The Pentagram Child(21)

His eyes softened and when he smiled he got that trademark line in his cheek.

“Don’t I always?” I smiled back at his answer.

“Alright then, I will see you in a few days.” I said leaning up and kissing him on his cheek. I then turned to go back to the table but was halted mid step with a hand on my arm.

“Alex?”

“Don’t I get a real kiss goodbye?” He said laughing.

“I…I don’t think that’s a good idea, not with…” I never got to finish as Alex pulled me to him and crushed his lips over mine before I could utter another syllable. He tilted my head with his hand on my neck and deepened the kiss. My hands fisted in his shirt as I held fast the urge to push him away. It didn’t feel right to me rubbing Draven’s nose in it and I started to feel sick. Luckily Alex let me go but not before kissing my neck, which I knew was so he could look at Draven over my shoulder. I felt him smile on my skin at whatever he must have seen and that sick feeling doubled.

I stepped away abruptly and muttered a goodbye before rushing back to the table, only chickening out half way there and running for the balcony instead. It was admittedly one of the last places I ever wanted to see again, knowing how many painful and delicious memories it held for me but what choice did I have.

I felt my phone ping in my pocket and I groaned when I saw it was a text message from Alex.



‘Sorry, I know it was wrong but I needed to stake my claim.

Please don’t blame me for being an overbearing asshole

Miss you already. X’



I released a sigh and quickly texted back my reply,



‘Not cool but I forgive you, you big jerk hot head! ;)

C ya soon x’



I just couldn’t bring myself to say I missed him too, as right now I most certainly did not. The last twenty minutes had been some of the most difficult in my life and that was saying something considering all I had been through in my twenty four, soon to be twenty five years!

“Argh, bloody men!” I growled walking closer to the edge rubbing my arms in the cool summer night.

“Amen to that, sister!” I groaned out loud before turning round to face the smallest Draven.

“Sophia.” I said her name as a warning making her laugh nervously and holding both her hands up in surrender.

“I know what you’re thinking.”

“Murder?” I asked sarcastically making her grin.

“Well I didn’t think it went that bad.” At this I burst out laughing but wasn’t completely convinced it was in humour.

“You were there at that table right?” I said dragging a hand through my hair and holding it at my neck in frustration. Even this action reminded me of the man I had tried so hard to forget.

“Keira…” She said my name softly making me wince.

“No Sophia! I told you…I bloody told you! All this time… Jesus, I mean nearly a bloody year of not wanting even the tiniest bit of information about him, and you what…thought that actually meant I wanted to see him again!?” I was ranting I knew but I felt so betrayed and after last year then this was a massive issue with me.

“I know you’re hurt sweetheart but just listen to me for a second…” I felt her hand curl around my wrist as she pulled me to face her. I couldn’t help but bite my lip when her eyes took note of the tears that were threatening to spill over.

“Oh Kazzy, please don’t blame me, I didn’t know he was coming here…it happened before I could even warn you about it. He knew I was meeting you and up until the last minute he refused to come with us but then…”

“Wait a minute…you tried to get him to come with you?!” I screeched out this new information making her blush for once.

“Uh…ooops.” She made a cute as all Hell scrunched up face and shrugged her shoulders.

“Ooops!?”

“My bad?” She tried that one and sounded just like Pip!

“Arrrrh! I take it back…bloody Dravens!” I shouted knowing I was never going to trust any of them again!

“Ok, ok…so I know I was in the wrong but Keira, you both can’t see what’s going on around you and you are both so damned stubborn! You needed to at least start seeing each other again or the Proph…”

“Don’t! Just…just don’t Sophia. I can’t hear one more word about some damn Prophecy that is dead set on ruining my life…it did it once but not again…you hear?!” Now the tears were falling and I wiped them away angrily knowing I had spent far too many seconds of my life crying over what the fucking powers above had deemed to be my future. But not anymore!