The sun shines down, warming my body.
The sea is bluer than ever.
The grass tickles against my skin.
The breeze makes my hair flow around me.
Lucca lies down next to me and leans his head towards me.
I don't think I'll ever get used to your angelic beauty.
We stay like that for a while.
Just watching each other, listening to the sound of the leaves as they are swayed by the wind, the sound of the birds singing, the sound of the waves.
Lucca sits and helps me sit too.
There is no need to exchange words.
Just one look says it all.
If there were such a thing as a soulmate, I think Lucca would be mine.
He kisses me, and I kiss him back.
He pulls me close, I sit on his legs facing him, crossing my legs around his waist.
His kiss is voracious.
And I want it to be.
He lifts my shirt revealing my white embroidered bra.
I also pull his shirt off in a swift motion.
I've wanted to run my hand over his defined chest for a long time.
Feeling his warm grip against my thighs.
I want him to possess me.
I want to give myself body and soul, to be only his and he only mine.
Even with everything he told me, even with everything that happened, I just can't explain it, it's something primitive inside me.
As if I had been waiting a long time to be his.
But a black shadow covers the sun and the landscape sways.
Darkness takes over the landscape.
Lucca looks astonished.
A black figure passes behind the trees.
The grass turns red.
The breeze ceases.
And the golden eyes emerge from the darkness.
A warm, gentle touch frees me and brings me back to reality.
I open my eyes. It's already dawn.
Lucca is sitting next to me holding my hand.
"I noticed you were having a nightmare, so I decided to wake you up." He says in a strange tone.
"Don't you sleep?" I ask while still thinking about the dream looking down at the crumpled sheets around me.
It's so strange, something is wrong but I don't know what it is, the more I think about it the more anxious I become.
I still feel the warmth of his hands on mine but my body is trembling.
"Not until you're safe." He says firmly.
This is not real.
The thought is like lightning striking through the dark night, when I look at Lucca again his face is like a mask of rage, his eyes frightening, his hands on mine feel bigger and holding mine with such force and I can't help but let out a yelp.
My body goes numb, my heart racing.
This isn't real.
His shadow is elongating into a strange shape, big and dark… like a pair of wings at his back.
I want to scream but my throat is blocked.
He keeps staring at me, his face vicious and malevolent like looking at an enemy, like he wants to swallow me whole.
My body isn't answering.
I want to run. My mind keeps chanting "Run, run, run, RUN!"
A boom resounds around me, the floor cracks open from a wall to the other and I'm falling down into nothingness.
***
Lou has been running away from me lately.
I don't know why, nor can I imagine the reason for this strange behavior.
Lately everyone I know is running away from me.
Except Lucca.
It's like I'm leprouse and nobody can stand being around me a minute longer.
It doesn't make sense.
I feel so alone these days.
Even Sammy left me.
Lucca is always comforting me. This last month has brought us closer together.
We're not officially dating, but it's like we were meant to be together.
And I'm on cloud nine.
Even at school they've noticed that he's always around me.
No matter what happens, I will always have a passionate bodyguard to protect me.
He also started telling me about his life.
Lucca lived in a village in the interior of Mexico, near Guadalajara.
He was discovered by a Hunter five years ago.
First the hunter Hamed Pablo Del'Saint befriended Lucca's parents, then he approached Lucca, then when least expected he attacked.
He killed everyone who could care for Lucca (half of the villagers, Lucca was very loved), leaving only (coincidentally) his brother (but his sister too, her name is Rosa).
When the Seekers came, he accompanied them without opposition because he didn't know much of what was happening at that time —he confessed it was the stupidest thing he had ever done—and when he arrived in the sorority, his life became hell. He was subjected to numerous tests, and in the end, he was taken to the Council for being special.
He only managed to escape because one of the guards was inattentive, so he ran as fast as he could, blending into the shadows.
After days of wandering without food or water, he arrived at a huge house, inside a forest (one of the few that remained around).
There he learned about the rebel operations center against the sororities.
He didn't want to tell me more.
They were very sad memories. Although some of the things he said made me question a lot, I didn't voice my questions.
How I wished I could comfort him, tell him that everything was going to be okay and make him feel my love in all its fullness.
But I couldn't.
Every now and then I would feel a sudden weakness, which became more and more frequent, so to prevent anything from happening Lucca became my full-time bodyguard.
And I loved it.
Having him always close to me is wonderful.
I am dependent. I know it. But I can't help it.
All I want is his attention, his affection, and his love.
I can't bear to lose him. So I don't question anything.