106 Guardian angel? (1/2)
Before Alex knew it, he was already on the bed, lying next to her. Her arm was wrapped around his waist as she lay on her side, with her injured leg on top of him, pinning him down well and truly.
Alex stared up the ceiling as he thought about what just happened. This little lamb actually tamed him just like that. She even made him lie next to her like this, almost as if she had turned him into her obedient pillow! What was going on? When did he become this considerate towards this little fruit? When did a kiss start to affect him like this?
Alex thought hard about this. He looked back on his reactions since the moment he found out that she was missing and he surprised himself. For the first time, he experienced how it felt to become desperate, to not be in control, almost going insane from his rage. He experienced the kind of emotions he thought he never possessed. All of these feelings were completely new to him.
A quiet sigh left Alex's lips as he lifted his arm and placed it on his forehead. He didn't think that these emotions were awakened by his little lamb but that she had somehow placed them inside him without him knowing it. The worst thing was that these new emotions were dangerous to have, at least for someone like him.
”Alex…” Abi's voice pulled him back from his thoughts and the man immediately turned to look at her.
His brows abruptly knotted in displeasure. ”You're still awake? I told you to –”
”But I just woke up not long ago!” she cut through his words, pursing her lips. ”I will sleep once my body needs it. Besides… I'm afraid you'll ditch me once I close my eyes.”
”I won't leave you, Abigail.” He enunciated every word. His mood shifted again. His gentle voice and expressions disappeared and the usual moody Alex returned.
”Were you the one playing that flute?” she asked when he looked away from her and stared up at the ceiling again.
”No, it wasn't me,” he answered. For some reason, there was an undercurrent in his voice that she couldn't comprehend.
”I see… If not for that person, I think I never would have found my way out –”
”How did you manage to evade those traps?” he cut her off this time. He sounded like he didn't like what she just said.
”I used stones. I threw them in the dark and listened to the sound they made to avoid the traps. And then… I heard that melodic sound. I followed it and that's how I accidentally found the secret passage.”
”You heard the sound while you were still inside the dungeon?” Alex was surprised. The part of the dungeon where the traps were laid down was far away from that exit where Zeke played the flute. How could she hear it?
”Mm. My hearing is my superpower. I can hear things that most people can't.” She smiled at him, like she was boasting about her gifted talent. ”Hmm… if it wasn't you, then who was it? Ah, could that person be my guardian angel?!”