OᑭEᑎ ᗯOᑌᑎᗪ ◎ ℍ𝕠𝕡𝕖 𝕄𝕚𝕜𝕒𝕖𝕝𝕤𝕠𝕟 ◎

Chapter 6

     "No legacy is so rich as honesty." When Shakespeare wrote that, he obviously didn't know what I know about teenage boys. I mean, I know there are guys with integrity, who lead with truth. I've just never met any of them. I thought that one person was Scott....I guess I was wrong. "I see you've decided to double down on your nihilism this morning." Our school guidance counselor, Emma, said. "I'm trying to be rich with honesty." I said. "Start from the beginning." Emma said. "Of my short-lived but horrific romances with liars?" I asked. "Of your decision to perform black magic on school grounds last night." Emma said. "Maybe we can table this until I catch the guys I was trying to find by using black magic. Because the longer that Landon Kirby and Scott McCall are out there, the greater the chances Landon tells people about this school and the kind of people we have hidden behind the gates." I said. "I think it's safe to say that Scott, as an Alpha with his status. He would know to never expose the supernatural world being he is part of it." Emma said. "You would think. Apparently, he's not the same person I saw in his mind anymore." I said. "People change Hope. It's destined to happen. It always does. Your father did. For the better." Emma said. I rolled my eyes. "You know there's a beacon that alerts me when someone's using. You knew you would be caught." Emma said. "After I found Landon and Scott, but we lost the trail and now I'm being interrogated. But go ahead, take your time. Nothing at stake here." I said annoyed. "Did anyone help you with the spell?" She asked. "No. Can I go now?" I asked. "Hope. You're a student. This isn't your fight." Emma said. "It's absolutely my fight, Emma. Landon and Scott were inside the walls of this school because of me. They had access to the knife they stole because of me. We're at risk of exposure because of me. And you can tell me that I'm sublimating a lifetime of survivor's remorse, or whatever it says in my file here, but I'm gonna help Dr. Saltzman find them." I said getting and leaving. "And what happens when you do?" She asked. I froze for second. They better hope I don't. 

     It should be said that Shakespeare wasn't completely clueless. He had plenty of advice about how to handle betrayal. My personal favorite: "Think, therefore, on revenge and cease to weep." I thought as I entered my room and pulled a chest out from beneath my bed and opened it. I opened a book and searched for a spell. I finally found what I was looking for and ripped the page out of the book.

    I walked to the SUV outside with the spell in my back pocket, to find someone underneath it. "Hello?" I asked looking down at them. The person rolled out from under the vehicle and looked up at me. It was Rafael. He sighed before answering. "Hey." He said rolling back under the SUV. "What are you doing?" I asked. "Adjusting the sway bar." He said. "Was it broken?" I asked. The sound of metal snapping was heard. "It is now." Rafael said rolling out from under the SUV showing me a metal thingamajig. He stood up. "You're going after Landon and Scott. If you want this car to work, I'm going with you." Rafael said. "You should stay out of it. They are liars and thieves." I countered. "They took a stupid knife." Rafael said. "Nothing in this school is a stupid anything." I replied. "Look. Landon's my best friend. And you? You seem vengeful." Rafael said. "Let me show you something." I said taking a step toward him raising my hands to his face. He grabbed my arm and looked at me. I nodded my head and he let me do what I was gonna do. "Close your eyes." I said. He closed them and I closed mine. I showed him everything I saw on the bus. He pulled back. "What the hell was that?" He asked. "Your best friend along with our new Alpha werewolf did that to a bus full of people on Route 29 last night, and I am the only one who knows how to find them, so give me the engine thingy." I said. "No." He said. "I have actual magic powers." I said. "And I have a long history of anger issues." Rafael countered getting dangerously close to me. "He comes." Alaric said walking to us. Rafael looked at him. "What?" I asked. "He knows Landon; he'll be an asset. And we need all the help we can get if we're gonna take down Scott. So fix the car and hop in. And put on a shirt." Alaric said.