CHAPTER 12

I'm too weak to get away and she's way too quick so I have no choice but to watch as she kneels before me and starts stroking my hair.

"Careful what you wish for." She says and licks her finger which had been covered with my blood earlier.

"Who are you?" I manage to ask in the depth of the pain.

"You don't remember me?" She's still stroking my hair. "Sister that wounds me deeply." She dramatically touches her chest as if my words literally wound her.

"Sister?" I ask confused.

"Yes, now try not to struggle because it only makes me want you even more." She reaches down to grab me and her intension is clear, she wants to hurt me. Question is, how?

"Please don't do this." I plead as I try to move away but it's fruitless because I'm between her and the wall.

"You have no idea how long I have been waiting for this." She moves in to grab my head and I close my eyes and wait for her to do her worst.

I open my eyes when the blow doesn't come and to my absolute amazement and relief I see my aggressor being pulled effortlessly away from me.

What is it with people and their incredible strength tonight? I'm still in a lot of pain but I momentarily put my pain aside when I see who just saved my life.

James. This guy is everywhere, is he some kind of a stalker or it's just a coincidence? Well, whatever it is I'm grateful because for some unknown reason I trust James.

"Of course you would save her." The girl says in a mocking voice but her tone makes me wonder if these two know each other.

"Stay away from her." James warns her but she looks completely unfazed.

"Make me." She gives him that smile and they move quickly into each other's direction.

James may look stronger but she's definitely quicker than him. Even though I have never seen a fight before much less between the opposite sex, I know this is way out of the ordinary.

Their speed, their skill, it's just supernatural and I can't look away. Instead of worrying about what the hell I got myself into, I'm more worried about James.

He may be giving her a fight but she's still very much fighting back. It's getting darker but I can still see them, maybe because of the small flashes of light from other buildings.

James seems to have the upper hand when the girl is on the ground and he's towering above her. I sigh in relief and let go of the breath I had no idea I had been holding all this time.

"I'm impressed with the lengths you will go to save her but let's see if you can fight this." And just like that everything changes.

I don't know how she does it but she somehow manages to draw light from her body and James instantly falls to the ground, groaning in pain.

I remember him saying something about preferring the dark and now I know why, the light hurts him.

With James seemingly weakened and no longer in control, the girl starts to attack him and I don't have to be any sort of supernatural being to know that she's aiming for the kill.

I will myself to stand up so I can somehow help the man who saved me a few moments ago.

"Let him go!" I tell with so much emotion that I can't fathom. I'm panicking at the thought that she might actually kill him. Maybe it's because I know once she kills him I will be next. "Don't hurt him!" I tell again but she isn't listening.

I feel overwhelmed, like I can't breathe, my head feels heavier and I feel like something is taking over my mind and body.

It's stronger than me and I can't stop it. I sink to my knees with my hands on both sides of my head as I try to somehow control what I'm feeling. It's not pain but it's something else, something very strong.

"STOP!" I tell with so much force that I get both Hands and the girl's attention.

I don't know who I was telling to stop, the overwhelming sensation I was experiencing or them but I'm glad I managed to stop both.

"Aurora." James says as he gets up.

Surprisingly the girl doesn't stop him, she looks striken, her earlier confidence has completely vanished, replacement with shock and something else I can't make out.

James comes next to me and pulls me into his arms. I grab onto him, thankful he's alright. He doesn't look like he was in a fight. He looks like he always does, handsome and mysterious.

I want to see if the girl looks the same as she did before the altercation but when I look around for her I can't see her anywhere.

"Are you alright?" James asks.

"Yes." I have a lot of questions but I don't know how or where to begin.

What is she? What is he? What am I? Am I in danger?

"You smell like him." He says suddenly and for a moment I don't know what he's talking about then I see him touching my hoodie, well Sky's hoodie.

I smile at the thought of Sky. "Yes, this belongs to him just like I belong to him." I add and James's hold on me tightens.

"You belong to me." He says.

I shake my head. "No, you confuse me but I want Sky, only Sky." I say faintly.

I suddenly feel tired no doubt because of the pain and recent events. I feel like my life is being drained out of me.

"I admit you get to me but not like he does. I love him and I'm sure he could learn to love me too." I have no idea why I fee the need to tell him this. "I have never felt how u feel when I'm with him. And now might die without him knowing." I sound sad and hysterical.

"What?" I don't need to open my eyes to know that James is panicking at the thought of me dying.

I don't want to see the look on his face because I know it will hurt me to see him hurting over this so I keep my eyes shut but I do my best to smile. "I hit my head and it's bleeding. The girl, she really hurt me." I tell him.

"No you can't die. I can't lose you, not again." His voice is frantic.

Before I can ask what he means by 'not again' I feel him rising to his grey with me still in his arms. "I won't let you die." He says but his tone is not convincing. He doesn't know how to help me.

"Where are you taking me?" I ask him.

"Somewhere where I know you will get help." His voice is promising but I'm not as optimistic. "I promised to keep you safe and I will."

"Let go of her!" A harsh voice stops James in his tracks.

I know that voice but I still feel the need to open my eyes and confirm what my ears already know.

And I'm right, it's Amelia Rosemont along with her sisters. Well I think it's her, between my pain and occasional rats of lights I'm not so sure.