Chapter 113 - To Overcome

>>Nena

No matter how much I wanted to deny it, it all came right in front of me like a hard slap to my face.

Sam and Chris were right.

Nothing had worked.

Absolutely nothing has changed. Except the fact that, now I feel like I’m not even worth what I thought I was before.

I’m just a human.

Someone who was there for a fleeting period in his life. Will I even be remembered after a few years?

I heard Quincy’s door get shut and I knew she and him were together in his office now.

My heart broke. It felt like a glass that fell on the hard concrete floor and shattered into tiny uncountable pieces.

I looked down in misery and began to slowly walk towards the room.

My thoughts felt like they were jumbling up and it felt suffocating. I didn’t want to be in the same space as her.

Why did she appear now?

I feel so bad and stupid!

I walked into the corridor and stood in front of Quincy’s office.

I heard them talking but couldn’t hear.

Shit!

I bit my lips and ran out to the open corridor, to the backyard and then to the forest behind the house.

Does this mean I never had a chance? Is Lilith Quincy’s lover? Are they a thing? Does he plan on going back to her? He did say he was going back after I graduated. Why didn’t he ever tell me? A fiance! Not just a fling! A partner who he’s going to marry!

Hell!!

Shit!!

With every thought, my heart turned more sour and with every step I felt even more miserable but I kept going. I kept going till at one point I just stopped.

I stopped running and thinking at the same time.

What now?

I looked up in defeat as I held my tears in.

What? What do I do now? How do I counter this?

I looked down and around only to find myself near the Dryad tree. There is one in every forest and seeing it meant I was quite deep in the forest right now.

Just at that moment when I recognized the Dryad, I remembered my sister, ‘Maya’ and my feelings got worse and the pain in my chest increased.

It’s been ages since I’ve missed her so much. I cried a lot when she left me but Quincy’s presence calmed me a lot.

He made a lot of effort to take care of me and make my days better.

…

I used to think that Quincy was mine, that he was going to stay with me even if it was just for the sake of the promise he made to Maya but I was wrong.

How stupid…

I crouched down near the Dryad and began to hit my head on it.

Damn it!

It all went wrong in a simple sweep! So much happened within one day!

Shit! Shit! Shit!

What do I do now? I can’t just give up! I want him! I want him so so much that the pain in my chest just keeps getting worse!

“God…” I whispered as my head began to hurt, “Why…” I took a deep depressed breath.

I bit my lips in frustration and began to chew on it when I heard a voice.

“Seems like you’re upset.” The voice shocked me and made me freeze up, “I can see it in your eyes girl.” I turned my head to look at Lilith, “You like Quincy.” She snickered, “Poor child.”

I glared at her, “Why did you follow me?”

“No reason.” She kept chuckling, “I just found your infatuation with him amusing.”

“Why?”

“Because you have no chance.” She smirked, “At all,” She laughed at me and that just made me angry. She was humiliating me but what made me even more annoyed was that I couldn’t punch her.

I knew she was far stronger than me and all I could do was bite my lip in anger.

But!

I will not just take it all quietly!

“If you’re that confident about my loss, why did you come after me?” I glared at her, “Or is it that perhaps you’re actually scared he might like me back.”

“Oh darling.” Lilith smiled at me, “I’m the first choice he has,” She said and just those words alone made my heart pound in pain because I somehow knew what was coming next, “There are other candidates after me. He’s a precious asset. Son of a duke and a queen, a rare mixed powerful breed and the second in line to the throne. Of course he has plenty of options.” She raised her chin up only to look down at me, “You will never be a choice.”

She smirked like she had won a war against me and I felt so defeated I couldn’t say anything in return.

I chewed my lower lip again.

Damn it!

He has other choices? What the hell…

I glared at Lilith

I hate this woman! I want to punch her so bad! She’s telling me all of this on purpose! She wants to downgrade me!

My frustration got the better of me and I ended up hurting my lip when chewing on it.

The cut caused the blood to spill out and in that moment Lilith froze. She glared at me with lust and I immediately knew I was fucked.

Just then mist began to rise from the ground as her eyes started turning red, “Oh my,” She gulped as she entered an entranced state, “The scent of your blood is so enticing!” Her fangs drew out and leaped towards me with speed I couldn’t keep up with.

Her hands wrapped around my neck and her weight pushed us both to the back. I felt overwhelmed, scared and terrified even, but that still didn’t reduce my hate for her.

A white oval shaped entrance pulled us in when she lunged at me but right there I saw something strange happen.

I passed through the weird misty white entrance while she couldn’t and I fell to the ground while she clawed at the dimensional barrier that was somehow keeping us apart.

I coughed a little as I placed my hand around my neck and sat up to look at her in horror.

Her eyes glowed red, her nails were long and sharp that were scratching the invisible entrance and I could see her wild hunger as she took out her long tongue to try and lick the drop of blood near my mouth.

The sight was blood chilling. I felt shivers run down my spine and my skin stood up in fear.

Just then the portal suddenly closed, leaving me in an unknown place filled with thick big trees.

…

For a few seconds I was too stunned and scared to move or think but then slowly, as the minutes passed, I gained back my senses.

What had just happened?

I looked down at my shaking hands and a thought crossed my mind.

That’s what a vampire really is.

I clenched my fists. My blood makes them go crazy and there is nothing I can do to defend myself…

Quincy never did this though, he was always quite restrained and composed himself when I got hurt but I guess that’s just him.

And maybe that's why I like him so much too…

I looked down in defeat.

I feel so lost right now…