**Alexander’s POV**“No!” I wailed, feeling my heart break into a million tiny pieces in my chest. Time slowed before my eyes, making Emily’s fall to the ground look like it had happened in slow motion.I stood on wobbly feet and stumbled my way to her body which lay in the dusty field, unmoving and surrounded by a pool of blood.As soon as I got to where she was, I grasped her face in my hands and shook her violently in a bid to wake her up, but instead, she fell limply against me.Her skin suddenly felt too cold against mine, and her face too pale; I couldn’t handle it. I let my tears fall freely. It wracked my entire body, and it felt like they were pouring out of the deepest part of my soul.I felt a great deal of pain claw at my heart, making it bleed out. It suddenly felt like I couldn’t breathe, couldn’t live.I stared down at her pale face and was beyond hurt when she stared back unblinkingly. In anguish, I raised my head to the sky and howled.I held painfully at my chest as
**Alexander’s POV**“Her body or her mind?” Mary asked suddenly, which made me snap my head quickly in her direction.“Huh?”“Choose!” She snapped impatiently at me. From where I stood, I could notice Chad poke her sides quickly as if to make her correct the sharpness in her voice, but she quickly brushed off his hands and refocused her attention on me.Wait…what? I didn’t get it.“What do you mean by that?” I asked, cocking my eyebrows at her, but she just smiled at me.“By what? That you choose between her mind and her body?” She feigned innocence.I could hear the hushed whispers around grow in volume. The sympathisers quickly became restless; even the ritualist couldn’t help glancing severally between Emily’s coffin and me.“Yes, that. What do you mean by having to choose between her body and her mind?” I asked confusedly. I could already see one of the ritualist’s followers striding towards me, but I paid no attention to the young boy as I stared into Mary’s deep eyes.“How desp
**Alexander’s POV**I could hear the sound of my blood pumping in my ears as my heart beat frantically against my chest, and I could even feel my head swell from the bitterness of the truth against my tongue.The harshness of this new crazy reality struck me with full force, and I couldn’t help but feel my heart squeezing with the thoughts that Emily couldn’t recognize me at all! And in fact, she couldn’t recognize any of the people around.I heard the loud mumbling amongst the crowd and could see the look of surprise on the ritualist’s face, but none of them mattered, nothing mattered anymore, not even the way my head suddenly felt too heavy on my neck.She looked up at Mary who was presently covered in sweat with confusion furrowing her brows and turned again to stare at me in a way that had my heart breaking for the second time.“Who are you?” She asked slowly, looking at me quizzically but surprisingly, I couldn’t find my voice, I couldn’t seem to be able to talk or know what to
Ugg**Emily’s POV**“Who are you, and what are you doing here?” I asked the pretty middle-aged woman who stood tall in the light and smiled brightly at me, it almost made my heart melt.“Are those even important right now, Emily? What is wrong with you?” She questioned with her eyebrows cocked quizzically at me.The way she talked and even her voice all felt extremely familiar to me, but at the same time, I couldn’t pinpoint where I knew her from or if I had had an encounter with her in the past.I looked at her to notice that she was slowly dissolving into nothingness; even her voice had begun trailing off, making it quite impossible for me to comprehend what she was trying to say fully.“What did you say?” I shouted.“What else is there to say besides the fact that you need to get back your memories in order to embrace your destiny?” She questioned slowly, tilting her head in such a way that I almost feared it would pop off.That was until she straightened her head back up on her ne
**Alexander’s POV**I swallowed again and again like a wrung-out goldfish, seemingly unable to believe my eyes. I couldn't quite fathom what Rosie came back to do in my life.Or why she was even here in the first place.“Good morning, Alexander.” She purred sexily, and then without asking for my permission, she plopped herself into one of the chairs right in front of me, beside Chad.“What’re you doing here, Ms Rosie?” I asked slowly, while I looked up at the face I had almost thought I would never see again in this lifetime.Her presence brought back memories I had buried deep in my heart; of things I had tried desperately to forget.Her deep-set emerald eyes which were always glassy were now covered in a grey contact lens and her face looked like she must have undergone a facelift.In fact, a lot of things felt like they’ve changed about her which included my feelings towards her.“To pay you a Lil visit, I guess and to also allow you to finally meet with one of the newest sharehold
**Emily’s POV**My thoughts scattered and rearranged severally, leaving me in a confused mess. I couldn’t understand who Mary was or what she was up to, but I felt intensely uncomfortable around her.She not only gave me the creeps but also made me have tons of doubts about myself, like I didn’t doubt who I was in the first place!In confusion, I quickly threw on a pair of flowery flip-flops and decided to look for a more serene place to think. I knew I needed space to think and that I was supposed to do that here, but at the same time, I didn’t want to. I didn’t trust her either. I felt like She must’ve contaminated the whole room using her crazy magical powers and that she was capable of manipulating things in such a way that I wouldn’t be able to think straight in here besides the gibberish she’d talked about earlier.In fact, I could still perceive that peculiar smell of hers lurking in every corner of the room.“That’s stupid,” I muttered to myself, making a mental note to mysel
**Emily’s POV**“I find it weird that you do not know what a mate is anymore.” He mumbled under his breath; then turning to look in my direction, he added, “A mate is more or less like a soulmate assigned to someone by the moon goddess.”“Who’s the moon goddess?” I asked with a smile, as I stared up at his face which was presently laced with frustration.“How do you not know who the moon goddess is, Emily?” He asked incredulously and I almost burst out laughing at the expression on his face.“Same way I didn’t know my name was Emily earlier,” I replied sarcastically.I smiled inwardly when he pinched the bridge of his nose as if in frustration, and then plopped into my bed while patting a space beside him as if to invite me over.I hesitated.I knew I felt safe and all that around him, and even felt like we must’ve been more than just friends earlier, but at the same time, it was quite difficult for me to fully trust him.I didn’t even trust myself right now to begin with!“Come sit
**Alexander’s POV**I woke up excited but couldn’t say exactly what it was that excited me. I squinted immediately when I felt the early morning sun rays hit my face, causing me to let out a low growl.Yawning sleepily, I turned around and smiled when I saw Emily sleeping next to me with a satisfied grin across her face. I smiled.Her presence seemed to fill me with a sort of goodness that I hadn’t felt in a long time, and her currently peaceful demeanor made me want to quickly wrap her up in my arms and simply not let go.I insanely missed her in a way I’ve never missed someone before.The urge to kiss her surfaced, but I reined it in, knowing fully well that I would startle her; and moreover, she doesn’t even recognize me yet.My eyes roamed across her features until they stopped at the bite mark I had inflicted on her last night. It looked quite ghastly against her porcelain skin and made me feel bad almost immediately.I was so guilt-ridden that I was left with no other choice but