I'm not sure if I mentioned this…Eveline is the same age as Isabel and the rest are in Ethan's grade. There are some months of school left…yeah, just wanted to clear that up. Morderchai (mor-deh-kie) means warrior, Japheth (ja-feth) means handsome, and Rivka (you can pronounce that one XD) means snare. Yup, wanted to clear that too even though not all names are mentioned in this chapter. But I think you can guess who's who since I eliminate one for you.

Demitri

I stare at the vast region of the bushland near Angel Falls. Leaves crackle behind me as a presence nears: Chloe.

"How'd it go?" I question. She raises an eyebrow while adjusting the new bag hanging from a shoulder. A new one, of course; she was given greed after all.

"How do you think it went? She's not here is she?" her hand sweeps the landscape, "No," she retorts. What's got her all riled up? "What is it about her that you're so intrigued anyway, Demitri? I mean, yeah, lust and all, but this isn't how you react towards other similar girls,"

I shrug. I don't know why actually, there's just something about Eveline that's… captivating. Chloe continues with her words, "What's so great about her?" she places her hand on my shoulder and I shrug it off. She looks a little hurt as she turns away, "What use is she to you? And she's nowhere near as powerful as, well, me…" not this again! What is it with Chloe's goddamned obsession towards me? I thought I was the only one who lived out lust, well, perhaps it affects spread out to the people surrounding me…I thought this was supposed to help the Order. No! It's a damned curse. I narrow my eyes then relax and run my hand through my hair.

"Chloe, we've been over this before. I'm sorry alright?"

She purses her lips and rolls her eyes, "Yeah, yeah," she grumbles stalking off into the trees. There were three of us original seven who survived and lucky me, I'm stuck with Chloe. Couldn't Mordechai have suffered with her instead? I would love to be in his place, wherever that is. I slump onto a nearby rock. We need Eveline on our side. They don't realize it yet, but she's the key to our success. Aside from that…I like her too…and it's not just lust working since I've learned to turn that off to an extent in the two years I've had it.

Turning to the setting sun, I contemplate what I really feel towards Eveline. Is it true love? I mock the idea, no one with as much lust as I could ever love, it's just an attraction towards her I guess. I pick up a stone and thrust it into the air above the forest below the cliff I'm on. It flies amongst the trees, a soft thump sounds as it hits the forest floor. Well, I know Eveline likes me- she clearly says it in her thoughts. That girl should be more careful, truthseers could be anywhere- and that includes me.

I smirk recalling her thoughts. Is she under the affects of lust as well? Or maybe it's my deception kicking in…That skill is just as bad as lust. I think I have control over it when it works on its own subconsciously. But Eveline is choosing to go with what my deception wants her to go with on her own free will. You see, here's the explanation: deception is only semi powerful. Unaware, its victim could do whatever I wanted, it's like persuasion since they have the choice to go with it or not, but the attraction to do what I want is very strong, the only interference is a person's conscience. And Eveline is easily falling for the trap, that is, if it's even being set. For me, deception has a mind of its own…okay, so its my mind, my subconscious mind and deception is well using what's in the back of my head and using it on other people…okay. Let's just put it this way: deception is a somewhat complicated concept, there's the ups and downs…and the downs include the fact that it's really hard to control yourself since deception has its own power over you.

Next Day

Eveline

"Well that makes no sense," Isabel informs me as we walk to our history class together, "Why would the Order be so upfront about it?" she rubs her temples. She has enough on her shoulders already what with Ethan's slight depression and now how the Order seems to be targeting me.

"I wouldn't know why," I respond opening the door for the two of us. We take our seats as the class quiets down since Mr. Trevale has entered.

"I'll talk to Arkarian after school," she responds as she takes out her notebook. I give her a slight grin. "What?" she asks.

"Nothing," I reply then turn to concentrate on Mr. Trevale's history lecture. He goes on about a project due a month from now and he reads off the list of partners.

"Chloe Campbell and Ethan Roberts… Isabel Becket and Dillon Sinclair…" Aw man. All my friends have already got partners! I sigh; maybe Demitri will be my partner! it seemingly takes him forever to read off my name, but when he finally does, I'm in shock, "Eveline Newton and Demitri Turner," I spin my head to my partner, did I just use manipulation on Mr. Trevale? Oh well! I'll be working with Demitri for a month! I feel like jumping out of my seat! He looks to me; a sweet grin on his face that makes me want to melt in his arms. He comes over as soon as Mr. Trevale tells us to speak with our partners about the project.

"Eveline right?" he asks. I smile and nod at once, "Could I call you Eve instead?" he questions. Eve. The way he says it, it's so sweet! The way it rolls off his tongue, so smooth! And his voice is just plain wonderful! No one has ever called me Eve and, personally, I never would have liked it- it reminded me of the character in the Bible who gave into temptation and caused the downfall for mankind. But the way Demitri says it…I'd love to just hear him repeat it every second!

"Eve. Yeah, sure. You could call me that," I actually feel like I'm literally melting when I talk to him. I look at his deep brown eyes that are practically black, it's so hypnotizing just looking at him.

"Great," he responds smoothly as he runs a hand through his hair. He looks at me strangely as I realize I've been staring it him.

"Oh, uh- sorry," I mumble feeling my face heat up, "What do you want to do the project on?" I change the subject.

"Anything you'd like," he replies.

"Well, we could do Roman civilization…they were like the greatest empire after all," I say.

"Actually," he tells me, "the Mongols had a greater empire than them, we just associate Rome as being the greatest, but that's just my opinion since they ruled more people and a much bigger region of land,"

"Oh," I say. Great! How dumb did that make me look?

"We could do the Romans though,"

"Okay," I say slowly, my gaze solely focused on his eyes...

Were you able to understand what deception was? I tried to make it clear, not sure if it was. If not, tell me and I'll try to explain in a message. Becket…Turner…names sound familiar? XD