Kissing Danger のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 31 - チャプター 38

~Aven I'm not sure why, but I can't sleep. Thoughts of Stace, my family back at home and my father who is apparently still alive haunts me as I toss and turn beneath my heavy blankets. Eventually the rattle of the train wheels against the track and the groan of the wooden carriages drives me to the point of near insanity, so I throw the covers off, dress more appropriately and leave my room. In the back of my mind, what the stranger mentioned to me today lingers, drawing me down the train to the common areas. Everything is vacant, the hour so late everyo

~Aven Stace lifts a branch up for me to step under, smiling. I'm not sure how I managed to let him convince me to follow him out into the forest in the dead of night. Maybe it's because the thought I laying in darkness alone is terrifying, so this is a welcome distraction from dark, inescapable thoughts. "How are you feeling?" he asks softly. We have avoided the conversation the entire walk. "Confused. Scared this isn't going to work," I admit. If I catch a

~Aven It's night by the time Stace brings us to Territory Five. Light strains my vision from a street lamp above me, my mind taking a moment to conceptualise everything around me. It's hard, shifting into a completely new environment so quickly with Stace's magic, however, I'm just relieved to be out of Territory four, and away from Lucille. By the ambience, beyond the small street we stand in, we are in some kind of village. Stace grabs my wrist and pulls me out toward the street, Eryk trailing closely behind me. When we emerge, I'm confused at the sight of a simple, small village with not too many people lingering about.

~Aven I nearly laugh. Instead, I compose myself, focusing on each of their faces in turn. The look so serious, considering what they are asking me. I'm not going to pretend like I'm not confused about Stace and what he is done, but Senna, and this girl who claims to be my sister are the last people I want to associate with. I summon a deep breath, deciding what I need to do. "Let me go back." "I don't think so," Castiel laughs. So what, they plan on keeping me here forever? Stace and Eryk will already be looking for me by now, and they will know exactly