Taming the Arrogant Witch

Clearing Memories

I nodded and then we begin our journey down the mountain.

It was the same place we had climbed earlier and while we were going down my mind was just preoccupied by the thought that what could it be he would show me and it would be different from what I had already seen and as if he had read my thoughts he grabbed my waist and looked me into the eyes once we were standing on a steady place, his voice was so sexy and dreamy that I just wanted to melt into it "Are you ready for what I am about to show you."

My lips curved up as I looked at him and nodded and he effortlessly picked me up by my waist and then what I saw was the most beautiful view anyone could ever see, we were on top of the highest tree and James held me carefully in his arms making sure that I don't fall down. It was still so early and what I saw was the sun rising just behind the mountains and it was such a spectacular view from where we were seeing and third was when I finally realized that this could not be seen from any other angle and any other place, it was just the perfect spot and no one could actually climb this high so this was the view not anyone could enjoy.

The mountains stood tall and behind them the sky turned the shade of orange and yellow, the shade slowly became darker and started spreading far in the sky, my eyes were fixated at that view and then the sun rose as if it was the king of the sky and was being welcomed by those rays. It was all too beautiful, my eyes were shining and my heart was filled with warmth and happiness by what I had seen. I didn't miss any shade in the sky and later I realized that I had not even blinked my eyes to miss the view because now they began to hurt. I captured all the beautiful changes in the sky and then before looking at James my eyes landed on the ground below and as if I was not already happy, my heart totally did a flipped.

Before the start of the forest and tall tree, there on the ground were planted so many sunflowers and looking at them from this height was a completely different and breathtaking view, as the sun rose in the sky the flowers opened up and faced the sun in such a symmetrical way that no one could ever get enough of that view, the beauty of nature this early in the morning filled my heart with warmth and I just kept looking completely awestruck when a soft and mesmerizing voice pulled me out of my daze "How do you like it?"

I had a big smile on my face and I think that was that widest smile I had in so many years and the moment felt so special, me watching the beautiful scenery and James holding me close to his chest, preventing me from falling down, he body was cold but his touch gave me warmth. Listening to his voice, I tried to turn around but his grip on my waist tightened "Don't move, you'll fall."

He brought his face closer to me and rested it on my shoulder so that his face was visible to me, I smiled at him and he spoke again softly, sexily in my ear sending a shiver down to my spine "You didn't answer my question."

I was at loss of words for a few minutes but he waited patiently and I spoke "This is amazing, the most spectacular and breathtaking view I have ever seen."

I don't know why but my voice was soft just opposite to the excitement I was feeling in my heart.

He just smiled at me and then in just a few seconds we were back on the mountain, back to climbing down. I was feeling so refreshed and warmerd and all this time I had a smile on my face as we were on our way back down. James was so close to me that in case I fell again he could be close enough to protect indeed he could have done that even though he was not that close but he was careful, all this time his eyes were on me and soon enough I started feeling a little uncomfortable in case he slipped so I stopped and looked at him "Stop staring at me, I will be fine going down."

He began to tease me and I was speechless and sure of the fact that my cheeks were burning red as he spoke "You enjoy your breathtaking view let me enjoy mine."

I don't know why I could not come up with any comeback, I don't let anyone tease me or flirt with me ever and just sush them away with some kind of a comeback but with this man I could not speak, as it came out of his mouth it made me feel good, there was a feeling inside me I could not describe.

I was slowly and carefully placing my foot down by each step and James was so patiently moving at my pace not giving any signs of frustration at my snail like pace compared to his, he could simply had been down in 10 minutes but he just kept going just besides me in one motion, it made my heart feel warm to it's core, I had never felt this way for a long while but then a swift blow like before and I again lost my balance but this time before I could fall down a steady arm held me in place.

I was brought back to reality and I realized that I could not let him get close to me, his life would be in danger, anyone close to me would be in danger. I had decided to erase everyone's memories as soon as we reached down so that no one could remember me and I would remain alone and prepare myself for the fight to come and was destined.

