Chapter 31 - A Trigger

>Maya

I grabbed my clothes and some light makeup then walked out of the room to go to the bathroom.

A breakfast date had always been one of my wishes, although it was something I day-dreamed about happening in the far future when I had my own job and was independent and all but still I couldn’t be more happier about it happening now since it was with Yohan.

I don’t know if it’s because he’s so gentle with me, or if it’s because he seems like a person who’ll support me or maybe because he’s so handsome or perhaps it’s because he looks out for me and puts effort just for me, or maybe it’s just his smile or the texture of his hair or the softness that oozes out when he says my name. I don’t know what the reason is, maybe it’s all of them, but I want to spend more time with him.

I want to get to know him better.

I want to be by his side.

I froze right before I turned for the stairs.

Wait.

Did I really think all of that?

I noticed my cheeks were slightly hot. My heart beat was slightly accelerated and I was in a good mood since he asked me about having breakfast together.

Oh My God…

Did I fall for him already?

It was a weird feeling. I was happy but it was scaring me. It wasn’t a bad thing but it was new.

I smiled but I was still unsure.

‘Hey!’ I told myself, ‘You still have time to figure things out. No one’s rushing you.’ I nodded to myself.

Right, no one’s rushing me. Yohan would never rush me. He gave me all the time I wanted.

I smiled like a fool as I thought about him and then began walking again.

I turned the corner to take the stairs and paused as two figures caught my sight.

There was Yohan standing there in the living room with grim expressions.

I looked at the other person.

A woman? She looked like she was in her early forties, had tan skin and dark brown hair and eyes.

“I was told to check up on you. That’s all.” She had a weird smile on while she talked.

“Well you can leave now. I have other plans.” Yohan’s voice was cold.

“That’s no way to treat your mother.”

“Please. Leave.”

“Are the plans you're talking about-” She suddenly turned her head towards me, “With her?” The moment her eyes met mine I felt something sting in my head.

Yohan looked at me too but didn’t say anything.

“Yes. So you may leave.”

She didn’t, neither did she stop looking at me. The more I looked at her the more sick I felt. I started getting a headache for some reason too and it was slowly getting worse.

I tried stepping down but the world spun and I almost fell down the stairs but managed not to. Thankfully my body worked faster and I held onto the railing for support as I dropped all my stuff. The clothes carpeted the stairs while the makeup rolled all the way down to the floor.

“Maya.” Before I even realized it Yohan was next to me. He placed his arms on my shoulder, “Hey, are you okay?”

I looked at him, “I don’t know, but for some reason I feel a little sick.”

“Oh dear!” The woman called out and we both looked at her, “You look pale dear.” She smiled.

I averted my gaze and looked back at Yohan while he glared at her, “I told you to leave.” He gritted his teeth and I could see his sharp canines. Very very sharp canines.

My head was hurting so I couldn’t focus but it seemed as if they belonged to an animal.

“Fine.” She said, “I got very interesting information coming here so I’ll leave.” Yohan put his arms around me and brought me in his embrace.

His scent and warm body began to calm me, so I turned to look at the woman again as she was leaving.

The more I stared at her the more my head hurt but I had no idea why.

Just before leaving she looked back at us and gave me a look of contempt.

It left me wide-eyed not only because it surprised me but also because there was this sudden flash of images in my mind.

My head throbbed as those images flashed speedily in my brain. Strange images of the day my parents were murdered.

I saw things I didn’t remember and among them I saw her.

The woman who just left the house.

I saw her standing at the entrance of the snow covered forest. The same look of contempt on her face as the one she gave me.

My whole body shook in fear and I groaned in pain as my head continued to hurt.

“Maya!? Hey!” Yohan kept me from falling as he held me strongly in his embrace, “Hey what’s wrong?!!”

I looked at him as tears rolled down my cheeks, “It hurts…”

He was getting more worried by the second, “What! What hurts?! Tell me.”

“My head… It feels like it’s about to explode.” My vision started getting blurry and dark. I had just woken up so there wasn’t an ounce of sleep left in me but as I felt my head get more heavier I started to give in to the strange darkness that was inviting me in.

The next moment everything blacked out and I relaxed a bit as I couldn’t feel the pain anymore.

But despite that I had a dream or perhaps it was a memory?

A memory that gave me another sort of pain.