ALYSSA‘Look, Lyss, I know it’s awesome that he got us out of that hellhole but don’t you think it’s a little INSANE to not be running the other way because from where I see it, the door’s RIGHT THERE, and demons are meant to be fucking evil! He’s a demon, Lyss, a fucking demon! It’s all a trap!’‘Are you done, Car?’ Her outbursts were always the worst. ‘I might not have had the world’s best mother but she did teach me manners and for all its trouble, I can at least say thank you.’‘Th-th-thank you?!’ she screamed, sounding like she was choking on the words. ‘Why the fuck would you need to do THAT?’I ignored her and left the door side, only taking careful steps toward it, hands at my sides and my eyes in awe, at how magnificent the shadow looked in daylight. If I was anything near an artist, I’d be inclined to pencil out its glorious image because words weren’t nearly enough to describe it.The consuming smoky fog surrounding the darker shape like the darkness of the night was occupi
LIAMI noted how she securely crossed her legs when she was reading a text she didn’t understand, repeatedly scanning her eyes through the same line till she had to remind herself to stop, and like a hero—always—I was ready to swoop in and save the day. I had to because what use was my psychology if I couldn’t even utilize it and help the one girl that made sense to me in this school—and no, I’ve not forgotten about Rachel and Leah. ‘Jade doesn’t need a hero. She needs a ‘man’, a real man, and since I’m the only real man available in a hundred-mile radius, I’d like to offer myself as…’‘Shut up, Al. Just shut up. You haven’t stopped talking since we got here and you’re terrible at this emotional support thing, I am yet to understand your purpose,’ I whispered the last part but it was never out of his earshot.When it seemed like she was getting close to her answer, she’d slightly pout and I wouldn’t ‘swoop in’ because I didn’t want to spoil her chance of gaining victory. And when she
ALYSSA“Tell me why the fuck you’re in here with him… alone.”I’d never seen his amber eyes more menacing, I couldn’t tell the difference between him and a fucking serial killer right now but his slightly ruffled hair and that killer look made him too sexy to be real… yes, I know, I’m crazy. “Two students can’t harmlessly study after school hours anymore?”“Don’t play that game with me, Alyssa, because it’s all you’ve been doing since you stepped into my class.”“What the fuck do you mean?” I asked, trying not to lose control when I could practically smell his minty breath… Is it bad that I wanted to lick his mouth clean of that mint?“Let’s start with the first asshole. Dexter. Why is he after you? You must have done something, I know you did.”Was this really happening right now because he was asking me these questions like they had been bugging his mind for days on end? “What did I do? No one needs to do anything to make a scumbag like him target anyone.” My thighs abruptly shut wi
ALYSSA“Does she always sleep this way?” I asked, peeking shamelessly at a short but stout girl that was resting…‘Resting? That’s not resting, Lyss. With the way she’s snoring, I can confidently say that she’s not in our dimension anymore.’‘No one asked for your opinion, Car.’…on the top bunker bed at the far left side of the room. I didn’t want to sound rude or anything but her sleeping position was really questionable and I was constantly glancing at her because I was afraid she’d fall and break something anytime she moved—I could tell that her screams of pain would be more annoying than her snores. The looming drop was almost inevitable with the way she rolled on that bed, and Carmine was right about her snoring… I could barely hear what the girls were saying without thinking a lion was hiding in some corner, preparing for an imminent attack.For someone so short, she had a lot of sound coming out of her but I had to admit, I was jealous. She got to sleep so peacefully, without
ALYSSAThe walk to the underground cave, that Rachel and Leah were leading me to, was hectic and that was only because the girls wouldn’t stop arguing about how they would barricade the secret entrance that Dexter, some other boys, and a few late-night ‘fugitives’, were taking when it was past curfew.Rachel insisted on using magic as she had just the ‘perfect’ spell to heal the holes and treat the patches but Leah said they’d do it the old-fashioned way with rocks or something—she brought along a padlock as backup—to block the secret entrance and I seemed to be the only one worrying about finding this secret entrance. The girls seemed pretty confident and since they’d been to this place before, they would have a better idea of it than I would—obviously.‘We have a lot of homework you know. Leah would’ve done all of hers last night and Rachel can conjure a spell to get hers done.’‘Homework on a Friday night? Sounds like Leah but I don’t think there’s a potion or spell in existence th
ALYSSA As I was saying, I have every right to be afraid because I get caught even in the most public places so forgive me if my shaking hands end up finally strangling someone.‘Hopefully, it’s yourself.’‘You know you’re wishing death on yourself too, right?’She gave her words a quick thought but I didn’t wait for her reply, knowing that Carmine was losing the hang of her memory—and sense—again.‘Hey!’It took a few minutes of lazy walking but we arrived at the three-channel ways. They were darker than the underground hell we had been in for minutes now and they just emitted this eerie chill I didn’t like… It made me think of the demon that was after my tail…‘You mean my tail?’‘No one’s ever seen your tail, Car. Not even me and I’m not sure anyone ever will!’She gasped. ‘Sheesh, harsh much?’Leah and Rachel must have felt it too because they said nothing before randomly picking one and going in. I tightened my fists into weaponry knuckles in case I would need to punch something
ALYSSAI want to boldly say that our mission was successful but none of us can ascertain that yet. Especially not when we can still count the hours of the time from when we attempted our mission to now but we did what we could to save ourselves from a monster that had been sneaking into our safe place and hurting us.Rachel called us when she found a hole at the end of her tunnel, one that had been concealed with planks of wood… and magic. A potion had been mixed and poured on the planks to make them blend in with the environment, in simple words, they looked like just the mossy wall and Rachel had to trace her hands around the entirety of the wall to find it in the first place. She offset the spell before letting us reach, which Leah apparently didn’t support as she thought they ‘agreed’ on using no magic but Rachel revealed that there was no agreement between them so they spent the next thirty seconds arguing about how they would conceal the hole to make sure no one else would be a
ALYSSALiam’s head redirected to the source of the scents and though I might’ve been the first to know of the looming danger, we were still very much in the same problem.We shot to our feet when the asshole appeared with four others of his shitty kind, monitoring them as they flexed their muscles and sent smiles to us like their grins were fucking love letters. And just like that, another place I thought I could kick back and feel safe in was taken away from me but that just seems to be the norm these days, doesn’t it? Dexter’s werewolf fangs grew out when he found Liam with me and Liam, unsurprisingly, stepped in front of me, but we’d need much more than that to escape this asshole and his companions. Unluckily, there was only one way out, and even more unfortunately, they were right in front of it.I could easily climb my way out of here but that was not an option because there was no way I was leaving without Liam. He wouldn’t leave me in this situation and my decision wouldn’t