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Lina's POV

I guess I'm the last to leave. I look over to Finax and see he is sitting on the edge of the stream. I walk over to him and he looks up at me.

"What?" He says.

"Can you walk me home?" I ask.

He nervously nods his head and walks over to grab the last two towels. He grabs my hands and hauls me out of the water with little effort or strain. As I shot out of the water I prepared myself for the crash back to the ground. When I felt arms underneath me I knew Finax had caught me. I slowly reopened my eyes to see his slight smirk.

"What's so funny?" I ask.

"Your fear that I wouldn't catch you. You thought I would just let you hurt yourself?" He asked.

"I didn't know what to think. But thanks for catching me." I say.

He gently lowers me back to the ground and releases me from his hold. He stays close to me and I know that there is something deeper between us but I am hesitant to do anything. His stare is intense and I blush. He gives me a smile and starts walking. I tell him where I live and feel our days coming to an end. I'm not ready for that yet. I want to spend more time with him and get to know more about him. It was like some invisible force tethered us together and I wanted nothing more than to stay by his side. He stops suddenly and takes my hand. His stare is intense and I see an explainable emotion burning bright in his eyes. I just wish I knew what he was thinking.

Finax's POV

She is the prettiest girl I have ever seen. I know that seems cliche but whatever. I stare into her deep chocolate eyes and feel like my life is complete. My life has always been a struggle and no one had ever been as welcoming as Lina. In my life my family loved me and were always there for me but one day a group of hunters came through our land and killed my mother and sister in a savage cruelty. Me and my father got revenge but he never felt the same. He eventually took his life and I was left all alone. I never knew why my father took his life, but if he felt the way I did about Lina I could understand his pain. She was my heart mate and I didn't want to screw up my chances with her. I could feel my friends happiness, aside from Zicko, and I wanted to feel that way as well. She quickly hugs me close and my heart pounds. My feelings for her only grow and the inevitability that my heart will belong to her. I wrap my arms around her and lean my head on her shoulder. How can I describe how complete I feel. We reluctantly let go and I see tears brimming in her eyes.

"Don't be sad. I will come back tomorrow. If you can wait that long." I say.

"I wish you never had to leave me. Can you stay at my house tonight? My grandma loves visitors and won't mind having you there." She pleads.

I am at war with myself. I'm not sure if I should go with her or if I should go back to my hotel room while I yearn to be with her. I decide to take her up on the offer. Just so I can be by her side and not be uncomfortable.

"Yes I'll go with you." I say.

She squeals and laughs while she leads me to her house. I'm excited to be with her. Maybe tonight she will share more about herself with me. I want to open up to her so our relationship can move further and I can reveal my secret. We enter the house and it smells like love and comfort. Also like food, and I am really hungry. Her grandma comes to find us and she smiles at me. She is fairly tall and comes up to mid chest. She looks very kind and I feel comfortable around her.

"You made it in time dear, I just finished dinner. Who did you bring with you?" she asks.

"This is Finax grandma. We met a group of boys when we went swimming. I thought I would let him stay here for the evening." Lina responds.

She smiles at me and pulls me into the dinning room and sits me down next to Lina. She puts out the food and we all dig in. Before we know it we are all ready for bed and Lina sets up and bed on the floor of her room for me to sleep on. As I go to sleep I feel Lina slide in next to me on the floor. She curls up into my side and I pass on to sleep feeling, for once in my life, like everything was in harmony and nothing would pull us apart.