"I don't understand why you're doing that to me...", he sighed, leaning his head toward me. My heart started racing, as I gulped, trying to get away from him with not much success. Not because of his strength, but my lack of will.

"I... I'm not doing anything," my voice sounded cracked and weak. His eyes held an incredible sorrow. His pain was so clear it made my body freeze at the place. But he was not the Adrian I knew anymore, because that Adrian never really existed.

"Torturing me with your constant presence, your scent, our memories." He closed his eyes and touched our foreheads. I felt electricity running through our bodies, just like it was all those years ago. The memories flooding me like I was drowning in an endless sea.

"I can't leave, you know that," I said, staring at the starry sky. In the forest there were no lights, the stars were so alive in that place, like nowhere else. Adrian was behind me, holding me in his arms, as I was sitting in his lap.

We had been living in the woods together for a few weeks. We were happy, but I knew he wanted to leave. I just couldn't, and I also couldn't bring myself to letting him go.

"Then, I'll stay with you here forever," he whispered in my ear. "I would do anything to see you happy. You know I couldn't bear being apart from you."

I turned to him and smiled. "I would die if that were to happen."

My eyes were lost at a point on the wall behind him. I shook my head to prevent those memories from drowning me. "I'm leaving. Don't worry; you won't have to deal with me anymore." I looked another direction, unable to sustain his eyes, trying to pull my arm again, but not with enough strength.

He tightened his grip in response. "You know you turned me into this." Adrian put both his arms around me, preventing me from leaving and pressing me even more against the wall.

I frowned, with no answer to that. "You rejected me..." I tried to say; my voice was low, for I knew that wasn't the whole truth. I wouldn't be sure he could hear that if we were not werewolves.

"You know why I did that!" he snapped.

I shrugged inside his arms, but he didn't seem to notice. Or pretended not to.

"How could I keep you knowing that you'd never be happy with a monster like me by your side? I let you go because I believed it would be best for you! I lost my mate to this terrible fate and now... You're a werewolf. It makes me wonder..."

My heart was pounding fast. I reached my hand into the wall, looking for the doorknob. My wide eyes were staring at his.

"Why did I do that?"

I finally reached the knob and turned it. It made a click that seemed to wake Adrian from his trance.

"Syera." He shook his head, as he was waiting for an answer. I didn't know what to tell him.

"I still wouldn't be happy with a monster like you, 'cause I can never be happy being a monster like me." I lifted my arm, feeling his skin under my fingers. But I didn't touch his face, just pushed the door and went back a few steps. Adrian didn't try to stop me. "Goodbye, Adrian."

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So, you can stop holding your breath now. At least, that's how I felt while writing this lol

I feel so sorry for them, what about you? :')

Tell me what you think happened to Adrian and Syera in the past, or maybe what you hope will happen to them in the future! See you again soon <3