CHAPTER 49 LENA. "You're crazy. You know that, right?" Leah said as soon as I shut the car door behind me. "Hell, you can't even drive! You stole your Dad's car, didn't you?" Ignoring her, I twisted the key on the ignition compartment and started the car. I began to drive slowly, not sparing Damon a glance as I drove past him. "I am talking to you, Lena!" I whipped my head to look at her. "I really don't want to get in to a conversation with you right now. I had to steal my Dad's car for this and if he finds out what I did, I am done for. So whatever you have to say to me, keep it till we get to my place." "I actually want to go home," She said. "Back to my house." "Your mother thinks you're at my place," I replied. "Luke must have called her. I am sure you wouldn't want your mother suspecting something off about you, huh? And you know she's going to tell Luke, right? You know how much she adores him." "Does everything have to be about him?!" I winced at the
CHAPTER 50 LENA. " So I asked you not to use my car, I stopped you from using my car but you went ahead to do it?" I was standing in front of my utterly displeased father. Leah had gone up to my room as soon as we came in to my father standing at the porch with his arms folded. "Leah needed my help," I muttered. "Of course, she did! Do you know how dangerous it is okt there? We don't even know what's waiting out there for anyone!" "I do. I do. But Leah was out there. You don't expect me to just leave my best friend out there." He stretched out his hand. "Hand over the key." I pushed the key into his hand. "I'm sorry, Dad. I didn't mean to—". "You can keep that apology to yourself. I will be hearing none of it. You have been grounded for the rest of the week." "But, Dad—" He raised a hand to stop me. "Not another word, Lena. Do you know that things have changed? You are not who you used to be two weeks ago and you're just going to dash all of that on a
CHAPTER 51 LENA. I arrived at school in grand style. I decided to dress up today and it took me over an hour to get ready. My hair was curled and my lips were glossed with my favorite cherry lip gloss. I had a crop top on, not caring if it showed my belly and around my legs were a pair of life size joggers, large enough to contain three of my bodies. As expected, boys began to whistle and catcall. Some girls began to whisper about my outfit and when Dylan who was just stepping out of his car saw me, he reeled back in shock. "Lena fucking Sharman," He muttered as he rubbed both of his hands together. "Looking quite edible today." I made sure my eyes rolled to the back of my head before giving him a snappy reply. "Get over it, Delmore," He shut his car door and followed after me. "Get over what?" I sighed. "Stop following me around. People will think you're obsessed with me." "Ew. I would never be." He likes you. "I know." He dusted off imaginary dust fr
CHAPTER 52 LENA. Leaving math class before it even began wasn't an option because before I turned to walk out of the class, Miss Brenton walked in..she was dressed in a pair of slacks that hugged her beautiful curves and a shirt that accentuated her small frame. Her hair fell over her shoulder today and a few whistles were heard from behind me before she cleared her throat. She had always been the attractive teacher, taking the students by surprise when she introduced herself as our math teacher. We all thought she was going to teach stuff like literature or history. "Lena," she smiled at me. "Why don't you have a seat? Math class is about to begin." I swallowed and nodded. Asking to use the restroom and never returning would only earn me a bad reputation. Principal Gregor was my father's friend so that meant I was under the watch of nearly everyone here. Damon smiled and patted the seat beside him. "I am always happy to be your seat partner," I ignored him and du
CHAPTER 53 LENA. For starters, my nostrils were being assaulted by his cologne and secondly, wasn't it an offense to restrict someone from moving for no reason? "What did you see?" "That you've got abilities. Very weird abilities and that's not common amongst any of us. What are you, Lena?" I shrugged him off before putting my hair in order. He took a few steps away from me but his eyes remained on me. "It's none of your business, Damon. You shouldn't care at all. Get that?" He chuckled. "Alright, then. Just know that my eyes are on you." A wave of annoyance hit me. Damon was starting to get annoying. It wasn't cute anymore. Was it ever? "Why don't you go hang around Leah? I really don't want you pestering me. I have more important things to do and you're nothing but a fucking distraction!" "Distraction?" He asked and shot a brow up in askance. "Is it the good kind or the bad kind?" "You got me into detention yesterday and nearly had Miss Brenton berating me
CHAPTER 54 LENA. Lunch break went by in a blur. I sat at our regular table with Leah and the others but it was quite obvious that we weren't talking. Lena ignored the hell out of me and I was thankful I didn't speak to her. She was back talking with Luke and everyone else at the table. I ate my lunch quietly, only occasionally replying with laughs or a few worded comments. My eyes scanned around the room, in search of a tall, dark haired beauty that had been the bane of my existence. But he wasn't anywhere in the hall. I wondered what he was up to. Sucking off life forces. "Don't." I said through my teeth. Oh. There he was. He came into the hall and all the girls started staring. Some even leaned over to their friends and began to listen to each other. I had a theory. What if every female in Willow High felt a bond to him? What if they thought they were mated to him? Because it was starting to get crazy. How could one man magnet every lady here? The thought
CHAPTER 55 LENA. Scarlett was in the sprint team. She had brought the school enough championship cups and she was just about to win a scholarship to one of the most prestigious universities in the country. And just like that, she met her death. I didn't see her dead body this time. She was carried off in an ambulance and we the students had to watch as the ambulance drove away. "No. This can't be real." A girl beside me cried. She had been wiping her tears and sniffling since we came here. "She can't just go like that. She was just running this afternoon. How the fuck is she dead?" I turned to look at her boyfriend, Doug. Tears ran down his cheeks as his friends held onto him comfortingly. I felt his pain. I saw the grief in his eyes. He didn't deserve any of this and yet, this was it for him. This was fucking it for him. Sighing, I blinked back tears before backing away from the people standing and watching. Things were getting out of hand. Something had to be
CHAPTER 56 LENA. The truth was that I had turned Xander down once upon a time. He had been so mad and had threatened me not to tell anyone that I did. Not that I was scared of him or what he was capable of doing, I just didn't have it in me to tell anyone that he had asked me out. Not even Leah. He didn't hold an important place in my life so he wasn't even a topic for discussion. But Damon is. I rolled my eyes as I shut my locker. "Oh, please. You know why I am so keen on him." Let's believe that it is just that. As promised, Damon had dropped by at the bleachers where I sat to finish up an assignment I hadn't done. Mr Finn didn't remember the detention. A lot had been happening in school lately so I expected him not to see it as anything. Sitting at the bleachers was like a suicide move, owing to the face that Igor had died here. But I wasn't afraid. Infact, I wanted whoever was doing the killings to come after me now that I was alone. But it was just Damon.
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