Chapter 17
Genevieve
I’m truly starting to like him more than I would like to admit. He’s letting down his guard and it makes me feel like I’m a safety to him already.
When he broke down in my arms, I could feel his pain.
I have a tendency to feel other fairies' emotions just as strongly as I feel my own.
At that moment, I knew I never wanted to let go of him, ever.
I wanted to keep him safe within my arms, his head pressed to my chest as my heart beat close to his ear.
How can I leave him after that? He’s in so much pain, he has only ever learned how to hide it from the world, for no one to see. But I see him. And I want to see every single side of him. I’m afraid that I will never be able to let him go after all this.
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As we arrive at the waterfall, I go completely mute. This is one of the most magical places I’ve ever seen.
There are three big gray cliffs surrounding the waterfall in three different sizes. On the middle sized cliff, there is a big deep blue tree, shining almost like a bright light, a second sun.
The lake is fenced by the bright blue grass and different flowers in different hues from the palette of the sky.
“I’m going to sit next to that tree on the cliff and write a little in my book.” I tell Ector, letting him know where to find me.
“Okay, you do that. I’m going to take a swim.” He screams after me since I’m already halfway to the tree.
When I get there, I sit down comfortably, leaning back against the tree trunk. The view from up here is absolutely amazing. The sun is shining through the leaves, casting rays on the water, making the lake look almost neon blue.
The waterfall, the birds, and the breeze make such a calming sound together. I needed this, nature will always be my therapy.
When I see Ector strip down, it suddenly clicks in my brain what he had just told me.
I’m going to take a swim.
But... Fairies can’t swim. Our wings get wet, heavy as a thousand rocks, and they get stuck as if glue forces them together.
He’s going to die if he jumps in.
“Ector, wait...” Not even getting the chance to finish my sentence, I see him jumping off the highest cliff, right into the deep lake.
Looking at him, his stomach facing me and only wearing his underwear, I suddenly notice how muscular he is underneath all his baggy clothes. I haven’t thought about it until now and it’s hard not to stare at him when a ray from the golden sun is hitting his stomach and large muscular arms.
Right at that moment, it's impossible to stop my mind from thinking all of the inappropriate thoughts.
As I come back to reality, Ector’s body goes straight through the water surface. Panic grabs my body like a strike of lightning, my legs sprinting forward to the end of the cliff I was just sitting on. But no matter how hard I try, my eyes can’t spot him.
“Ector!” The scream leaves my lungs.
My mind doesn’t have time to think of any consequences before I jump off the cliff and my body dive into the cold water after him.
He can’t die.
As the water surrounds my body, I immediately feel how my wings get dragged down and how my body starts to sink to the bottom instead of going up towards the surface.
Trying my hardest to swim, I realize that... I can’t swim. I’m not supposed to be in the water at all, I can’t swim. I’m going to drown. We’re both going to die, drowning together.
Feeling the air slowly leaving my lungs for every second that passes by, more panic and fear creeps into me as my body begins to shake and cramp.
I close my eyes out of fear, in hope that all of this will only be a nightmare, that I will soon wake to Esme’s sweet voice calling my name.
This is how I die. Ending up just like my sister.
This is it.