Chapter 125 - Black Woods

Eleanor's P.O.V

"Eleanor?" The figure walked into the moonlight from behind the bushes as my eyes remained trained on it.

Derek?

"Eleanor? You're alive? Or, I'm hallucinating about you again? Ha! How I wish you were still alive. How I wish Hailey was still here. Eleanor... I'm sorry." Derek apologized out of nowhere crashing down to the ground as I watched tears slide down his eyes, making a very uncomfortable shudder run down my body.

I hesitated for a moment before taking a step closer to Derek. The moonlight highlighted the lines of grief etched on his face, and I couldn't help but feel a pang of sympathy for him even when I didn't like him before he was the first guy to stay beside me from the moment my mother died. Though, he became more twisted than me after his mother died.

"Derek, you should go back to the village. Roaming in the woods... What if a vampire were to kill you?" I urged, my voice filled with genuine concern. Derek scoffed and wiped away his tears with the back of