Chapbre 9
After halfheartedly comforting Haihe until she fell asleep, he mindlessly scrolled through his ghone–unti one vidGZ KIANDES him cold
By the time he finished watching, his emotions were in complete turmoil.
Grabbing his phone and jacket, he rushed out the door. The video was an infamational dip explaining a cattain legent:/ (When a spint fairy spirit is saved by a human, they must repay the debt one hundred times he that, they diRANDER forever.
It also mentioned that fox spirits from a particular bloodline have a smail blue moie at the comer of their eyes!
A memory surfaced–back when he first met Alrose, he bad asked her, “Why is the mole at the come off your EBLE?T She had smiled and told him. “It’s a trait of our bloodline. Every spint fairy from my dun has one. You save me, soll must grant you one hundred wishes before I can return home.”
At the time, he had dismissed it as nothing more than a fanciful tale. He hadn’t thought much of the small blue fox he had once rescued by the lake
Now, that memory sent a chill down his spine
When Angus finally found me, the first thing he asked was..I
“You’re a spirit fairy?”
I had answered Argus‘ question a thousand times before. I had told him, over and over that once fuffiled one hundred wishes, I would disappear from his life forever.
Angus had never believed me. To him, it had always been nothing more than a gathren excuse to cling to him..!
All of the sudden, he was asking if it was real?
“You actually believe in these superstitions now? I laughed softly, tiiting my heat. “Don’t you aWAS SET WAS UST eply to keep you around?”
He froze, his expression shifting. For the first time, it seemed like he was beginning to reaize–things were sipping out of his control.
“You’re leaving? Desperation flickered in his eyes. I had never seen him like this before Tell me are you realy leaving? I The moment he said it, even he seemed to realize how absurd it sounded. “I know it’s nicicuicus but when you weren’t around, I couldn’t sleep.”
“I started to feel afraid… afraid that you’d disappear forever, that you’d never come back to me.“I
“I thought you still loved me. I thought if I just held on long enough, you’d return. But I’ve loved Halie smce we were kos. I never knew how to let her go and that’s why I–V
His voice trembled. “Come back to me. Please. “I
Maybe it was the fear of losing me that finally made him realize. For the first time, there was no engence in his eyes. Only regret.
Angus was desperately pleading..
I smiled, indulgent, almost amused. “Alright. But first, I need to see your sincenty. “I
“I knew it you still love me.” Angus lit up like a child who had just gotten his favorite toy. He pulled me might embrace unwilling to let go.3
I pushed him away. “Sort out your mess first. Then come find me. “I
Reluctantly, he let me go, his gaze full of determination as he turned to leave. I
Without further ado, I walked away without hesitation. Today was my last day in the mortal word..l
After I left, I used the secret arts of my kind to glimpse into the human resim one last time. I
Angus had arranged a secret wedding. A wedding meant to be hidden, kept in the shadows..
Even now, he still wanted to have it both ways..
If he loved Hallie so much, why was he still out here chasing spints?”
At the secret ceremony, he waited the entire day..
When I never showed, he didn’t even lash out–just stood there, dazed, murmuring to himsef. “She still wont forgive me. “I Then he went mad searching for me, flooding the city with missing person reports. I
He no longer bothered to hide his lingering feelings for me from Halie. For a whole month he played the devoted fiance by day–while desperately searching for me by night.
ced My Abortion, Then Went Mad with Regret
