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d I felt my mother's words hanging in the corner o

Anyone could come for me and take this mise

. I had to go home. My mind was full of so many thin

father. The feeling of my promise still gnawed at the

eded to know how he died. Mother had just revealed

tart a new life. But how could I live now? Even if I did, how would

ing inside me like a tsunami on a sea, calling and whi

h yet. I didn't even know anything about it. I was just clueless about all this. What could I do? The magic

leave her. She was my mother. I loved her. She had been my backb

ot without her knowing. Not without a goodbye. But my heart felt pulled. So

would have been back from the wolves gathering, so I expected to

aug

was laughing. My mother was laughing with her. They were

my mother said. "You remind me of ho

ed. "You alw

mother said. "You'll do

rong. We knew Elena was not a good example. She was the definition of a rebellious child and both of them wer

question about what happened in the woods. Not one look of concern for me. Not even dem

om not saying anything. I threw myself on the bed and

ken into pieces and filled with different thoughts. I stared

spered. "I love you, but I

silence. I counted the breaths between sounds. I moved slowly, step by step. I opened my bag and packed my clothes. Only a few. Just enough for what I

thing long. Just en

en I

t and the night was

ve my sister, pretend nothing ever happened, continue living my life and working at the inn and feel miserable for the

e wooden walls, the small door, the dim lantern swaying in the wind, the kitchen whi

ay of speaking. He hadn't questioned me whe

veral times, "

. I paid him and got in. The seats were torn, the windows scratched. But at this part

y were strong and they knew every werewolf tradition. Stefan rejected me because I knew nothing about my life. To pay him back

ess wasn't

s rough, the ride shaky. I sat alone brooding about my life until a

said softly.

a," I r

ly. "Are you going

"Y

hey say they hire humans too. I'll take anythi

I wasn't fully human and was on this for

ow she left because there was nothing for her back home. I did

retched tall on both sides, blocking most of the moonlight. I

ill ran down my skin, rattling me. And then my heart began thudding faster. It wasn't fear, n

oked, like they sensed something I could not see. The air arou

e, noticing my disc

all nod. "Yeah.

wide awake. Every sound fr

down. My pulse spiked as it came t

nudged me whilst shifting clo

ned my neck looking out of the bus for what had gotten the driver so scared. And that's when I saw them. They're more like shapes in the da

us door

growled, "Eve

eople screamed. Someone pushed pas

" she w

ad slowly, cutting he

s half-hidden under a hood, but I saw his jaw t

repeated bar

night was too quiet. The only soun

dagger. I kept it close always. Even though I had no idea ho

lders broad, his scent sharp. He reached out to the dagger in my poc

e over slowly, like he

he said, his voice rough. "

n stepped cl

nts her." His w