Nikolai
"Are you sure you want to keep going ahead?" Ava asked wearily.
After the... incident earlier, we decided it was the best for us to stay together and walk carefully instead of running or jogging.
"Very." I replied, gripping her soft hand tighter.
"Whatever is up there, it doesn't want us there." Her sides brushed mine. I'm enjoying keeping her on this short leash.
"Well too bad because that is my land." I replied. "And if whatever is up there doesn't want us there, that means there is something important there that needs protection." I looked straight ahead and kept a steady pace, determined to go to the top. "And I intend to find out what that is."
"But what if we are better off keeping things the way they are? I'm not sure if I like this Nikolai. This place is giving me weird vibes." She stepped closer to me.
"My instincts tell me that I need to go up. They have been telling me that for a while." I told her the truth. "If you are not comfortable, I can drop you back." But I really want her to be with me.
"No. I'll come." She sighed softly.
"Thank you." I squeezed her hand and we continued walking forward.
After a couple of miles, we reached the bank of a river. We have to cross it to move ahead but the current is too fast to swim or walk through it.
It's not safe.
Also, the odd this I noticed about the river was that there was not a single fish inside it.
There can only be one reason for it but I need to be absolutely sure.
I flicked out my claw and made a cut in the middle of the palm and squeezed a couple of blood drops in the river.
"What are you doing?" Ava asked me.
"Checking something." I replied and just as I had thought, a couple of seconds later, a lot of fishes appeared near the bank?? piranhas.
"They will eat us if we fall in the water, won't they?" Ava asked.
I gave her a sharp nod.
"How will we go ahead?" She asked.
"Let me think." I replied and observed the area.
"Can you throw me to the other side, then exchange our places and then flick me to that side again?" That way, she will be out of danger.
"It's too dangerous, Nikolai. I don't want to do it. One mistake and you are dead." She shook her head firmly. "And this river is too wide for me to experiment with your life."
I knew she would not agree but I hoped.
"Can you make us fly in the air?" I asked her softly.
"I don't know. Let me try." She closed her eyes and then slowly but steadily we rose in the air and then moved in a circle above the land itself.
Ava is magic.
We slowly landed again and Ava opened her eyes. "I think I can do it." She nodded.
her lips and she gave me a
both my hands in hers and close her eyes again.
and began moving towards the river and
jump. But we
flew about two feet over the river
and tedious. A small frown was present on her face
good, Love." I praised. We had covered more than half of the river
a drop of blood fall down her nose. I caught it before it fell
her
was accelerating and
you okay?"
answer but her frown god deeper, like
that she is using a lot of her
still had about a hundred meters to
her hand tighter, hoping
at me. When we
waist and wiped the blood above her lips with my thumb. Both our eyes fell on it and unlike me, she
this the first time this happened?" I asked
happened when I was getting you all out
you tell me?" I
think it was that big of a
deal?" I snapped. "It's related to you. Of course
me off and rested her head on my chest. "You can shout at me all you want later. I'm too tired to listen right now. I feet a
waist with both arms. "I'm not going to let this go, Avalyn. We don't hide things from each other." She nodded against
juncture between my neck
sure to keep a steady pace and avoided ways that would require me to jump or duck so Ava could get in
this
and growling of snow leopards, her seeing an illusion that there is land ahead of her when there was a water fall and lastly
is in South America?? in the
that something
minutes in the walk, I
hut here? In the
hell lives here? All
we were still many, many miles away from the peak, a
asked. About an half an hour ago, she had woken up and asked me to place her down again and to let her walk but
and I
my hand free so it will be easier
towards the hut. "Stay behind me." I
It was pitch black.
enhanced vision, I could see literally
Nothing at all.
immediately made me
is not possible at all. I should at
with the way this mountain has proven to be nothing but
me more solid about my decision to build
huge difficultly for
will stand with the
asked,
nothing. Absolutely nothing."
to be
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