Heart of a beast 2 finale

💘HEART OF A BEAST👺
(Love is the word💓)
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BY BLESSING SILVER
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BOOK 2 📚
CHAPTER 39✏️
 
❤Melvin’s POV❤️
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She g@sped as she stared at me.. my mind went back to how my morning had started, I had woken up after being violently shaken by my mom..
It was all shocking but true, I was back to my room and everyone; not just my mom who was alive, could now see me. It seemed so real but I still had my doubts. I could remember driving into unconsciousness after the rain drops st©pped hitting me, I could remember k!ss!ngKayla after she confessed her love for me, I could remember the fear that enveloped me when I was positive that I’d die and nothing was st©pping it but after that k!ss, I felt strange noise st©p, I felt different and then it started to rain, my eyes were closed but I could feel the water dropping on me.
After a while, I didn’t feel it anymore and I drove into unconsciousness.
Mom cooed me up from be-d, asking about how I was coping with the breakup. It was too ha-rd to believe that all that was a dream and that none of it had happened in reality.
The whole curse thing? The beast and.. Kayla? They weren’t real.
She helped me pick out my clothes and left; to say I was surprised was an un-derstatement.
At the dinning, we were complete. Naomi, mom, dad and I and we are normally, it was like nothing had happened, or did it not?
I seem to be the only skeptical one, the only one that was surprised to see them. Mom had noticed and talked about it and Naomi had made a joke about it, being her normal sas-sy self but I wasn’t angry, I was glad.. glad that she’s alive and here.
There were so many questions I wanted to ask but I doubt that anyone would have answers to them cos clearly; I was the only one that got engaged on that other side of the world.
And here I am, in a completely different Melville high school and getting tons of apology from a supposed breakup. It was strange but I pla-yed along. The questions only increa-sed more in numbers and confusion, I couldn’t un-derstand how a dream could be so real.. On a view, I was glad it wasn’t real but was disappointed that Kayla wasn’t either.
It was so gobbled up in my head, I couldn’t join my friends at the cafe and there I was on my chair, thinking about it, trying to figure out what could’ve happened. Why I had such a long dream that felt real but wasn’t but it just led into more complicated questions.
And then she c@m£, looking so much like the girl in my dream, the one that I loved and k!ss. She looked different, like how I had imagined her in my dream and just as I had guessed then, she was indeed pretty, more pretty.
We had the same strange expression as we stared at each other and as she talked, I called her name, shutting her up and hoping she’d at least remember me from the dream or was it just me..
The expression she gave me next was almost unconvincing but when she said my name, I was surprised.
“You’re alive!” Kayla said, giving me a happy look as she bent and gave me a quic-k hvg, I didn’t feel the Sparks at her t©uçh. I didn’t reciprocate so she stood up and gave me a disappointed look.
Does she somehow know about that dream too?
I remained quiet and stared at her. “Um..This might sound weird but I kind of had a long dream that involved you and we-
“Were cursed?” I asked, hoping it was the exact dream we both had. She st©pped talking and gave me quite a bemused look.
“Yes! Oh my God, you had it too?” She primped and I nodded.
“And it seemed so real” I added and she nodded repeatedly.
“Do you know what it could mean?” I asked and she shook her head.
“I have no idea and I think were the only ones that experienced that dream cos I totally seem like the only different person among them” she said and I nodded. ” And isn’t it just surprising that Kira and her friends are my besties? I feel so lost!”
“And then my mom and Naomi, being themselves and all.. now that I think about it, it’s possible that we both just had similar dreams”
“But it felt so real!” She said and I nodded.
“Maybe we could go to the woods, who knows, there might be some answers to our questions there..I feel like what we had was more than a dream” I said.
“I agree. I almost cannot remember anything from reality” she said and I nodded. An awkward quietness took in but she broke it “And it’s nice meeting you again, Melvin”
“You too, Kayla!” I said plainly.
We were so free in that dream but here, look at us being formal.
