A lovely mess

Chapter 9: Lies

"She was supposed to be here an hour ago." I sighed. I ran my fingers through my hair and pulled my wrist to my face checking the time. "What if this is a trap?" I panicked.

"For fucks sakes Jer, calm down. She'll be here." Jaison reassured me.

He pulled a cigarette out of his pack and parted his lips before lighting a match to ignite it. He breathed in and leaned against my truck. He closed his eyes and I watched him closely. He sucked on the cigarette with force, blowing the smoke upward as it began to blend in and mix with the air around us. I pressed my lips together trying to keep my thoughts to myself. I wanted this to be over. I couldn't take it. I peered at my feet glued to the bright green grass.

My eyes slowly lifted up to Jaisons. His eyes were beautiful. They were cold but soft, worried but promising, and dead but comforting. I could see past his battle scars and into what he really was. He was confused. He clung to every word I said earlier. Upset that I actually had sex with a human, confused that it was even possible. He was stunned. He knew HE couldn't even handle me. I'm too strong. He thinks some one from the Stygael clan posed as Macy and had sex with me. I shook the thought from my mind.

"Who would pose as Macy just to shag with me, knowing I was scared to." I said out loud without thinking.

"Maybe somebody wanted your DNA." He snapped. I could see he was angry about the invasion of privacy.

"I would have smelled a bloody shape shifter Jaison." I rolled my eyes at his lack of faith.

Just then a silver Cadillac pulled toward us. I stepped back and yanked an 8 inch knife from my boot tucking it behind me. I stared the car down and saw Sequoyah through the mirror tinted windows.

"Relax its her." He rolled his eyes.

Sequoyah pulled the car over and switched it off. The car engine stopped and she stepped out. I smiled relieved it was her and put my knife back. A gust of wind pushed her scent to me and I held back knowing that wasn't my best friend. I acted Normal.

"So you brought your professor right?" She smiled lightly.

I nodded towards my truck. "Take a look for yourself." I answered.

She tilted her head and began walking towards my truck. I revealed my eyes to Jaison as a warning. Confused, he shook his head and mouthed. "STOP". He was thinking I would freak her out and speed up the infection by scaring her. I nodded closing my eyes and opening them to show a dark pool of brown instead. The shape shifter leaned into my window and grinned. She turned back towards me and pulled out a gun.

"How coward of you." I smirked.

"Damn that was really fucking stupid of you." Jaison agreed.

I kicked the gun from her hands at the same time I yanked my knife back out. She swung at me and I ducked.

"Lights out for you." I chuckled. I jammed my blade into her neck, and pushed her to the ground. "Well now I guess I call the shots." I said.

"That's bullocks you can't ev-" Jaison started.

"I can't even what?" I started towards him my eyes piercing him. "Last I checked I'm a hybrid and I am fully capable of killing off an army of Gaisshen, in fact the only thing I cannot do is shag with you, without you dying." I growled.

His face grew red and I could tell he wanted to hit me.

"Go ahead then if you want." I offered.

He shook his head and climbed back into my truck. I followed his move and slammed my truck door breaking it.

"Well Cadillac it is than." He glared at me.

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We had been driving in darkness for hours. No headlights on the back roads trying not to draw any attention.

"You'd think driving without headlights in the dark draws attention." I mumbled.

Jaison glanced over at me and chuckled. Damn that boy has major mood swings. "Nobodys out here so late." He answered.

"Look about earlier, I'm sorry I was-" I began to apologize when he cut me off.

"Ah-ah. Don't. You were pretty shaken up and I know things have been shitty lately, I'm sorry I was a dick about it. I know its pretty hard losing Macy. I remember when I lost-" He stopped unable to finish.

His eyes fixated on the road. I decided not to see into his mind, I really didn't want to hear the rest, because that would make it real. I sighed and closed my eyes for a few minutes. We sat in silence for what seemed like hours. Eventually he stretched his hand out reaching for the radio. "Heaven Sent" spilled through the speakers. I gasped. I covered my mouth with my hand and burst into tears. I remembered the memories we made together and I couldn't hold it together anymore. I missed Macy. I loved Macy. I can't stand not talking to her. Jaison peered at me confused. He pulled my hand from my face and locked his fingers between mine. He rubbed my hand with his thumb and a spark ignited through our hands. It sent a shock wave through my body and suddenly my face dried and a smile spread across my face. I slowly turned my head towards Jaison.

"Thank you." I whispered. He nodded his head and glanced at me with a warm comforting smile.

We spent the rest of the night holding hands staring straight ahead at the road.

*****************SEQUOYAHS POINT OF VIEW*******************

I coughed into a napkin as a sharp pain through my neck pierced through me. I pulled the napkin from my face and saw blood being soaked into it. I stared at it blankly for moments on end. I throw it on the floor and started crying, knowing I had hours left. I rushed into my bathroom and stared at my mirror unable to process what stared back at me. My hair went thin, I could see every single bone in my body, My eyes hard dark red bags hanging beneath them, My eyes were plain black instead of my usual emerald color. A thousand images from the past flooded my head, I started panting as my vision blurred. The image in the mirror started laughing at me.

"Stop." I whispered. It grew dark and it stared into my eyes laughing and laughing. "Shut up." I raised my voice. It mocked me throwing its head back. The room started spinning and I couldn't distinguish between myself and the imaged. "HELP." I screamed at the top of my lungs. "SOMEBODY PL-"