LOTUS’S MANSION≈9PM
Starr’s eyes opened and he spranged up, sitting on the bed.
A soothing violin tune is playing slowly from outside and even without seeing the player, he knows who it is.
It’s the exact tune he always hears in his dreams when he was still a dreamer.
He rushed out of the room and went downstairs where he met Lotus, sitting on the couch, playing the violin.
Jungkook is sitting in front of her, smiling as he watched her.
Martin is present too, he’s sitting beside Lotus and when their eyes met, Starr’s eyes bulged.
He could clearly see the necklace on Martin’s neck, same with his own, no difference.
“Why are you wearing that?, How did you even locate this place?” He queried.
Lotus kept playing the violin.
Martin didn’t reply, he stood and went to the freezer, he got a bottle of cold water and poured it in a cup then he offered Starr.
“Have some, calm down” he said.
Starr took the cup but knowingly let it go, it crashed on his leg, hurting him.
Lotus had to hold back herself when she saw the scene, she has to act indifferent and uncaring right now if she wants the drama to produce the desired results.
“How could you hurt yourself” Martin said.
“Are you trying to take Lotus away from me?, What’s the meaning of the necklace you’re wearing and how did you find this place!” Starr shouted.
Though he sounds stern but it’s also obvious in his voice that he’s scared.
His voice is shaking.
Lotus stopped playing the violin and stood.
“I’m not yours anymore Starr, and I’m letting you go too , you’re not mine anymore” she said, folding her fists tightly as she spoke.
“What” Starr said shockingly, facing her.
“It doesn’t really make sense, does it?, I’m 2500 years old, you’re just eighteen, you couldn’t even give me what I want, it’s senseless to get paired with you and that’s why I decided to cut this short” she said , sounding heartless.
“Lotus” Starr whispered as she started taking steady steps to her.
Her words were like thorns, getting shoved into his heart , they’re like razor, ripping his heart to shreds.
It felt like a sharp sword, tearing his heart to bits.
“I’m done wasting my time with you….I’m done using you” she said when she finally got to her.
“You’re lying… right?, Lotus you’re lying” he started crying.
“I’m not smiling, so you should let my words sink into your heart, h@ťě me as much as you want, cos I h@ťě you already” she said and more tears rushed out of his eyes.
The pain in Lotus’s chest right now is burning and vicious but thanks to her powers, she’s fighting it hard.
She kept folding her fist more and more as she poured out the hurtful words.
“I’ll make Martin my soulmate instead, he’s ready to give me what I want so let’s just forget about each other and never come here anymore” Lotus continued
“Don’t leave me, please” Starr cried like a kid.
“Avoid me if you wanna live, I’m toxic to your existence” she replied.
“Lotus I love you….I love you more than my dad, I love you more than my mum and even myself, I’ll really go mad if you forsake me, don’t do it, don’t leave me baby” Starr continued crying.
“noona” Jungkook said, unable to watch his tears anymore.
Lotus looked at him and shook her head.
Martin closed his eyes as Lotus suddenly grabbed the necklace on Starr’s neck.
She pulled it and it broke, the crystal beads fell and bounced on the ground, the feather pendant turned to a real feather and flew away.
Starr’s eyes widened in their sockets and he staggered shockingly as sweat covered him.
“Lotus..no…no..no..
He bent down and started picking the beads fast, crying in the process.
“The woodpecker feather is gone, the little bond we shared is gone too, forget me Starr, just the way I have” she said and an heavy wind came immediately.
It rolled him up swiftly.
“No!!!!!!” He screamed as the wind rolled him out of the mansion.
It started raining and he lost consciousness as he was transported from the house to only God knows.
TBC