CHAPTER 32 LENA. I stared at Damon for a long time and dragged a long puff before blowing it out. Then I bent my head and started to laugh. "Did I say something funny, bonica?" Damon asked as he pulled the cigarette from my hand. He really had the audacity. Trevor stood in between us, staring in confusion. "And what the hell does that mean?" Damon didn't even spare him a glance. Just spoke. "I don't think it's any of your business, Trevor," Trevor laughed but it didn't get to his eyes. "You know my name already. How nice," "You have quite the reputation amongst the ladies. I'm surprised you don't know how popular you are," I stared pointedly at Trevor who began to avoid my eyes and took the cigarette back from Damon's hand. Our fingers brushed lightly and I shuddered. How did he seem to have so much effect on me and feel dangerous at the same time? We had this crazy dynamic that made us click as soon as we were in proximity. Like we were doing now. "Love t
CHAPTER 33 LENA. The silence that followed after my question was brief. Then a frown was etched on his forehead. "I don't think I know what you're talking about," He kept his cool. Not a blink or a twitch or any suspicious movement. Just confusion. "What's going on?" I was no detective and trying to read him was quite hard to do but I needed information, needed to know if he somehow had a thing to do with all these deaths. I cleared my throat. "Uhm, so a few days ago, I lost my mother. It's not something I want to talk about I'm— but you don't seem to know. My mother was found dead and then Henshaw died on the same night. Mereba, the next day," He folded one arm over the other as a look of sympathy flooded his face. "I am really sorry. Losing a parents and friends in a space of two days can be really devastating," I stared into his eyes, tried to catch a hint of anything at all but there didn't seem to be. Just plain sympathy. Maybe he wasn't the one? I tried a
CHAPTER 34 LENA. I ran into Trevor on my way out of the rest room area. He caught me by the arm and steadied me from tripping into a drunk dancer. I pulled away from him immediately and lowered my head. "What are you doing here?" "I was searching around for you. Thought you went home," He said as he followed me. I pushed past the crowd of people, not minding if a lot of them were drunk and on the brink of throwing up. I shoved a couple making out and shoving their tongues down their throats to the side, not minding if they fell over a booth behind them. I heard laughs behind me and "bitch!". While I would have stopped to put her in her fucking place, I preferred just walking away. The previous events in my life had somehow shaped my way of thinking and my reaction processes. I was a newer version of the old me and I loved it this way. More drama, more people hating me. This was my first episode of existential crisis and probably the worst of the rest to come but I
CHAPTER 35 LENA. The drive back home is silent. Thankfully, we hadn't gone back into the club. I wasn't ready to encounter Trevor and his annoying acts of chivalry or get scrutinized under Damon's steely gaze. I had experienced enough for tonight and after my suspicions had been proven wrong, all I wanted to do was go home, curl up in bed and spend the rest of the night watching movies or reading a book. I didn't care if there was school tomorrow. Maybe the deaths were a coincidence. Maybe there was a disease breakout. Maybe my mind was playing games on me even. There was no way to tell which was true. I was secretly relieved that Damon was absolved from being the suspect and that was because a tiny part of me was strangely attracted to him. I wasn't also going to admit that out loud or even to myself. Whatever budding attraction I had from him was solely because of the bond. My wolf was reacting aggressively to his presence but I didn't want that happening. Not whe
CHAPTER 36 LENA. There had to be a fucking explanation to all of these that had been happening since the week began. For the first time in my life, I experienced mental and body drain from just hearing bad news for the whole of the week. My head ached from the stress that I had suddenly be put through and suddenly, I was reminded of the fact that I had a purpose here. That I wasn't just born for no reason. The re as t of the drive was in silence as we we were all shaken by the news of the bouncer's death. It wasn't something we had expected. Heck, we never saw it coming. Finally, Leah cruised to a halt a few houses away from mine. She was smart enough to remember that I had sneaked out of the house. It was something we were already used to. A small smile curled my lip up. "Baby girl, you sure you don't want me to come in with you? We could spent the rest of the night together." I knew why she said that. She wanted to avoid Luke. She was obviously avoiding him. Now
CHAPTER 37 LENA. I woke up sore the next morning. I had no idea where it came from but I definitely hated it. My room was dark and that was because I had shut the drapes after closing the shutters. A tiny headache nudged the back of my head as I slipped out of the bed and just as my feet touched the ground, I slipped and came in contact with the floor; full face. "Shit!" I cursed under my breath and pushed to my feet. I slid again but this time, I fell into the bed. With a frown, I stared at the ground. The ground was wet, slightly sleek and a pale, white, moss-like substance was on the floor. With a slight frown, I peered down to see that it was ice. Thin ice. How the hell had that happened? Wasn't I already accustomed to the cold in my body? So why the hell was I expelling ice from my feet? I sighed and climbed back to the ground, careful not to slip incase I expelled ice from my body again. I padded my feet over the Oriental rug in front of my bed, watch