Truth is, we might have known each other in that dream but that doesn’t apply to reality, we’re more or less strangers that just had similar dreams and are trying to find answers but somehow, I could feel something similar to what I felt back there.
“And you look really pretty, just as I guessed” I said with the intention to be less formal, I saw her blus-h.
“Thank you,” she smiled “And I was told I preferred being addressed to as Clara” she said.
“Clara?” I repeated..
The girl from the curse that looked like Kayla, well it made s-en-se now cos that girl was Kayla who beared Clara as well. “That’s fine!” I said and she nodded.
“Um.. I have to go now. I promised my friends I’d join them at the cafeteria” she said and I stood up..
“Me too. I was too heavy headed to join them but I feel better seeing you!” I said and she nodded in concurrence.
It was more like an awkward situation just walking by her side to the cafe and saying small words, it was nothing compared to how jovial we were in that dream and as we moved on, I tried lightening the mood even though our both experiences and encounter from the two sides were different.
Kayla pla-yed along and in the next second we were laughing as we talked about our funny p@rts in the dream
When we got to the cafeteria, Kayla sighted her friends and left to join them while I walked to mine, I noticed that as she talked to them, they had this unsure look on me.
“Hey,” Luke said as I made it to my seat..
Well, will it surprise you that Luke and Jake were my best friends?
“Looks like you both have sorted things out?” Jake added, pushing a plate h0tdog to me and some ketchup. “I knew that breakup wasn’t meant to be!” He added and Luke nodded in agreement..
“Well, I’m just happy that you’re both together again..it was so ha-rd keeping up with you after that unexpected breakup!” Luke said.
“Breakup?” I repeated inwardly. They keep talking about breakup ever since I found my way to school and to them but I had no idea about it.. I sighed despondently
“Um.. okay” I said jovially and took a bite out of the food.
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💙Kayla’s POV💙
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“So how’d it go, I see you both are back together alre-ady. That was fast!” Delia said with a hvge grin on her face.
“I just knew that breakup wasn’t meant to be!” Gina added, Putting a cu-p back on the table.
“Um yeah, maybe” I said, cluelessly.
“Look, it’s okay to breakup with a guy you don’t like anymore, Clara. If Melvin is by forcing you back to him then you should say it!” Kira said, as if re-ady for a fight.
Okay, I get it now. Melvin was the supposed guy I broke up with.
“No, really Kira, we’re good!” I told her and she nodded before pas-sing me the tray that had food which I guess, they bought for me. I thanked her and dig into it, suddenly realising that I was hungry.
After the chit-chats and many laughs with my friends which I found really caring and fun, break period c@m£ to an end and we head back to clas-s..
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Afternoon clas-s was brief cos it was a Friday and I informed Tracy to head home alone that I was joining Melvin in his ride. She un-derstood, also glad that we were back together, I went to Melvin and we hopped into his ride, the driver took us; on Melvin’s order, to the woods.
He parked the car a little farther from it.
“Stay here, Gerald. We’ll be back!” He said and the driver nodded.
We got down and made our way into the woods.
Nothing really changed in the surrounding, well ap@rt from the abs£nce of the cemetery.
We walked dee-per into the woods, staying at each other’s side and arrived at the sp©t where the cave was but surprisingly it wasn’t there any longer. Melvin and I exchanged looks and looked away.
“I don’t think there ever was a cave here” I said.
“Me neither” he said, looking as confused as I was.
“You both destroyed it!” We had a familiar voice behind us, I turned swiftly.
“Priola!” I exclaimed and she smiled at us, walking towards us.
“Hello, Kayla, Melvin.. I was expecting you both” she said
“We don’t get any of what’s happening. I mean you’re real so all that wasn’t a dream, right?” Melvin asked.
“It wasn’t! Would you like to sit or-
“plea-se, just tell us what’s going on” I said, unknowingly cutting her off.
“Okay. What you guys had wasn’t a dream,” she started..
“So it really happened, we were cursed?” Melvin asked and Priola nodded..
