I will Love You Forever - Chapter 123

I looked at him confused. “Did you just read my thoughts?” I asked surprised but his answer was confusing.

“Sometimes.” was his short answer.

“I don’t understand.” I wanted to know so much and I had a lot of questions I wanted to ask.

We sat on the bench and he placed the blanket over my body. But he didn’t just stop there, he hugged me and only then did all the cold I felt disappear.

“I can sometimes hear your thoughts and sense when you are in danger but not always,” he explained and I nodded in understanding.

“Ahah… I see. So it’s not frequent.” I muttered to myself remembering all the times I jokingly thought of punching him across the face.

There was a brief silence but I didn’t let it last for too long before asking my next question.

“Do you feed on blood?” I asked recalling that in most movies I’ve watched, werewolves bit humans and vampires feed on blood.

His brow furrowed and he was quiet was a split second. “Where did you get that from?” he asked making a confused face.

I shrugged and he shook his head. “I don’t feed on blood. I’ve never done that, I’ll never do that. It’s disgusting, why would you think so?” he spoke as though trying to state a point and I couldn’t help but smile seeing him adamant about it.

“Oh, I see…” I nodded and smiled. Gerard cleared his throat and had a serious expression after noticing his earlier behaviour.

“So… Can you fly?” I asked knowing full well that I had asked before.

“No.” was his short answer.

“How many stomach chambers do you have?” I asked after wondering how many he could have. If he was monogastric or ruminant.

He looked at me surprised and speechless. ‘What am I? A cow?’ he sighed and looked away, “Pass.”

“Why? Then will you tell me if you can fly or not?” I asked trying to bargain.

“Why are you obsessed with flying? When have you ever heard of a wolf flying?” he asked meaningfully and my lips curved upwards.

“Rampage,” I answered and he looked at me confused.

“Huh?”

“The wolf in rampage could fly.” I looked up at him with inquisitive eyes.

Gerard pinched the space between his brow and couldn’t hold it anymore. He began to laugh after hearing that bizarre statement.

I smiled. “See, now you’re smiling. Next time you put on a frown, I’ll ask if you can fly.”

After hearing me, he laughed even harder. Gerard had always been the type to care about his image in front of others and seeing him laugh like this made me happy and surprised at the same time.

Time went by and we just stared up at the sky to enjoy this night together. There was total silence but we didn’t feel distant.

My eyes were already closing but I still wanted to ask one last question. “Gerard…”

“Um,” he responded still staring at the stars with me in his arms.

“Are you afraid of the sun?… Is that why you can’t control yourself when you get exposed to the sun?” I had thought about it for a long time and even related it to other creatures.

For wolves, they draw their power from the moon and vampires, they hate to be under the sun so if he was either of the two, he wouldn’t like the sun either.

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“I’m cursed,” Gerard responded but got no reaction from Ayla so he decided to continue.

“After everyone who were present on that day was killed by humans, I… Lost it. I was driven by anger and tormented so Many people.” he was silent for a while and looked at the moon then continued.

“She came on that day and I couldn’t recognize her. I treated her badly as well and she cursed me to never see the sun.” Gerard noticed that Ayla wasn’t responding and he looked down only to realize she was already asleep.

He smiled gently and raised the blanket higher. He kissed her forehead then looked at the sky again.

‘Time is passing quickly and it will soon be time for the curse to become permanent.’ he sighed and thought about only one person, “Ayla.”

If Gerard is unable to fund a way to break the curse before the proposed time, he would become a beast forever and not just that, he would think like a beast and act like one, forgetting relationships and family.

He sighed and looked at the moon. “What do I do?” he was already losing hope and wasn’t sure what to do anymore.

Gerard had thought that by getting married to a human and consummating the marriage, he would be able to be free from the curse but now, he had doubts.

Madison said Ayla was like a drug and the more he got from her, the more he wanted her.

He had experienced it as well. Controlling himself around Ayla was difficult and he wasn’t going to risk her life for his freedom from the curse. Besides, consummating the marriage was only his thought of how to break the curse. The goddess never said that was the way.

Gerard was frustrated but at this point, he could only hope that the goddess was hearing and that she would at least, show him the way.

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“Ha… Don’t they make a great couple? If I was the goddess, I would break the curse right now.” Valerie sighed.

“I know right. But don’t forget, only the moon goddess knows how to break the curse. Even I don’t know.” Vienna responded.

“Silence!” a woman with grey hair and pure white skin hushed them.

The duo kept quiet instantly and stood together in fright.

“If you wanted to say all these why don’t you just say it behind my back. Saying it in front of me won’t make that young man’s punishment any lighter.” she had a stern look and she looked like a woman of principles.

The moon goddess is known by her subjects as unbendable. Whenever she makes a decision, it is final and she never shows mercy until the punishment is completed.

Vienna closer to her and asked, “Then why did you ask us to watch the girl? Don’t you know she would be the one to be most affected if Gerard becomes an animal?” she was bold with her question but the moon goddess didn’t see a problem with it.

“Sigh… It’s her fate. We would just have to erase her memory when that time comes.” she spoke without any compassion or care in the world.

“Wait wait wait, what?” Valerie had been quiet all this time but after hearing this, she couldn’t help but show her displeasure.

“That’s her fate.” was the goddess’s short response.

Valerie scoffed and muttered. “You are punishing him for being ruthless but you are no different.”

“And you want to teach me principles?” the goddess asked obviously hearing what Valerie said.

“Don’t you think it’s unfair? If Gerard deserves to be punished, then why would you involve Ayla who is innocent and why would you make her suffer?!” she couldn’t hold back and yelled.

“She wouldn’t be suffering. I’ll erase her memory besides, she can’t change her destiny. This is the path she was meant to follow.” the goddess replied casually.

“You’re selfish!” Valerie yelled surprising everyone.

Vienna who had always been the rugged one was surprised seeing Valerie’s outburst.

“One more word and…” the goddess was still talking when Valerie cut her short.

“And what? You’re going to curse me? Or punish me? Go ahead. That’s all you ever do anyway.” after saying this, she stormed out not even waiting for the goddess to speak and leaving the hall silent.

Vienna was surprised and almost wanted to clap at the spot but controlled her clumsy self.

She bowed and walked away to catch up with Valerie. The goddess stared at the exit speechless.

She sat on her chair and pinched the space between her brow. She was exhausted and it was evident on her face.

Soon, Vienna spotted Valerie who was sitting in a corner with an angry expression on her face.

“You know you might explode if your face remains as red as that.” Vienna sarcastically comment and Valerie wiped her tears.

She was at the point where she was so angry that tears were even dropping.

Vienna sighed and sat by her side. “She got on your nerves this time, didn’t she?”

Valerie was too angry to even talk and Vienna knew this.

Valerie got worried. “What do we do now?” she held Vienna’s hand and shook it worriedly.

Vienna sighed and thought for a moment. “What’s the punishment for disobedience?” she smiled and looked at Valerie mischievously.

Valerie didn’t understand what she was saying but hoped that it could help Ayla get out of this mess.

“We’ll help them break the curse.. We’ll do this together,” she spoke determined while Valerie stared at her confused.