Path of Forgiveness

CHAPTER SIXTEEN - CORRUPTION

Of course Mother decided to act innocent, I don’t know why she thinks she can get away with it. “What’s wrong?” She asked me.

“Don’t play dumb with me, Mother! I woke up today completely naked in Varia’s bed, EXPLAIN TO ME WHY!”

“Wow, you two just went at it all day like rabbits, didn’t you?” Mother said as she sat up and started to put on her armor.

I was too angry to be embarrassed by her question, “Do you realize what you have DONE?!” I yelled.

Mother was acting very nonchalant about this whole ordeal, and it angered me even more. “Seems to me, the two of you got what you wanted, isn’t it?”

“So what? You somehow managed to put a spell on each of us so that we could... mate?!”

Mother laughed a little at that, “Eve, two females cannot ‘mate’ with each other.”

“YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN!” I exploded.

“And no,” she continued calmly as she sheathed her sword. “I put a spell on each of you so that you would forget the memory you had of each other. The rest was your doing. If you weren’t meant to be, than that wouldn’t have happened, now, would it?” She raised her eyebrow at me.

“Do you realize she’s going to think that I was the one that did this?!” I exploded, and something in my chest constricted and I choked a little, “She knew I wanted her, Mother! And now she’s going to think I did that so that I could be with her! She’s going to blame me!”

An angry tear rolled down my cheek, and Mother reached out her hand to wipe it but I slapped it away. She sighed and said, “I’ll talk to her, tell her it was me, if you wish.”

“No,” I said, choking back my tears. “No, you’ve done enough. Just stay out of my life, please.”

I ran from the hut, and away from the village. I just kept running, though I had no idea where I was going to go. I just needed to get as far away from there as possible right now. I collapsed on the ground somewhere in the middle of the woods, and just cried. It was worse... so much worse now. To know what it would be between us if not for our past, if not for what I did in the past. It was like a cruel taste of perfection, and then to have it ripped out from under me like that...

“Crying is for the weak,” I heard, and I turned to look at Ares, who came walking over to me.

“Go away...” I said.

Ares knelt down beside me, and touched my face. I didn’t move away from his touch, I didn’t have the effort. “What do you want?” I whispered.

“To comfort you,” he said.

“Yeah right,” I scoffed through my tears.

He wiped one off of my face and said, “If she doesn’t want you, then it’s her loss.”

I looked up at him, confused on why he was being so nice. I was vulnerable, I knew it. My perfect life was just taken from me, and I felt like my heart had been ripped out of my chest. I just needed to feel again, and I knew that feeling this way was a bad thing to be feeling around him, but yet I couldn’t make myself rise to my feet and leave.

“Come back to me, Eve,” he said to me. His use of my real name made me warm up to him more, and even though a million little warning bells were going off in my head, I ignored them.

“To be Livia again for you?” I asked, barely above a whisper.

“No,” he said, as he traced my jaw line. “To be Eve.”

I knew he was lying to me, using everything I needed to hear to break down my walls, but I didn’t care. I took his face in my hands, and I kissed him.

*****

Varia was sitting by her friend Elaris’ cot in the Healer’s hut, and held her hand as she talked to her. She just needed to tell someone what had happened, even if maybe her friend couldn’t hear her.

“It was so... perfect. In every way it was the most perfect thing I had ever experienced. But it was all a lie, just a veil to cover the truth. And now that we did those things... said those words... I don’t know what’s to come. I don’t know where to go from here, or if I should just walk away.”

“If you walk away... you’re more of a fool than I thought.”

Varia looked up to see her friends eyes open and smiled as she brought her into a hug, “You’re awake!”

“Hearing your sob story forced me out of it,” Elaris joked quietly.

“Nevermind that,” Varia said. “I’m just glad your awake.”

“Oh don’t nevermind that to me,” Elaris said. “I know the only reason you told me was because you thought I was asleep. Your afraid of my real opinion.”

“I’m not afraid of it!” Varia protested.

“Varia, your in love with her. We’ve all seen it since Eve stepped foot in this camp. No matter how hard you try to cover it up with hatred, it shines through. So don’t be an idiot.”

“I’m not...”

“You are. Your sitting here with me when you should be out there, trying to find her.”

“I...”

“Just go,” Elaris said.

“But you...”

“I’ll be fine,” she said. “Now get going, otherwise once I’m better I’m going to kick your ass for not listening to me.” Elaris smiled a little, and Varia nodded.

“Alright, but if you’re wrong, it’ll be me kicking your ass.”

Elaris laughed, “I’m never wrong.”

*****
Ares slipped himself inside me, and I gasped out as I grabbed onto his back, digging my nails into his skin. I put my leg up over his shoulder, so to give him more room to fill me inside. I moaned loudly and put my head back as he panted against me.

I could feel something inside of me start to change, but I didn’t care. “Fuck me harder!” I screamed, and obscenity I had never used since I became Eve. I screamed as he pushed into me, a loud, primal scream that was similar to my war cry. I was slipping away, and I knew it. He was turning me back into Livia, but yet I couldn’t make him stop.

Ares was slamming me up against the tree he had me pressed against, and I was sure that the bark was scratching up my skin, but I didn’t care. “HARDER!” I demanded, and bent down to bite his neck hard.

“Oh I’ve missed you, Livia,” Ares panted out as he slammed me harder up against the tree.

“Shut up and fuck me!”

I grabbed a fistful of his hair and screamed loudly when I felt him release inside of me, making me release as well, and I could feel my walls contract around him, pulling him deeper inside of me.

Little did I know, that Varia was standing not far away, watching us behind a tree, tears falling from her eyes.

TBC.....