Rayline College was now over, and the weather turned out to be finally nice enough to go for a walk. Here I was walking around the city with Darren by my side, smiling. "That movie was pretty lame when I expected it to be better," he grumbled about the movie that the two of us had watched earlier. "Actually, it was not that bad," I said as I scanned the neighboring sidewalks. "They turned the whole thing into a cheesy romance drama." "Hey, there are a lot of people who love romance drama and we do need some romance drama in our lives," I said as I elbowed his side playfully. As the two of us were walking, my mobile phone was suddenly buzzing, and when I picked it up, I saw Nicolas' name on the screen. "Hello?" I called out. "...Hey," Nicolas' voice faintly sounded in the distance. My steps halted slightly, there was something off in his voice. It seemed like he was really worn out. "Are you okay?" "Yeah," he replied with a sigh. "I just... I just wanted to call you for some r
Rayline I walked through the forest with carefully measured steps, while stepping on fallen branches and twigs. Winter was over now, the trees there were dried up, brownish in color, and already dying. It looked so bleak, but it would just make it easier for me to get to my destination. As I reached the end of the tree line, my eyes started tracing the empty ground while leaning against a tree, my fingers rubbing the bark as I sighed. It's been a few weeks since I have come here again, it must have been very tough to get here with all the snow piled up. Besides, I also knew that he would not be there. Indeed, he was never there. However, I still had a little hope and faith that he would be there, even if it was an impossible thing. I started walking on the grass, the ground crunching with every step I took. It was as if all life had been sucked out of the area and replaced with a layer of gray that covered everything in sight. I continued walking towards the cliff wall overlooking
Nicolas I was waking up to the sound of my cell phone that was constantly buzzing. I was dazed for a second and looked around, squinting my eyes as I tried to see, and when I sat up, I was again hit by an overwhelming wave of dizziness. My hand rubbed my face before picking up my phone from the table, and when I saw the name that appeared on the screen, I furrowed my brows. "Huh, Darren?" I said in a groggy voice. "Hey, Nicolas. Have you seen Rayline earlier?" His voice sounded distant and slightly worried. I brushed my hair out of my hands before resting my elbows on my knees. "Yeah, but not for hours." I took a moment to let it sink in. "Why?" "Well, I tried calling her earlier to ask if she was home yet, but there was no answer. I stopped by her house and she was not home, so I assumed that she was still with you." He told me. "What?" I abruptly straightened up and tried to process the information. "Yeah, the last time I saw her, she said that she was going to your place." N
Rayline As I slowly opened my eyes, my mind was in a daze as I tried to look around. It was dark here. I could barely see anything, but I could still hear the faint sound of crickets. I tried to move my body, but my hands were tied behind my back. I looked around once more and realized that I was sitting against a tree, so I started to straighten up as I happened to remember that Silas had knocked me out earlier. Then I started to get to my feet, but I instantly halted when I saw a man sitting in front of me on a piece of wood. "Oh, look who's up now," Silas grinned at me and I narrowed my eyes. "W-where are we?" My eyes glanced around to find out, but it was just a forest. "Hiding, for now. We are waiting for the orders." Then he started to get up and I looked at him fiercely. My only guess was that he was telling the truth when he said they were working for someone else, so it was not entirely them who just wanted Cole dead... but someone else was the one who set it up. Someon
Rayline Jesse got to the field ready to fly off, and I grabbed him tightly by the neck. He then took off, his wings flapping as I got off the ground. My eyes looked down to see the people rushing down from the trees. "Hang on," Jesse said as he tried to shoot off faster than he ever had before. I looked down once again, and I could see those people, or rather the rogue demons who were armed with the sacred blade. One of them pulled back to draw a blade, and without wasting any time my hand quickly gripped onto Jesse. "Jesse, look out-" My words were cut off as one of the large daggers flew up and pierced one of Jesse's wings, and he let out a cry of pain. "Shit!" Jesse cursed as he tried to hold me back from going down, but the dagger was still stuck in his wing. I let go for a second and grabbed it and pulled it out, thus injuring my hand as I pulled it out, and I winced as blood could be seen dripping from my palm. But even though the knife was out, Jesse still seemed to be str
Rayline "Thank you," Darren said as Cole started to stand up and stepped away from him, nodding his head. "I'm next, please," Taylor said from the ground, while I just watched from the couch as Cole stepped closer and started healing all of Taylor's wounds. On the other hand, I could not take my eyes off him, part of me still wondering if this was real. I did not even want to let go of his hand when I came back to Taylor's house. Throughout the flight with him, I could only remain silent. Hell, I did not even know where to start. I caught sight of his face as he focused on the wounds that were closing on their own. His hair was longer now, dangling in front of his eyes as he looked at Taylor, and I noticed that he also looked more buff, even though he was already muscular before. But now that his body was so obviously ripped it made him that much more delicious. Then I quickly shook my head at my silly thoughts. He straightened up and walked over to Jesse on the couch. He took a
Rayline My lips formed a small smirk because I did know him, and I knew that if any girl were to get close to him, he would probably just look her up and down while glaring and then walk away with a cold look, exactly like he did to all the other girls. Well, all the girls except me. A hush falls over the room as we both sit on either side of the end of the bed, and my whole body shudders as a chill runs down my spine. Cole is quick to notice and he looks hesitant for a moment, but then scoots up the bed to put his arms around me. I looked up at him as he pulled me to his side, his warmth wrapping around me as I rested my head on his shoulder as he held me from behind. "Cole..." I said in a quiet voice. "Please don't leave." My voice sounded faint, and he looked down at me. "I don't think I can take it. Not anymore." Then he took a deep breath, and his chest puffed out against my back. I turned my body so that my face was hovering in front of his, and our eyes locked on each other
Rayline Cole walked out of his bedroom door grinning, while the scenes of my trip down memory lane continued, going back to the time when he first lost control, when we spent the day together in the downtown area, going to his house at night, the first time we kissed. His expression was always blank, frankly speaking, I could not figure out what he was thinking or what he was seeing. He said that soul searching meant he could see everything, my thoughts, my feelings, everything became open to him like a book through his fingertips. He kept moving on until the scene was changed. It was back to the first day of college when I was talking to Nicolas on the side of the road, and my eyes were on the grass, seeing Cole for the first time. During the scene, Cole was listening to my conversation with Nicolas while standing at the back, and he let out a low chuckle. "What are you thinking about?" I asked, and he turned to look at me. "While you were sitting there?" I pointed at him, who