Chapter 58: Black Name
*Heart Beats Slowly*
"Riley!"
*Slow Breaths*
Lorna froze at the name he called her. It was like time stopped around them when he called her that name, everything went slow and spins, she could only hear her heartbeat at this moment.
She blinks confused, more importantly, were those tears she saw? It rolled from his eyes unto his cheeks softly, it wasn’t what she expected of the black ghoul, to let his guard down the moment he called her that name or more even right before it. Her body still trembles just by the mere sight of him, his presence alone made it hard for her to breathe properly, she was standing right in front of the black ghoul, the world’s deadliest ghoul, helpless right before her eyes.
"What did you call me?" she managed to form the words even though it sounded shaky and faint, she couldn’t help but ask, the curiosity bobbling inside her was too much to handle or maybe she heard wrong or something, it had to be right? Making sure she still pointed her gun at him, this was the agency biggest threat, she shouldn’t be slacking right now, she had to make a move he was at his most vulnerable but, her eyes were glued to his, in those chocolate eyes that showed so much life just by looking at her and more, something raw and possessive.
Right this moment she would have believed he wasn’t the killer they say he was, the bringer of death. There was something about him she couldn’t pinpoint, and the way he called her that name, he said it with longing and...love. ’Who is Riley?’ Lorna thought puzzled, that name and that person must mean a lot to him, perhaps a sister or a lover?
"Riley," Liam said again, he couldn’t believe his eyes, this must be some kind of dream to him, he could still remember how she died in his arms, her last words, her last smile, and her last breath, it all replayed in his head, how lost he was without her all these years, how broken he was, lonely he was, but right now she was standing right in front of him, alive and well like nothing ever happened and worse an agent, he couldn’t even begin to place the situation right now, seeing her face was too convincing.
"Am not, Riley!" Lorna said gulping hard, calling the name right now made her feel uptight, it made her feel strange, it was odd and annoying.
"I don’t understand" Liam began to lose it, he was just as confused as she was.
’What’s going on?’ that was the thought in his head. They looked just the same, the same green eyes he fell in love with, the sweet sound of her voice that did wonders to his body, except the red hair but Riley dyed it once right? It still could be her, and everything was just the same, was this a blessing or a curse? There had to be a possible explanation to this or else he was losing his mind.