Page 70 of Charmed, I'm Sure
“I’ve known since the second I laid eyes on you that you were my forever, my person, my mate. All these years of feeling like I needed to be somewhere else, finally made sense. It was as if everything in my universe had finally clicked into place. But then you opened your mouth, and I knew exactly why my Moon Goddess chose you for me.”
Nyx snorts as he shakes his head. But Bellamy? She cuts her eyes at me as she sits up fully.
“What ya trying to say, Dog Boy? My snarky attitude and all-around grumpiness is a perfect choice for you?”
I lean in closer, our mouths only a few inches apart, as I whisper the words that have been sitting in my soul. “You are more than perfect for me; you are the light on my darkest day. You are the reason there is air in my lungs. Without you, I would be but a hollow version of myself. I love you, Bellamy Grimsbane. Not because fate demands it, but because everything about you is perfect to me.”
“Awe,” Elora sighs as she holds her hands together with hearts in her eyes.
“I’m going to be sick.” Nyx pretends to gag.
I look back into her eyes, hoping, praying to the Goddess, that she’s going to keep her walls down and not shut me back out. But when I look into her eyes, I don’t see the same cold indifference. Instead, I see warmth for the first time, even if it’s tinged with fear.
“Miles…” Bellamy starts, but shakes her head as her eyes look around frantically.
“Shhh, it’s okay. You don’t have to confess anything, oreven feel the same way that I do. Just know that I’ll be right here waiting for you.”
She scoots closer to me, Nyx jumping out of her lap to sit next to Elora. When she’s as close as she can get, she puts both her hands on my face, holding me as she stares deep into my eyes.
“I may not have liked fate, or the whole predetermined steps part of it, but I can never imagine my life without you in it again. Do you know what my vision was?”
I cringe a bit before I nod slightly. “Not exactly what it was, but I figured out the gist of it.”
A tear wells up in her eye, dangling on the edge of her lashes before it falls. “I watched you die. In a horrific and terrible way. It shouldn’t have taken that to show me how I really felt, but I knew in that moment that I loved you. I was so mad at myself for never telling you. For watching your last moments, where you only thought about me and how much you loved me. I can’t keep pushing you away when you deserve so much more.”
She pushes forward, capturing my lips with hers. Her tears wet both of our cheeks, and for a second I’m stuck. I’ve dreamed of this moment, the moment we kissed and confessed our feelings. It almost seemed like it would never happen. Softening under her fingers, wrapping my arms around her lower back, I pull her closer to me. Her lips move against mine, and another piece of me falls into place. It’s perfect.
When we break apart, we both are panting slightly, and Milo is eager to move this to somewhere more private. Not that I disagree, per se, but I don’t want to scare her off and back into her guarded fortress.
Nyx gags again. “Alright, that’s my cue to find anywhere else to be,” he says, before he pops out of existence.
Elora, who has been watching this entire thing go down, clears her throat. “As much as I adore watching you two finally fall in love as it should have always been. I want to nudge you into realizing you shattered the barrier, and we need to fix that soon.”
Chapter Twenty-Three
Sealed with a Hex
Bellamy
What have I done? I don’t even know how I possibly shattered the barrier or how to even begin putting it back together. All I’ve ever done over my life was ensure that it was safe for another year. Now, because of me, there is no protection for the residents of Pumpkinridge.
I never knew that my power was that strong, or that I was capable of doing such destruction. I’ve always had this inkling that I could be that strong, and that the power within me was not something to mess with. But now, seeing the last wisps of the barrier fall to the ground, I really don’t think I should exist.
I try to attempt to push to my feet, but Miles, sensing my change in mood, reaches out and only grips my hand in his. He doesn’t say a word, doesn’t try to talk me out of my thoughts, he simply is just there. And for the first time in my entire life, I realize I actually have someone in my corner.
“I know it seems overwhelming right now. I also know you’re scared, but you have the means and the ability to put up a new barrier. One that won’t cost you magic every year to renew. One that will always protect us.”
“You don’t know that,” I say.
Elora holds her finger against the side of her nose, wiggling it. Reminding me of our little inside joke. “You knowI already know.“
Miles, being the most supportive, golden retriever, squeezes my hand gently and says, “I have all the faith in the world in your abilities.“
Elora comes over and places her tiny delicate hand on my shoulder. She says, “How about instead of doing it all alone, you let us help you this time?“
“I– I think I would like that.“
I look between the two of them wondering how I got so lucky to have these two amazing people in my life. Thinking about how I almost threw it away before I ever gave it a chance.