Chapter 157 - Fantasies

"Why did you two break up? Did your parents not want you to hurt her either?" Alyssa asked him, curious about their history. If they were so close, why did they break up? Discover new chapters at novelhall.com

She also wondered who broke up with who. Even if Stella broke up with him the first time, that didn't mean that she didn't get feelings again and wanted to try again with him.

Elias leaned back in his seat, realizing that Alyssa meant business.

"My parents liked her. She's... a vampire," Elias said quietly.

Alyssa felt her blood run cold. A vampire that she didn't know was in her apartment alone with her.

Something terrible could've happened! She sighed and brushed her fingers through her hair.

"She needs to stay away from me. I know she's your friend, but I don't want vampires and whatever in my life. I don't want to have to deal with this," she sighed.

She hated sounding whiny, but she just didn't feel like it was fair. She had such a good streak that got ruined in a blink of an eye. She hadn't even been able to prepare.

Elias looked a bit hurt by that.

"I'm really sorry, Alyssa," he said, sounding sincere.

If he truly cared about her, he would leave her alone and take all of this danger away from her. Alyssa didn't know what to say to him.

She felt herself drawing away from him again. She was worried about her future, and what consequences would come from Elias trying to be a part of it.

There was still that glimmer of hope inside of her that things might be able to work out between them, but its glow was getting duller and duller.

"No," Alyssa breathed out, meeting his eyes. It was so easy to get lost in them, to fall into their endless depths and forget about everything else. If only things were that easy. If only she could escape like that.

"Maybe that was for a reason," Elias suggested.

Alyssa shrugged, not knowing the answer. She was clueless about a lot, and she just tried to figure things out as she went along.

She messed up a lot. She made mistakes and overanalyzed things, but she was human.

She was supposed to mess up and then try to do better. She just wished that she knew what to do more often.

"What happened back then doesn't have to be the end of our story," Elias told her.

Alyssa wasn't sure if he was hinting at them dating or not, but it was something that she didn't feel strong enough to talk about right now.

Of course, she wanted the fantasy of them being back together, but she knew how cruel life was.

She knew that fantasies hardly ever became reality, and she wasn't going to throw away her life and hard work for a fantasy.

"Let's deal with this Scott stuff first," she told him. She could hardly focus on her personal life when she knew that a dangerous vampire was possibly out to get her. She hated not knowing everything, but the truth would come to light. It always did.

Elias' smile faltered a little, but he nodded.

"I'll get to the bottom of this," he promised her.

Alyssa hoped that he did before it was too late. She didn't want to die now. She was still young, still striving for more hopes and dreams.

Her future could be bright, but there were a lot of shadows lingering around right now.

"He's choking! Help! He's choking!"

And the darkness of life always made itself known.