“I’m fine, not even an ache.” I smiled up at him from the side.
“Good.” He leant down and kissed my nose, laughing when I felt it wrinkle out of habit.
“I gather it is an ache of the mind given the amount of questions you must have.” He said pushing back some of my loose hair from my face. My response was to turn fully and plant my face in his chest where I then groaned making him chuckle.
“I understand. There are things between us, things that have gone left unsaid for far too long. I would be a fool not to understand this and the obvious frustrations you must be feeling but if you are ready, then so am I.” I looked up at him when he finished and said all I needed to say,
“I’m ready.”
“Then come, it’s going to be a long night and I want you comfortable.” He said taking my hand and leading me over to a sitting area that comprised of a two person sofa in a soft grey and two matching arm chairs all positioned around a chunky wooden coffee table. He let go of my hand and I sat on the sofa pulling the sheet closer around myself, getting comfortable as Draven suggested. Then some of the lamps around the room started to glow so it was enough for us to see each other.
Draven gave me a small smile before taking the armchair closest to me and I finally noticed Draven had put on some soft looking pyjama bottoms in a dark grey colour that hung low on his hips. The sight of his naked torso and hard muscles on show nearly made me say to hell with questions let’s go for round two instead. Then he spoke and that thought took a nose dive.
“I was giving her an order.” Draven blurted out after a moment of silence had fallen between us.
“Okay, you know you are going to have to explain that to me.” I said calmly trying not to wince at him even talking about her.
“I needed her to find out why I could hurt you whenever I touched you.” He said as he reached out to touch me, then thought better of it and fisted his hand instead.
“Alright, I know I don’t really want to ask this but I have no choice…why would she know that?” I said closing my eyes and bracing myself.
“Ahh!” I shouted in shock when I suddenly felt Draven’s arms around me and picking me up to sit astride him.
“Ssshh…” He cooed holding me to him.
“I just needed to feel you in my arms, to feel that you’re safe.” He said and the relief was easy to hear in his gruff voice. It was as though he had just suddenly had a flash back to this evening and me running from him.
“And to make sure I don’t run again.” I said on a laugh trying to ease the tension I could feel in his hold. It was like he was wound up so tight, as if he was trying to hold himself back from something.
“Well there is that.” He replied to the top of my hair as he held my head to his chest.
“You can’t do that again, my heart won’t survive it.” He said pulling me back after placing his hands at my shoulders.
“I…”
“I mean it Keira, do you realise the danger you could have been in?” He said bending his head to look me in the eyes.
“Oh I know…” I muttered thinking back to earlier and then wanted to follow it up with an ‘Oh shit’ as I realised what I just said.
“What do you mean!?” He demanded raising his voice a notch with a new worry. I knew that at some point I would have to have told him but I had been hoping to at least get my own answers first.
“Ok so something happened but it was all fine and I’m all good yeah?” I said trying to placate him.
“Keira.” He said my name as a warning and I could see he was about to lose it in a big way. I shifted on his lap and pulled back to take in his darkening eyes that spoke of rage if I didn’t word this right.
“Ok so I ran and then something weird started happening where it was like all these masked faces were laughing at me and getting closer and closer and I got freaked so I…I don’t know, it just happened and something I couldn’t see pushed them all back, but it was like it was coming from me…but that’s impossible right?” I said in a rush and I watched him sigh.
“I heard about that. Did it hurt you in anyway?” I frowned at his question as I thought back to it.
“No, it just…well it kind of felt like an overload of emotion and then…well then it just… exploded.” I said shrugging. I saw his shoulders relax and at that point I knew I had made a mistake telling him the easiest thing first.
“It’s alright we can deal with this, just as long as you’re safe and…”
“There’s something else.” I blurted out before I lost my nerve. I winced when his hands on my hips gripped me tighter but it wasn’t from pain, it was from the worry.