CHAPTER 38 LENA. I was definitely overthinking this shit. As I climbed down from the school bus, I hiked my backpack higher. The school area was already filled with students. The ones walking, the ones on bikes and scooters and the ones driving their own cars or stepping down from that of their parents. Everyone seemed normal. I wondered if they knew about the death of the bouncer or if they were pretending that they didn't because it wasn't a student of the school. People laughed and giggled and I even caught a few boys from freshman year running around and yelling out loud. Standing for a moment, I watched as life went on even after the deaths and it hit me. No matter how many people died, life would always go on. No one would stop to grieve for so long. The realization was really sad but well, that was life. Leah wasn't standing by her car but I saw it parked by a sleek Lincoln Navigator which obviously belonged to Dylan. He was just coming down from
CHAPTER 39 LENA. We were having Advanced Chemistry this morning which was absolutely weird and unusual. But I didn't complain because chemistry was my favorite subject and we were focusing on the topic that dealt with advanced study of solids, liquids and gas. Mr Finn was taking us today. He was a bald old man nearing his seventies but the moon goddess knew this man was as strong as a jackass. It had been rumored around school that he had taken a rogue on by himself and killed him a few years back. He looked too nice to even pull that act but what did I know? The students behind me kept whining about the simplicity of Matter and I seriously wanted to turn back to ask them if they are really students of this class. They were definitely dumb for people who had been recognised as the most intelligent. Sighing, I shook my head and opened my note, ready for Mr Finn. When I thought about it like that, it sounded sexual. I was disgusted at myself for thinking about it that
CHAPTER 127 (Epilogue) LENA. "Do you think this is a good idea?" I asked Damon as I slipped into a simple gown. One I usually wore when going to important meetings. Damon, who had slept over, all thanks to my Dad who gave him the permission, was still on the bed typing away at his phone. He looked up at me. "What's that? The meeting?" I nodded. "Yes." He climbed out of the bed and placed his phone on it before walking over to where I stood and cupping my cheeks. "Yes, love. It is an absolutely good idea. An opportunity for me to make it up to everyone and I don't think I can do it without you. So get dressed and let's go to the council meeting." "Okay?" I nodded. We arrived late. The meeting had started about an hour ago and just as we stepped in, everyone turned to look at us. Master Choi was at the door. He smiled at me. "You did it." I looked at Damon who shook his head. He didn't want me telling people what happened. It was our little secret and I was going to keep it f
CHAPTER 126 LENA. We were back in Willow Town. Directly in front of the tree close to the portal. Damon decided that closing it for good was the best idea. And I agreed to it. As soon as it was closed, I turned to him with a bright smile on my face. "I still can't believe that this is already over. It ended as soon as it began." "It wasn't easy anyway." Damon replied as he parted a branch for me to pass through. "I thought I was going to die for real. Metheus he...he makes me so afraid." "But he's gone now," I took his hand in mine and we intertwined fingers. "He's gone for good." "And I am happy." He sighed and looked at me. I pushed back a lock of his hair that fell over his face. "I am so happy, Lena. I am happy to be here with you. I want to help now. This is my way of repaying my sins." "It wasn't your fault," I said to him as we burst out of the woods. I smiled, seeing that my car was still there. It was almost dawn and I could tell from the way the skies
CHAPTER 125 LENA. "She is the weakest of them all," He snarled, his feet leaving the ground as he floated into his air and commanded darkness. "I thought we were bringing some challenges. But this one? She's going to be dead before this ends." "Don't listen to him, Lena. He's trying to make you afraid of him. It's what he does." This was definitely harder than I thought. I was just coming out from the shock of seeing everyone that had died in the attack and having to let them go for good. There was this pain and burning hatred in my chest and it was all directed at the man standing before me. He was evil, menacingly cunning like the Devil and I saw why Damon was so afraid of him. I would be too. But I wasn't. All I wanted to do was avenge the death of my mother and everyone else. I had vanquished all of his demons, had his sons all locked up in abyss and it was just me and him against the whole fucking world. He was strong, I had to admit that. None of
