CHAPTER 97 LENA. I stepped away, feeling a blush creep up my cheek as an overwhelming feeling of self-awareness overcame me. Sure, a whole lot of people had seen me kiss Damon— my Dad included. But I couldn't bring my face to look at anyone. I had no idea why. I hated attention so much and Damon had just turned everyone's attention towards us with just this kiss. What had he been thinking when he asked me to kiss him? Had he done this to claim his ownership of me or something because it felt like it. "The announcements have begun," Damon whispered beside me but he didn't take my hand. I wanted him to take my hand so I didn't feel alone. But I wasn't some sick puppy, begging for love. I could stand for myself. The person I saw immediately I looked up was Leah. She was staring intently at me but she tore her gaze away when Luke said something to her. She also said something that made him kiss her. "Do you think she still likes you?" I asked Damon as we drew close
CHAPTER 98 DAMON. No fucking way. Of all the imaginations I had conjured about her, this definitely hadn't been it. I'd been taken by surprise, along with everyone else and I couldn't even talk to her because she was already walking through the crowd that had parted for her. Trevor's father was smiling but I didn't miss the question in his eyes. And as for her father, he definitely didn't look shocked. I wondered if all of these had been planned. Leah, seeing that Lena as gone, pulled Luke towards me. She was the last person I wanted to see. "Hey, Damon!" She said chirpily in her annoyingly sweet voice. Luke tipped the imaginary hat at me and smiled. If only he knew what his mate was up to. "What's up?" I shrugged. "Surviving the day, I guess." Lena had mounted the podium and was speaking. I wanted to hear what she had to say. But Lena didn't seem to want to keep her mouth shut. "So you and Lena, huh? I definitely didn't see that coming." "Leah, let's listen
CHAPTER 99 LENA. The last hour had been daunting for me. From stripping before these people to probe a point to making a speech before everyone and defying my father. Alpha Lance stood before us, smiling at me as he stepped onto the podium. "I know you're worried and all of that but trust me, she'll be trained properly." I didn't miss the look on my father's face. He was afraid. I understood his fears but this was my destiny. I couldn't run away from it. If he was afraid of me dying in the process, I wasn't. All I wanted to do was save my people even if it meant losing my life. I couldn't say that to him though. He was going to have my head on a platter. "I..." He sighed again. "She's never been to combat classes. Time is limited. How would she be able to learn what it takes to go into the other realm?" Alpha Lance placed a hand on my father's shoulder, giving him a comforting look. "We have to be realistic right now, Hales. If she doesn't do this, we are going to
CHAPTER 100 LENA. Damon was quiet for the whole drive back to my home. He'd come out with his car today and when I asked him why, he kept quiet. "I was attacked yesterday," He finally said. "I don't know, but I think someone I knew did it." I whipped my head to look at him. "Attacked?" He nodded and swallowed. His knuckles tightened around the steering wheel. "Kind of a trap. Nothing you should worry about." I scoffed. "You don't tell me stuff like this and expect me to magically not worry about it, Damon. Tell me. Everything." He sighed and rolled his eyes before nodding. "If you say so, mama. I was driving my bike back home last night and didn't see a line of spikes ahead of me. My tires hinged into it and the next thing, I was tumbling down a hill." It wasn't the demon. Heck, why would an entity with supernatural powers set up something like that for Damon? "Someone did that," I muttered underneath my breath. Damon shrugged. "I guess I have a hater now
CHAPTER 101 LENA. For the whole of next week, I dove into a series of training sessions. Alpha Lance had made sure my phone and other communication devices were confiscated. This was to make me more focused and less distracted. Well, it was easy because I decided not to text Damon after the last time. I knew the best way to talk about it was to communicate about it but I couldn't bring myself to do it. I was slightly embarrassed to talk about it so I checked out already. We also didn't text that night and that was solely because I wasn't interested in talking. I'd switched off my phone and gone ahead to continue reading the book of light, silently wishing Damon would show up at my window so we could talk it out face to face. But that night, I'd turned my phone back on to see that a guard had been killed. He was on a patrol and had strayed away from his group members and that had must have lured the Demon. I had talked about it with Alpha Lance and these were his word
CHAPTER 102 TREVOR. There was something off about Damon. I knew it from the moment he began to hit on Lena. You know, I messed up terribly and I regret what I did to Lena and I knew it was going to take time to forgive me. She was quite the hard nut to crack. So I kept trying my best, hoping that one day, she'd finally find a place in her heart to forgive me. We were mates and destined for each other. But he came and swept every girl off their feet at first. It was normal. He was good looking and I could see that. But when he started to use Leah to get to Tina, it ticked me off. I couldn't just sit and watch my mate get swooped off her feet by him. So I decided what it means. But first, I had to follow his every movement, see whatever he was doing. I'd noticed his absence on some days and Dylan had informed me that he drove Lena to Damon's house. It was when the stalking started. Everyday, I followed him home, trying to find something to use against him and when
CHAPTER 103 LENA. Two weeks. It was how long I'd been away from civilization and I was starting to like it. Maybe a little bit. Being away from the people I cared about— my family and Damon, had me wanting to return home. I hadn't talked to Damon for the past two weeks and I was starting to terribly miss him. My powers were more prominent than ever. For the first three days, it had been quite hard to find that balance but late last week, I lost control, nearly destroying everything in my path with flames until I was able to find a common ground. Well, I could manipulate whatever now and I discovered there were other things I could manipulate with my powers. Hypnosis. During my first discovery, I had been overcome with so much shock. Gamma Fred had used himself as an object of my manipulation. I had been able to control him, scared at the fact that I could do that. I hadn't been happy. Manipulation through hypnosis? It was the last thing I expected. I hated it at
CHAPTER 104 LENA. "No, no. No fucking way!" I cried, trembling as I rummaged through my clothings ok search of something to wear. Trevor? Dead? That was impossible. Absolutely impossible! I finally found a black hoodie, slipped it on before jumping into a pair of shorts and sliding my feet into a pair of flops. I could literally feel the floodgates open and tears spilled out of my cheeks. My back connected with the door of my wardrobe and I covered a hand over my mouth, trying so hard to muffle my tears. It shook through me, expelling a weird energy I had never experienced before. Trevor was gone. I hadn't seen it coming. I definitely hadn't. I knew things weren't right between us but him, dead? I had never wished him that. Before things went wrong between us, he was the closest thing to me and even after it, I later came to terms with the fact that we were never meant to be. But hik dying?! No! It was impossible! I grabbed my phone and rushed out of my room, runn