“How do I put this.. you both had a journey to the future. That curse truly happened, it was more like a two world thing. That was how the curse was to have it’s effect. You would’ve seen that things happened differently there and here. People you were close to, people you loved and all, turned against you in that world. That was how the curse was meant to be, while Melvin was a beast, you on the other hand had things going differently for you!” She said.
“Yeah, I noticed that. My enemies were my friends, I hated my other name and I wasn’t a nerd! ” I said and Priola nodded.
“You’d have noticed that you both had your journey to that world after you broke up. You were meant to be ap@rt for the other world to come in. And while you were here trying to solve your problems, the other world was still in existence. And it seemed like just a day there but it was actually many days here. What happened was more like time travelling” she said. “It was more like a battle between Lucinda and you both. If you hadn’t broken the curse then Lucinda would’ve won and everything would’ve remained the way they were, everyone that died, everyone that was meant to die after! Melvin inclusive and you would’ve lived in the worst way ever but because you broke it, you won and that turned everything the opposite way, you saved yourselves and your loved ones and brou-ght you to the pres£nt which is why you both ba-rely can’t remember anything from here!” She explained.
“So what happened to Lucinda?” Melvin asked.
“She’s alive but defeated and thanks to the Luvi, she won’t have a second chance on you both but to be on a more safer side from any other evil f0rç£ ap@rt from her, you nee-d to imprint your names on the Luvi, so it can forever keep you safe and unreachable to another evil as that one cos no one knows what Lucinda might have next up her sleeves” she said, bringing out the Luvi and even though, I was still a little confused about what she explained, I took the Luvi from her.
“How do we do that?” Melvin asked.
“It’s easy, you both just form a name from your names and it automatically and permanently gets imprinted on the Luvi” she said.
“Um okay.. ClaVin?” I gave Melvin a questioning look. “It’s from Clara and Melvin” I said.
“Sounds great, ClaVin” he agreed..
“Okay. ClaVin, it is then!” Priola said and immediately it appeared on the locket of the Luvi, boldly written;
ClaVin…
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💘HEART OF A BEAST👺
(Love is the word💓)
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BY BLESSING SILVER
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BOOK 2 📚
CHAPTER 40✏️
(Final Chapter)
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❤Kayla’s POV❤️
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Priola collected the n£¢klace from me after a nod.
“So now that it’s done; I see that you both are still confused, would you want me to explain more about it?” She asked, as if re-ading our thoughts and I nodded ra-pidly but Melvin beat me to the word.
“Yes plea-se” he said and Priola nodded with a light smile. She magically pushed a hvge log towards us and sat, urging us to do same and we did.
“Now, I’ll say this from the scratch, so you both have to listen well. Everything that happened from the start was real, when you both met for the first time and Melvin gave you this,” she signified to the Luvi “but he did it out of ignorance and then you guys didn’t cross path for a long time and even when you did, you had no idea you had met in the past, even when you started a relationsh!p” she said, giving us a questioning look to know if we un-derstood and I nodded for her to go on. “Lucinda being jealous of your clos£ness and because of her likeness for Melvin, cursed you both, she had placed the curse on you guys a long time ago and had your souls tra-pped too but because of the Luvi in your possession plus the physical bond you both shared, the curse couldn’t physically manifest and she nee-ded a distraction that could make it happen” she paused, looking from Melvin to me before continuing.
“So, Lucinda made me breakup with Melvin?” I asked.
“No, your breakup was natural, you probably just nee-ded a break or it happened to give way for the curse to take place” she said.
“Okay, so what happened next?” Melvin asked.
“Almost immediately after the breakup, the curse began manifesting physically, breaking you both into two worlds. The first world was where you both were asleep for what any other person would call hours but In actual fact, it was a paused world after you both fell asleep, while the second world was where you both started afresh, that was from the beginning of the curse where only your souls were affected then but this time, your b©dy began experiencing it too and because you broke up in that paused world, you had to go ap@rt in the cursed world and then meet as strangers. Even Lucinda didn’t know when that would happen which was why she c@m£ to you in a different form, acting as a helper just so she could be there when you both eventually meet.
