Hollows In Time (✔️) | 'Hollows' Book Ⅱ

Chapter Fifty-Eight

^ here's our angel again, ready with her laptop to watch the trailer ^

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She blazed in like a blackbird straight from finding a kill. But she wasn't done. With wings poised, she snapped her head around, eyes pierced as she sought out her next prey. But who she picked shocked me.

"You promised me!" She screeched, yanking him up by the collar. "You promised!" She drummed her fists into his chest.

"There was nothing I could do!" He yelled back.

She scoffed, "When can you do anything?"

By now, the pair had attracted a lot of attention, but I still had the perfect view of Alexi from where I sat. And I thought I saw tears in her eyes.

I watched the girls—Avery, Cassie and Saph—gravitate towards the scene. And then Saph started to push through the crowd.

Alexi said something, leaning in close to him. But I couldn't hear it. Her body language was less tense; it couldn't have been a threat.

And then Saph flew in like a broken winged eagle.

"What's going on?" She asked, albeit quietly.

Lexi swung around, and her temper grew, if even possible. "Great." She threw her arms up in the air. "So this is why you failed." She shook her head and backed away, bumping into many different people. He reached out an arm towards her, but she continued to walk. And then I glimpsed it. A stray tear, rolling down her cheek.

She wiped it away hastily and shoved past everyone.

"Lex!" He shouted. "Lexi, wait!" He called after Alexi, trying to catch up with her.

"Damn you!" She yelled, making me jump as she erupted from the crowd. "Damn you!" She repeated before stalking off. In my direction.

Like a shadow, she darted past me. I knew she knew I was there. But shadows don't really have great sense of direction. So she kept walking. Then she was gone.

I'm usually oblivious. But I can read friends. And both Saph and Lexi are—or have been—good friends of mine.

From this day on, they will always have strings tied to their backs, that knotted themselves to each other. Because, right now, they have two things in common.

Firstly, they are both friends that I have fallen out with.

But, secondly, they are both connected to the same person.

They are both connected to Jonah Torrest.

The boy that Alexi had come for was Jonah.

But why? And how does she know him? And what was the 'promise' that he didn't keep?

Suddenly, I was up on my feet. But I didn't know why. Was I going to console Saph or Lexi? Or was I going to find out what just happened from Jonah?

Turns out, I'd be doing absolutely nothing. Because a figure ghosted by the table like it was collecting me for death. When I turned around, I recognised Jameson.

"Sky, I need to talk to you." He told me, running his hands through his hair in order to get it out of his vision.

"You think?" I responded, quirking up an eyebrow as I glanced at the crowd that was now dispersing. Jameson gave me a sheepish smile, then beckoned me with an outstretch of his arm. I was about to follow, then I remembered Toby.