Chapter 164

CHAPTER 171: DARKNESS DWELLS IN EVERYONE

After exchanging several kisses, Alessandro paused and hugged Abril, he spoke with a trembling voice full of destructive guilt.

- I’m sorry

- Why are you apologizing?

- For sending you away, believe me it was painful to separate from you. Abril knew it was true, at one point she had doubted it, but deep down she knew that he was just as sad as she for not being together.

That doesn’t matter anymore, it’s in the past now we’re together.

Even so...

Abril separated a little, put a finger on Alessandro’s lips and said.

Don’t continue with that, we’re together and from now on we always will be, because I don’t plan on going away from you ever again, so don’t try to push me away because you won’t succeed.

Alessandro had planned to ask Abril to return to the wizards’ tower, even though he was glad to see her, he was very nervous, that was the battlefield; but when he saw her eyes, he saw total determination, there was not a shred of doubt in them, he knew that no matter what he said he would not be able to change her mind. He caressed her face gently and said.

– I suppose it would be useless to tell you to leave. Yes, so don’t do it.

- You know that this is a very dangerous place.

I know that, but I don’t know if you realized it before or not, but I’m not as weak as I was before, now I can protect myself and protect you too and that’s what I plan to do, protect everyone I love.

Alessandro sighed heavily and said.

– Aby, wars show the worst in people, if I’m honest with you I wish you weren’t here, that you didn’t see the horrors of war...

_ I already told you that I don’t plan to leave.

I know, but even if you are here, be clear that you will not let yourself rush into battle.

– I can defend myself Lessan.

-And I am glad that it is so, but do not fight unless it is necessary.

But ...

– Please.

Okay, I will take care of the wounded while you fight, I will be waiting for you on this side of the barrier, but if you need me remember that I will be here for you.

Thank you for understanding Aby.

Cassian entered the store without warning, he cleared his throat to get their attention and said.

-Hum ... I am sorry to interrupt your meeting but outside it is chaos. April seeing Cassian moved away from Alessandro and went to him, gave him a hug and said.

– I am glad to see that you are okay Cassian.

– I am also glad to see you Aby. How have you been?

Good and now that I am reunited with you, my family, it could not be better, I do not see you surprised to see me, did you already know that I was here?

– I met Sirius, he told me.

_ But let’s leave the talk for later, there are many wounded outside. You’re right, we’ll have time to catch up.

April approached Alessandro, gave him a soft kiss on the lips and said.

– See you later,

Yes but before that change your hair color again, it’s better that you don’t know who you are.

Yes, you’re right.

April changed her hair color back to the one she had before, before Alessandro left she told her.

Aby, try not to get close to the elves and try not to use your magic while they’re around.

– Yes.

After April left Cassian said. – Elfa seems to have changed.

_Yes, she seems to have grown while we weren’t looking.

– I’ve organized the generals, we must reorganize. We’ve had many casualties.

_Yes.

-And the elves?

They’ve hardly had any casualties, they’re excellent warriors, it seems those guys weren’t just talk.

– I’m glad we’re allies for the moment.

-Aren’t you afraid they might discover April?

– Of course, but try to make April leave.

– That’s harder than ending this war without any deaths. Exactly, she can be very stubborn.

We’d better go, make the generals wait, they must be tired.

Alessandro sighed, the war had been going on for a week but for him it felt like an eternity, he felt completely exhausted and he knew that the others must feel the same, even if they didn’t show it.

– Yes, let’s go.

Alessandro spent a good while meeting with the generals, when he returned to his tent he was very surprised to see April waiting for him, she smiled at him and said.

– Welcome.

Alessandro approached her and hugged her and said.

I never imagined I’d have you here, just by looking at you you make my tiredness disappear, I already feel renewed.

– You’re lying.

– What?

You’re exhausted.

April touched Alessandro’s cheek and used her light magic to make his tiredness disappear. Alessandro felt as if the warm rays of the sun had warmed his entire being, his tiredness disappeared and he felt renewed.

– I see that it was not a lie that you can control your magic.

I am not lying, I tried hard to learn to control my magic, I really wanted to be useful to you, to be your help.

– You were already useful before learning to use your magic, for me you have always been my help.

– That is not true, before I was just a hindrance to you. Alessandro shook his head.

That’s not true, I didn’t consider you useless, for me you were my help, because only by your side could I feel rest, that is something that only you can give me, you are my light in the middle of so much darkness.

April hugged him and asked.

-Do you really think that of me? Yes, I always have, although at first I refused to accept it.

-The important thing is that you did it, now nothing else matters.

-You always say the same thing, you don’t hold even a little bit of resentment for what I did in the past, for having hurt you so much.

-That’s because I’ve already forgiven you and when I forgive I forget, I only keep the good memories, the bad ones the wishes.

-Sometimes I feel like I don’t even deserve you, you’re too good and wonderful, while I’m an idiot.

-I won’t deny that sometimes you behave like one, but we are human, we are imperfect beings that constantly fail.

That’s why I fell in love with you, for your way of thinking, for your warmth and your kindness.

I’m not that kind Lessan, there are times when I’m selfish too, times when my thoughts would scare you, inside all of us there’s something dark and twisted, although some of us show it more than others. I don’t think there’s anything in you that could scare me.

_ Maybe there is.

April tilted her head and seeing that Alessandro’s armor was stained with blood she was scared.

- Are you hurt? - No, I’m fine.

_ Take off your armor, let me check you.

Alessandro began to take off his armor, while he did so he made a joke.

- You wanted to see me without clothes so much. -

Lessan, I just want to check that you’re okay.

After Alessandro took off his armor and left his torso completely naked, April took a wet towel and began to clean the blood from his body.

- Lessan has confronted you with my father?

- Why do you ask that? Curiosity.

– Not really, your father has gathered a large army, he is sacrificing his soldiers and some of the monsters to weaken us. Lessan my father is a dangerous person, when you fight him, be very careful.

– You don’t have to worry about that, I will.