That world was where you both met and struggled to break the curse, like I said it was like a battle between Lucinda and you both. She had won In that other world by tra-pping your souls but nee-ded to also win in this world before she could get whatever she wanted,” she said, giving us the curious look again..
“Okay?” Melvin and I drawled together, obviously we were getting it now.
“Now, if you both hadn’t been able to break that curse by falling in love and strengthening and renewing that bond you both shared in the paused world and Lucinda had won then everything instantly that took place in that cursed world would’ve automatically happened in the paused world; the people that died, the ones meant to die and the ones meant to live in an opposite way, everything would have taken place in reality which was the paused world but because you both broke the curse and won; you saved not only yourselves but also everyone else meant to p@rtake in the curse and changed everything back to the opposite way, thereby continuing that world and completely destroying the cursed world!” She expanded. “It must’ve seem only like a day to anyone else but it was actually many days, a whole lot of many days which happened because that world had been paused” she said in finality.
“Wow,” I sighed ” I get it now. Lucinda truly is horrible!”
“I agree. But then if we hadn’t broken the curse, what exactly would’ve happened?” Melvin asked.
“Briefly, we wouldn’t be here. You would’ve been dead and Kayla would’ve lived in the worst way ever after Lucinda must’ve successfully broken your whole family ap@rt completely. Your best friends would’ve remained your enemies and more people would’ve died!” She said and Melvin shuddered.
“Geez.. but it’s all over now, right?” He asked.
“It sure is!” She smiled.
“Grandma, come-on it’s time!” We heard a voice and I tilt my head to see Jolita walking towards us, she had a rabbit resting on her shoulder. Priola stood up.
“Hello Clara?” She called, flashing me a smile.” Long time, no see!”
I stood up, returning her smile.
” I agree. You seem to have been doing well” I said and she nodded.
“Quit the formalities and give me a hvg!” She said and I laughed shortly before moving into her arms, hvgging her, we pu-ll-ed away. “I wanted to see you for the last time!” She said.
“I’m glad I saw you too,” I said, giving Priola a questioning look. “Last time?” I asked.
“Yes, my task is obviously completed and I’m getting really old by the day so I’m retiring” she said and I nodded, moving to give her a hvg too, Melvin stood up and did same.
“Thanks a lot, Priola” he said and she nodded.
“We should go now, you know you’re not supposed to be here!” She gave Jolita a scolding look and she rolled her eyes, ma-king me chuckle.
“Bye Clara, Melvin” she waved at us, taking the rabbit from her shoulder and holding it lovingly in her palm as she and Priola walked away until out of sight..
I sighed in relief as Melvin and I stood in quietness.
“So..we should go” I said, suddenly feeling awkward.
“Um yeah, we should!” He laughed, ru-bbing his temples and we began ma-king our way out of the woods.
Somehow, I hated how less informal we were, I mean if all that truly happened then we were Inlove right? I know I still have those feelings for him but what about him, did it get washed off with that world?
Or is he hiding it just like I am?
We found our way out of the woods and hopped into his ride, the driver sighed in what I’d describe as relief on seeing us and wasted no time in starting the car.
The car st©pped at my house and I gave Melvin a look, wanting to say something less informal to him..
“Um..thank you!” I said, moving to get down from the car.
“Kayla?” He called and I gave him a look. “Sorry, I’m still kind of getting used to your other name,” he laughed nervously, ru-bbing his temples.
“It’s fine” I smiled at him, brushing some strands of my hair backward.
“So, I was wondering.. would you like to go out with me, later today?” He asked with a shrug.
“Yeah, sure!” I said, sounding more happily than I expected.
“Okay, I’ll come pick you up.. will six be fine or should it be seven or eight or-
“Six, is perfect, Melvin” I said, cutting him off and he laughed.
“Okay, I’ll come over by six” he said and I nodded, I hung my bag well on my shoulder and climbe-d down from the vehicle, moving into the house.
I pu-ll-ed the entrance door open and walked in and the first thing, or rather, person I sighted was Dad, pouring himself coffee from the mug.
