Demon || Luke Hemmings

Chapter 14: The Nightmare

*OCTAVIA'S POV*

I'm running through the dark forest. I'm almost out of my breath, but I can't stop running. I don't have any idea where I am running, but I have to hide somewhere. They can't find me. If they would, they would kill me. I stop for a second and I hear voices. I look around and start to run again. Honestly, I don't think I have any chance. They're going to catch me anyway. They're just playing with me. I know it. They're playing the game I don't want to play. The game which I'm going to lose. I can't run anymore. I stop. It's over. I know they will find me. I know I'm already dead. I'm just too tired. I feel cold breath on my skin. I close my eyes and wait for him to bite. I'm waiting for him to bite into my neck.

*LUKE'S POV*

She's breathing heavily. I know it's probably just a bad dream, but I don't want her to have bad dreams. I don't want anything bad to happen to her. Doesn't matter if it's just a dream or not. "Doll" I say and squeeze her shoulder. Nothing. "Doll, wake up" I say a little bit louder and shake with her slightly. "Hey, doll" I shake with her a little bit stronger than before. She whines and then she sits up sharply. "It's okay" I say and pull her closer to me. I wrap my arms around her and hold her to me as close as possible. I place a kiss into her hair. "It was just a bad dream. It's okay" I whisper. She's sweaty and her whole body is shaking.

*OCTAVIA'S POV*

"Do you want to talk about it?" he asks and I shake my head. Of course, I don't want to talk about it. I don't want to tell him that he's kind of the reason of my bad dream. Anyway, this is not the first time I had it. I just don't want him to worry about it. I know him better than he thinks. I know if I would tell him, he would be worried, and he would try to figure this out. He would try to find the way how to make the bad dreams stop. But there's nothing he can do about it. And if he would find out, that he can't do anything, he would leave. He would say it's going to be better for me. But I don't want him to leave. I want him to stay with me. He already thinks he's dangerous for me. He's just fighting with himself. I know it. I know he does every single time when I look into his eyes. I know he loves me, but he thinks he's too dangerous for me. He wants to protect me. He wants to protect me from himself, but also from everything else. I know it's really hard for him. When he tries to protect me from himself, the only thing he can do is leave me. But when he wants to protect me from everything else, it means he has to stay.

*LUKE'S POV*

"What is it?" she asks. "What is what?" I ask confusedly. "This" she says quietly and points at the window. "I can't see anyth..." I'm not able to finish the sentence. I know what was she asking about. I stand up from the couch and go closer to the window. I look out of the window and staring at the moving lights. Then I realize what it is. The flashlights. They're searching the woods. Why would they do that in the night? I hear steps. "What's going on?" Ashton asks. "They're searching the woods" Calum answers him. "For what?" Michael asks. Everyone is looking at me. I look at her. "What did you do?" Michael asks and stand right behind her. "Nothing. I just ran away from home" she says and shrug. "That's why they're looking for you?" Michael asks her again and she nods. "Yeah, my dad is kind of, uhmm, too much protective" she says. "Looks like someone's daddy princess" Michael says and giggles. "Michael stop, we don't have time for this" I tell him. I come to her. "We have to go" I look into her eyes and she nods. I take her hand and take few steps forward. "I'm going with you" I hear Calum's voice. "No, you can stay here" I look at him. "But I don't have to. Anyway, you need the third person, for when it takes the control over, you'll be able to kill her and we all know you don't want her to be dead" he says and I nod. I can't make him to stay here. If he wants to go, then he can. "So, where are we going?" Ashton asks. I look at him and raise my eyebrow. "What? I'm coming with you. The two of you are really fast. She won't be able to catch the pace with you" he says and now I get it. "Wait, you want to?" I ask him and he nods. "Fine, I'm going with you too. I don't want to stay here alone" Michael says pretending to be offended.

*OCTAVIA'S POV*

We walk out of the cottage through the back entrance. "So, 62 miles?" Ashton asks Luke and he nods. I don't have any idea what's 62 miles away from here. He spreads his wings and I never expected them being so big. But it looks amazing. I can't resist, I have to touch it. I stroke the feathers on the wings. The feathers are so soft and smooth to touch. Then I feel a look at me. I look up and see Ashton looking at me. "Sorry" I mumble and he just smiles. "It's okay. Cling to me tightly" he says and I put my arms around his neck from behind him. "See you later doll" Luke whisper into my ear and press his lips against mines. "Hey, we don't have time for this" Ashton admonishes Luke and he take few steps back. We hear voices coming closer and closer. "Take care of her" Luke tells Ashton and he nods. Luke, Calum and Michael start to run deeper into the woods and few seconds later I feel I lost the ground under my feet. I tighten my grip around Ashton's neck. It lasts for few seconds until he finds the balance in the air. I look down to the ground and in the night it looks amazing. I like the view. "It's beautiful, isn't it?" I hear Ashton's voice. "Yeah" I reply and smile. We fly in the silence and I start to feel tired. I close my eyes and, in few minutes, I don't have any idea what's happening around.