Chapter 15 Realization.
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Alissa's POV
I walk closer to him and he eyes me cautiously.
"I never pegged you for a guy who likes to rear, than again I don't really know you." I say running my finger across the spin of a few books.
"I didn't think you were were someone who like to read eather. Then again, I don't really know you." He closes the book to focus on his attention on me, but I just keep focusing on the books.
"So you almost died to get here." He says and I stiffen. He waits for a reply but he won't get one.
He soon realizes that I wasn't going to answer so he spoke again. "I know my dad said he'd explain when he got back, but the least you could do is tell me who tired to kill you, and why." He pauses to gauge my reaction not I give him none.
"Knowing your enemy can give you a huge advantage in battle you know."
"If I knew who wanted to kill me I would tell you in an heartbeat." I say taking a seat across from him meeting his watchful gaze.
"I see." I says leaning back while keeping his gaze on me.
"So where's your mom?" I ask noticing I haven't seen a mother figure around the house.
"Dead. And you?"
"Same." I say without thinking.
"Hmm, now we have two things in common." He says with smirk.
And for the life of me I don't know why I laughed. But I did, I laughed, I laughed harder than I should and he sat there smiling at me. In that moment I felt kinda of crazy for laughing at time like this, but a good kind of crazy.
"Your different." He says narrowing his eyes into slits.
"Your not from here are." He asks leaning forward to study me.
"Wouldn't you like to know." I say deciding to take the book he was reading and head back to my room.
"I wasn't finished with that." He calls after me as I walk away.
"I know." I say heading straight for my room. I hope this book is good because I can't sleep.
I decided to practice a little of what I learned today while reading the book.
After I finished practicing I continued reading the book and it too my mind off things and in no time sleep overtook me.
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Alison's POV
After tossing and turning for who knows how long, I still couldn't fall asleep. I got out of bed deciding to go to the library.
There was just something calming about it. As I walked into the library I saw Zian sitting by himself bookless.
"Can't sleep?" I ask getting his attention.
"Visits from both sisters in one night? Aren't I lucky." He says with a sly smile.
Did Alissa come to see him?
"What can I do for you tonight?" He asks as if I came for advice.
"Nothing." I say trying to figure out what he was up to.
"Are you sure about that?" He rose to his feet and walked over to the nearest bookshelf.
He ran his fingers over a few books before stopping on a worn out one, it looked as if it was read multiple times.
He pulled it out then opened it and started to read.
"So, I overheard your argument earlier." He spoke in a slow menacing tone. "How could you be angry at someone who was willing to die for you."
I suck in harp breath and his lips tip up into a smirk.
"Selfish indeed." He adds, his eyes never leaving the pages of the book.
"Well I think it's none of your business." I bit back harshly.
"Hmm, so aggressive." He pauses to glance at me. "You'll need to control that anger of yours or you magic will get out of control."
"I don't have any magic." I say without thinking.
"Are you sure about that?" He looks at me with with curiosity.
Do I have magic?
I know Alissa does. That day by the lake, a bright light shot out of her hand burning the guy. It could only be explained as magic.
But nothing like that has happened to me. And that portal that took me to Alissa that night was opened by the necklace.
He slapped the book shut pulling me out of my thoughts. He walks over to me then placed the closed book on the table before looking me in the eyes.
"Are you sure." He asks again but slower and with more conviction than before.
"Yes." I give my final answer.
"Okay." He says with a shrug of his shoulders.
"I have a question for you." He says taking a seat while never breaking eye contact.
"If your twins, why don't you have the same hair color?"
"Wouldn't you like to know." I say to him as I stood deciding to go back to bed.
"Aren't you going to take the book?" He asks with an amused smile on him face.
"No thanks."
After leaving the library I went straight to Alissa's room, if we don't talk about this tonight I'll never fall asleep.
I raise my hand to knock on her door, but I stop myself from doing it.
Do I even have the right to talk to her after the I acted?
"She's asleep you know."
A scream escapes me when I hear someone's voice.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to-
"Its fine." I cut him off.
"I'm Zane." He says with a small smile.
"How'd you know she's sleeping?" I ask eyeing him with suspicion.
"Don't worry, I just wanted to speak with her. Just see of she was doing alright. After you uh- very loud argument." He says cleaning him throat and my cheeks go red with embarrassment.
Did the entire house hear us? Now everyone thinks I'm a selfish b***h.
"If it makes you feel any better, I understand why you said what you said."
"What?" I ask him clearly confused. Was he siding with me?
"I'm not saying you were right. I just saying I understand." He explains a serious tone.
"Really?"
"Yes, my brother is like that ever since we were young." He explains.
"Like what?" I ask as my curiosity gets the best of me.
"Always quick to sacrifice himself for me. Always taking the blame whenever anything went wrong."
"Naturally I would look up to him, but as I got older I wanted to stop depending on him and become strong so I could save myself one day. He told me that, I didn't need to worry because he'd always be there. He was, until one day, he wasn't." He paused to look at me, I could see different emotions swirling in his eyes. "A guy he had always beat up came to pick one that day and.." he trails of.
"And?" I ask.
"I got my ass handed to me." He cracked a laugh as he spoke and I couldn't help but smile at how he found humor in bad memories.
"When my brother found it he got so upset he started a brawl, but he were too much for him alone. All the guys her ever beat up joined in and beat him within an inch of his life."
The smile slowly slipped from my face.
"I'm so sorry." A feeling a regret started to form in me as his story started to sink.
"It took three of the best healers save his life and it took him awhile to fully recover. I remember being so mad at him for almost dying on me. When he got better I kept avoiding him and training by myself. I told myself it was for the best, but the truth was that I was scared of the grief I would feel if he had died."
"At the time that made sense to me, but now. I've realized that even if he and I weren't close when he died I would still feel grief because I knew him all my life. And that feeling of loss would still be there even if we weren't close. I guess what I'm trying to say is that even if you and your sister aren't close you'd still feel that loss of she died. You would feel like you've lost something irreplaceable and the worst part is that you wouldn't understand why."
I didn't want to admit it but he was right. When I had to go through that portal as she offered herself as a sacrifice tears started to pour like rain. And I knew it was from the tought of her dying before I got to know her.
I didn't want to admit it, but deep down all this was true.
I was upset at her for almost dying on me.
And most of all, I was upset at me self for not protecting her the way she protected me.
"I'll leave you be, it's clear you have a lot to think about." Zane says as he turns on his heels and left.
Deciding not to wake Alissa I went back to my room and forced myself to fall asleep.
I need to apologize first thing tomorrow.
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