Master I listened to Merna following behind me. Repeating in her mind, ‘conceal, do not feel, let no one in!’ Once we got to the door, I paused “why do you insist on repeating your mantra?” “It is a way to control my emotions and everything else!” She huffed, “If you have not noticed … I am not very good at controlling my temper as of lately!” I saw her fiddling with her fingers. “Your emotions?” I studied her, “or the power?” I inquired. “Both are a curse more like it!” Merna inhaled then exhaled roughly, “It is not like there is a guide for human borns on how to handle things flying around the room, hearing random people's thoughts by looking them in the eye or bumping into them, and do not get me started on the dreams or sudden flash of a vision and then there is the other shit like that. So the only thing that I can do is keep everyone away from me and hope up and down that no one finds out how much of a freak I am.” Merna let everything out in one breath. “You are telling me that you have always been able …” I paused for a second, “this started before you got here?” “Your realm makes things for me one hundred and fifty trillion times worse for me!” She crossed her arms in front of her and started to pout. Something I would normally find repulsive, yet with her it was tempting. “You have no idea how it feels to be a freak, among your own kind!” “You could have called out to a fae or even a mage?” I already knew of a dozen that chose to reside in the physical realm. I glared at Merna’s lips as she pushed her bottom lip out while pouring. I wondered how her mouth would taste while she was in this mood. “I did ask for assistance … they told me that I was a cosmic joke and to bugger off!” Merna appeared pissed and hurt at the same time. I could feel the energy swirling rapidly in a small ball inside Merna’s body. “Pierre was the only one that did not … he did not care that I was different, he said it gave me personality and flare!” The mention of Pierre’s name had me clenching my fist involuntarily. He was there for her, ‘it should have been me!’ I thought as I pushed the door open to the outside world. Merna squeezed by me and started to take off her slippers. “Your world only intensifies what I am … whatever that may be. Mother tells me that I am special.” She started to chuckle, “Then again what parent does not tell their child that.” Huffing out, “This is one of the reasons I avoided my creator … I wanted to know and she would not tell me! I became angry and frustrated. All I wanted to know is why I was such a … FREAK!” Anger, frustration and a great deal of loneliness … The pain was festering in Merna’s chest. She was in a mood, I could feel it, it has been a long time since I allowed anyone to display such a manner. “How often do you communicate with your creator?” I asked in a calm tone. “For the longest time I did not speak to her!” Huffing, “then two years ago we connected again. Almost every day, if not once a week … until you crossed my life.” Merna stated. “Why did you not listen to your intuition?” It has been something I wanted to know for the longest time. “Pierre!” Merna paused for a moment, “I knew the … your land was bad news. I knew that staying was going to be very bad for me. Loyalty is what made me do the irrational thing, I needed to protect Pierre!” Merna opened and closed her mouth. “I did not think you were … like my mother. To be honest, Mother did not tell me about you or your kind. She only warned me there were things out there that I had to keep away from. If mother got to me in time, I would have told Pierre we had to get the fuck out of the location!” My eyes started to glow red, “Do you love Pierre?” “Why are you jealous? I am having a hard time understanding why you are jealous. Jealousy is a useless emotion that many have lost a lot of time to!” Merna glanced at her feet, “Follow me! The land is showing where the body of the serf is!” “Are you not going to put your slippers back on?” My eyes are still red. “Slippers are for the civilised!” Merna smirked over her shoulder. “You never did answer me, why are you jealous?” “I am not jealous, I am protective of what is mine!” I started. “I am not yours!” Merna huffed, “and this is why I do not do relationships!” “That is uncommon!” I was not used to human borns not being in a relationship. Their need for companionship is necessary for their species. “If I need sexual interaction to release stress, I go to the bar … bag, tag and never see the person ever again!” Merna glared over her shoulder, “sex is just sex, I fuck what I find appealing at the time. No strings attached, no emotional rollercoaster and I do not need to waste my time on someone who will get scared shitless of events that go on around me!” “So you and Pierre …” I raised my brow. Merna stopped walking, “I walked around my place in my birthday suit once … Pierre threw up in the trash bin! Told me that if I did that again he would pour bleach over his eyes.” She finished off with her hand on her hip with her head motioning from side to side. “Is that still an option?” I growled. Merna pointed her finger at me, “that is jealousy!”I snorted smoke out of my nose. Merna tossed her arms up in the air, “why?” “You're my property!” I stated. Merna gave me the once-over and turned around. I could not tell if I had won that argument or not! “If you have not figured it out you are either blind or arrogant … Pierre is GAY! Like dick sucking butt fucking gay! His skin is softer than mine, kind of gay!”