Violet Path by Olivia Lodise

Author:Olivia Lodise
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: FIC009010, FIC028010, FIC002000
ISBN: 9781937084325
Publisher: BQB Publishing
Published: 2012-10-17T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 22

On my way down to camp, I avoided everyone and rushed to my cabin.

I hastily started shoving clothing and anything else that I would need into a bag. I didn’t want it to end this way. The thought of never seeing Maxime again was more painful than any bruise or cut or stab or bullet wound. But I needed to leave so he could hopefully end the war.

I took one last look around my cabin. It had been my refuge for the last five months, and it was the first time in all my sixteen years that I felt like I had a home.

I shut the door and quietly said goodbye to my friends and the man I loved.

“Please don’t leave.” The melodic voice came from behind.

I couldn’t face him.

“Please turn around.”

I slowly turned, my heart shattering into a million pieces. I had reluctantly accepted the fact I needed to leave, and he was making my decision harder.

Maxime was leaning against a tree to keep him up. “You need to rest,” I told him.

“And you need to listen. I don’t know what David told you, but it doesn’t matter. You can’t leave.”

“Why not? Me being here is torture to you!” I wanted to run away and cry my heart out.

“No, it’s not.”

“David explained the whole program thing to me.” Tears ran down my cheeks.

“Then tell me what color my eyes are.” He slowly walked up to me and took the bag from my hands, signaling I wasn’t leaving. Through my tears, I saw his deep, cerulean eyes. They weren’t black. I didn’t understand what it meant.

“Blue,” I mumbled.

He took a step back. “Please don’t go,” he repeated.

My eyes were glued to his. He made my heart beat. He was like a bright, warm flame in the middle of darkness; I would always be drawn back to it. I couldn’t leave, but I couldn’t just give in to hurting him.“Why aren’t your eyes black?” I asked.

“Because they’re blue.”

“What does that mean?” I was still crying.

“You tell me.” He smiled and wrapped his arms around me, reassuring my stay. My knees went weak as I absorbed his embrace.

“I don’t know. David didn’t tell me,” I sobbed.

“I don’t think he even knows the answer. Tell me when you figure it out,” he whispered softly, comforting me.

I buried my face in his chest as tears flowed down my cheeks and wet his shirt. His large, warm hands cradled me, protected me, and comforted me. I could feel his heart beating slowly. He rested his chin on top of my head. I loved him. I didn’t want to move. I wished the world would freeze, that time would stand still, that he would hold me forever.

“You fought very well.”

“Thank you.” I kept my eyes shut, holding onto the moment.

“You’re upset because you lost?”

I nodded. “It wasn’t a big deal.”

“Anton is the leader of Jarva and has been for over thirty years.”

“What’s your point?”

“You should be proud. He doesn’t lose.”

“I should be proud that I lost to an old man?” I hadn’t meant to be insulting or rude; it had just slipped out.

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