CHAPTER 10 LENA. Mate? That was impossible. I sat up for a moment and stared at him, long and hard. He took a puff and turned to look at me. His perfectly arched brows lifted in askance. "Staring like the others? I thought you were different?" Frowning, I took the cigarette from his hand and took a few puffs. "What's wrong with staring at you?" "Nothing at all. Sometimes, I feel comfortable and most times, I feel my skin crawl," Scoffing, I shook my head and took another puff before handing it back to him. "You feel your skin crawl. That's really funny," "Funny? How so?" "You believe you're special. I don't know if you are and I don't care. You're just a fine specimen and trust me, everyone is going to stare, including the boys," "I don't think it's about my looks," He said with a shrug. The cigarette hung off his fingers. "Then what do you think it's about? Your ego?" "Ego? Nah. I just think I am special," "Narcissist much?" He chuckled to himse
CHAPTER 11 LEAH. I was taken by surprise. I flew out of my seat and Trevor followed suit. He had been beside me all morning, begging me to help him make Lena talk to him. This was a terrible situation and I wouldn't have let him help but she had to be taken to the sick bay. "Trevor, we are taking her to the sickbay, okay?" He stood, frozen to the spot as he watched Lena's pale body sprawled on the floor. I had just fallen to my knees, right beside my best friend when I realized that Trevor was still standing a few feet away from me. I looked up at him, glaring with everything I had in me. If glares could kill, he would have collapsed to the floor. "You fucktard! Didn't you hear what I said?" He blinked several times and stuttered and rushed towards me. "I'll lift her up. Don't worry," Standing to my feet, I watched as he lifted her up with ease. We rushed down the empty hallway, towards the staircase that led to the second floor. It was quite a hassle for
CHAPTER 12 LENA. My eyes fluttered open. Looking around, I realized I was somewhere else. Infact, I was out of this world. I looked around me to see that I was surrounded by plains. My skin was pricked by the low grasses I lay on. Pushing myself up my feet, I felt a wave of dizziness hit me but I was able to control myself from falling. I walked a little distance, hoping to see a road or a house. Anything to let me know that I was close to civilization but there was none. Nothing. I could see nothing but plains and small bills that were dotted with grasses. "Where the hell am I?" I began to stumble my way over the tiny hill. I missed a footing, hitting a rock I hadn't been quick enough to see. I stumbled down the hill. There was no way to stop as it was sloping and smooth. Finally, I hit solid ground. I groaned in pain and sat up to check the scratches I sported from the very strange fall from above. Just then, something hit my nose. It was the smell of iron.
CHAPTER 13 LEAH. This was absolutely impossible. Hell, Luke was my mate so what the hell was going on right now? I took a few steps back and shook my head like I was trying to clear some sort of charm that had been cast on me because that was what it felt like. Yet, my wolf kept whispering the same words into my ears. Mate. Mate. Mate. Damon was definitely one of the most handsome male in Willow High right now. The hottest, even and the only person who didn't seem to be affected by his looks and charms was Lena. Though I had a boyfriend and a mate who was Luke, I had shown a bit of interest. I mean, he was really attractive. Who wouldn't fantasize a little about this god-like being standing before me. "L—Leah," I stuttered and cleared my throat, blushing slightly that I was this way with him. "Leah," He said and nodded his head. "You look quite familiar," I frowned slightly. "How? We've never met face to face before. This is like our first time," He lo
CHAPTER 14 LEAH. Luke had class so we spent little time together. While I was with him, I kept zoning out and blocking out most of what he was saying. All I could think of was the encounter I had with Damon. It felt strange. I went to my next class and for the rest of the time before lunch, I was so lost in class. It was unusual for me to be this distracted. As soon as the bell rang, I picked my purse and walked straight to the sickbay. I met Luke on my way there. As soon as he saw me, a smile covered his face. "We meet again, beautiful," I looked up at him with a smile but I felt empty on the inside. His once beautiful green eyes didn't look all that and his hair, I felt it was better a bit longer and falling over his face or piled up in a low ponytail. I shook my head. I was thinking of Damon again. We walked past the lockers and climbed up the steps, hand in hand. We were the It couple. The school's prom King and Queen. Why was I going to let some random new st
CHAPTER 15 LENA. "She's dead! She's dead!" I sat frozen in my seat, immobile and unable to make sense of what was happening or why she was yelling and crying about somebody being dead. I probably had a brain distortion for a minute and when she crumpled to the ground, I felt my feet move again. My chair screeched loudly against the monochromatic tiled floors and I rushed over to where she was on the floor, sobbing and hitting her chest. No one had moved. They were all still staring at her. Oh well, it was the weird Alexa who had a racoon for a pet which she brought to class in a glass box and a depressed and suicidal friend who was going to die soon anyways. But that wasn't the way I saw her. I had seen her a few times. Noticed how she stared at me while I walked through the hallways with Leah clinging to me. Noticed how she had whispered into her friend's ear and how the girl with blue coloured hair and multiple piercings and a scary gothic look nodded with a smirk.
CHAPTER 16 LENA. There was something distinctive about this whole thing. The mark on her body was eerily similar to the one I had seen on that of my mother. Slowly, I proceeded to push her colorful hair back to get a better view of the very strange marks on her neck. Dark. Veiny lines. Looking like she was bitten but there was no fang mark to show that. Just lines on her neck. It disappeared into her shirt and my fingers pushed her neckline to see that the lines still ran towards her back. Maybe I hadn't seen it on my mother because she had been laying on her back. Heck, I had no idea about anything like this. I had just seen the mark and thought it was something else. I turned to the nearest person standing beside me. It was Trevor. I hated to be the person to ask him for help but I needed to see this mark. "Trevor." He turned to me with immediate effect. "Yes?" "I need your help," I said and beckoned him over. He fell to his knees beside me and Leah drew close
CHAPTER 17 LENA. Vice Principal Agatha and a few other teachers came into the scene with the paramedics right after we left. We didn't want to be seen or asked questions as we had our own plans to make. Yes, we were sorry for her but the faster we solved this mystery, the better for whoever was next in line to be killed. Well, there was no class for the rest of today. It had been announced and we all knew it was because of Mereba's death and even if they didn't, a lot of people were going to miss classes anyway. Luke and Leah had gone to get snacks and drinks for us as we had missed lunch for this. I sat in the empty classroom, noticing how awkwardly Trevor moved. I knew he wanted to talk to me and was afraid to do so. Burying my attention into my phone, I stared at the zoomed in photo of Henshaw's body. I stared at the marks till they were like imprints in my brain. I was sure I was never going to forget it again. Trevor cleared his throat and before he spoke, I r