Overlooked Fate ~ Sequel

Chapter 31 ~ Hidden

Sophie's P.O.V

Sophie departed from Carter and Pheonix as she made her way towards her room through the several dark halls.

She may have been in this hideout for over a month but it was so big that she still got lost sometimes.

After a few minutes, she heard a faint grunt, causing her to narrow her eyes in confusion.

She slowed her pace and turned around a familiar corner towards the way she heard the noise

A few seconds later, she realized why it was familiar.

It was near Zach's room.

Sophie was about to turn back but then she said some faint blood stains on the ground.

Her eyes widened as she quickly followed them to lead her right outside Zach's door. The door was slightly open so she peaked to see Zach crouched over with a knife it his hand. She also saw blood dripping down from his wrist.

It was then when she realized that he was creating a big cut on his wrist.

Sophie gasped, causing him to spin around to see her. "What are you doing?!" She hissed, opening the door wider.

"Ah see you came to stop by," he said, ignoring her question while wearing a smug look.

"Ew no! I was heading back to my room when I heard you grunting in pain! What in the world are you doing?!" Sophie demanded.

He smiled as he raised his bleeding arm. "For every kill, we have to give ourselves a huge cut that will leave a scar." He then gestures to the rest of his arm and Sophie could see rows of scars.

Sophie stepped back in disgust. "That's what you were doing today?!"

"Things got out of hand, even with Hunter helping me," he replied, shrugging.

"That's horrible. You're smiling like you enjoy killing people!" Sophie raged in disgust. But at this point she shouldn't even be that surprised.

His smile dropped and he narrowed his eyes. "Just get out."

Sophie obeyed, wanting to get far away from him. As she walked away, he called out, "and soon this will be you!"

Sophie ran off, trying to shove those words out of her mind. Sure, she had completely changed since she committed to the Neverseen and had done a bunch of illegal things but she never killed anyone...yet.

She didn't think that she could ever do it which worried her if she was ever pressured to do it soon.

Zach knew she wasn't ready, she just hoped he wouldn't spill anything to Mai. But knowing him, he probably will which scared Sophie.

She couldn't blow this. She committed to this so her family and friends could stay safe back home. One mess up, and it could ruin everything.

Sophie tried to best to calm herself down as she reached her room.

She knew it was late at night, perhaps even past midnight so she changed, took a long shower, and got ready for bed.