Sariya. The rage within

Chapter 2

I fell to my knees onto the soft grass, the smell of flowers filling my lungs with every sharp breath I took. My mind racing in disbelief at what I thought I had seen. It couldn't be...no...it wasn't him. My minds deference despite to take control of my actions once again. Stop this foolishness now. Stop it. You are in control. You not your heart. Scrambling to my feet and I scanned my dress for any signs of damage. I flicked my long red curls back over shoulders and let them fall down my back. I was ready to go back to my duties as leader when I realized I wasn't alone. I looked up and there stood the hooded man. His masculine figure blocking the path back to the dark kingdom.

"Who are you" my trembling voice asked finally breaking our silence

He stood still for a minute before his hands slowly pulled the hood back "Surely you haven't forgotten me yet princess" His voice was calm and cool. His dirty blonde hair feel in waves around his face. His tanned skin glowing beneath the sun and his eyes, those big blue eyes that drew me in. Its not him. its not him. my mind screamed louder then ever, scared of what I might do if I let my heart take control for a second. "Auron" I gasped quietly even his name tasted sweet on my lips. He smiled as he walked forward closing the gap between us "I missed hearing you say my name"

"What are you doing here?" I replied taking a step back I couldn't risk having him close to me. His eyes alone could break me, I couldn't imagine what his smell or worse his touch would do to me.

"I heard the arrangements made for you and Slade happening today and I didn't believe it. I had to check for myself" His voice would have sounded calm to anyone else but I could hear the hurt in his words

"I had no choice. I had to do it for my people. Something surely you understand"

"The women I knew would have told me that we always have a choice"

and just like that his words lit a fire inside me "Don't you dare talk to me about choice. You had a choice" I yelled at him "You had a choice and you choose to leave me behind" My angry turned to pain and tears threaten to leave my eyes. I didn't want to be angry at him, his parents had been killed in an ambush a few weeks before mine and he had to leave to become the elder of his clan. Images of him leaving would haunt me forever but the part that hurt the most was that he never came back for me. Not even when my parents who had let him in with open arms passed. I waited for months, I even went to every elders meeting in hopes just to see him but those hopes slowly died as the time passed. All these years all these emotions I had buried deep inside scared to let them out scared of what I might do what I might become if I did. Closing my eyes I tried to calm my racing heart.