All Chapters of Ashley, a beast within : Chapter 21 - Chapter 25

"Wake up Ash, it's 10am already" Anabelle tapped Ashley's leg to wake her up. Ashley stirred and mumbled something Annabelle couldn't make out. "Ashley" She moved closer to her, grabbed her shoulders and shook her."Hmm" Ashley mumbled and her eyes opened slowly. The brightness of the room made her squint her eyes. She yawned loudly, stretched her arms and then rubbed her eyes. "I thought you were dead" Anabelle teased and chuckled. Ashley groaned and held her head. "What? Are you sick?" She asked, putting her hand on Ashley's forehead. "No, my head hurts" Ashley replied slowly pushing Annabelle's hand away from her forehead. She looked around the room and her eyes locked with Claire's who quickly removed her gaze and focused all her attention on her phone. Monica strolled out of the bathroom with a towel wrapped around her body. "I thought you were never going

"Do you know that Mr Briggs will put us in groups today?" Annabelle asked Ashley who was busy lacing her shoes.It was a Monday morning and they were preparing for school. "Oh lord, please let me be in a group of brilliant minds" Said Monica.Ashely scoffed at her prayer and said, "Anna, I'm all done. Let's go" ."Hey! You guys should wait. Just a minute... " Claire quickly grabbed her backpack. "What?" a crease crept on Ashley's forehead. "Let's go together" Claire said. "What? Do you realize how crazy that sounds?" Ashley stared at her in disbelief. "Yeah, it's sounds crazy. Now let's go, we're running late" Monica said and then she pushed them out of the room. Ashley just couldn't believe it. They had been behaving too nicely lately. They even tagged along with them to the field on Saturday. It was just so strange but it felt good. She did not exactly hate them, she just hated their attitude

"And where do you think you're going?" A voice said behind them and they turned. It was Charles and some other guys.  There was this dangerous aura around him as he fixed his eyes on the trio.  "You have to watch out for the demons. They'll be after you now that your identity has been revealed and they'll try to kill more humans than before to bring back the war beast as soon as possible..." Priestess Luciana's words rang a bell in Ashley's ears. Moving a step forward, she said, "What now? What do you want huh?". A smirk appeared on her lips as she questioned the confident looking Charles.  Charles squinted his eyes. Already, his blood was boiling and the only thing he wanted to do at the moment was to wipe them away from the surface of the earth. Their existence was dangerous to their kind but he had no choice than to let them go. After all, his powers can't be used during the day, only at night.  "What are you doing here?