“Dad!” I squealed in so much happiness and before he could properly re-ady himself for what I was about to do, I flung myself at him and fell into his arms, giving him a ti-ght hvg..
He chuckled in his usual masculine tone, it was like music to my ears as he hvgged me back, wra-pping his arms around me too..
I felt the tears building up in my eyes; tears of joy and happiness. I sniffed.
“Oh honey, I’ve missed you too, okay? I’ve missed you so much” he said, ru-bbing my back.
“I’ve missed you a lot, dad” I said, my voice filled with so many emotions. “You have no idea how much!” I sniffed.
He giggled. “I know, that’s enough now, okay. I’m back now!” He said and we pu-ll-ed away, he inched me closer and wiped my tears with his thumb, I smiled.
“Tracy told me about the breakup” he said and I mouthed an oh.. ” she said you’ve been acting a little strange after it” he said.
“Maybe I have but we’re back together now” I said.
“Oh.. that’s good then” he said.
“Where’s mom?” I asked.
“She went to the office, she said she nee-ded to get something done but she won’t be long, she probably should be on her way now” he said and I nodded..
“Clara, would you plea-se come help me over here?” Tracy called from the kitchen..
“Of course, little sis!” I said, smiling happily as I jogged to the kitchen.
I guess I just couldn’t contain the happiness anymore inwardly and it just had to bur-st out and I didn’t care one bit about it.. anyone in my shoes wouldn’t.
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💙Melvin’s POV💙
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The car parked and just as soon as I got down, a maid walked towards me and collected my backpack after a brief greeting. I nodded and followed her into the house. Mom and dad were watching TV when I walked in, they were seated on a couch and in each other arms as they stared at the TV screen.
I st©pped to stare at them for a while, happiness building up ra-pidly within me..
I smiled unknowingly and as I made it towards them, they turned and noticed me.
“Oh, hey son!” Mom smiled at me.
“Good afternoon, mom, dad” I greeted and they replied.
“You are few minutes late, Lucinda left just a while ago.. she would’ve waited for you but she seem to be in a hurry” mom said.
“Lucinda?” My brows narrowed. “she was here?” I asked and both mom and dad took turns to give me a confused look. ” I mean she was but I didn’t even get to see her today, how come she left so quic-k?” I asked.
“According to her, she has no other reasons to be here especially since you rejected her. She was so sober, I felt really bad for her. She said she felt defeated and nee-ded to leave to meet her mom, it was so unexpected and quic-k” she said.
“Oh, did she say where she was going to?”
“Not really but she said it was somewhere far!” Dad emphasized.
“Good for her then” I shrugged.
“Seriously son, I felt really bad for her, maybe you should’ve given her a little chance, you know maybe a trial” mom said with a twitched face .
A trial? the same woman that planned to kill you..
“Trust me, mom. You wouldn’t want me to do that and besides, I have a d@t£ tonight with Clara” I said.
“Whoa you both are back together again, that was quic-k!” Mom smiled and I nodded.
“Anyone up for cookies?” Naomi asked, walking into the living room and carrying a saucer that had cookies in them. “They’re freshly baked!” She gave me a familiar wi-nk, st©pping beside me.
“This is yours” she gave me the first cookies.
“Thank you,” I drew it to myl-ips and took a bite and almost immediately spat it out as I chewed mainly on sugar, at the gesture; she bur-st into laughter..
“Got ya!” She laughed and dad joined before mom followed, it surprised them that I joined in the laughter too..
“I love you too, sis” I ruffled her hair and she gave me an angry stare but I smiled, drop the cookie back on the saucer and walked to my room.
There really is nothing like family!
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🎉Kayla’s POV🎉
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It was 5:54 when I checked the time last and by then I was alre-ady on the last t©uçh of my very light make-up. Tracy helped me wipe the excess and complimented nicely on my look.
As I bent to pick my clutch, the door and mom’s head popped in..
“Your b©yfri£nd’s here,” she said. “And you look lovely by the way” she added before closing the door.
