Part Six: Fate
Chapter Sixteen: Father of Evil
Auriella tapped the nearest boy on the shoulder. "What's going on?"
"You didn't hear, Ella? Levine quit. Just upped and quit. Whole school is in an uproar."
Auriella twirled her hair around her finger nervously. First Tor disappears, then her lover Follower quits. She dug into her bag for her cell phone. It was time to get together with Blaze and Hailley. She began to dial the numbers when her phone was plucked out of her hand.
Anthony smirked, his two hoop lip rings pulled into a corner. She stared at him, getting a closer look at him now that they were in the light. Freckles splashed across the bridge of his nose, and five gold hoops pierced his eyebrows-two in the left, three in the right.
"You seem so disappointed to see me, El," he teased lightly.
Her moon amulet lay still,--even though it lit up--and that alone brought out a mild curiosity in the blonde. "Why should I be happy to see you?"
Why in hell was she happy to see him?
"Larry's gone. That should make you safe. For now," Anthony said, shrugging.
"Make me safer?" Now she was puzzled.
"Well, Torrence anyway."
"Who in hell are you?"
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Blaze stood onstage, in the same room where she had met Torrence. Robert had given her a lift since he went to the same school.
Charlie huffed angrily. "She's gone?"
"Yeah…She disappeared two days ago. Apparently, though, that's not uncommon," Blaze said softly.
Robert looked down at the floor. She glanced at him, sensing his distress. Maybe there was more to his and Torrie's relationship than known.
"No, she wouldn't do this to me. Not when the performance is two weeks away." Charlie's face looked more worried than angry now. She really cared about Torrence.
Blaze slowly glanced at the back of the room. A shiver of fear ran up her spine. There was someone in the shadows that could move despite stopping time. She knew he belonged to the Atrox.
She looked up at Charlie and Robert. They were too close, but she had to risk it. She willed her clock hands to stop, and the sensation of time coming to a still rushed over her.
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Auriella frowned, watching Anthony warily. He smiled at the girls staring at him, seducing them with his eyes. She grabbed him around the elbow, searing his skin with her palm. He turned his head to look at her.
"Jealous much?" He laughed.
"I have a boyfriend," she growled.
"Oh, right. Football boy."
"Look, I just want to know where Torrie is. Where is she?"
Anthony shrugged. "How should I know? Maybe Larry has her."
"Stop this!"
People stopped and stared at them, and she smiled at them apologetically.
"Do you always act like that?"
"Act like what?"
"A goody-goody. Don't you ever do anything bad?"
"I just skipped school to see you."
"True…" Anthony looked thoughtful.
"You…don't seem like a Follower."
He grinned wolfishly and leaned in close, his mouth against her ear. "And what do I seem like?"
"Get. Away. From. Me," she said through clenched teeth.
He laughed, running a finger across her lip. "I can read your mind, you know. I see what you think is private."
Then get away from me!
Anthony kept his smile, but slipped back. He stood, smiling down at her, then began walking away. "If you change your mind, El, you know where to find me. Bye, dea."
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The guy in the shadows stepped forward. "You wanted to see me?"
Blaze stared at him, overwhelmed by the similarities between him and Torrence. "You're Torrie's father, aren't you?"
"I am. My name is Stanton, Prince of Night."
She could feel the evil flow off of him. How could something so evil create Torrence? She tried hard to not stare into his eyes, but she began to feel hypnotized.
"Where…where is Tor?"
"I don't know." He sighed, bringing his back to hers after he had cast them down to the floor. "She seems to have disappeared."
"Don't you care that your daughter is gone?"
Stanton smiled darkly at her. "I do. But my daughter is strong. Unfortunately, I can't let you tell her that you have met me. I'm sorry to do this." His smile said differently.
She felt a slight push in her mind, and her vision became fuzzy, then cleared. Beside her, Charlie and Robert groaned as time resumed its natural course. Blaze blinked. Concerned as to why they both had headaches, like she had stopped time just before this moment.
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To all my loyal reviewers:
I, Shadow Goddess Akhet, do solemnly thank you for every single review, but see as how I, Shadow Goddess Akhet, is too lazy to do this individually, I, Shadow Goddess Akhet, have done this superly annoying thing. Please, also, forgive my superly short chapter, too.Thank you. Lol.
