I shook my head and sighed.
I made Gutru sit on the bed, gave her water, and told her to rest. She hesitated a bit before she laid down on the bed. This unfortunate person got seriously injured because of me. I felt bad.
~*~
It's been two weeks since I left Iron Moon Pack and Leo. I cried myself to sleep—the first night and many nights afterward. With the disconnection of our bond, my condition was only getting worse. I haven't left the room, and poor Gutru has catered to my small needs so far. I asked her how she got here on this island? She replied she had no recollection of any memories from her past.
'Not a single memory?'
'What about her family? Or someone she loved?' I asked her.
Her eyes only showed the horror of the tragedy living here. All these ordinary people were brought here to their knees and held hostages.
I cowered in fear—what if Simon tried to erase all of my memories. He had captured me—He brought me here, but he was not interested in my powers. He also knows I'm not interested in him, and I made sure that he understood that several times in my well-being.
~*~FLASHBACK~*~
"How can I win you, Aries, tell me. I can offer you everything, I can give you whatever you want, whatever that you desire, gold, diamonds, just name it, and I'll lay it at your feet."
"Leo, I want Leo," That was my simple answer.
"I don't know why you love that dog so much?" His eyes glowed with anger. "I can give you so much more, spoil you rotten with luxury, with precious things that you have only imagined. What does he have?" Simon sounded jealous.
"He has me. My heart and my love." My words burned him. We saw eye to eye, and at that moment, I think he understood my notably selfish love for Leo.
"Maybe I could have you under a love spell and then make you mine," Simon states, suggesting an idea.
"You wouldn't dare." My heart, scared with fear. His suggestive thought drew a surprise that terrified me.
"With magic, it seemed achievable." His eyes—darkening at the statement—at his intention.
"But deep down, it will never be real, and even you know that," I said proudly.
"I promise you, one day, I'll give you my heart."
"Heart?" I scoffed. "That thing in your chest is a black burning cinder, the only thing keeping you alive, Simon."
"Ahh.. that mouth of yours." He chuckled and then turned around to walk away. "So much arrogance doesn't suit you, Aries." With that, he left the room.
~*~END OF FLASHBACK~*~
I kept waking up—a lot, fidgeting, and unable to sleep. Even the Egyptian cotton covered bed sheet felt like shards of rocks, poking me like pins and needles. My restless heart wouldn't settle, and my troubled mind was preoccupied with thoughts, terrified of losing Leo, never seeing him again. I'm barely managing myself, striving myself on a mere speck of hopes.
In these three weeks, I was gradually beginning to wither from the grieved and sadness.
'How miserable he must be feeling right now?'
'Is there hope that we will see each other again?'
I sighed wearily. All this talking in my head was giving me a headache. I needed something to quiet my thoughts, so I got out of the bed and walked to the balcony to get some fresh air. I looked up and felt alone, just like the moon in the sky. My eyes fell on Simon, who was alone and silently sitting on the grass below, watching the moon, gazing at the sky.
"You can come and join me if you like," was his invitation. I jumped, starlet by his voice in my head. In this situation, I imagined I would feel angry, but I just scoffed and shut the curtains and went back to bed.
"I can't sleep either." Simon talked again. I slowed my steps. He was reluctant to share his troubles with me. I tried to block him, but of course, Simon had his ways, and I can't do much, but listen.
"I never could hurt my parents." He said, and that made me halt completely.
"Why are you telling me this?" I sat on the edge of the bed.
"Thought, at least you should know... the truth..." He trailed off, "I'm not all bad."
"But you did kill others... All of them." I referred. "Why?"
"Misleading; Betrayal; Rage; Anger;" he listed and went quiet.
There was silence.
I simply was lost for words, and I didn't know what I could say or ask.
"Simon, are you still there?" I asked, but he never responded to any of my calls. I wondered if he'd ever shared or talked this much with anyone else. I didn't want to pry into his life much, so I went to bed and drifted off to sleep, not before praying for Leo to be safe and succeeded in his achievements.
~*~
The next morning after I cleaned up, I sat on a stool in front of a grand mirror. I took the hairbrush and combed my hair when Gutru walked in and initiated to help me brush my long hair.
"He loves you." She said out of the blue. I ignored her. I wasn't interested to know that at all.
"He changed his clothes five times before deciding what not to wear? He looks twice in the mirror before he comes to see you. He makes sure he smells good for you before he gets close to you." Gutru continued and had stopped brushing my hair. I met her eyes in the mirror as to why she'd stopped. "You could change him, you know." She added, but her opinion doesn't matter to me.
I looked away.
"I mean, I know he's a bad person, but he has changed a lot. His anger has mellowed to twenty-five percent." She continued brushing my hair. I raised my eyebrow at her.
"You, the one
