Heated Hearts

The Purple Core ~

|| Aster's POV ||

Outside, the rain had already stopped and the sun had set. The weather was still cool though.

Inside our house, Rayven and I sat side by side around our countertop.

Trying to avoid Rayven's gaze, I start doodling with my fork on as I pin chicken and pasta in it.

He had again carried me downstairs and for some reason I couldn’t help but deny the fact that I was shy.

Rayven wasn’t my first kiss,neither my first crush or love interest ; but he was the first person who could make me feel things just by his closeness.

He was the guy whose voice, smell, smile ;and every other thing made my heart flutter.

And let's not forget the weird connecting and soothing feeling that I got whenever he was around.

I blew and took my first bite of the pasta Rayven had made. Just as I munched, I couldn’t help but stare at Rayven my eyes round as a saucer.

The tenderness of the pasta and the meat, with rightly baked chese and perfect amount of spices ; it was a heavenly food...

I quickly gulped it down,so I could speak,"You made this? You???"

Rayven laughed; it was for the first time a laugh that reached his eyes and answered, " Yeah, I made this and close your mouth; it's inciting me. "

I quickly shut my mouth, and concentrated on the food.

Who would've thought Rayven could cook?!

I mean there's rude people, then playboys and then attractive pretty boys with perfect features ; and he was a combination of them all.

"Where did you learn to cook?" I asked him while munching, trying to get over the awkward silence between us.

"I haven’t, this is the first time I have made this dish or even cooked something." He replied, gazing at me.

I halted and turned to look at him, "No way! You are definitely lying. No way in the world this is the first dish you’ve made, nope, not believing it. "

Rayven smirked and combed his left hand through his hairs as he replied, "Yeah, I followed youtube instructions."

"Yeah, right." I laughed mockingly and started finishing the food,ignoring him totally.

My breath hitched when I felt his breath fanning against my neck, and a shiver ran through me.

"You have no idea what I can pass for the person I love,let alone mere cooking." he said huskily and went back to his chair.

Love? The person he loves?

Was he referring to me?!

My palms become sweaty and my heart beat had an uprise,my mind wasn’t functioning normally anymore.

I tried to be quiet as I focused on munching the last bit of food.

The rest of the time it all were silent as we finished our food and drank water. As I was about to get up, his voice pulled me back.

"Can I ask you something?" he whispered, in a serious tone.

And I turned my head to find a contemplating look on his face, a shadow of stress lingered there as he looked at me.

"What is it?" I asked, my heart leaping against my chest ominously.

"This might sound weird to you... but... umm... Have you ever felt like you have known me, like not for a month but for more?" he asked, his gaze sternly glued on my face.

I opened and closed my mouth to answer his questions, but nothing came out of it.

Earlier, I had already lost half of my mind when he said Love, now I was the left over half of it, as I tried to contemplate how was I going to explain to him.

The sparks, the fragments,the dreams, the familiarity... It was all too impossible to depict without sounding insane.

I took a deep breath to speak up, but before I could Rayven stood up abruptly.

A chill rushed down my spine as I looked up at him.His eyes were blood shot red and his jaws were clenched as he stared distantly at the main door.

Rayven's fists were balled as he spoke through his gritted teeth,"I've to go."

Before I could ask him something he pecked my forehead lightly, hugging me slightly and strode out of the door.

I had sat there dumbfounded as I heard his car's engine roaring,and tires screeching before it all went silent.

What happened to him?

Limping, I got up from my seat and went to close the door ; still confused and worried about what just happened.

But as I was about to close it, a hand came through the slightly opened door,stopping me.

Someone put massive force from the another side of the door, pushing me directly on the floor.

I shrieked in pain as my body hit the ground.

The door closed with a loud thud and I looked back in horror to find the man from earlier standing there, with two other man.

They had piercings and tattos all over their skin.

"Since lover boy has left, we should get down to our unfinished business. Right, little girlie?" the man from earlier spoke in a sinister voice.

And I crawled backwards as I looked at them, my body shivering.

The knot in my stomach tightened as they stepped closer to me and I felt so helpless at that moment...

I tried to scream my hearts out but one of them placed a hand over my mouth as he pushed me down on the ground.

I tried to throw my legs and hands in the air, trying to get rid of him but soon they were all pinned down on the ground my two other men.

"I told you, this little things is quite fiesty." the previous guy from the evening chuckled evilly as he smelled me.

Teardrops left my eyes as I lied on the ground, trying with all my might but failing to get away.

Closing my eyes,I emraced the darkness as I sobbed inside out.

And suddenly there it was... A surge of purple fire... in the darkness...

The filthy voices of those three men were fading away as I reached for the purple fire but the distance seemed to be never ending.

A few harsh slaps landed on my face as a filthy voice lingered at the back of my head,"This is for the trouble your pretty boyfriend had caused earlier."

Metallic fragrance evaded my nostrils as the I felt sharp pain on the crook of my neck, I could feel the teeth sinking inside making me whine in pain while the three of them laughed like mad man.

My vision swirled and suddenly I was standing in a field.

High audience rows surrounded the round field.

"Close your eyes, and focus. Find the core, and follow it with belief. Claim it yours, call for it, invite it to mingle with you, your body and your soul." A voice commanded.

And suddenly I was standing infront of the purple fire and the moment I extended my hand, it bore through my skin.

Then I felt it... The sudden change... The flow of power that travelled in my veins and the existance...

***

While Alexia's mind had travelled through a fragment and gained an unknown purple fire, the three men outside was oblivious about the whole thing as barely a second had passed since their leader had bitten the girl.

The girls eyes suddenly shot open, and...

Baaam!

A loud bang echoed through the house as a vast surge of invisible force illuminated from Aster's limp body and the three men flew in the air.

One had hit the door, while other was out of the window and another had hit his head on the doorknob.

In less than a second, the situation had turned upside down.

Aster's body flew up in the air, helping her to stand on her feet and then all on a sudden the power burst she felt in her vein a while ago was all gone.

She looked at horror, around her as she trembled placing a hand over her mouth..

Dropping on her knees, she breathed. Several questions lingered on her mind and the most important one was,"What had just happened?"