Chapter 44: Chapter 44

Aires'POV

The fight was fierce and long, the woman with a baby in her arms kept running through the seas of dead bodies,

"do not worry my child, I'll protect you, I won't let anything happen to you", she crooned, trying to soothe the fussy baby in her arms, she stared back at her husband who was already surrounded by the enemies but he was still fighting bravely, his face fierce, without looking, he knew that his wife was still there,

"Run, Ariana, take Aidan away ", tears streamed down from the woman's eyes as she stared at her husband and then her child, "let's go through the secret channel" she whispered to her child, "I'll protect you", her heart thudded with fear of what could happen to her family as she passed through the secret passage that only she and her husband knows about, it led to a river, she quickly wrapped the baby in a blanket,

"I can't let your father die, I have to go and help him", she placed a kiss on the baby's forehead, "I'll look for you when this is over, be safe my child" gently removing an amulet from around her neck, she placed it on the baby before putting the baby in a boat and the river floated the boat away.

My eyes snapped open and my hands quickly went for the amulet around my neck, what a strange dream, who are those people, and who is that baby? I frowned in confusion, the amulet though, I quickly removed my amulet from around my neck and turned on my bedside lamp to get a good view at it, damn, it was exactly the same as the one I have seen in my dream, why did I have this dream? I definitely have no memory of those people I saw in my dream and if I am that baby, is it possible that I remember some things as a baby? A newborn? I quickly stood up to get a cup of water, it was just a dream that means nothing, I am probably just overthinking it but part of me refused to accept that it is just a mere dream, perhaps it was time to look for my birth parents, to at least know why they abandoned me, I didn't want to ever look for them, they never existed to me anyway but what if that baby in my dream is me, that means that they didn't want to abandon me, I will ask for Dad's help, he has to help me look for them. Going back upstairs, I just lay in my bed but sleep eluded me.

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"How dare you? How could you do that to him?", Daisy screamed at me. I was standing under a tree with Derrick and some of the popular boys in school, I haven't even seen her coming right until she walked up to me, I stared at the other guys and they seem to understand my stare, they left us alone,

"Now, what are you talking about?" I asked staring at her, although, I already knew what she is talking about,

"You damn well know what I am talking about, why did you beat up Evans, he's now in a coma because of you", she wiped away the tears that fell from her eyes and I feel irritated, is she crying because of that guy?

"You seem to care a lot about him, you're even crying because he's hurt? Is he your boyfriend", I clenched out, feeling a tightening in my chest at the prospect,

"Of course, I care about him, he is my friend", I grabbed her and jerk her close to me,

"I warned you, Daisy, you belong to me, no other guy is permitted to even get close to you", she struggled against me, pushing at my chest so hard that her tight ponytail suddenly sprang free, this is the first time I am seeing her with her hair down, she has nice hair, long and flowing wave, I will like to see her more like this, she looks more beautiful

"You're sick, I can never belong to a monster" she hissed, her words pierced my heart, I shouldn't be caring what she thinks of me but a part of me do not want her to see me as a monster,

"Do you really see me as a monster?" I asked, staring deep into her eyes,

"That's exactly what you've turned out to be", she wrenched her arms free from my grasp and I let her go, I watched her walk away, I started hating her after what she did to me, letting Henry have easy access to her and then, the accident that left my mum crippled, although, her mother had died in the accident but it was her fault, she left her lane to the other lane, my mother could have died too, now, she's just at home, a shadow of herself but what hurts me more is that when the accident had happened, she was having a good time with my best friend, the fact is, she caught my attention, led me on, I see her as an innocent and never knew she is just good at playing the innocent, I'll make her feel double of the pain she made me go through and her innocent little act will never fool me again.

I enjoy torturing her but my little game with her is gradually turning into an obsessive infatuation that even the sight of her with another guy makes me wanna murder someone.

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I was in her room lying on her bed and waiting for her to come back from her hamburgers shop, I know she would come back early because I had made sure earlier that she no longer has a job, she looked so crestfallen when she came in that I almost took pity on her, she stopped in her track when she finally noticed me in her room,

"Celine's dad is around, I'll scream" she warned, her eyes flashing, I snickered,

"And you think he'll come running because you screamed? You killed his wife remember?"

Pain flashes through her eyes at the remainder of her mother's death,

"What do you want now, you've taken everything from me, you've made me practically stop living, I cannot have friends and I cannot even work to earn money, my boss was threatened that if she allows me to keep working there, what happened to Evans will also happen to her, so, she fired me, don't even deny it, I know that you're behind everything "

"Of course, I am behind it all, I told you that you belong to me and you'll only do what I tell you to do"

"I see, I belong to you for torture and punishment, if that's how you love, your love is wicked and I don't want it anymore"

In a twinkle of an eye, I was beside her, "deep down, you like everything that I do to you, I know you do, admit it Daisy "

She falter for a moment, "no, I don't " she replied but her reply is weak, tears were still flowing from her eyes and I gently swipe them off her face, my heart constricted painfully, I hate to see her cry, it makes me just wanna hold her tight and protect her, tell her everything will be okay, but then, I always remind myself that she's not as innocent as she seems, I let my hands fall by my side as if she had burnt me and check in every emotion that wanted to surface

"I told you not to ever cry before me," I said brusquely and she slowly wiped her tears, "good" reaching into my pocket, I brought out what I bought for her, a pair of diamond earrings and matching necklace

"You can have this", she stared at it for a moment as if she do not want to take it,

"Don't dare me, Daisy, I said have it", I watched in satisfaction as she slowly took it and her eyes widened as she opened the box,

"Happy birthday Daisy", I murmured and her gaze snapped to mine,

"No one remembers my birthday", she whispered as tears flowed from her eyes, but this time, it was different, I could tell that she was not crying out of sadness, unexpectedly, she ran to me and wound her arms around my neck in a tight embrace, "you're the only one who remembered that today is my birthday", she cried and my heart softened, it was just by mere coincidence that I had seen her birth certificate the last time I was here in her room and I committed it to memory, I could tell that I probably the only one who has wished her happy birthday today, she sniffed as she realized that she was hugging me tightly, consciously, she unwound her arms from around me and I immediately missed her closeness,

"Thank you" she murmured

I gently twitched her chin, "what belongs to me, I take care of", she flinched at my words, probably at my statement that she belongs to me, well, too bad but that's it, she is mine and no one else, all mine, one day, she will realize that and then I'll be the lord and master of her life.

"Get some rest", I said, and then placing a deep kiss on her mouth, I left through her room window while she stood there and watch me leave with mixed emotions running through her face.