96 The Beautiful Sweet Empty Word

There was no way your heart wouldn't beat when someone said they would protect you. When they said they would shield you even if the world was against you. Even as you stood on the other end of the blade, on the end-side of the public's pointed fingers.

Even then, he said he would stand by me. He would trust me and with all his power, he would turn those blades and pointed fingers the other way.

I wondered then, how much did it take for someone to love a person to manage such devotion?

I was rendered immobilized. My feet were rooted to the ground as my eyes met his hollow gaze. The insanity that bounded me. A breeze of obsession that laid hidden in those shades of grey.

In those shadow of mesmerizing orbs, there was nothing but me.

One single reflection that caused a ripple in his eyes as they turned crescent along with his lips.

"Why would you do that?" My voice trailed off, almost unheard.