Part II: I Don\u2019t Want To Lose Her\u00a0<\/p>\n
Maya was about to fall asleep when she heard a knock on the door. It was Abril, who peeved her head through the door and asked, \u201cCan I come in?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOf course, come in.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Abril approached, sat on the chair next to the bed, and asked her, \u201cHow are you feeling?\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cBetter.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Abril stared at her as if she knew she was lying. Maya sighed heavily and replied, \u201cAlright, I feel\u00a0<\/p>\n
awful, but I\u2019m better than when I arrived.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Abril took Maya\u2019s hand and infused a large amount of magic into it. Maya felt a little better, but not\u00a0<\/p>\n
enough to say she was fine.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMy magic doesn\u2019t work on you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll tell you, but don\u2019t tell Cassian. I don\u2019t want to worry him.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll keep what you say a secret.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
That was the first time Maya was going to talk about what was happening to her with someone\u00a0<\/p>\n
other than the little fairy that appeared like a ghost whenever she was alone.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMy life itself is being drained by the fairyland, or at least that\u2019s what they told me.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201c.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I made the oath to the queen, my life and soul became bound to her, as well as to the\u00a0<\/p>\n
fairyland.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cBut the queen set you free.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOnce you make that oath, you cannot undo it. The queen freed me from my chains, but not from\u00a0<\/p>\n
the bond that ties me to her.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI will speak to the queen of the fairies. I will make her-\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThat won\u2019t do anything. Not even the queen can undo the bond that ties us.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThen what will happen to you?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI will die.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The little fairy that followed Maya everywhere appeared before Abril and said,\u00a0<\/p>\n
|||\u00a0<\/p>\n
1\/4\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIf she goes back to the fairyland that won\u2019t happen Her energy and vit\u00a0<\/p>\n
returning.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cShut up, pixie!\u201d Maya shouted, slightly annoyed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Abril became interested in what the little fairy had said and asked,\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, she just has to go back?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
be restored upon\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYes, she just has to go back, and she\u2019ll recover. She\u2019ll have a long life, she\u2019ll live for centuries.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not going back,\u201d Maya shouted, giving the little fairy a deathly glare.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy are you refusing to go back, Maya?\u201d Abril asked, as she didn\u2019t understand why she was so\u00a0<\/p>\n
stubbornly refusing to return to the fairy realm.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe fairy queen will let me return, but what this pixie hasn\u2019t told you is that she\u2019ll never let me out again. I\u2019ll have a long life, but without Cassian. I don\u2019t want that\u2013I want to be with the man I love,\u00a0<\/p>\n
even if it won\u2019t last long.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Abril hugged Maya. As her warm arms wrapped around her, Maya couldn\u2019t help but cry. Until now, she had been putting up a strong front, but she couldn\u2019t take it anymore. She was scared\u2013afraid of death\u2013but she feared living a whole life without her love even more. Cassian had penetrated so deeply into her heart that being separated from him would be like death itself.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Abril stayed hugging her until Maya let out everything she had been keeping to herself. In part, Abril felt identified with her because she had also been hiding something from Alessandro. When Maya finally calmed down, Abril told her,\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ll find a way to fix this, Maya. You\u2019re not going to die, and you\u2019re not going to give up Cassian.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI truly wish I could believe that, but no matter how hard I try, my reasoning betrays me and tells me there\u2019s no way out. That no matter the path I take, the end will be the same.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI wish I could do something to help you\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re already helping me, to be honest. This is the first time I\u2019ve cried since I found out what was happening to me\u2013since I learned I would never truly be free. I had been putting up a strong front, and I think it was consuming me. Thank you for listening to me and staying by my side. I feel a little\u00a0<\/p>\n
better now.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI will always be there for you, so if you need someone to vent to or a shoulder to cry on, just let me\u00a0<\/p>\n
know.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Maya wiped the tears from her cheeks and said to her, \u201cThank you, Aby. And if someday you\u2019re going through something difficult, I\u2019ll be there for you too. I\u2019m good at listening and keeping\u00a0<\/p>\n
secrets.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
2\/4\u00a0<\/p>\n
Actually, Abril wanted to tell her that she was also ding secrets, but t with her own problema. She didn\u2019t want to burden er with hers.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThank you very much for your offer. Someday, I will take you up on that.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
sady had enough\u00a0<\/p>\n
When Cassian was announced, Alessandro let him in immediately. After crossing the door, Cassian found himself in his brother\u2019s arms. With a voice full of relief, Alessandro said, \u201cI\u2019m glad you\u2019re here. I was really worried since you didn\u2019t show up. I thought something had happened to you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Cassian returned his brother\u2019s hug. Despite the distance between them, their relationship hadn\u2019t changed. Alessandro was still the overprotective brother he knew.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m glad to see you too, brother.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
As they let go, Alessandro could see the dark shadows under his brother\u2019s eyes, and he got a little scared, thinking that maybe Cassian was sick.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cCas, you don\u2019t look good at all. I\u2019ll call the doctor to examine you. No, wait, I\u2019ll call Abril.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Cassian stopped his brother and said, \u201cIt\u2019s not necessary, I\u2019m fine.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou look terrible. How can you even say that you\u2019re fine?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s just tiredness. The journey here was long, and I couldn\u2019t sleep all night.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDidn\u2019t you use teleportation scrolls to come?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Cassian shook his head.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMaya isn\u2019t well, so I decided to travel by carriage to prevent her from getting worse. But in the end, I only made her worse. She fainted when we were about to arrive. Abril has already seen her, but\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Cassian ran his fingers through his hair, something he always did when he was frustrated. Alessandro said to him, \u201cSit down, you look like you\u2019re about to faint at any moment.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Alessandro served him a cup of tea and asked, \u201cWhat\u2019s wrong, brother?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know what\u2019s wrong with Maya. She\u2019s not okay, but she keeps trying to hide it from me. I\u2019ve\u00a0<\/p>\n
asked her several times to come see Abril, but she refused, saying it wasn\u2019t necessary. I think\u00a0<\/p>\n
Abril\u2019s magic hasn\u2019t done much for her.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt must be your imagination. Abril\u2019s magic is capable of reviving someone on the verge of death-\u00a0<\/p>\n
you\u2019ve seen it yourself.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYes, and that\u2019s what terrifies me, that what Maya has is something even Abril can\u2019t cure. I don\u2019t\u00a0<\/p>\n
want to lose her, Lessan.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Alessandro put his hand on his brother\u2019s shoulder to show his support and said to him,\u00a0<\/p>\n
III\u00a0<\/p>\n
<\u00a0<\/p>\n
3\/4\u00a0<\/p>\n
That\u2019s not going to happen. You\u2019re not going to lose her. Abril will be about her, just be patient. She\u2019ll surely be fine tomorrow.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd if she\u2019s not? What will I do?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cStop thinking negatively. Think that she\u2019ll be okay.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Thope so, because I can\u2019t imagine a life without her anymore.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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