Draven and Diane ran in with hands full of stones and valuables needed for the ritual. When they reached Leo, they dumped everything on the floor and tried to attend to him.“You were three minutes late!” Leo yelled, and then shifted.Everyone stood still. There was Lara, twitching so hard that it started the beast. The bear shifted away from her, whining into the midnight as her skin burned the grass underneath. Her body was so red they could practically see it burning.“What the fuck is happening?” Diane asked, scared.“Damn it if I know,” Leo shouted. “I just came here and met her like this.” He touched her skin and then pulled back, biting his lips so he won’t scream again. “Fuck, she’s burning.”“It’s Timothy,” Draven suddenly realized. “He’s the one. Just as you predicted, Diane, he got into our head.”“He got into her head and she’s asleep,” Diane corrected.“There’s no time. Is there anything we can do to draw her out of that nightmare she’s obviously on?” Leo asked desperatel
“It’s important that I bleed her,” Diane quickly explained. “It’s actually even better that she refused me. Then it would mean that I was taking from her without her consent.”“Isn’t it bad that you’re taking her blood without her consent?” Leo asked.“I already asked that you let me do what I’m supposed to do and not interfere,” Diane said harshly. “Besides, the better she resists me, the better for her.”With one long look at Draven, Diane stood up and went back to the blue fire that was now fizzling out. She poured the content of the bowl into the fire—the bear’s heart, her and Lara’s blood, with a ton of other concoction she mixed in there. The fire hissed and roared while she stood above it, allowing the burn to dance on her skin. She looked like the goddess of destruction who was burning away the world.Leo went to stand beside Draven. Seeing Diane like that scared him a little bit, especially since the burn seemed to affect Lara. Diane was the one standing above the fire but it
It was Timothy.Draven drew back and raised his sword in defense He didn’t know how he knew it was Timothy, considering that he’d never seen the man before. However, every hair on his body stood and stold him that this was the man. No other person could sneak up on him so easily and have such strong aura. Matter of fact, he didn’t even see the man coming. It was almost like he’d been watching him from a time away and then materialized himself where Draven was.Draven began to look for a reason why this man with the strong presence could be Timothy. As the man approached him again, he held his sword strongly in his arms and relaxed his muscles. There must be something… well, apart from the fact that he had a strong aura and he recognized him as Draven, there was a fiery burnt mark at the side of his face, like his face had been in a romantic dance with fire.Wait a minute…Diane had performed the ritual two days ago. Draven and Leo never asked her the exact concept of the ritual bit it
“Draven, who were you speaking to just now?” Diane asked as she hurried after him.“That’s none of your business, Diane.”“None of my business, Diane.”“None of my business? I saw you talking to him!”Draven stopped abruptly and rounded on her, forcing Diane to take several steps back lest she fell into him.“I didn’t know you had a problem with me talking to myself. Are you delusional, Diane? Do you think everything revolves around you?”“Right now, everything does,” she replied hastily.Draven gave her one look before turning on his heels. He didn’t know why Timothy had disappeared so fast. He didn’t even understand the real history between Timothy and Diane. When she was telling her story, she seemed truly repentant of her sin. Even if she was not repentant, at least she acknowledged her sins. She knew it would bring others down and she was trying to help. Draven knew deep down that she was also actively trying to save her own skin. Besides, if Timothy could so easily get into Lara
“What the fuck…” Leo said but his sentence died off.This was more than he bargained for. Were they really arguing about lovers right now? Were they still in the same conversation space of had something happened that he was not aware of? He looked back to find Lara sitting on a tree log, watching them with crossed eyes. That was the way she was; always hiding at a corner to watch them when they started to argue.Diane stopped rubbing her neck but she still kept her hand there. “What the hell are you talking about?”Draven laughed sarcastically. “Are we going to start this back and forth shit now? Is that what you’re playing at, Diane?”“No, I really don’t know what you’re talking about.”“Is that so? Well now, let me spell it out for you. Are you and Timothy lovers? You’re so invested and obsessed with him that I’m obliged to think that you both have been lovers.”That was a huge bomb, and bombs comes with the silence of an attack. Leo looked back to Lara, whose mouth was agape in sho
They walked a long mile, Draven and Leo leading the way while Lara and Diane walked behind. Diane stayed at the far end so she won’t walk on the same lane with Lara. There was something suspicious about the young girl that she didn’t like. Diane wasn’t usually suspicious of people but when she does, her instinct was definitely right—just as it was right with Draven and Lara. Leo cleared his throat and glanced at Draven. “So… were you lying?”“Was I lying about what?” Draven mumbled.“You know… about what Diane said?”“Why would I be lying about that?”Leo cocked his brows at him. “Don’t forget that I know you all too well, Draven. I know when you lie out of necessity and when you lie out of leisure. I usually don’t catch the leisure one but the necessity one is very obvious.”Draven glanced at him with an amused expression. “Really?”“Yup. You get all tense and defensive and violet most times if you’re pressured about it. It’ll make you want to protect that little lie of yours quite
They camped inside a cave, just as Draven wanted. He’d taken his time and made sure they covered a 12 hour distance just so he could find the perfect place for them to camp. Finding a cave was not just the problem—and caves were pretty scarce. The problem was finding one that was deep and big enough to accommodate more than three persons. When he finally found it, it was nearing dark. The blanket of darkness that fell over them was just the right thing Draven needed to carry out his plans. He’d been thinking for hours how he would get away with talking to Timothy without anyone noticing and this was the best part.“A cave?” Lara asked in disbelief when they stood before the place. “Isn’t this kind of weird, Draven? Some crazy monsters might be in there!”Draven nodded in understanding. “Leo and I are going to check it out and see if it’s free of monsters; how about that?”“I thought you said we were getting to the end of the game,” Lara moaned.Draven gave her a confused look. “Lara,
Draven waited until everyone was comfortable with him being their security for the night before he left into the woods. Diane was surprisingly quiet and compliant. It was like she was into her head too much to care about what Draven wanted to do. Seeing that all odds were in his favor, Draven waited a bit before withdrawing to the forest. He walked deeper and deeper, wondering if he should just sit on a log and wait for Timothy to appear.“Hi Draven.”He yelped and fell to the ground, startled. His shouts of surprise startled the forest a bit, and so Draven waited it out to make sure no one was coming to check what the noise was before turning his head slowly to the side. There was Timothy, standing under the moonlight. He looked attractive and mysterious and just too handsome to be standing there. Draven sat up as he brushed away the small dirts on his body.“You scared me,” he hissed at Timothy. “You know you should learn not to sneak up on people like that.”“I didn’t sneak up on y