Lucas POV.

I closed my eyes as I remembered her hands wrapped tightly around my neck. Her gaze filled with anger, bitterness, and grief while she slowly crushed my windpipe. Of course, Kylie didn't know it was me. She thought I was Mario.

"Ok, you two better explain what the hell happened." Burnett said, his eyes bright. Derek instantly broke into a full explaination of what happened. He heasitated when he got to the part at the cemetery and looked at me.

"Then Mario threw fireballs at Lucas. Kylie stopped two of them but one knocked him over. He grabbed me around the neck at started choking me, so Kylie grabbed his neck and did the same with him.-"

I continued, "Then Mario did something and we switched spots."

Burnett looked at my bruised neck and shot me a look of simpathy. "Alright, I'll talk to Kylie and start a shadowing system. You two may go." Derek nodded and stood up walking towards the door.

I stayed back, and waited until he was gone, "I need to talk to her."

"Lucas, now isn't a good time for that." Burnett sighed.

"Not right now, I'll wait in her cabin until you're done talking. But I need to talk to her. Just 10 minutes is all I need." I insisted.

"Alright, 10 minutes, that's it. And you wait in her cabin." I nodded and walked out of the office.

"Rebound time." She whispered as she walked into her room.

I took a step forward and the wood floor creaked. She turned to look at me and twirled around before starting towards the door. Panicking I quickly called out before she made it out the door. "Don't go. Please! You're going to have to face me sooner or later."

Kylie stared at the wall. "Why? Why do I have to talk to you? I don't owe you anything. Not an explanation, or an apology. I wasn't the one who..." Her voice faltered.

I moved closer to her. "I know... I screwed up. I admit that. I... should have told you. No, that's wrong. I should have never let it go that far. I should have told my father to go screw himself in the beginning. I'm the one at fault here. But I didn't do anything... else. I didn't sleep with her. I kissed her twice. One of the times you saw. Both times I was put on the spot. I only did it to convince my dad that I would go through with the marriage. But I ner planned on marrying her, not for one damn minute."

She shook her head and said, "No," turning to look at me. I stared at her and it took everything in me to not run to her and hug her, and kiss her. I ignored what she said and continued. "You love me, I know that." She didn't say anything.

"I also know that you're punishing me. And it's working, because I'm hurting like hell. Not that I don't deserve it." I ran a hand down the back of my neck and even in the dark I saw her eyes fill up with tears.

"I didn't mean to choke you. That was a trick on Mario's part. I don't know know he did it but-"

"I know that. I don't mean punishing me like this." I said gesturing to my neck. "This is nothing compared to what I feel inside. I'm talking about you not wanting to talk to me, not wanting me close to you. You hae no idea how much it hurts to stand this close to you... Can you imagine how hard it is to stand here and know you don't want me to touch you." I stepped towards her.

When she didn't move away I took another step. And she inched back. Just that little inch brought so much pain into my chest. "See, but I know you still care because... because you saved my life. You could have stepped out of the way and just let Mario kill me. You didn't. You caught the fireballs that were ment for me.

"Yes, I saved your life. Now don't make me regret it." She said and waved towards the door. "Leave. I don't want you here." I stepped closer to her again. Tempted to hug her and never let go.

"I hurt you. I know that and I'm willing to take whatever it is you want to dish out at me. I deserve it. That's what I came here to say. That I accept what I did was wrong. But I didn't do other things you might think I did. ANd when you're over being mad, I'll still be here waiting. I don't care how long it takes."

She looked away from me, as if taking in everything I said. She looked like she was in so much pain. Pain that I put her through. "You gave her your soul."

"No." I said shaking, "You're wrong. I didn't give her my soul I lied. I couldn't have given her my soul. Because my soul was already was already given away. You took it when I was seven years old." I felt my voice shake and right then I rememeber the first time I had met her. When she was outside, on her yard. I remembered how I felt my heart stop. Then I remembered when she had first arrived at camp. The same feeling I had when I was seven came to me. "And if I had any of it left, you took the rest of it when you walked into Shadow Falls that first day. In the were culture, it's believed there is only one soul mate. You are mine, Kylie Galen. I knew that then, and it hasn't changed."

Kylie's sky blue eyes filled with tears. She inhaled and a tear escaped from her eyelashes, falling on to her cheek. She quickly wiped it away. I felt a sahrp pain in my chest and I saw the same in her. "I'm sorry that I caused you this hurt. And as mad as you are at me right now, I need you to understand I'm madder at myself. I did this to you. To us. I hurt the most important person in my life. If someone else had hurt you this badly I'd rip their heart out."

We both stood there staring at each other pain and sadness filled the room. "I'll go now." I felt defeated, lost, hurt. "I've said what I wanted to, and just know I'll give you all the time you need to forgive me. But not forgiving me, that's not an option. Because I love you."

She moved to the side and I walked out of the room. I walked out of the cabin. I walked away from the best thing in my life. "You will be mine again Kylie Galen. No matter what it takes."