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I tripped up the stairs several times as I was running up them but when I finally got to the top,
I ran inside and I slammed the front door and locked it and I heard Lexie singing out to me but
I ran up the hallway until I got to the stairs and I ran up more stairs until I got to my room and I
slammed the door closed and locked it.
I leaned against the wall, trying to catch my breath and unable to control the tears anymore.
They were streaming down the side of my face and I couldn’t stop them.
I was such an i***t. I should have known that they didn’t like me for me. No one does.
They were betting on who could get me in bed first.
How could they do this to me? They knew how I felt about people and the way they use me all
the time.
And they were doing the exact same thing to me.
Someone started knocking on the door but I ignored it.
I slid down the door until I was sitting on the floor and by this point, I was a blubbering mess.
I couldn’t even think straight, let alone talk.
I knew it was Chloe on the other side of the door and she wasn’t going to go anywhere.
I heard her sit on the other side of the door.
She wasn’t saying anything. She was just sitting there. Letting me know that she was there for
- me.
My phone started ringing but I ignored it. And it started ringing again. So I ignored it again.
By the fourth time it rang, knowing it was the guys, I threw it across the room and it shattered against the wall.
I heard Jacob and Lexie come upstairs and talk to Chloe but she told them that she would take care of me. When and if I opened the door for her.
Jacob sounded really angry that I was this upset and Lexie sounded really concerned. But they didn’t know what had happened, so I couldn’t talk to them. I didn’t want Jacob to go after
Lucas or Levi.
Not that I cared what happened to them. But Jacob would end up in some serious trouble if he
hurt them, or worse, killed them.
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.I don’t know how long I was sitting on that side of the floor but when I finally got up, I looked around my room and everything was so dark except for the glow from the fireplace.
I turned around looking at my room like it was the first time I had ever seen it before.
I felt completely lost. I felt useless and used.
My door handle slowly turned and Avery1 poked her head in. I guess Chloe thought that Avery might be able to get through to me a little easier.
She saw my swollen face and knew that there was something really wrong with me, so she came inside and closed the door behind her.
“Babes. You are really scaring me now.” Avery said, walking closer to me.
“It was all a lie.” I mumbled out.
“What was?” She asked.
“They were. They didn’t like me. None of them liked me. They used me.”
“Who? Who are you talking about?”
“Them.” I said. That’s all I could manage to get out.
I couldn’t even bring myself to say their names, but I didn’t have to. She came to the
realization on her own that it was the guys.
“What did they do?” She asked, very seriously. But I just shook my head.
“Alright. You don’t have to tell me…yet. But I think you should have a shower and wash your face and get into some clean clothes.” She said, looking me up and down.
I was a mess after running home the way that I did. I threw my shoes away and everything and my dress was really dirty.
I just nodded my head and I went into the bathroom and left the door open slightly.
I got undressed and got into the shower but I sat on the side where a bench was built into the
wall.
I sat there trying to control whatever tears I had left in my body and I was taking deep breaths. Trying to control my emotions and my thoughts.
When I finally got out of the shower I grabbed a towel and went into my room.
Avery was sitting on my bed and I walked to the wardrobe to get some clothes on.
When I walked back out I sat on the bed next to her, staring out the window.
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“So, what did those assholes do?” She asked.
“I don’t really want to talk about it.’
“You have to. Because they’re outside. They’re both downstairs of the castle. In the field. They want to talk to you but aren’t game enough to come up here because they don’t know who is
here.” She said.
up
So I walked over to my large windows and opened them up. Feeling the cold air hit my skin
instantly.
“Zidrith.” I yelled.
I then heard screeching and suddenly Zidrith was using his talons to climb down the side of
the stone castle.
“Don’t kill them. Get rid of them.” I demanded, pointing to the guys that I could see from my
window.
So Zidrith looked down and it looked like he was actually smirking when he finally jumped off
the building and started flying down towards the field.
I closed my window and I went back to my bed and sat with my back against the headrest.
“You just set your dragon onto them. You’ve never done that to anyone before.” Avery said,
shocked.
“He won’t kill them.” I said.
“I know. But still…” She said, racing to the window and looking outside.
I knew that he wouldn’t use deadly force. He was just going to scare them. And as soon as
they saw him coming towards them then they would be scared.
They know that he’s my dragon and he would do anything for me, so the second they see him
coming they will start running.
I just wanted them to get the hell away from my house right now.
“Are you going to tell me what happened?” Avery asked, sitting on the bench under my
window.
“Not really. I just don’t want to be anywhere near them right now.” I said.
“Alright. Well, Chloe and I aren’t going anywhere. She’s downstairs with her parents right now,
but she will be back soon.” Avery said.
Avery’s phone started ringing and she looked at it and took a deep breath before she
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.answered it. She then turned it to face me.
“It’s for you.” Avery said.
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Mom’s name was written across the screen and I could feel my heart rate start to increase a little when I saw her name. But I knew that I wouldn’t be able to avoid this forever and I knew
that I would never be able to hide this from her. So I took the phone off of Avery.
“Hello.” I answered.
“Emma. What the hell happened? You used a sonic blast?” Mom asked.
“You felt it?”
“I saw it. It came through like I was standing in that field with you.”
“I don’t know where it came from. It just happened.”
“What happened before that? If you were full of a certain emotion then that could have brought it out.” Mom said.
“I was upset. But I’ll be fine. Everything’s going to be fine.”
“Not if you’re starting to get powers now. You need to be trained. Otherwise you could really
hurt someone.”
“Mom, please. Just not now.” I said, tears starting to fill my eyes again. Which she could hear in my voice.
She paused for a moment and I could hear my dads muttering something in the background.
“We’ll be home as soon as possible.” Mom said.
