Part 9 Beth was seriously considering locking herself in her room and never coming out again. If she did then she couldn't have any weird *possession* attacks and talk to strange guys she'd never seen before. Now she was safe at home in her room, she remembered all of it. Which was really, really freaky because that had never happened to her before. She hugged a large furry pillow closer to her, drawing her knees closer to her stomach. she thought miserably. She couldn't understand any of it. She wasn't even sure why she would even care what some British guy did to Sarah Paxton, who she didn't even know, and didn't want to know. The girl was a loser, plain and simple. If she talked about this to anyone, they would think she was nuts. It was terrible having a secret like this and not being able to do anything about it. "I've got *just* the news to cheer you up." Libby came bouncing into Beth's room without knocking. Beth sighed with irritation, not wanting to deal with Libby's perkiness at the moment. "What?" Libby perched on the end of Beth's bed. "You're going out with Arcturus Redfern later!" Beth blinked, tossing the furry cushion to one side. "The new guy? The really dark and sexy one?" Libby nodded. "You'll just owe me, like, forever with this one." Beth smiled. Libby was never normally this generous when it came to guys, particularly new and interesting ones. "How'd you manage that?" Libby shrugged. "If you'd have bothered to turn up to art this afternoon, you'd have seen him there. He was asking about you, he's picking you up at eight." Beth had already forgotten about what had happened that afternoon. Who cared about freaky things nobody understood when you had a date with a really hot guy? Checking her watch she saw it was already six thirty. "I need to start getting ready!" She flew off the bed, heading for the walk in closet. "I need to find something to *wear*." "And tomorrow, you have to tell me *everything*, Libby said. She stood up and left, leaving Beth to ponder her outfits. * * * "How are they going to pull this one off?" Sharon shook her head in confusion. "He's practically given them everything they need to catch him?" Lvana stared out the car's window, shaking her head. "I'm assuming he's done this kind of thing before." Sharon glanced over at her. Then shook her head again. "As long as we don't get caught, I'm not fussed. I've got other things I'm supposed to be doing right now." Lvana smiled faintly, but didn't say anything, her mind drifting back to earlier in the day. She was now beginning to wish she had never found that message board. Occasionally Lvana looked at a message board on an internet website which told stories of odd and unexplained supernatural things that had happened to people. Mainly she went on just for a laugh. She'd been browsing during sixth period instead of being in class. And was more than a little surprised to see one of it's users that day had been Sarah Paxton. The stupid girl had actually given her full name, location and everything anyone would need to hunt her down and find her, anyone or any*thing*. Despite Sarah's stupidity, her story though, actually was kind of interesting. It talked about the strange voice speaking to her through Beth Harman, the two brothers who apparently both hated each other mistaking her for someone called Helenia, and perhaps the most intriguing, a visit from a ghostly apparition calling herself Annabelle, warning her to stay away from the darker brother, Arcturus. "This Beth person, does she do that a lot?" The deep male voice had startled her. Lvana wished she had found a more private area to browse, instead of her laptop in the library. Somewhere the creepy presence that turned out to be Arcturus Redfern wouldn't be able to hang over her shoulder and scare the hell out of her. "Do what?" Lvana had asked him, forcing herself to meet Arcturus's deep green eyes. "Sound strange, look like she's possessed?" Lvana shrugged. "I'm not sure, Libby was saying she weirded out this morning. Why?" Arcturus was silent for a moment as he read Sarah's story. "Damnit," he muttered angrily. Lvana didn't have a clue what he was so pissed off about. She couldn't say anything, so she waited for him. "Would anyone particularly object if Beth Harman was killed?" Lvana blinked. Then smiled a little. "I certainly wouldn't, and would be more than happy to turn a blind eye to this conversation. Though you'd have to be careful." He'd been asking about Beth a lot that afternoon, now he wanted her dead? She wasn't even going to pretend she knew why. "Beth is very popular." Arcturus smirked. "I've done this before, you know. If anyone asks - "

"All right, all right. I know." She watched him leave, shaking her head as she turned back to the computer, turning it off. Who were Annabelle and Helenia anyway? Amber and Andreas were fuming over Edan had his apparent obsession with Sarah. This had been a very strange day all round. Normally, she was lucky enough to avoid getting into things like this, she was usually dragged in as a third party or for advice. She had been hoping that would be the case with this one. Now she was sat in Sharon's car, waiting for Arcturus's next instructions. She didn't know why he'd picked Sharon to help out. He'd been doing something with Libby earlier, which was kind of confusing. "Someone tell him to finish what the hell he's doing so we can get out of here," Sharon grumbled, folding her arms impatiently. "We just have to wait," Lvana said patiently. Though she didn't really know what they were waiting for. * * *