she was flirting with him in front of me just to get me jealous but at that point, it didn't move me.

Filled with fear, Caramel ran out not trying to waste any more minutes.

I didn't say a word but gulped down really hard in a way to avoid Rex's stare.

The way he looked at me was so intense that it made me very uncomfortable.

With my eyes fixed on my feet, I begin to walk toward the door.

"You look pale" I heard Rex say as I stood a foot away from him.

I averted my gaze at him still not uttering a word.

"Did they touch you?" He asked, his voice was so soothing and comforting that I could feel every part of me about you explode with wild feelings.

"No" I replied and wanted to walk away but to my surprise, I felt his hand wrapped around mine in a way to prevent me from leaving.

"Did you try to shift again?" he asked.

"Not yet"

Rex stared at me for a while without saying a word. After what seemed like an eternity, he brought his face closer to mine and whispered Into my ears, "Never try to shift again until I tell you to do so".