My heart felt uneasy at the thought of being alone all my life just to protect everyone but I had to do it, I had to be strong enough to let everyone go. I knew at this point my pain was reflecting in my eyes and I could not hide it, I was tired of doing that for so many years so I looked in the other direction so James could not see the pain.

When I calmed myself down and made my resolute decision I looked back and smiled at him and we silently headed our way back down.

The silence was killing me, I wanted to speak but I had to get used to the silence around me. James finally broke the silence "Are you sure you want to go like this, it was him again, I think, I should take you down."

I gave him my biggest smile although my heart trembled at the words I spoke "I can't depend on you for my life, I have to kill him and I have to be prepared for any danger that comes my way. You have helped me a lot and I don't need that anymore, I will be better off alone."

I could see the hurt in his eyes, my heart squeezed tighter but I could not let him die because of me, I had to stay away from him and keep him at a by to protect him.

He tried to speak but no words left his mouth and a sigh of relief escaped mine because I didn't know how I would push him away if he said something sweet again. His grip on my waist tightened but I tried to get out of it to be on my own "Don't move" he ordered, his voice was so demanding that I could not believe myself following his command. I looked at him and saw him suppressing his anger, my heart skipped a beat and then something came to his mind, he picked me up and brought me to the bottom within 5 minutes and placed me on the floor. He paced around as if thinking about something and within a flash even before I could realise I was pinned to a hard rock behind me, my eyes opened wide at such swift motions.

He looked at me with dark and cold eyes "Why are you so reluctant to take help from anyone?" his voice was filled with rage but I still tried to reason "because I am self sufficient and I am the one who is supposed to... "

His grip on the rock tightened and I could hear it c***k as he cut me, his voice even more furious "Enough, I know you can only kill him but can you deal with him alone, you know you are not that strong."

I knew he was right but I knew well that if I let him stay besides me he will die in front of eyes, I could not look at him and the only option left for me was to erase his memory because reasoning was no use, his argument was much stronger.

I was about to move my fingers and before I could click, he held my wrist with one hand and my waist with the other and moved closer to me that our bodies touched "Don't you even dare to do anything." his voice was cold and scared for me.

I cupped his face with my free hand and looked at him "James, please understand."

His voice became soft again but he was reluctant to let me go "What should I understand, tell me?"

I closed my eyes and then thought of something, still cupping his face I kissed him, his body became stiff at first but he soon leaned into it and kissed me back passionately, I was loosing myself into it as he parted my lips and moved his tongue inside my mouth, I was out of breath and lost into the kiss but I had to do it now, I snapped my fingers and erased his memory.

Our bodies immediately parted and he was in daze, I took the opportunity and ran towards his house so I could take my friends and erase everyone else's memories too. I knew my magic worked but my heart was at unease as if I had made the worst decision in my life but I could not regret it so I just buried the feeling and focused on what I was going to do.

I reached the place and quickly took her friends to sit in the car. Everyone insisted on me staying but I said I had some urgent work and I needed to leave. As my friends were inside the car, I went into the house once again and erased everyone's memories about me and my friends and then went back to driving my car.

I drove to Selena's house and then told them to play a game of hide and seek and while we were at it it was Selena who had to find everyone. I didn't hide but just noticed where everyone hid themselves and while Selena was still counting, I went behind her and erased all my memories from her head, she was dazed and stopped counting for a while and then began again as if nothing happened and then I sneaked behind all the others and did the same. Selena was done counting and now that I was just a stranger to them I could not be spotted here so I quickly ran out, sat in my car and with a painful smile drove back home.

I turned on the lights as I entered my house, it was dark and empty just like my life. I sat on the couch and leaned my head back on it taking a deep breath thinking about everything that had happened wishing it never happened to me that James never entered my life and I didn't even realize that I was crying until a soft, mesmerizing voice spoke in my ear sending a tingling sensation all over my body "Why do you make decisions that you have to cry over."