BLOOD LEGACIES
Chapter 57: Avoid?

Chapter 57: Avoid?

"Y-You aren’t saying anything," I said faintly.

"Okay everyone, studying plants, very important. Botany classes will be held here, making it more practical of what they look like, how they are related to each other, where they grow, how people make use of plants, and how plants evolved," Our teacher explained.

Murmurs came from the rest as they circled around the Greenhouse, checking the plants and jotting things down.

I held my notebook but I was more concerned about a silent Dace than listing things out. He has been awfully quiet since the parking lot, strangely enough... he kept me close but I really needed to hear his voice.

"How’s your hand?"

I rolled my eyes, that’s all he has to say? I watched as he felt a plant with the tip of his fingers, he had no notebook so I wondered how he was gonna take note of everything, well speaking of notes I haven’t jotted anything at ALL!

"I said I’m staying and you haven’t said anything" I couldn’t resist the shaky sound of my voice and his eyes snapped at me.

"You said it’s your choice"

Was that the problem?

"Yes and I mean it"

"Do you?"

"Yes... Of course, I do"

He watched me closely and I couldn’t resist how much my cheeks ran hot with his stare or was it because he was making sure this was my choice and not someone else.

"So you’re staying because you want to"

"Yes Dace"

I felt like he finally understood me. I noticed as his pupils dilated.

"Then you should avoid me"

"I-I don’t want that either" I whispered, a truth that was so hard to admit until now.

"Neither do I"

My heartbeat quickened at his words.

"But I have to if I want you to be safe" he whirled the next leaving me stunned, I couldn’t help it as my feet carried me to him, fun fact, Dace wasn’t the one keeping close to me, In fact, I was the one. He was literally trying to avoid me, it SHOULD be the other way around, fuck! This was all so crazy right now.

~

"Then that isn’t what you want, is it?" I said to him, making him pause in arranging the dirt, we were all in aprons and hand gloves now, and everyone spread out to a table and worked on a plant. Dace looks extremely hot in his right now, the sleeves of his cardigan rolled to his arms, making me see those defined rip arms of his, just a peak that got me craving for more.

"If it’s what keeps you safe, yes"

I rolled my eyes facing my own pile of dirt, I completely forgot what they asked us to plant but Dace seemed to know what, he always seemed natural in his studies like everything came easier to him. I took my gloves off and grabbed my can of water.

"Everything’s easy for you, what are you 30?" I rambled under my breath, forgetting the fact that he will always hear me.

"150 actually"

The water didn’t make my throat, splashing on a girl’s face right in front of me.

"Eww!" she grimaced.

"I’m..." I coughed. "I’m so sorry"

"Ugh!" she growled, walking away and I coughed more.

"Are you okay?" I heard Dace’s worried tone and I faced him in disbelief.

He raised an eyebrow, did he just casually tell me he’s a 150 and expects me to take it in like it was normal?

"Your aunt or your friends didn’t tell you that huh?"

This explains it all, his mannerism and the ways he acts sometimes were too good for his age, I seriously thought he was 19 or 20.

"Emma"

I was stilled and lost for words, he sighed and a faint smile crossed his lips. "Come with me"

We were off our aprons and gloves and we strolled out of the greenhouse.

"What did your aunt tell you?" he began and I found my voice.

"T-That you’re a werelion and your family have been around for 2 hundred years"

"Yes that’s quite true" he stopped in his tracks facing me.

"But that has to be like your great great great grand family..." I gulped. "Right?"

"You’re so cute when you’re curious Emma," he said in a husky tone that sent shivers down my spine, he walked ahead to the tropical area and I followed.

"That wasn’t my grandparents Emma, that was my family, we came here 2 hundred years ago and have remained here for just as long"

My wide eyes remained on his back. "A-Are you saying?" I halted on my steps. "Are you saying..."

He whirled to me. "Yes Emma, I was just a cub then"

I gulped. "That’s..." I gulped once again. "...a lot to take in"

He nods. "Werelion’s age different from humans, that’s one word to explain it. In your human sense I’m actually your age"

"T-T-Then how, I mean the school must have seen your face like number of times"

He smiled. "I just recently started high school here, Emma,"

"It’s my father’s idea, due to some I don’t know... reasons"

"W-Woah"

"There’s a lot of things about me, Emma, that’s not just scary... Can you handle it?"

I licked my lips, having no idea I had stayed silent for about 2 minutes.

"I guess we will find out then..." he says with his ardent gaze on me, watching me like a hawk, I felt so pinned at that very moment and I was forced to level my gaze, and just when I raised them Dace was suddenly before me and I gasped titling my head backward, why the heck does it feel like a giant stood before me?

He leaned down to me. "...if you can" his hot breath washed upon my features and his hand cupped my cheeks that moment. I have forgotten how his touch felt for it felt like the first time all again, the tingling sensation and the burning feeling.

When he stroked my cheeks with his thumb I closed my eyes at the electrifying feeling that washed me, it felt so deep flushing within my insides and out, and what intensified it was his breath that filled my face showing me just how close our faces were.

"Tell me baby... can you handle me?"