should go back and see her after the shock had settled down. Apparently my change is taking its time because of my blood, even though I have no idea what is so special about my blood and why a prophecy was made about me. My head was spinning, but at least I felt more alive.
“You cannot tell anyone about this Trinity,” Lachlan said snapping me out of my own thoughts.
“Yes I can ,” I argued.
“No, you can’t. It’s for your own safety ,” he said more sternly, like a father.
“Yes I CAN! And I will be telling my best friends. It’s my story to tell, so you don’t get to tell me who it is I tell it to ,” I said with strength in my voice.
“NO! Non -mythical beings are supposed to stay out of our world,” he pressed.
“Our world. Hmmm, last time I checked we all lived in the ’World’. Just some people do not know about it,” I said with sarcasm.
“You shouldn’t. You could put them in danger Trinity, and yourself. It is our way. Our Law.”
I did not reply. He was not my boss or someone that I held dear to my heart. I did not have to do what he told me to. I was going to tell them and he was going to have to deal with it.
We pulled up in front of Nikkee’s house. I sat there for a moment and then turned to face him. He was cute, and yes the attraction I first felt for him was defiantly gone. I was too annoyed at how my life had been turned upside down because of his stupid belief in a prophecy.
“You would have changed anyway ,” he said.
I opened my eyes in surprise. “What, can you read my thoughts?” I asked.
“No. However, because I am the one who created you I do have an emotional bond connected within you. I can feel your confusion and anger, and I can feel your resentment towards me, as if it is my fault ,” he said in a kind voice.
“It is your fault.”
“You were already changing. Wouldn’t you rather be this, than just some hairy beast?” he asked.
“Why? You got something against puppies.”
He laughed loud. It echoed around his car like a boom box. “Let’s just say, we are the more elegant monster.”
“You’re being prejudiced. A monster is a monster, only I am two in one. In my eyes that is worse. And vampires and werewolves have been fighting against each other forever.”
“How would you know that?” he asked.
“Cause that’s what all the movies and books say ,” I retorted. I opened the car door, hopped out, and started walking up the side of the yard towards the little house where Nikkee and I lived.
I heard the car idle for a few more seconds and then it drove off. I stopped and sighed to myself. What a mess. How could all of this be real, and yet it was all making sense at the same time?
“Oh my god! Trinity. Where the hell have you been?” came Nikkee’s voice from the gate.
I didn’t reply. As I opened the gate I was engulfed in the biggest hug I think I had ever endured.
“I have been worried sick. I’ve been home for hours, I couldn’t reach you on your phone, and the police told me you had to be missing for more than twenty-four hours! I even went to your foster monsters’ house to see if maybe you went there and then I just didn’t know where to look,” she said with a gentle sob at the end.
I squeezed her tight and then pulled her off me with ease. I felt strong, because I could feel she was clinging on tightly, but my gentle push unclenched her from me.
“Put the kettle on. I have lots to tell you and most of it you won’t believe any more than I do,” I said, steering her towards our home.
Nikkee had called Sky over. It was three in the morning. I hadn’t realised I had been gone so long, but then again the drive there took nearly an hour and a half, so the time frame made sense. The only problem was that my two best friends were still going out of their minds, crazy about where I had gone and what had happened. Nikkee even noticed how I looked much better and saw I no longer had the bandages on my arms.
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