CHAPTER 124 DAMON. Wyverns. I hated them with everything in me. They were the bane of my existence and my father had used these creatures to traumatize me a whole lot of times. I didn't even want to think about it. But Lena was standing beside me and she didn't look the least afraid. "They are an illusion, Lena," I informed her. "Created in his mind and brought to life like a hologram." She nodded. "That means we go for him?" I nodded. He wasn't here yet but that was the memo. "Yes." From the tower, we could see the Palace. There were several entrances on each floor and I knew which he was going to step out from. More wyverns flew out through the dome of the castle, flapping their dark, veiny wings and screeching into the night air as they flew around. One swooped down to our level and I ducked, pulling Lena along with me. "Their talons are sharp enough to kill you." "Not if we kill them first." "My father, remember?" She nodded. Just as we mo
CHAPTER 123 LENA. My smile didn't falter. Not even when uncertainty creeped in. "Trap?" I burst into laughter. "That's nice. What type of trap though? A bobby trap?" I burst into laughter when I noticed how their frowns deepened. "We have no time for that. You're going to calmly walk to us and you're going to surrender. Unless you want us to force you." Slowly, my arms spread out. My eyes darted over to the other side of the wall. It was just Damon there. Just as he shook his head at me with panic in his eyes, he was pulled off the wall forcefully. I frowned and darted my eyes back to the men before looking back at the fort. Damon was in combat with Stefan. What the fuck? Something was wrong and Damon was unaware. Closing my eyes, I felt my powers bubble up from my insides. My eyes opened and I didn't miss the shock on the men's faces. A smirk curled up my lips and I drew close, feeling frost coat on my fingers. One of the guards broke out of the others and
CHAPTER 122 DAMON. We both took a seat on one of the tree logs and maintained an awkward silence. She probably didn't care but I did. I wanted to tell her that I missed her and that I wanted to kiss her full on the lips. That I wanted to touch her and sink my fingers into her hair. But she didn't seem to be in the mood for all that. If there was someone more determined than Stefan, then she had to be the one. She placed her backpack on the floor and zipped it open before grabbing a bottle of water and a croissant. She looked at me and raised it into the air in a way of asking me if I was going to eat but I shook her head and smiled at her in appreciation. Nodding, she sank her teeth into the croissant and began to chew slowly as she took a look around. She gulped down her water and kicked at a stone. I knew she was avoiding me. I knew she was avoiding getting into a conversation with me. Sighing, I leaned against the tree trunk close to me and watched her while she a
CHAPTER 121 LENA. Everything on my mind right now tethered towards ending all of this and defeating Metheus. I couldn't process anything other than that and even if a tiny bit of me still felt something for him, I decided to process those feelings first before saying anything. "So what do we do now?" I asked as I kick started the engine. "Uhm, we should see your father before doing anything else. He's missed you." I gave him a hard look. "If we do not do this now, I don't know when we will. Someone else is going to die." A look of hurt flashed in his eyes but it was gone as soon as it came. He nodded. "I wasn't planning on killing anyone after that but you're right." "Where are we driving to?" I asked as I slowly backed away before making a turn in the middle of the road. "And know that if you lead me down the wrong road and try to kill me, I'll rip you apart before you blink." He's not going to harm you. "I don't care!" I snapped back at her, not minding
CHAPTER 120 DAMON. We were seated in her car now. It had taken a lot for her to let me sit in the passenger seat. What hurt the most was how she avoided me when I tried to touch her. It felt like she was repulsed by me and it hurt really bad. It wasn't her fault anyway. I had brought this on myself. I had hurt her terribly and I knew she wasn't going to ever forgive me. Hell, I wasn't going to forgive myself for putting her through too much pain. Her fingers were wrapped around the steering wheel and her knuckles had turned white from having to grip it tightly. Once again, it was my fault. I wasn't even going to blame her for something I did. I wanted to reach out to her. I wanted to touch her so bad. I had planned a lot for her return. I had made a lot of collages of both of us and we had even set up a surprise party for her when she returned. I had set up a date for us both together before I took her back to my place. But today of all days, tragedy struck and I cou
CHAPTER 119 LENA. Why did everything seem to turn sour on my return? From finding out that Gamma Fred had died to meeting Alpha Lance who had lost all hope in this cause and seemed not to care. He had looked like he was waiting for the downfall of Willow Pack and now...Damon? It had to be a dream. I shook my head and tried clearing my head but he was still standing before him, shock written all over his face and for the first time, I saw who he really was. For the first time, it clicked. It all started to make sense. The dark aura, the confusion that had come with him. It was all starting to manifest right now and I couldn't find my Damon anymore. I didn't see the boy I was in love with. All I could see was a murderer. A beast. A fucking killer and a demon. I tried to speak but my words got caught in my throat. My eyes darted over to the dead bodies. The amber glow of the streetlights around it burnished against the pale skin of the dead bodies, making them look ethe