Lizzie could still remember, as if it was just yesterday, how her grandmother would put her in her lap and tell her stories about humans becoming wolves, people who could conjure magic, and those who suck blood when the sun goes down.
Lizzie's grandmother told her every good and bad side of all the creatures existing together in this world.
She thought those were just bed stories. Nothing was real.
But it all changed when she accidentally set their kitchen on fire last week and summoned water to extinguish it. It was like an instinct.
Things got odder when she was able to heal a butterfly. It was as if nothing happened after she mended its broken wing. It was like the butterfly was never hurt when it flew away.
She decided to keep it from her best friend until she confirmed her theory.
Lizzie found her grandmother's grimoire and studied it.
Aria gaped at Frank. She was thinking that maybe whoever was standing in front of her was Frank's ghost. She wanted to come closer, to take a better look, probably - she is right. Maybe this is Frank's ghost, playing with her mind.But her feet seemed to be glued on the floor. She can't even speak. It's like she was stunned and could not do anything about it."What now, love? Have you gone deaf?" Frank asked sarcastically. He walked closer to her. Her heart and mind are arguing whether to flight or fight. Either way, she wanted to move. But she's frozen.Her heart was pounding so fast she could feel it might go out of her rib cage.All she managed to do was to take a tiny step back from Frank."But, you're dead," she said. Frank laughed at her as if she made the funniest joke he had ever heard, but his emotions quickly changed as he suddenly looked at her sharply with flowing red
Aria crossed one of the things on her checklist. The graduation ball will be tomorrow, and none of the committees she formed had finished the tasks that Aria gave them."Where is the food committee?" she asked in the crowd. Most of the seniors were in the hall putting designs on the walls - backdrops."We could have done a 2000's themed party, or maybe a neon party or any other much simpler themed party. But no. Why did I choose the 1800's again?" Aria asked Lizzie. Aria's eyes roamed around the hall, checking if everyone was doing their job. "Hey!" she called out one of the boys carrying a table. "Can you find Amy? Tell her Aria's looking for her." The boy nodded and went on."Aria, calm down. We can make it. We have the whole day," Lizzie grabbed Aria's shoulders and turned it to face her. "Inhale. Exhale. Inhale. Exhale," she said while doing the same thing.Aria impulsively followed her, which ma
Mary, Jake's mother, had gone berserk after receiving his son's severed head. The whole forest heard her shrieking agony. They sent all the children back to their respective homes. And every adult of the pack gathered in the cottage.Mary's sister took her to one of the cottages, separate from her son's mutilated head. They could still hear her crying. Matt took Jake's head inside the main cottage. They wanted to give her a proper burial, but not without the body."Can she trace it?" Leo asked Aria after she said that Lizzie could trace objects. She traced the sender of the video before. "So, she's a witch," Matt said. Aria nodded slightly. Though, she isn't sure if Lizzie would be okay if people knew she's a witch. But she trusted Leo and Matt.Matt was pacing back and forth in the room. He was worried sick for Nora. They were right when her scent led them to Crescent Hills. "Probably, his body would still be inside tha
Leo immediately took a blanket and covered Aria's crouched body as she turned back in her human form. Mary was still crying, and Aria's heart couldn't help but go with her. Aria could only imagine how painful it was for a mother to receive the head of his beloved son.She stood up and walked towards Mary, who was still crying and appalled by her sudden use of authority. She immediately felt guilty for doing that to her, especially she had just lost her son, but she had to."Mary," she said, then took her hand and held it gently. Mary looked at her with tears still falling off from her sorrowful eyes. "I know what happened was beyond painful. No one deserves to die like that, and no mother deserves to see their son," Aria swallowed the lump forming in her throat, "in that state.""But Cassie has nothing to do with that. She just came here," Aria said, then she looked at Cassie.Aria had known Cassie a
Aria immediately went to her car with Cassie behind her. Lizzie tried to run after them, but the people's focused turned to her as she was called Lady of The Night. She walked to the stage, took the crown, waved, and smiled, despite thinking of her two best friends."Wait, Aria, are you sure about this? Because I admit at first, I was willing to go with you since they thought I am in their side, but seeing Frank there, was not good," Cassie said."I am sure of this, Cassie. I will show those monsters who they are underestimating," Aria said fiercely.She quickly hopped on the driver's seat, cursing at the gown she was wearing for getting on the way. "I should not have worn this. I should not have attended this in the first place. I have a lot to worry about," she said."Aria, we have to be rational. How sure are we that Frank did not hear any of our conversations? I thought Raymond sent him somewhere
Lizzie's heart would not stop pounding even though they had already arrived at the emergency room of Clarke's Lake Hospital. Jerome was still unconscious, and he looked so pale he could be mistaken as already dead.As soon as they entered him inside the operating room, Lizzie broke down on the floor. Her mascara ran down her face, and her hair had become messy. Cassie only sat by her side, hugged, and comforted her."I swear I will kill Frank once I see him again. I will study every book in my grandmother's shelves to learn how to kill an immortal like him," Lizzie said, then went back on crying."He didn't know what I am or what happened to Aria in the woods. He doesn't know anything," she sobbed. "But now, he's the one suffering."Cassie only patted Lizzie's back to calm her down and stop her crying. She already knew what to do to save Jerome's life, but she couldn't do it with people around them.
"I told you to wait!" Matt said. He slammed the door of the car and pedaled on the gas. The vehicle's engine roared as its tires wheeled against the concrete road and left the vampires with nothing but dust."Do you think a piece of jewelry with a piece of herb hidden on it would be able to stop them from attacking you?!"Aria did not like the way he spoke to her, but she kept her lips tightly closed. She knows Matt was right. She knows what she did was an impulsive decision that almost cost her not just her own life but her friends as well."Why is it not working?" Cassie asked as she tried to bite herself and let Lizzie drink some of her blood. "It should be working. It worked with Jerome," she said.Cassie's blood was all over Lizzie's mouth, her dress drenched in her blood, and her eyes were barely open. Aria held her cold and feeble hand tightly as Matt disregarded the speed limit to go to
As soon as Aria turned around and saw Leo's face, her face lit up in happiness, and she swiftly ran towards him. She threw her arms around his neck and buried her face on his chest."Are you alright?" Leo asked, then he hugged her tighter, inhaling the scent of her tangled hair."Yes, I'm fine now. Have you got any answer?" Aria asked.Matt stared at how Aria's mood lightened up as soon as she saw Leo. Something pinched his heart, and it did not escape Cassie's observing eyes."I think I've seen this film before," she said in a sing-song voice.Matt looked at her and rolled his eyes. "I don't know what you're talking about," he said, walking to the opposite side of the hallway, away from Cassie."You know it. I know you know it," Cassie said. "It's already there. I can tell it. You're not the first person I met who fell in love with his brother's girl."