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I could barely eat a thing. I paced the room, sat, tried to sleep and quickly realized sleep was far beyond my reach. I couldn't stop worrying about Milani. About WhiSare and Down Hills. My room was large and it faced the city center where the mall was located. There was a movie opening so a large crowd had formed outside the cinema. From my point of view in front of the window, everything looked lively. Yet, everyone knows something is wrong with the city. I learned from the in-house room service girl a curfew had been set in place. No night movement was allowed and the city came to live at 8 in the morning, not earlier. She wouldn't tell me anything more than that because I was a stranger. Little did she know that I knew a lot more than she could ever imagine. The night curfew was a very smart decision. Daemons are known to move around at night, that should prevent more people from being turned into undeads. But tourists, stubborn tourists would be stubborn enough not to keep to t
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When Silver came into my room later that evening to see if I was ready to leave, I still hadn't gotten Starlight's words out of my head. It was creepy. That was the exact way she said it in my dream. What did she mean by that? Who was coming for her? Where was she going anyway and who was coming after her?Silver was waiting by my door."Where is Kayla?" I asked her.Silver raised a brow. "I don't think it's time to say goodbye yet," she joked. "Silver this is serious, where is she?""Settling Starlight for the night, pretty boy, don't get too salty." She saw the worry in my eyes. "What happened?" "Starlight was here earlier. She said something.""Starlight talked? To you? What did she say?""She wants Kayla to let her go...she said something like 'When she comes for me, tell Kayla to let me go. I must go for him to come,' I think," I looked up at Silver. "Does that make any sense to you?"She had the biggest frown on her face. "What the heck was that? Was that a spell?""That was
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It was a solemn 2 hour drive. We got to our destination a little after 10. It was the heart of town yet it was nothing like I remembered those years ago when I first came here. It was too quiet, nothing like the city prowling with tourists and college students up for a bit of adventure. I doubt college students would want to come here for now when the fear of not returning home is still very prevalent. So far we didn't meet any Daemons but it's not like they would waiting for us by the side of the road anyway. They know we are here and are probably keeping a safe distance. Either that or they are bidding their time while they build an army.Silver cut the engine and silence reigned. The center of town.The last time I was here I visited the Hotel Magnificent... the name is actually in French but don't ask me what it is, the is not the time and place for French. It's a reconstructed castle from Medieval times. Apparently, it belonged to a king's mistress and was given to her after the
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A surge of power invaded the entire space. The doors banged heavily against their hinges, emitting a creaking sound that was terrifying and creepy. A low hollow sound like the howl of a ghostly forest escaped from inside the doors.The cold that had earlier swept through the hotel became even colder. Turns out I haven't become immune to cold, at least not this kind of cold. I hugged my arms around myself but it was a useless effort. My nostrils crusted with thin layers of ice, my throat became frozen. My teeth began to chatter, my top jaw hit hard against my bottom jaw uncontrollably. When I opened my mouth, vapor poured out, white and extremely foggy.Beside me Silver, Miles and Kayla weren't faring any better. Kayla was cold, I could tell from her grimace but she faced the cold doggedly, refusing to wrap her arms around her body. There was a look of pure anger on her face. "They sure know how to make an entrance," Silver said beside me. Her teeth chattered so badly it was almost
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I coughed and gagged as icy fingers dug into my flesh trying to rip my throat out. I heard Kayla's loud scream as she rebound from the ground and reached up as if to snatch me out of death's grip. But whatever it was lifted up and out of her reach. The ghostly fingers around my throat were so cold that my windpipe began to freeze. I tasted ice mixed with blood in my throat and the more the fingers tightened, the more ice coated my throat until shards of it began to crack and slide into my stomach."No!" Kayla screamed. "Leave him alone!"Another gust of icy wind swept her off her feet, throwing her hard against the floor. The ground cracked when her back made contact with it, fragments of jagged pieces torn from the ground, tore into her sweater revealing cracked skin. Kayla was hurt but she did not remain down for long. She lifted herself off the floor, preparing to launch against the cold wind when Alex flew across the room and crashed into her almost the same way I did, pinning he
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Everything that has happened to me since I moved to WhiSare has been out of my control. Once I believed that the wheels of fate brought me to where I am. Moving out of my father's house to stay with my mom couldn't have been just because I was running away from the consequences of my actions with Camila. I thought that meeting the Storms at a time when trouble was brewing in WhiSare was predestined. Sure I didn't believe in premonitions then but even then something must have propelled my being there at that particular time.Or so I believed.Now I'm not so sure.Now I'm beginning to think that all my troubles began when I decided that sleeping with my father's girlfriend was the next best thing to do. Maybe this is my punishment for such a grievous sin. This has to be God's way of punishing me for betraying my father.When I woke up, I was in a very large room. It was huge, nicely decorated with all the facilities a hotel suite should have and it was bright. The curtains were drawn b
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Before noon I had cleared the toast, eggs and bacon from the plates. Don't blame me! I had only two options; go mad thinking or eat and sleep. I need my sanity if I must leave this place alive so pardon me for eating the food prepared by my enemy.As soon as breakfast was cleared I made my way to the window to see that Kayla and the others were still there. They had stopped banging at the gates long ago. Now they were seated with their backs resting against the huge black gates. I wish I could send word to them. I wish I could reassure them that as of now, nothing bad has happened to me. Then it suddenly occurred to me what Alexander had said about being in many places at the same time. How the hell do I talk to him when I'm locked up.I went to the door to examine the lock. It was a simple lock but a dull hum from the bolt drew my attention to it. As I bent to examine the handle of the door, my eyes caught green movement like wispy smoke moving in and out of the lock.I should have
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I made it to the bed just in time. Green smoke swirled off the lock of the door, thicker than I had seen it before. Then the door opened.Cleopoda stood on the other side, her face betrayed nothing and her smile held the same warmth it did earlier. I returned the smile but knew at the back of my mind that I looked suspicious as heck.I forced myself to breathe normally and that in turn helped me to control the insane beat of my heart. My palms were sweat up a storm but I forced them to stop shaking, clenching my fists together until my knuckles cracked.Cleopoda looked down at the tray. She walked slowly into the room. Her shoulders were the only indication that she knew something was out of place. They were tensed, the muscles bunched up."You finished your breakfast."I listened to the cadence of her voice and tried to detect any signs of anger and suspicion but she was playing her cards so close to her chest that it took a lot of effort for me not to cave in and confess that I had
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