And chapter four for Secrets Can Kill is here!

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Chapter 4: Explanations

Gray's POV

I was laying down, blinking up at the ceiling, when I heard movement. Nicole was rolling over on her couch. I heard her sigh in frustration and I finally decided to speak out. "…Nicole?"

"Yeah?"

"I take it you can't sleep?"

"Obvious enough."

"Ha."

"You can't either?"

I shrugged, then realized she probably wasn't looking at me. "Naw. You're bothering me."

"What?…" She asked in confusion. I mentally slapped myself.

"That sounded bad." I sighed. "I mean I've got questions about you."

She doesn't say anything for a while. Them "I'm a mysterious person for a reason. My secrets could kill you."

I smirked. "Exaggerator."

"I'm serious."

The smirk faded from my lips and twisted into a frown. "Elaborate."

"Nope."

"You gotta tell me now."

"Nope."

"Oh, come on, stubborn!"

"Nope!"

"You're going to wake everyone up!"

"Probably."

I gritted my teeth. "Damn, you're frustrating."

"I try." I can see her smiling in the dark.

"Okay, Emereon. If I'm taking you to Hakobe, I'm going to know some of these deadly secrets. Or else I can't help."

"…Fine." She exhaled loudly. "So I didn't grow up in a small town."

"Keep going," I prompted.

"I was on the run," she said quietly. I listened patiently as she continued. "On the run from this small group of people. They don't really have a name, but people called them the Destroyers. Their purpose is to capture powerful wizards and drain them of their magic power to use themselves." She sighed. "I was caught once, found out about it all, and escaped. I can't do much, but they have this strange belief I have extraordinary power." I imagined her rolling her eyes.

"So I kept moving. I wasn't alone, I travelled with... someone, but I don't want to talk about that. I met this girl named Liliana and she was one of the first people that didn't treat me like an instant outcast. We became friends…" Her breath caught in her throat. "And when the Destroyers caught up to me, she… tried to hide me… She was just human. No extraordinary powers. Only fourteen years old! And one time… when the ransacked the village… they shot her through the head, and I had to see it all."

I heard her sob quietly. I got up from my spot and sat next to her on the couch. "I'm the reason she died, I'm the reason so many people died. I tried to save her but I couldn't. She last said she wanted me to be happy. But I can't! I can't be happy as long as they're alive." She clenched her fists, and as I studied her face, there was one lone tears rolling down her cheek. "I tried to join guilds and get stronger, one guild was completely wiped out with the exception of a few, and I escaped. So, in this huge risk, I tried coming to the strongest guild in Fiore. You guys."

She sniffled. Feeling warm and slightly touched, I wrapped my arms around her. She stiffened then relaxed just as quickly and we stayed that way for a few blissful moments before I pulled back. "And now I've practically doomed you all." She raised her hands in mock surrender. "Kill me now."

"We are going on that trip," I said quietly and surely. "You are going to get stronger, and we are all going to take them down."

Nicole sighed agin, brushing her bangs out of her face. "Okay, another secret. I know I've got some sort of power, but I've kept it secret so long that I probably can't use it anymore, and even if I did, it'd be bad." She shook her head quickly. "Why me?"

I grinned. "I'm going to get you to use that power at Hakobe."

"Let's see," Nicole whispered, smiling. She's got a nice smile.

"All right, you sleep," I said, hopping off the couch. "Big rest. We're leaving in a few days." She nodded.

"Yeah. You sleep too."

But I listened until her breathing slowed before I finally allowed darkness to take over.