CHAPTER 76 DAMON. One thing I loved was the scent of her skin. Vanilla and coconuts. I had scented it the first day we met and had plastered it in my memory. "You smell so nice, Lena," I whispered against her neck as my lips grazed her skin. I couldn't get enough of her. I wanted more. I needed more. How could she drive me crazy by merely staring at me? Her fingers dug into the skin of my back as she threw her head back with her eyes closed. Her body was supposed to be on display in a private museum. The one which wasn't room so I could wake up every morning to remind myself what a fucking lucky man I was to have her as mine. But I was scared. She was pulling me in and I was falling into her pit. This wasn't the reason I had come to Willow Town. I was starting to lose concentration and somehow, I didn't care. I didn't want to care. "Damon," Her soft voice came like the whisper of the night wind against my skin. It was silky and smooth, just like her skin and her hair
CHAPTER 77 LENA. The ride back home was silent. I didn't want to speak with him. I didn't know if it was disappointment but after seeing that girl's face on his phone's screen, I decided that it was better to walk away now that it was still easy for me. I was good at doing that. It wasn't self sabotage this time. It was me looking out for myself. When we finally got to my home, I climbed down from his motorcycle and pushed his helmet into his chest. "From now on, we remain friends," I began. "Whatever happened back at your place was a mistake and should never happen again, okay?" Damon sighed and placed the helmet in front of him. "You're mad at me, Lena and I understand that. But you shouldn't be. We're not even dating." I laughed. "I am not mad at you, Damon. I am just setting boundaries which seems weird to you." I patted his arm. "Don't worry, you'll get used to it." "I stopped seeing her already." He pushed. "That doesn't mean anything to me, Damon. I'm ok
CHAPTER 78 LENA. After having lunch, I went back to my room. I remained there, thinking and contemplating on what I had to contribute to this. I realized I needed more details on this as my father had only told me the nitty-gritty part of it. Trevor. As much as I hated to call him, he was the only one I could call as his father was the Alpha and they shared quite a close relationship. If I could get him to speak with his father, that would solve most of my problems. I climbed into bed and picked my phone, scrolling through my contacts till I finally got to his name. I dialed his number and he picked up at the second ring. "Hey, Trevor!" I said in the chirpiest voice I could muster. If I could recall, he had been angry that I chose to follow Damon instead of him. His response was curt. "Lena." "How are you doing?" "You seemed so concerned about my wellbeing. It's surprising," He replied and I heard the shuffling of footsteps which must have belonged to him.
CHAPTER 79 LENA. I was awoken by the shrill ring of my phone. It was one thing I hated being awoken by. Rolling over to the other side of my bed, I grabbed my phone and checked to see that it was a call from Leah. At first, I was taken aback that she was calling me. Then I sat up while rubbing my eyes to be sure this wasn't a dream. Well, it wasn't, because as soon as I picked up the call, her voice flooded into the phone. "Hey, Lena!" She greeted in a chirpy voice. Wow. "Hey, Leah," I replied in a sleepy voice. "What's up?" I didn't even have the strength to be mad at her. I had been awoken from my slumber and didn't have it in me go get into anything intense. "You coming to school today?" Okay, this was definitely a dream. "But school is closed for a few days till everything is resolved." "Yes, it was announced in school yesterday but Luke woke me up this morning to tell me that Trevor called. We are still allowed to go to school because the school aren
CHAPTER 80 LENA. Bang! I was snapped back into reality by the sound of something falling behind me. Leah must have noticed my movement because she placed a hand on my arm. "What's wrong?" I composed myself and shook my head. "Nothing at all." I turned back to see a student picking up his laptop from the ground. It was already a mess. I didn't feel sorry for him. Sighing, I tried to listen to the rest of what Principal Gregor was saying but I kept going back to the brief moment of insanity I had experienced. Insanity, yes. Because who heard the voice of dead people if they weren't insane? My mother speaking to me, the voices of the dead students wailing before their deaths. It felt so real. So fucking real that I started to feel goosebumps rise on my skin. It was fucking scary and traumatizing. That's because you are a medium. You experienced a brief moment of clairaudience. And what the fuck did that mean? A medium is someone who can hear the voices of the
CHAPTER 81 LENA. Time must have stopped. Because why was the only thing I could hear coming from the trickling water from the faucet? I turned towards the monster, only to see that it had frozen mid air, sabre like teeth aimed at me and it's shadowy feathers mid air. Still shaking, I stretched out my hand to poke this creature, only to realize that my hand went through it. It was fucking porous. A shadow. I took several steps back, hitting my back against the wall as I studied the creature with in horror. It was definitely what had been killing people. This was my chance to kill it, right? I could end it here and now. But how the hell was I going to do it? Your body didn't go into time stopping defense mode for you to fight this. It is for you to run! I jolted from the door. "Run? But I can—" You can't. Not when you have not fully harnessed your powers, Lena. This creature is too powerful for you. Or for anyone. So leave. Tell the whole school
CHAPTER 82 LENA. All we heard from where we stood were crashes, growls and inhuman screeches. Leah held onto Luke who was obviously scared but putting up the brave boyfriend look for her. He looked at me. "We should get going, don't you think?" "Yes, we should," Principal Gregor rushed back to us. "I already alerted the army and they will be here in no time to stop this. Since it's just one creature, we can escape to the safety of our homes. It's already being announced that no one is to step out till this demon is subdued." We all nodded and followed after him. Vice Principal Agatha was already several meters away from us, running like her life depended on it. Well, didn't it? We kept running, joining the other students that were rushing to their various vehicles. I stopped and my friends turned to me. "Why the fuck are you stopping, Lena?! We gotta go?" My eyes scanned the area for any signs of Damon or his motorcycle. "I need to find Damon. I haven'
CHAPTER 83 LENA. News came back to us that we were now free to go back to our homes. The guardians and hunters were still stationed in their positions if anything bad happened and from what Trevor had heard from his father, only three out of the ten hunters deployed to the school to help the students and try to bring down the demon had died. Students had also died. About seven of them and they had all been taken to the morgue. It messed with my balance. Hearing that these people had died when I was literally here, our saviour. I didn't even know what I was. "Lena, I'll drop you off." Lean said as she stood to her feet and wrapped her arm around Luke's. You suddenly want to drop me off after ditching me twice? How nice. But I didn't say those words to her. I would have turned her down and sent Damon a text to come pick me but nothing felt right at the moment and I didn't want to see him yet so I agreed to let Leah drive me home. I slipped into the b