Chapter Forty Seven : Wait

The night was spent tossing and turning with the inevitable thought of what was to happen now that the secret was out. Mr.Moreau was showing more of his true colours and it wasn't pleasant. I didn't know why I hadn't noticed it before, after all I had known Dakota almost all my life.

As I laid in bed in darkness of my room, I couldn't help but think of everything and anything, and if Mr.Moreau would keep Dakota away from me. I stared at the blank white ceiling above me with nothing but the moon to cast light.

A hard cold knock on my window pulled me from my deep thought as I sat up in bed to find Dakota standing on the other side of the glass.

I opened the window without a word and he climbed in with little to no sound. For a moment we stood across from each other in silence, unable to comprehend a single sentence to say to one another. What was to say but only an exchange in each other's fears of what was to become of us.

Dakota spoke in barely a whisper, so soft a mouse could probably hear, "He's sending me away."

I could feel the stinging in my eyes and the hot tears that soon followed as they rolled down my cheeks as the very words left his lips.

"No." I sobbed.

"I wanted to tell you, before I disappeared against my will without a word."

I shook my head as I brought my hands up to my face, sobbing uncontrollably. I didn't want to believe, my very fear had become a reality.

"Tell me you'll wait for me." Dakota said as he tucked his hand under my chin before raising it to meet his glossy hazel eyes brimmed with tears.

"I'll wait for you." I said in a hushed whisper as I rested my forehead against his.

I'll wait.