Their Obsession Rose

Chapter 19 Rose : Crumbling

I don't know what is happening. Why is the Phoenix an immortal emblem? Is it my Phoenix or is it merely a coincidence? Nothing makes sense anymore.

I have so many questions but no answers. As I am being led away, I hear my name being shouted. I search for the voice. It is father. He is trying to break through my human shield. My heart drops at the sight of him, he has grown old overnight. He gets overpowered soon by the Elite, is also in attendance at this year's Vicario Gala.

I cry out for him, struggling to get loose under the death grip of the red wolf warrior, but to no avail. I'm being hauled further away from my beloved Father. Before I'm cut off for good from him, I know I need to give father some sort of resemblance, some sort of assurance that I am fine, that I will make it. "Father, I love you! Please do not worry about me, I love you!! " , I shout as I am being forcefully led away from the man who cared for me, my whole life. I barely hold it together as I walk away from the 2 men in my life, father and Grey.

An immense sadness washes over my being, as I realise my world as I know it, is crumbling down around me.

I hear the red wolf general in arms are called Titanium, by blue eyes. Both of them has taken place on either side of me. Both of them are touching my shoulder on both sides, as if they are scared I am going to vanish if they let go. We walk in silence and as we walk more of the red wolf army steps into place, joining our procession. If I didn't feel so miserable I would have been overjoyed by being one of the chosen, being special, getting all the attention, however since I have been captured every second that pass is making me miserable. Every second away from Father, Lilly and Grey is pure misery captured in a glass jar.

As soon as we are out of the arena, we come to a stop and I'm blind folded. It happens so quickly that I'm caught off guard. I want to struggle as soon as I realise what's happening, but Titanium says "hush now, it will all be over soon, in a low deep voice."

Before I have a chance to wonder what will be over soon, I'm scooped up in strong arms. My hands instinctively reach for the blind fold.

I know it's him.

His smell is familiar to me now.

"Don't, " he whispers close to my ear.

I can feel his breath tickling my ear. His voice has no emotion in it. The way he utters, that one word, sends chills down my spine, it tells me to obey or be ready to the face the consequences of disobeying him.

My hand stops mid air. The need to see him is overwhelming as I throw caution to the wind and pulls the blind fold off my eyes. Before the blind fold comes undone, I hear him saying, "I warned you." I feel a slight pressure on my neck and the next moment my hand drops on my lap. I try to lift my hand again, but although my brain gives the command to my body, my body refuses to co-operate. I try again and again. It's if, an invisible force is keeping my body captive, chaining me into compliance, into submission.

All of this, these unexplainable things that's happening to me is overwhelming and despair washes, over my soul.

It wants to settle and take root in my body. It is a feeling so alien to me but now wants to make my body it's home. It wants to crush me with its darkness and helplessness.

I close my eyes as I know if I give myself over to these feelings of despair and helplessness, I will be lost.

I navigate myself to find a place in my soul where I feel safe. I build a picture in my mind where I am with Lilly, we are at my magical hide out in the woods before Phoenix, before the Monster Wolf. I let the feeling of serenity and peace wash over me as I smell the forest, feel the sun kissing my skin and the sound of nature infiltrate my being. I am playing with the water. I feel it's gentle touch caressing my fingers, the wind ever so subtle, playing with the strands of my hair. . Soothing my inner turmoil, I hear the sound of the birds humming their tune , I feel Lilly licking my face.

I come back to reality with a new found resolve.

This, whatever it is, is just a set back. A momentary set back. This is not the end. I won't let it f**k up my spirit.

I have to be patient before I make my next move, even if it takes me longer than I would like. I know now that my captor is not an ordinary being, not an ordinary immortal. The display of his power, his army of might, during the Vicario, his way of toying with me during and after my capture, should have put me on high alert, of who I am dealing with.

A beast, a monster, the devil.

I can't stop wondering.

Why me.

Why now.

I know I just gave myself a pep talk, but who can blame a girl! I feel pathetic and helpless and before I know it, tears follow the now familiar path, down my cheeks once again.