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
CHAPTER 105 LENA. I cruised to a halt in front of the cliff and climbed out, still in tears. Climbing onto the bonnet, I placed both of my feet on it and looked down at the vegetation and mountains below and imagined what it would feel like to be dead. I wasn't afraid of being attacked. Whatever demon was lurking in the shadows didn't scare me a bit. Even if I didn't believe I was strong enough to take it on, I believed I could do something at least. A streak of tears poured down my cheek and I immediately wiped it off. Crying wasn't going to solve a thing. All I had to do for him, for the other people who had died in this unfortunate incident, for my mother, was to bring justice for them. And if there was a way we could bring them back, because I believed they were trapped, then sitting down here and sobbing my heart out would only be me wasting my time. I jumped down from the bonnet and climbed back into the car. Now was the time for me to take action. Once I got s
CHAPTER 106 LENA. I hated that I had to leave. But this was an ounce of my pride that would have been chipped away. Since I walked out of his door, all I could feel was this searing pain that shot up my chest. I couldn't contain it. Leaning against my car, I held onto my chest and closed my eyes, bringing myself to take deep breaths. "Lena." My eyes flew open and there he was, standing there, dressed in nothing but a pair of dark jeans, ripped in unholy places. My eyes traveled down his waist, down to the Calvin Klein band. I straightened and blinked twice to clear off the fog gathering over my head. "Damon. What are you doing here?" "I couldn't just let you leave," He replied and curled a brow. Taking a few strides towards me, he placed a hand on the window behind me and caught my chin with the tip of his fingers and brought my face towards him. He stared into my eyes. "You're my woman, Lena. My mate. Why would I watch you walk out and not follow after you?" I