Chapter 6 - Heartbreak

Francis woke up from his sleep, his eyes were glowing and so was the mark behind his ear. The birthmark of the moon that stood in the middle of the sun glowed the color red. He got up from his bed and walked out of the house. A red sword that glowed the same color as his eyes appeared in the sky. He leaped to the sky and grabbed the sword bringing it down with him.

"Time to slay a dragon," he said in a dangerous malicious voice. He flew to the palace and floated right above it. He pointed the sword to the sky and red lightning danced around the sword growing bigger and bigger and the glow of the sword increased. He pointed the sword at the palace and sent the lightning to attack the palace. Everyone in the palace was awakened by the sound of the front of the palace being blown apart.

Alexander woke from his sleep and growled in a fury of being woken up from his sleep. He flapped his wings and flew out of his palace to see what was going on. He came face to face with Francis but he couldn't recognize him from all the light that surrounded him. Francis got his sword and charged at him, Alexander got ready to attack him with fire but something seemed to block his throat. With Francis getting closer and his fire not working he flew away. Francis flew right after him with his sword in hand ready to kill the dragon.

Alexander got time to think while he flew and decided to bite Francis. His teeth had very venomous poison that will kill his attacker in minutes. He used his tail to disarm Francis and went for his hand.

"Stop," he heard a voice scream in his head and he stopped. "If you kill him you will die. He is not in his right senses and that is why he is attacking. His subconscious is fighting you not him, he is still sleeping," the voice said.

"And that makes it okay to attack me?" he asked.

"Stop and listen," said the voice before it went silent.

"Listen to what?" he asked but the voice didn't reply and while he was busy talking to that weird voice. Francis had gone for his sword and came back to attack him. "I don't care what the voice says I am going to tear this man to piece and dine on him," he said.

He used his tail to slap the sword away from the boy and wrapped the boy in his tail and brought his next to his claw. He clawed his back and was to tear him into pieces when Francis screamed out in pain. Alexander felt a pang in his heart when he heard him screaming. Francis's birthmark stopped glowing and the mark on his neck glowed. It glowed to let Alexander know that his mate was in danger not knowing that Alexander was the one harming him.

On seeing the mark he froze and dropped Francis out of shock. Without the previous powers that allowed him to float he was dropping from the sky very fast.

"Don't want to interrupt your moment but you dropped something," said the voice in his head bringing him back to his senses. He flew after Francis and caught him before he could hit the ground.

"I don't understand," Alexander muttered.

"Isn't it obvious, he is your bane. You are destined to be saved by his hands or die by them," explained the voice in his head.

"Why him, I mean why does it have to be him of all people. When I...," he stopped. He couldn't bring himself to say what the boy meant to him. Despite just meeting the boy he felt alive and the missing pieces of his heart had finally collided because of him.

"That is destiny my boy, it is wicked and twisted and it does whatever it wants. It doesn't feel satisfied until it gives a twist to everything good in life," the voice replied understanding Alexander's unspoken words. Destiny had written two paths for them; one in which Francis kills him or saves him from his curse. The path they take depends on the choices they make.

"What am I supposed to do now?" he asked confused. He was so excited upon meeting the boy but with destiny making his bane how could anything happen between them.

"Don't think like that my boy, remember he is also the only one who can save you from your curse," the voice said trying to console him. The dragon lay next to the human who had stolen his heart and seeks to kill him and sighed. According to the witch that cursed him the countdown to his death must have begun now that they had met.

His heart bled but he knew that the best thing to do was to never see him again. But with him out to kill Alexander he didn't that was going to be possible. Alexander lifted Francis upon his back and flew away with him. If he was going to die then at least the person who will kill him is the one who brought him peace in his troubled life. He chose not to take him back to Arimelari in case he is harmed for trying to kill and flew him to the forbidden forest.

He set him down in a cave and lit a fire next to him to keep him warm. He waited in the cage for the sun to go down so he could return to his human form. He had to gather herbs in the forest and treat Francis's wounds. The minute the sunset he turned into a human and without waiting for a second longer he ran to the forest to search for the herbs. He broke some leaves and weaved them together and used them to cover his naked body. He searched for the plants he needed and ground them together before mixing them. He placed the mixture on top of the fire for a few minutes and kept it on Francis's back.

He screeched in pain as Alexander kept the medicine on his back. "I am saving your life when I know that you will kill me if you live.. I must be the stupidest man alive," mocked Alexander but even his joke could not stop his heart from breaking as reality hit home.