Ales
I knew it was her the moment we made eye contact. I had crossed oceans, countries, cities, and even endured harsh weathers, just to find her. My heart nearly leaped out my body when I spotted her. She was more beautiful than I could ever remember. I looked at her hair pulled into a messy bun. I wished she would let it down for me to see the way her hair made her look so angelic. Her brown eyes stared into mine as if she could read me. She was as small as I remembered. Her five feet were nothing compared to my height. Her hips and thighs flared in the black jeans she wore with a black tank top that barely kept her breasts contained. I felt the taste of her body on my tongue and everything came alive, finally.
I didn’t think. No, I couldn’t think, as I made my way toward her. She looked ready to run, but my long strides didn’t give her much time to think. After a couple of strides, I stood in front of her, and she looked up at me. I smirked. She was no longer that timid, shy girl I knew. She was bold enough to look up at me as I towered over her. I was aware the girl who stood next to her was watching, but I didn’t care. I reached out and caressed her cheek, causing her to shiver.
“Alana…” I whispered her name. I wasn’t sure if she heard me over the music. “I’ve crossed oceans and eras to find you. Now that I have, I will never let you go.” I leaned in and kissed her.
Just as she did the first time I kissed her, she paused. She froze and then her lips seemed to recognize mine, prompting her to kiss me back. She kissed me with such longing and desperation I got lost in her, forgetting everything around us. I cupped her face with my hand. I felt the soles of her shoes on top of my boots. It seemed she wanted more leverage to kiss me. She used to do this, so she could get more of my kisses, even though I would never deny her anything. Just as quickly as I kissed her, the kiss ended as she pulled away. She looked confused for a moment, then her senses came back, and, without much thought, she smacked me. It took me a moment to register what just happened.
“What the hell is wrong with you?” she yelled at me.
I don’t know what turned me on more, her smacking me or the way her eyes burned with passion as she yelled at me.
I shouldn’t have, but I smirked. I could tell she didn’t recognize me and also what the advisor the gods sent me, Patrocleus, who went by Patro, had told me about her memory. Patro was once my good friend and brother to me, and we both searched for Alana. Now, there she was. He told me the gods bestowed upon him the details of her condition of forgetting our love and who I was. Yet, the first thing I did when I saw her was kiss her. There was an overwhelming urge to taste her. The only decent thing I could kiss in such a public area was her lips. She tasted even better than before. I felt the small shove as it jolted me out of my thoughts, and I focused on her once more.
When I looked at her, she stopped her attempts, and I saw her visibly tremble.
“Is there a problem here?”
I looked up to see the source of the voice. It was coming from a male, and I was ready to break his bones for coming to my woman’s defense.
“Jace…” Her sweet voice called out his name in an endearing way. I didn’t like it, not one bit. “It’s okay. I’ve got this,” she continued as she placed her small hand on his chest.
My eyes narrowed at her. She looked at me as a low growl escaped my throat, and she looked at what caused it. She quickly removed her hand from Jace’s chest. Then, as if questioning her actions, her eyebrows furrowed.
“Don’t kiss my girlfriend again!” Jace yelled.
“GIRLFRIEND?” Both she and I turned our heads toward Jace as if he grew three heads.
I cocked my eyebrow and looked down at her, tilting my head. I had no right to act like this, especially when to her this was her first time meeting me. However, I couldn’t stop myself. If they were truly dating, I would take her from him, not caring about the consequences. I must’ve taken a step without realizing it; she was now in between me and Jace trying to stop a fight from starting.
“Elani… What are you doing?” I heard her friend say to her with concern in her voice.
“Elani…” I tested her name on my tongue to see if I liked it as much as Alana. “Elani…” I said once more to myself.
“Please....” I heard her say. I looked down at her, feeling her small, warm palms on my chest. “Please, don’t do this.”
I looked at her astonished. She was pleading with me, a mere stranger to her. Yet, she didn’t notice the way my body reacted to the way she called out to me. Did her subconscious know without her realizing it? She pleaded with me as if she wanted me, but she pushed me away physically.
My men must’ve realized what was going on. I saw them in my peripheral vision.
“You good, Ales?” Patro asked me.
I smirked down at Elani and took a step back away from the warmth of her hand. I did a bow she used to find funny before. When I looked up, she tried to mask a smile on her face. I smiled knowing, even if she didn’t remember me, I knew her inside and out.
“I bid you adieu, for now, Elani, but I’ll be back now that I know where to find you.”
She shivered at my words, although her smile didn’t disappear. I knew she didn’t notice what was happening. I stood upright and walked away with my men.
Patro clapped a hand on my shoulder.
“Finally, my brother. We’ve found her.”
“Yes, Patrocleus, we finally have.”