All Chapters of The Whispers in the Woods: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

I tried to ignore my suspicions about Pip’s identity and headed inside. It didn’t take long to realise that Cassie wasn’t there. I might have been mad at her, but her not being there made things even worse. It was the problem with only having a single friend. I hadn’t expected it to be so difficult. I took my seat and chose one in the back row. I was a loner. There was no point pretending otherwise. I sat there listening to the most boring account of the book we were reading by Dr Flint.It was Flint’s voice that was the problem. He droned on and on. What made it even worse was that every few lines, he stopped and explained to us what he had read. It was so grating, I could feel myself falling asleep. My eyes were so dry and my lids so heavy. I tried desperately to stay awake, but the more he spoke, the closer to sleep I got. I gave in and closed my eyes, still concentrating on his voice drifting through the room towards me.“Would you like us to bring you a bed in so

I turned my head slightly and looked at them. They had come along the stretch of the beach rather than coming from the road as I had. I could see them doing normal things, like skimming stones across the water, and wondered how someone so evil could be so normal. The three of them looked like any lads of their age. Rugby tackling each other into the sand and kicking it at each other. I thought about running for the car, but there was no way I would get there without them seeing me. They were more than fast enough to hunt me down. If I left and headed towards the secluded roads that led to home, I would be in even more danger. At least on the beach, there were other people, even if they were few and far between.I had assumed they lived in the woods that surrounded my house. I had no real reason to think that. It came from the fact that Pip always seemed to be close by, but at the speed he could run, he could easily travel to me. Then there was the howling I had heard, but the

I dressed hastily the next morning. Not because I was looking forward to going to uni, but because I needed to check that Cassie was alright. Not to mention finding out how things were between the two of us. Something told me I had managed to lose my only friend. Not that it was my fault. I didn’t want Brodie’s attention. She was more than welcome to him. Somehow, I knew she wouldn’t see it like that. She would think that I had led him on. I drove way faster than I should have done and wondered if my sudden speediness was due to the night before. Almost like I couldn’t turn off the muscle memory that had occurred during my high-speed chase. I cursed as I saw sirens coming up behind me and pulled over. I was fully expecting him to pull up behind me and give me a telling off, but he whizzed straight past me. About te

The exhaustion was starting to kick in before I even made it to the door. I walked straight past my parents and headed into the kitchen. I slumped down on one of the dining chairs and laid my head on the table. It surprised me when they didn’t follow me. I had expected them to be there within seconds, grilling me about everything. When they finally joined me at the table, Mum put a glass in front of me. I eyed it suspiciously, but before I could come to a conclusion, the smell of it drifted towards me. I felt so torn.My human half was repulsed, but my vampire half was desperate to reach for the glass and start gulping down the thick crimson liquid. I just sat there, waiting for my body to decide which half would win out. “You need to drink it. If you don’t, you will get poorly.” I looked up at Mum, but I knew there was nothing but disdain on my face. It was her fault, all of it. She had caused me to be two competing halves by giving in to my dad. I wasn’t sure whether I want

I couldn’t help but feel ridiculous, standing outside in yoga pants and a sports bra. I felt bitterly cold too. I stood patiently while Vanessa strapped my hands and wrists up, not that I understood the point of the exercise. She was being pretty tight-lipped about what we were actually going to be doing. I watched intently as she picked up two black pad-like things from the patio table.“Right, hit right here.” She pointed to the centre of the pad and I complied. “You need to do better than that. Put everything you have into it.” I rolled my eyes, but continued to follow her instructions.“I thought I was meant to be doing vampire training?” I wasn’t training to become a boxer, so I really didn’t see the point.“You are, but you need to train your human side, too. You won’t always be able to summon your vampire side, but you still need to be able to protect yourself.” I thought back to the day at the beach and realised she was right. I started to put more effor