Camila's POV
I pace around in my living room as Normani, Ally and Shawn pour in grimoires.
"Okay but... How do we know if Lauren is for real running around somewhere out there?" I ask.
"Oh. I can answer that question."
We all turn around to see Lauren leaning against the doorway of the living room.
She stands up straight as she smiles but it's no genuine one, it matches the murder in her eyes besides the emptiness and loneliness.
Lauren slowly walks over to us causing all of us to back away as Shawn steps in front of us.
"I suppose either your guys didn't know I have been awoken or you did but you are still shocked because I came to see you all," Lauren speaks.
"Look Lauren, we can-"
"We will not talk!" Lauren raises her voice, cutting Shawn off.
"So you just came here to kill us?" Shawn asks.
Lauren places her hand on a wall and taps on it gently with her index finger. "Well... Not yet," She says.
"Lauren," I step in front of Shawn.
Shawn grabs my arm but I just shrug it off as I take a step closer to Lauren.
"Who released you?" I ask.
"Wouldn't you like to know?" Lauren says.
"Maybe I might thank them," I said.
"Mhmm, yeah, sure I will believe the woman who helped my 'brother' dagger me in the first place," Lauren says sarcastically. She walks over and grabs the bottle of whiskey and takes a drink. "Maybe you all were smart for keeping Dinah daggered for another six months because she would have found me and I would have come for you all way earlier but... Still all the same," Lauren says.
"So it was Dinah," Shawn says.
"Oh come on brother! Of course, it was her," Lauren smiles. She walks over and picks up a grimoire. "Find a way to save the doppelganger's life. Oh, love, even if you do end up finding a spell... I will kill you either way," Lauren says towards me.
"You don't mean that," I said.
Lauren walks closer to me and cups my chin, her lips are inches away from mine. "But I do, love..." She whispers.
"Why exactly did you come here, Lauren?" Shawn asks.
"You see, I have everything for the ritual. Liam got my moonstone, I got my witch, I got the location where the doppelganger was born, Dinah is retrieving me a werewolf, I have the doppelganger, now I'm just missing one thing," Lauren says.
"A vampire," Shawn says.
"There are no vampires here," I said.
"Not yet at least," Lauren takes a step forward and she's in front of Shawn.
She grabs him and throws him into the kitchen table causing it to break under him.
She grabs Ally in a chokehold as she bites into her wrist.
"Lauren! Don't!" I said.
"Sorry, love, you can't play into my feelings for you when there are no feelings at all," Lauren says.
She brings her wrist up to Ally's mouth making the blonde drink her blood and immediately, Lauren snaps Ally's neck.
Lauren smiles as she kneels beside Ally's limp body. "Don't worry, she will have so much more fun being a vampire," She says. Lauren stands up and fixes her leather jacket. "But... She will have terrible hunger for blood and she has 24 hours to complete the transition or she's dead. See you, love," Lauren winks at me before leaving.
Shawn groans as he stands up from the debris. He rushes over to Ally and moves her hair to her side.
"Why... Why would..." I stutter.
"Because Lauren is planning to use Ally in the ritual," Shawn says.
"She can't!" I scream.
"Lauren already has everything and getting a vampire won't be hard she can just turn anyone," Shawn says.
"What do we do?" I ask.
"We're in a race against time," Shawn says.
Ally starts to cough as she wakes up, rubbing at her neck. "What the fuck..." She whispers.
"Hey, take it easy," Shawn says.
"Lauren! Lauren, killed me," Ally starts to panic.
"Hey, you're okay. Your just a vampire now," Shawn says.
"And now what?" Ally asks.
"Now, you have to drink human blood to complete the transition and you only have 24 hours or..." Shawn trails off.
"Or what?" Ally asks.
"Or you'll die, Ally," I said.
