All Chapters of Crucial Desires: Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

‘Find me, love. I’m your destiny. The answer to all your questions.’I knew I was dreaming. Correction, I wasn’t only dreaming, I was walking around the forest. I dark, dense forest. And I could see a small cottage in front of me.The voices were coming from there. I know I shouldn’t be going there, but I did.“Who’s there?” I say. When suddenly, the door opened and there came an old lady.“You’re here,” she says. She was very old. Very...very old. She had a thick stick with her, making her able to walk. She wore this black long gown. Her eyes were deep hazel. And wrinkles covered most of her face.“Why’re you calling out to me?” I ask her.“Because I’m the answer to all your questions, Little one.”“H-Why would you think that I need answers?”“Because I’ve been watching you. I’ve been watching you since you were a baby. I protected you.”“You protected me? From what?”“The dark shadow with the red eyes, arghh,” she started coughing. Coughing blood. I walked up to her to help her out,

“Valentine, I..”I wouldn’t say this wasn’t expected. I mean, he did say he had feelings for me before. But do I? Oh, god, Hailey, what the hell are you doing?!“I..Uh..”“It’s alright, Love,” Valentine spoke in a soft, calming voice. “I know I caught you off-guard, and I completely understand what you’re feeling right now.”“I just...” He took a deep breath and smirked.“I just wanted you to know. To truly know what I feel about you. I don’t want to waste my time and live with the regret of not telling you in the future, Hailey. What I feel for you is something I never felt with anyone before.”“My feelings for you and genuine and only yours. It’s okay if you want to take your time and think through this. I’m not going to force you into anything.”“That..that’s really sweet of you, Valentine. I just...I don’t want to hurt you.”“I know, and I also know that you won’t.”I smiled as he hid his face in my chest. We stayed there like that for a while, before drifting off to sleep, peacef

Before I could respond to this news, the bell rang. It was time for our classes. June sighed repulsively and calmed her anger down.“Look, Hailey. I know you must hate me. And I’m sorry that I clashed with you like I did just now. But...that guy gave me the vibes that I did not like. And..You have to know that I’m just looking out for you. You..know that, right?”I stared at her, and quickly diverted my eyes. Maybe she misunderstood him. If Valentine was a tribrid. He would have told me. But...June is only one step backwards for being a tribrid herself. She knows what she’s talking about.“I..” I fluttered as she recognized my uneasiness, changing the subject.“Okay, look. We don’t have to talk about this right now. And don’t worry, I won’t tell anyone about your secret prince charming. Just...try not to hide stuff from us, Hailey. We’re all your friends here.”As soon as June let out her frustration, she walked out of the bathroom, leaving me alone. I knew she was disappointed. That

“Well, if you’re trying to send me on the right path, and if you’re trying to help me live my life. Let’s start by telling me who you are.”The old woman smiled. It was almost like she was toying with me, which made me fucking uncomfortable. She talks about trust and I don’t even know who she is.Or maybe, maybe I do?“Who are you?” I asked in a dominating voice.“I..am the ancient one. I am the immortal one. I am...Constellation.”“Constellation? As in stars?”“As in an ancient creature, young one.”“Creature? Well, that’s not new to me. We’re all creatures here..just not old.”“You’ve grown. A lot faster and more intelligent than I thought. Only, you’ve become weak.”“Weak? Well, if you helped me in some way, it didn’t make my life much easier. It made my life worse. I have these freaking nightmares and visions that I shouldn’t even suppose to be seeing. And now you’ve come again, saying you wanna help?”“No thanks. I’m way okay being weak than begging for your help.”“Who said you’

“Yes, yes, I did. I found you because you told me so.” I say to her. It was always like she was impressed. Impressed by my actions, my courage and the audacity to bring and risk someone else’s life too.Somehow, I knew that Constellation knew about Ms Wallace around. Of course, if someone’s asking you to come visit them discreetly, they want to be discreet. Me, bringing Ms Wallace was a break of trust and boundaries.“I see you brought a friend with you.” She says, pointing in a direction behind me.“You were the only one who said no to trust people, so I guess that’s all I’m doing. For now, I don’t trust you, but I do trust Ms Wallace that, if something goes sideways, she’ll help.”Constellation smiled, exposing her gritted blackish teeth. Even her tongue was dark. It was almost like she was a dark witch, not a good one. Her aura was the only thing that led me to think this was a bad idea.“Follow me,” she says.“Follow you where?!”“You’ll find out soon,” and just like that, she sta