Between light and Darkness

Meeting Again

I could not breathe when I heard what my brother said. And that rage that radiated off Malcolm was nearly blinding. Damien, what do you mean he wants to meet with me and make arrangements? I mean that he wishes for you and him to meet on neutral ground and make plans for when you will wed him or if you are willing to continue letting people die for you. I took a deep breath and looked at Malcolm and he knew exactly what I was about to say, and he turned his head to hide his anger. Damien set up the meeting for 6 months and told him I would only agree to the meeting if he does not harm anyone during the 6 months. Yalena asked Damien what the hell was going on about. If you can gather enough people that we can finally kill the bastard then I will not wed him. If we fail then I will do what I need to, so the people can be safe. Malcolm Damien cried out to help me talk some sense into my sister. Damien, my dear friend you can’t talk sense to someone who has been planning this for many years. Damien please go and make the arrangements. Malcolm is gonna show me the full step on how to get the tub to turn on and get the hot water at the perfect temp. I do not want to be pushed to the side anymore. I am ready to do what I need to for others like us. I will not make any arrangements until we as a family, me and you, not just you Zoro agree on what is best. Damien walked out of the room, slamming the door behind him. Malcolm looked at me as if I betrayed him. Can you please show me the tub and don't yell at me if you can this might be the only chance that people will be safe. All he did was go into the bathroom and turn the knob until the water started feeling the tub with nice steamy water, and he just sat and watched as I took my clothes off and added some essential oils to the bath before I got in. He finally let out a breath that he seemed to be holding. Zozo why are you hell-bent on sacrificing yourself? Do you not realize that he is not going to wed you and make you his equal, but you will be tied to his bed and not in a joyous way as I would keep you, but he will only use you as a plaything until you give him the spawn extreme power and will take your child away and then dispose of you that is his plan. Malcolm, I will make sure he understands that I will only agree to be his if he stops this mindless hunting, torture, and killing. Just please leave me be and go and spend time with Damien while I have my bath without the constant reminder that I will never be truly happy unless he is dealt with. I leaned into the bath with my eyes closed taking in the warmth surrounding me when I heard movement. I opened my eyes and made eye contact with the one person who I would risk everything for. That includes risking my body, life, and soul, but never my heart, which only belongs to him. While keeping eye contact with me he moved toward me with such vigor and determination that I could not seem to breathe as he approached. As I was about to say his name, getting Malc out of my mouth, he slammed into me with such passion and hunger causing me to slip farthing into the bath causing him to fall into the bath with me. Causing him to get soaked, but that did not stop the hunger from engulfing of he grabbed me by my waist, pulling me as he stood. Moving his mouth down my jaw and to my neck, he gently picked me up and pulled me out of the tub with him. It felt like butterflies as he kissed my neck, but as if he became hungry, he started biting and sucking his way down to my breast leaving marks in his wake. I was moaning and could not seem to fully breathe when we heard a knock at the door. We Quickly broke apart, and I jumped back in the tub while Malcolm ran out and shut the door behind him. We both knew Damien could not find out about us this way. He would be so angry.

Malcolm, what is taking so long? I could hear Damien asking. The faucet came unattached and I had to fix it but Little miss self-sacrifice is taking her bath finally. I just scuffed at the response and just sank into the bath. I quickly washed and got and dried myself and went into the room and decided instead of the shorts and tank. I took out the hoodie that was left on my bedroom floor that dreadful night and with them a pair of sweats that I also stole from the same man who left me. When I walked out I made my way downstairs and listened for the two people I would also try to save and even if they do not agree. To keep from being heard I slowly made my way to the study where I could hear them talking about my plan and by my surprise Damien was finally understanding it would be by us time to find people. And you Malcolm will train her to harvest her powers and to fight hand to hand and with weapons. She is to be able to fight him off if things turned out for the worse my dear friend. After I heard that I decided that it was time to let them be aware of my presents, so I knocked. So which one between y'all are gonna be training me. I saw Damien glance to Malcolm, Zora we both know that Malcolm is the best tutor for you. He was the one who helped me fully train after our mother and father passed and we met his family in New York before we were all separated. I laughed. I remember you were about 16, and I was 12 when we all first met and I watched yall train. Malcolm was always putting you on your ass and by the time we had to leave again a year later, you were able to almost go toe to toe with him. I would beg and beg for a lesson but y'all would tell me it was only for the big strong men but yall were maybe a third of the size you are now. I would love to finally show yall how a real man fights. I then sat down thinking about how 6 years after that beautiful year when we finally had somewhat of a childhood we got the message to come back and then 6 months of me and Malcolm arguing about everything because neither of us wanted to admit that we cared deeply for each other. Then we finally let the other know how we truly felt. I remember it like it was yesterday. I was in the library at his parents house reading when he came in and he was all sweaty from training and his beautiful scent felled the room. I acted as though I was just reading but I was watching him. His skin was so beautiful in the sunlight like fresh honey. I could not tear my eyes away from his beautiful body. Without realizing I let out a giggle which caused him to look at me in shock. ZoZo what do you see that is so funny. Oh I just read something funny. Really, how do you read the book on the ground? I was so embarrassed that in my trance I let the put fall to the ground. Umm I dropped it when I started laughing. He huffed mumbled something under his breath. Malcolm: What did you just say? ZoZo he said real slowly is a low tone. I said one day I will make you giggle that way. I was in shock for a moment then I decided to stand up. Wait what did you just say to me and before I knew it he grabbed me by my arm and pulled me to him. I said that I would make you giggle, gasp, and moan for me one day. You know Zo even though you are my Bro’s lil sis, that isn’t even the reason I try to push down my feelings for you but because love can make us weak and we both need to be strong. When I look at you my heart aches to be close to you. I can not breathe when we touch. When we argue your words set me on fire. The sounds you make when you read the gasps, giggles, and shallow breaths when the book gets too a part that we both know isn’t innocent. I could not help but smile and look into his beautiful eyes.

Do you remember when we first argued?

He looked confused. Yes why

Well, that argument when you got so mad that I was willing to trade myself for a stranger.

That is when I fell for you. Plus that damn smile when you think you are in the right. That smug look that makes me want to either hit you or kiss you.

After I said the last part, I blushed and looked away and hid behind my hair. He was quiet, so I decided that was my que to leave, so I stood up from the couch. End of Flashback.

As I snapped back to reality.