The Lost Souls Of Ireland: To the Moon and Back

can't tell if it is because the air is so thin, or because I'm up in the air riding the winds with a guy I've never even talked to who just

n my own time, and if their clothes were any indication, the guy that is carrying me is dark, and the guy that was calling me a pathetic human

en, the white-winged stranger. A slight shiver makes its way from the nape of my neck all the way to the tips of my toes. Before I can utter a word to warn Tenebris, he

can't escape me

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ne.... I just knew I had to save him. Maybe he's just like me, a dark loner who enjoyed more than petty, shallow gossip sessions. Maybe a part of me felt sorry for the young mort

ellion!" Lumen screeches suddenly, a

we must've come a long way from the school. I'll have to land soon. If I could just get away from Lumen long enough to hi

ims for the cave entrance in an attempt to shut us in. Seeing an opportunity to trick Lumen into le

pt to figure out a plan. I sit Breen on a firm ledge and sit down beside him. I can hear music playing through his headphones. I wonde

f himself. Maybe he is afraid of the dark. I should have asked him before I closed up t

g is more sensitive than dolphins, I wouldn't have understood him. "Don't mention it," I hal

ot introducing myself before. I kinda had to make a split second decision on how to save you. Or, no offen

is Breen, but my friends call me Bree." anoth

o turn on the flashlight in Bree's backpack and tell him the truth about what I really am. I don't know how he'll react to the truth, but it's

ed to save the others, I-I really did," I tried, but I wasn

is reaction to being the only one I managed to save out of that entire building. The screams of t

you could've chosen anyone, so why did you save me? You always stay at the opposite side of the room from me, so it would've made sense for yo

ved him, too. It was just a gut reaction, I guess. Perhaps it was because he

me to you, or maybe it was because you were closest to the window. I-I really don't know, and honestly, I don't care. I'm just glad I was able to save

everyone, I feel a part of me break.

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starting to spin, and Ten is crying. Why does it always have to be the nice guys that are evil? I grab his hand and give a gentle squeeze; I can only imagine the hell he's going through right now, knowing he could only save one person in a class of 30 people.

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ted the confusion. To be perfectly honest, I figured he would have jumped off the ledge by now. I wipe my te

l?" Pain and anger fill his voice, even with the exaggerated irish accent, "No fuckin' wonder I didn't like him. I wond

eyes, though. Such a kind soul, it pains me to see

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d whenever his dad got mad at us as kids. I shudder and try to shake it off. Ten is staring at me with that pitied look I despise. I shoot him a look of anger, but it quickly turns into tea

nothingness, I imagine growing wings and flying, finally being free. The feeling of being in the air, wind in my ha