Chapter 99: Silent cave
It was still in the early hours of the morning, the sky was still dark, and the cold wind howled. Abrielle lay close to the warm charcoal that still had some red warmth in them. The fire had gone off since it was left unattended in her sleep.
A few steps from her, Cedric stood looking at her vulnerable self being protected by an animal that didn’t know its place. The kitten was too scared to attack Cedric, but it didn’t stop baring its teeth at him.
Cedric walked closer to her while the kitten continued standing against him until he got a bit impatient and kicked it out of his way. He stood admiring her sleeping face, she did look like an angel when she was completely asleep.
He slowly squatted down his hand grazing her face that was still warm. It earned him an incoherent mumbling in her sleep. "How were you able to walk this far off?" He asked but no one answered. She seemed completely unaware of her environment; his gaze then trailed to her feet, that was bruised all over from running.
His heart ached for seeing her like this; it was only human to pity her, but he felt utterly embarrassed of himself. When things were getting out of hand, and Callista seemed to have misunderstood Abrielle’s intentions, he stood stunned, unable to do something.
He wanted to step in and at least take her away from them, but his body refused to move. The voice kept on saying complete rubbish like she deserved what she was getting because of her pride and jealousy, but that was completely wrong because all she wanted to do was apologize.
"I am sorry, I just froze," Cedric mentioned as he gently brushed off some stray strands of hair from her face. Abrielle’s brows furrowed with her eyes squinted together before the open.
Her gaze was blurry and she thought it was a dream because there was no way Cedric was here. He should hate her for humiliating his Callista. "Cedric," she muttered rather inaudibly. His face was still covered in a mask.
He hummed as her hand stretched out to touch his face. From a distance away the kitten came running back to the cave but stopped on seeing Abrielle’s and Cedric’s interactions. "Even in my dream, you have a mask on. That’s a shame, I was hoping I would be able to admire your face without feeling guilty." She said, which left him flabbergasted.
He smiled, but only half of his face was visible; he found it amusing that she thought this was a dream. "Let’s go back home." He told her but she slowly sat up with a blank look in her eyes. "I don’t want to go back there. I miss home, but I don’t think I can go back." She muttered, her words were bizarre but it was what she truly meant.