I took my clutch, gave myself one last look and walked out, from the transparent door, I could see Melvin coming out of his car.
“Um Clara?” Mom called as I was walking to the door to meet Melvin.
I st©pped and turned to her and she squee-zed something into my palm, giving me a light wi-nk.
I stared at it and g@sped when I saw it was a pack of c0nd0m, I gave her a look and she win-ked again..
“You don’t know what might happen” she shrugged and walked back to her seat. I shook my head and squee-zed it into my clutch, said byes to my family and went out to join Melvin.
He gave me a light flattering compliment and we made it to the car, his driver took off immediately.
As the ride went on, I felt Melvin’s gaze on me and I turned to catch his gaze.
“What? Do I look overdressed?” I asked, “cos I feel like I am!”
“No, of course not. You look perfect, which is why I can’t st©p looking” he said and I felt my face warm up.
I looked away.
The car finally st©pped at a lonely and deserted like area and we got down, Melvin c@m£ beside me and took my palm, I willingly let him and he began walking; leading me.
We walked down a path and finally arrived at a sp©t that was decorated, it had a small canopy like object with wi-de openings at both side that was so colorful, shining and beautiful. In it were two fancy chairs and a large table with different eatables on it.
“Sorry it’s this way, I had only a short time to plan it out” he said.
“It’s okay, Melvin. I wouldn’t have liked anything more flashy anyways” I said and he nodded with a relieved smile, taking my hands again and leading me to the cover. We both took seats and Melvin poured us drink from a bottle of fruit wine, I took a sip from it and left the glas-s cu-p on the table.
“Would you like something to eat, there’s a lot to pick from and extra if you care” he said and I shook my head.
” I’m okay for now, Maybe later” I said and he nodded.
He was quiet for a while, ma-king it look awkward and just as he was about talking, I also found it as the right time to talk.
So we ended up calling our names together, it was like deja vu.
“You go first” I urged.
“Okay. I don’t know if this is the right time but I can’t keep holding it any longer because I want this outing to be more open and lively than this and not saying this, won’t make that happen,” he gave me a smile and stood up, walking to my side. ” I don’t know if you still feel the same way but I do and whatever happened in that other world was real so apparently we were Inlove with each other, so I was wondering if we could continue from where we st©pped in this world too, become how free and open we used to be and totally drop the formalities and awkwardness. I mean, I know I’m still Inlove with you, even more than then and I’m re-ady to go on” he said and I smiled at him..
Just what I wanted to say, I mean I could cu-p it any longer too.
I was about standing up to tell him I agree when my leg met with the chair’s and instead of falling, I sacrificed my clutch which moved f0rç£fully from my grip and fell; the c0md0mfalling out from it.. my eyes popped open wi-der.
Melvin walked to it and picked up my clutch and the c0md0mbefore walked back to me, giving me a mischievous smile.
“No, you don’t un-derstand that wasn’t from me! I mean it’s from me but I didn’t get that and-
“It’s okay, Kay. I had my thoughts too but I felt it’d be too quic-k” he said, smiling.
Oh geez..mom!
“Seriously Melvin, it’s not what you think, I mean you don’t un-derstand-
His giggle cut me off and I hit him lightly on the shoulder..
“I’m being serious, Melvin!” I sighed.
“I wasn’t joking either” he shrug but I could still s-en-se that tease in his voice.
“Okay, whatever but just in case you start to look at me differently cos of this then you should know I’m not who you think I am!” I stated
“Differently?” Melvin repeated. “You have no idea what I want to do to you right now” he said, looking at me with a sort of feel emotion.
“What is that?” I asked.
“Is that a go ahead?” He asked.
“A go ahead to-
He cut the rest of my words as he covered the spaces between us and fastened hisl-ips on mine in a k!ss, I found myself re-ciprocating immediately and disappointingly but I couldn’t help de-epening the k!ssand my f!nger moved into his hair and his palm slide down my w@!st, until our b©dy was pressed against each0ther; ma-king all our feelings bur-st out as the k!sslengthened…..
 
🎉🎉THE END