Shadow Realm

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Nathan smiled and approached him sitting on his bed "You're so stubborn! And then you convince yourself that you know how to take care of yourself, that you don't need anyone.." WEB..."

"Of course!"

Cassie shook her head and a bundle of hair covered her eyes. She has curls so bright that it almost makes an impression on her olive skin and dark eyes. When Cassie realizes Nathan is still staring at her, she looks down and goes to the closet.

"You sure it's okay? you don't eat anything"

"I'm not hungry."

"You haven't eaten anything these two days."

"Just because you saved my life and now you find yourself sharing not only an apartment but a room with me, doesn't mean you should pretend to care for me!" Cassie turned around and looked into Nathan's eyes. The boy was almost out of breath and Cassie felt guilty.

"I'm sorry Nate, that witch..."

"You did it again"

"That?"

"You called me that."

"That's your name, isn't it?"

"Yes, but only friends call me that... You don't seem to..."

"Your friend? You are basically my teacher ..."

"No, I just wanted to tell you until a few days ago you didn't even see me, you didn't talk to me and you never called me by my name..."

Cassie sat across from Nathan, "I know. I don't have a good temperament and I'm not used to spending time with anyone other than Cam or my mother…" The pain in her heart whenever she thought of her mother and the tears she never shed burned her throat. He still hasn't given up. How come? That's only been a few days! Moreover, if the witch was right, her mother should not have died that night. Your mother's death shouldn't have happened, it was just an accident, Maia said, but she wasn't entirely sure.

Nate let out a breath. Cassie was always looking down, as if she didn't have the courage to look at her eyes.

"Don't worry! Sooner or later you'll get used to it, but...Don't be too hard on yourself and eat it to regain your strength, okay?"

Cassie nodded and got out of bed, "i'll take a shower."

By the time Cassie came out, the skin on her hand was already wrinkled. How long has he been underwater? He started thinking and thinking back. To his mother, to Cam who was now with Crystal, to Robert who had welcomed him in his house, to the witch who said those things to him, and to Nathan. He doesn't even know why he did it. But even that is almost impossible to believe.

The lights were still on and this time Nate was completely asleep. Nathan had removed the blanket from his bed and placed it on Cassie's bed, and to Cassie's astonishment, he smiled to himself when he saw it. Was she always so considerate or did she feel compelled because Robert had assigned her to take care of Cassie? He walked slowly to his bed and felt a change in the boy's breathing and heartbeat. When he turned around, he saw that he was trembling and sweat was running down his temple.

"Nathan?" Nathan did not answer. It was clear that Nathan had nightmares and he remembered that a few nights ago he told him that he had them too.

Cassie did not want to wake him after he managed to sleep, but the boy was still shaking and his heart was pounding. Cassie was almost afraid her heart would explode.

"Nate! Wake up, it's just a nightmare!" Cassiw placed a hand on Nathan's forehead and raised his head.

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Nathan was in the woods and it was night. In front of him was a woman with long blonde hair and green eyes who was staring at him sharply.

"You need to get out of here, I don't want to see you anymore."

"But ma'am, I didn't do anything wrong! You don't love me anymore?"

The woman smiled viciously "You're wrong! You should not have been born! For you I die, just for you!"

"Mom, but I..."

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Dirty hands with warm blood. But it wasn't Cassie's hand, it was Nate's. Cassiw brought them to her face and shouted.

Cassie realized that what she saw could not be real, it was not hers. It's all just a nightmare. He took a deep breath and the blood on his hand disappeared. He opened his eyes to find himself back in the room and shook hands with Nate, who woke up just then. His heart was still pounding, but not as hard as before.

"What's going on?"

Cassie looked at Nathan and shook her head.

"It's too weird!"

"That?"

"I need to talk to Robert as soon as possible!"

"Conscious and explain to me!"

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Robert was in his office for hours, thinking about what Maia had told him when they found Nathan wandering around the human city. Nathan is only four years old, but he is very intelligent. He could hardly believe that Nathan had managed to live on his own since he was born until they found him. He knew what it was, he knew the world was not only inhabited by humans, and he knew he could not tell them what it was or they would find it and kill him.

