Thread: Can you hear them? |Lagertha x Kosmik_Khoas|

Silence filled her. This feeling of not knowing what to do or think when he started to express what had happened overtook her. Mixie could feel it too, all the separate emotions spiraling inside of her. It alone was overwhelming, but in a way calming. Her face was blank, her skin crawling as she listened. The silence, the feeling was not the only thing. Vince had not only imprinted her but infected her with more of the disease she had been running from her whole life. Now, Mixie could not only hear his heart thundering under his chest when he spoke, but she could feel it in the palms of her hands. The feeling was odd, causing her to flinch her hands away from his chest. Her eyes twitched looking away from him. She had known he wouldn't have had the answer to her mother. Yet she had still wished to ask in her despair. Not only that, she had thought asking Vince about the girl might bring her some relief to have the spotlight shifted off her. While this had happened in a way, she could still feel his pain, his hate, his longing, his mistrust. Much like Mixie herself had dealt with. She had known these emotions her whole life, but it had not taken losing family members to a gruesome death for her to gain these emotions. I'm sorry.. Mixie spoke softly. In a way she regretted asking him. She had thought it might make her feel better to hear someone else's pain, but it had only made her feel worse. You've gone through worse than me. I shouldn't complain. Mixie didn't look at him, she just rested her head on his shoulder. Garai had lost his mate, Vince had lost his mate. She had heard the pain in Garai's voice when he spoke about her father, but it was worse feeling it through Vince's link. Mixie had found herself in a particular situation. In a way she hadn't liked Vince. Now Mixie wondered if in a way she had been thankful he had saved her from that room. It didn't really matter though, since Mixie had found herself consoling Vince as she wrapped her arms around his neck and hide her face above his shoulder as he sat up. She was silent for a while. Mixie had never been hugged until she had been in the mental hospital, but then Sara and CiCi had been there for her. They too had been given terrible lives and had known how to make her feel better even if it met them being locked up for a week after making physical contact. In a way, this made her think of them, and Mixie really didn't want to. She didn't want to know if they had been slaughtered like Ling. However she had a feeling they might have been sparred as the dorm rooms had been on the other side of the girl's wing. I'm sorry. Mixie finally said after a moment of clinging to him, her arms around his neck. She knew there were other questions she had popping into her mind now but she wasn't sure she should quite ask them yet. I don't really think you can save me from my nightmares. Mixie said. I've been dealing with them ever since I was born. My mother used to talk about how I would shriek every night, the same I normally would when I got older. I guess I'm so used to not sleeping it doesn't normally bother me. Mixie laughed slightly. I don't know what it's like to lose someone you imprinted on. I do know what it's like to be betrayed by the ones you loved most. To be alone and misunderstood, hateful. How old are you? Mixie knew she was going to ask this as she pulled away from hugging him. However she still didn't bother to look at him. I don't think you even know how old I am, or where I come from. Mixie said softly. So you really only imprinted on me because I was scared and alone instead of just killing me. Honestly, life would had been better if you had just killed me. This was morbid, but Mixie knew that her nightmares might never go away. She was thinking logically. Ozier was testing her, as Kasto had said with the nightmares, but Mixie felt like that wasn't all of it. There was something more that wasn't being said, hidden messages where they refused to just tell her out right. I'm not scared of people walking away from me, I'm used to it. This whole time I thought I was crazy and perhaps that's why I was frightened. I wanted to believe I was crazy instead of thinking I wasn't..now I know I'm not..and now I know what this kind of life entails. Her head tilted, finally looking at him with some tears in her eyes. So why do you insist on protecting something you know nothing about and that doesn't even want to exist? I understand. Garai said softly. I was betrayed as well. I wouldn't do anything to make you think I want to oppose you. I'm only here for Mixie, because it's what Kasto wanted me to do..and it's what I want to do. I wanted to raise her with him and never got the chance. Garai finished eating, picking up his bowl and going to the sick to rinse it for Sani. You are smarter than most, most people would kill those coming onto their territory at first sight. Garai spoke softly, he had jumped at Sani's outburst. Apologies, I didn't know. I won't spare Nero. Garai said at the defense of Sani saying he would end them both if he caught Garai betraying them. She isn't the same girl I watched grow up. Yasmine's been beating her into submission for years, brainwashing her. The Nero I know doesn't exist anymore. This Nero doesn't deserve to live. Garai sighed softly at the idea. Thanks. Kasto said the same thing. He had dealt with it by himself his whole life..that having someone being there for him was all he had ever wanted. Garai smiled softly. I only joined Kasto's pack because he was the Alpha. I never had my own. So I don't take it likely that I abandoned them, but Kasto would have done the same... Garai shut his eyes. Even if Vince accepted him into his pack, well he wasn't sure he'd be too welcomed. It also brought the question to what would happen to the Egyptian weres that he had left behind. He knew if Yasmine died then maybe Reba would take her spot, but it was unlikely Reba would be like Kasto had been. Garai didn't want to think about it, it wasn't his problem after all. I love them all..they were the only family I've ever had. Mixie and I aren't so different. My parents abandoned me too, but the difference is her real parents wanted her. The moment my parents found out I was gay and wouldn't conceive children the conventional way well...I guess that's when I met Kasto. Hunt me down all you want, I won't run. I don't run from my problems. Garai said finally moving around and stretching a bit. He sighed heavily as he looked at Sani. I don't want to be your enemies, I came here as a friend. I'll go out to the edge of the reservation now, and wait for Nero to cross. I know Yasmine was planning at night, but I'm not too sure she'll keep to that plan when she realizes I've broke the pack bond. Garai bowed his head to Sani. Thank you for your hospitality. He moved through the house, going to the door before stepping out to shift. As soon as he shifted, he ran the direction he had first appeared from moving to get behind some rocks and brush to watch the edge of the fenced line.