Olivia "What are you talking about?" I ask her, concluding that I had misheard her. "Exactly what you heard me say." The smile tugging at her lips only proved that I hadn't misheard her. "You can't be serious. My mother would never…." "You barely even know her, Lila. Are you seriously defending
Miguel I never let go of the dagger, occasionally looking at it to make sure it hadn't done worse than what the witch had done. "Why do you think she didn't kill you?" Black asked. "Isn't it obvious, she's only going to use this; use me, against Lila." I answered him, grunting at the end. There
Miguel My eyes were closed but I could still hear some sounds like the gentle whistles of the lake and the whispers of the wind. There was something else…… I barely had enough strength to keep my eyes open. If I decided to listen to that extra sound that I could not quite make out, I wouldn't be
Lila I placed my hand on his wound, unsure of what to do next. Matilda had told me that once I took the dagger out, he would be fine but that wasn't what happened. Instead of getting better just as she had said, Miguel went unconscious. I laid him on the rocky soil, still with my hand on his wou
My hands trembled as I kept them wrapped around him, holding him to myself tightly like that would heal him and take all the pain away. If I could share in his pain, I definitely would. I remained in that position until my body went numb. Occasionally, I would check to see if he was still breathin
FLASHBACK Lila "She brought you here, didn't she?" Matilda turned, asking me. I only frowned at her, giving her no response. She definitely knew that my mother brought me here. Why would she ask then? "Seeing that I wasn't going to give her a response, she spoke further, "There's a ritual tha
"Why are you telling me this? If you didn't want anyone disrupting the ritual, then why tell me all of this?" I move toward her. "Maybe I am different from your mother. Your blood is the most important thing needed for the ritual so as you can see, I have no reason not to want you here." She answer
Miguel "What do you mean by that?" Lila asked, coming closer to me and squatting to my level. For some moment before she squatted, I saw her mother in her. They were quite similar in looks. It terrified me that when I looked at the person I loved, I saw the person that was about to destroy all th