I didn't dare apparate to the place, the dead girl behind me had described. Firstly, I'd never been there, so actually getting there would be a bit of a miracle. Secondly, I didn't know how this wizard protected the place. I couldn't possibly know what would happen, if I succeeded apparating to the right place. Nothing good, I imagined.

The dead girl behind me... Some part of me screamed that something was missing. Sorrow, regret, shock. I should feel like I'd lost something. I had lost something. You're a murderer, Jess. But I was far beyond regret, far beyond anything that wouldn't help Escal. I'd promised he'd survive. He was going to survive.

I still wasn't much of a runner, but I didn't have to stop any more. The sticking pain in my lounges and my legs didn't bother me now. How could it?

I had to slow down and catch my breath a while before I was there. They'd be able to hear me coming sounding like this, and I didn't want to run straight into their arms.

When I was as silent as I could get, I started nearing the place. I passed a house that looked like someone blew up the top step and the door, as Eleva said I would. She hadn't told me about the blood on the staircase. I'd been right about the houses on the first day.

I started to hear voices. But.. Didn't I know that voice? No, I couldn't possibly. I edged closer and peeked around the corner of a house and...

Froze.

No.

Not him.

Anyone but him.

I gulped. Fear pierced my body like spears, aiming for my heart, but I pushed them away. Yes, he was there, but so was Escal. Escal hanging in mid-air from his ankles, his eyes defiantly staring down him.

"Connor!" I called out and walked into clear view. It was a big street, probably meant to look like some sort of main road.

So much for not running straight into their arm.

"Hey, Jess." His voice made me want to throw up. "Care to join the party?" He didn't seem to surprised about the fact that I still had my wand, but they would of course have heard the cannon. They knew.

"Actually, I was just leaving, sweetie." Sarcasm. Good. Doesn't sound too scared.

"What did you do to Eleva?" Opal growled. She didn't look upset, just angry.

"You want to know?" Oh, the irony. "Avada Kedavra." She fell dead, and Dya and Veile froze as the canon confirmed it. Connor just smirked. He could have used the moment I killed her to attack me, but honestly he looked glad that I'd gotten rid of her. She'd probably annoyed him.

"Haven't you heard, Jess? That curse is unforgivable. They'll throw you in Azkaban for that."

"Nice to know I'll have company then." My voice was cold as ice. "Let him go, Conner."

"Or what?" he hissed. "Or you'll leave me again? Didn't work so well last time, did it?"

"I'll fight for him."

"NO!" he shouted. "You're mine! You hear me?! MINE!" Before he had finished speaking, I made the ground beneath him explode in a shower of bricks and dust and ran for Escal. Veile tried to cut me off, but I killed him, reached for Escal's hand, and disapparated.

SO, yes another chapter, and the tension is growing :3

I won't be able to update during the week, cause I'm too busy, but I promise to update every weekend, sometimes twice like this one o.o

And now I'll apologise for being childish in a moment, but I've always wanted to do this :3

To be continued...