Chapter 67
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The moment I opened my eyes. The next thing I saw was the infinite darkness of the cave. The moving busy body of my parsen caught my attention immediately. My brows furrowed. What the hell happened?
"Oh? You're awake," he noticed and smiled. I looked at him confused. When did I nodded off? "You were watching me dig this well when you feel asleep. I can't blame you. It's been twenty hours since our last sleep." He looks at my trembling hand.
"Are you okay?" he asked. I stopped my hand from shaking and went to him.
"Can I help?" I asked and study his progress. He's trying to dig the whole well to take the whole thing out. I took a quick glimpse inside but I failed to see Grustova. She wasn't inside anymore. I looked at Damon who seems to noe care about the fact that we just lost out enemy.
She could literally attack us again if she wanted to. "Where is Grustova?" I asked. He looked at me with his small pupils. Damon has been acting really weird since he got out of the mirror.
The last time I asked him, he was protecting Grustova. Telling me that she's no enemy but an actual friend. He thinks I'd buy it? No. I can't lower my guard. Not until we finished doing our business here and get out of this place alive.
" I don't know. Let's not think about her anymore. She's gone already." He sighed deeply.
"Help me with this instead. I love you," he mouthed. I looked at Damon dubiously. I reluctantly took the ax from him. What am I going to do with this? Am I expected to crash this well into pieces?
"Let me dig this up a little bit more. Stand back, babe." He pushed me back gently. I looked at him confused. Are we really going to do this? Three more shovels and we finally see the bloodiest part of the well. Damn! That looks spooky.
"You can bash yourself if you want," he said in a low voice. I glanced at him with my lips slightly curved in the left side. I'll destroy that thing?
"We're not going to take this full thing out?" I asked. He chuckled.
"What do you mean baby? That's so huge. We only need a piece and that piece happens to be in this lowest part of the well. Can you do it yourself?" he asked. I gave him an unsure answer by smiling at him awkwardly.
Yes, I experienced tons of shits as an orphan but doing construction works is not one of them. I never tried destroying a whole ass solid well before. This thing is a rock. I would end up destroying my hands instead if I try hurt it.
"Okay. Your smile says no. Give me that." He snatches the ax from me. He pushed me gently to the side again and I watched him do his positioning. He raised the ax and in just one hit, the whole solid well collapsed into tiny pieces.
I grabbed the bloodiest red of them all and put it inside my bag. I'm sure that Fiscio will like this sand give us the clue. We're not even half way done but I'm already exhausted.
Finding God Gaviel's missing bludgeon would be a really really really long journey.
We used the rope again to get out of the cave. Damon lifted me up and just like how we entered this cave, I ended up being his sack again. Throwing me around like a lifeless ragdoll.
"It wasn't that bad, was it?" he asked. I looked at him just to give him an eye roll. He amusedly rested his arm in my shoulders. "You were so tough. I didn't know you had that side of you. I'm staring to hesitate to start a fight with you." He laughed. I jokingly pinched his hard chest.
"Ow!" he groans.
"You better pay me for doing all the job you psycho. Look at you teasing me when you were acting all worried before we entered that cave," I slurred. He laughed again.
"I knew that she wasn't going to hurt you," he says. My face crumpled. A line literally formed in between my brows. He's defending that entity who almost killed me now, huh?
"What do you mean?" I asked and looked at him. He froze for a second before changing the topic.
"Just hurry up!" he chirped.
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I'm still dubious of his weird acts. He's been acting weird. This is weird. He is weird.
"Should we head to Fiscio now?" I asked. We only have till this day. It's still early though.
"We can give ourselves some rest first. We were inside for a half a day. You can use the remaining time by taking a shower or having sexy time with me," he joked. I rolled my eyes. He's right. We still need to go back to Sayana River to find Fiscio.
I can't hide the fact that I'm tired as fuck. We can at least sit in here for a second.
"Yeah. You're right. Let's build a little tent here. My back hurts so bad. You know? The fall literally breaks my spinal cord," I told him. I didn't know if it's just me but I saw him smirk. I must be hallucinating from too much tiredness.
I watched him prepare the tent while I change into comfortable outfit.
"Dressed."
I smiled when I saw the outcome of his effort. The tent looks so attractive I want to dive inside and sleep. I badly need a rest. I looked at his handsome face. Why do I feel like I'm looking at a stranger's face?
I must be so tired.
"I'll go rest now. Take care of the bag," I told him. He was about to kiss me but I moved away. He looks at me confused.
"I'm just tired," I told him. He gave me a short smile. I went inside the tent. He told me that he wouldn't sleep. Damon will wake me up before it gets dark. We're ought to come back in Sayana River before this day ends.
Why do I feel like something is wrong?
Argh! Whatever. I'd just sleep this off.
Damon's POV
"No! No! Fuck!" I yelled frantically as I watched Golden leave the cave with my impostor. This is bad. This is really bad. She used me so that she can leave this cave.
I didn't waste an time and transformed myself into a dragon but it won't work. I kept on flickering like a dying light bulb. How do I get out of here?
I need to save Golden before that thing do something bad to her. I glanced around to see thousands of my reflection. I can't do this without her. No. Golden please. You have to find out that the guy you're currently with right now is not me.
That's the only way I can get out of here.
I put my palm to the glass and try to melt it by heating it up but nothing happened. My powers seems to be neglected inside. How did I end up being trapped in here?
"Argh!" I screamed loudly. "Golden please! You have to wake up." My body temperature starts to heat up uncontrollably. I'm already steaming hot.
Is there a way to talk to her?
Flashback
"I noticed that unremovable smile on your face," Diante says. I chuckled. We shared our first night yesterday. I'm still in cloud nine.
"Shut up," I answered jokingly. Yeah, I treat him like a brother so freaking well that I could literally tell him to shut up.
"That's great young man. You now have a knot."
My brows met. Knot?
"What's that?" I asked. He looked at me with his dark eyes. He chuckled amusedly and gave me a quick pat on the shoulder. I looked at him confused.
"You never heard of that young man?" he said. I nodded my head. I know what he's trying to say but that term is unfamiliar to me. Never heard of that word before. Does it have a meaning?
"That means both of you can hear each other even if you're miles away," he stated. My brows furrowed. How can we do that? That's pretty cool by the way. I glared at my training Golden. Shs's really doing her best. She doesn't want her lacking to be used against her.
She's the toughest woman I know.
"How?" I asked.
"Well knot gives you a finite string that can serve as your line. Both of you can hear each others' voices. Isn't that great?" he chuckled. I glanced at him and nodded. Yeah. "Now I'm blaming myself for not giving me a chance to find myself a wife. I was hoping someone could hear me. Hahaha!"
I just shook my head amusedly.
End of Flashback
Yeah. That's it. That's exactly what I need!