At first, Maia thought it would be dangerous to take Nathan, but at that time they would break up and he would have nothing, so she did not listen to him and greeted him at his home, like he did before. He was now done with Casalia. When the woman had done the research and found that Cassie belonged to the Wistledes Family, she could hardly believe that they had left her like that. Only a few years ago, he discovered that his dynasty had died with his mother, only a few years after the boy was abandoned. The cause is still unknown but Robert doesn't want to know what caused the woman to leave the child. After all, he was still his son!

Shortly before returning to Holding after a two-year mission in Europe, Maia contacted him. He had told her that there were things that she had not told him and for a moment he thought what she meant was the two of them. They're connected, he's told her. Then he hung up. Robert at that time did not understand what or who he meant, but now everything is clear.

The problem is, how long before they know it too?

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Now that Cassie was close to her face, Nate felt a tightness in her stomach that could not be attributed to hunger or even fear. His heart, which had previously been pounding due to a nightmare, was now pounding due to something else. He banished that feeling again this time, this was not the time to think about it. In the last period he was too carried away by emotions and did not consider it a positive thing.

Inhaling, Cassie's scent crept into her nostrils. From the first moment he immediately thought that the smell was a bit strange. It smells like vanilla and spring. He wasn't sure why it was spring, but that was what came to his mind from the start and for vanilla, he thought maybe it was the fragrance he was wearing.

"At that time?"

Nathan recovered from his thoughts and looked Cassie in the eye. How long before he gets used to seeing them for who they are? As if she sensed something, Cassie removed her arm and stood in front of her. He was neither tall nor burly, but Nate had sensed the girl's strength directly.

He got up from his bed and sat down in front of the girl.

"I don't know how to explain it to you without sounding crazy ..."

"Lately lately they have strange things have happened at this moment I don't see a line between madness and that's why." he said as he sat in front of Nate.

"Well..." Nathan took another deep breath "I don't know how it might be, but when I dream at a certain moment I realize that you're there with me" Nathan felt Cassie's perfume creeping into his mind and the lump in his throat was already reduced, becoming less firm.

"So it's not just my impression, it's in your dreams..."

"And I was in your room last night..."

Cassie's eyes widened, "So it's not just my impression." she said, avoiding her gaze.

"What's not just your impression?"

Nathan no longer looked at him and for a moment he almost cut off the conversation at that moment, as if there was something he didn't want to mention, but he didn't.

"Last night when I had a nightmare... For a moment I felt that you were there with me! You smell so strong it's almost real... When I woke up, I thought maybe it was because you were next to me or the night Morgan almost killed me, you were there... It seems reasonable.. . "

Nata. Did Cassie really feel that she was in the room when her brother killed her?

"It looks like something is wrong. "put the girl on a worried note.

Nate frowned. "Why did something happen? Can't that be a good thing?" But Nathan regretted having said it as soon as he saw the girl's confused expression.

"When you entered my dream, I felt better" He wanted to make up for what he said and he made that sentence, other than true, make Cassie's expression change and now seems to have understood the concept.

"You're not scared anymore" but it looks like Nathan told himself and not Cassie.

"I know, I heard it." she said with a slight smile.

"Are you sure you want to tell Robert ? I've got a lot to think about, I prefer that..."

He was right, this was not the right time to worry Robert.

"It's okay, for now I won't tell him. But don't tell Cameron..."

"What does Cameron have to do with this?"

"That has something to do with him.. You're very attached to her..."

His gaze darkened again "Did you see so much?"

Nathan knows that he likes Cameron, he instantly understands, he also understands that the boy did not reciprocate his feelings given the recent events - After today's scene... - He does not want to!

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! - he tries to justify instead of denying his crush and this surprises him. Cassie has always looked like a cold girl, like her, but things have changed quite a bit for both of them - it's just that Cam has always been - 34.09%