The Hybrid

Chapter 10

Chapter 10

“I look like slut” I looked at my reflection in the large floor length mirror in Olivia’s room.

“No” she came behind me “you look hot”

I glanced at myself in the mirror for the millionth time. I wore a bright red one-shoulder sparkling mini dress that hugged every curve of my body and black velvety thigh-high boots with high heels. I didn’t feel like myself in those clothes. The dress was so tight, it was like a second skin. I barely wore dressed never mind heels. I wondered how would I walk and fight in high heels. I felt self-conscious and just wanted to hide in my room and never leave. At the thought of Alex seeing me in this outfit, I felt heat rushing to my cheeks. I was itching to run to my room and put on my usual comfy jeans and flannel shirt.

She turned me around gently to face her and began putting red lipstick on my lips.

“I don’t know Olivia. I don’t feel good about this, it’s too much” my pleading eyes bored into hers.

She smiled reassuringly “it’s perfect, you’re stunning, I don’t think you realise it”, she looked me over and a satisfactory smile found its way on her face. "You need to blend in, this is perfect. Alex won't be able to keep his eyes off of you"  My already rosy cheeks got deeper in colour and I smiled awkwardly “Let’s go, Liam will kill me for making you late,” her melodic voice was laced with a hint of annoyance. I couldn't help the chuckle escaping my lips.

Walking through the hall I became very nervous. I couldn’t stop fiddling with the bracelets Olivia made me wear. She noticed “Relax Ellie, you’ll be fine” her voice was like velvet to my ears.

“I never did anything like this” I bit my inner lips, my eyes nervously looked to the floor.

“Markus and Alex will be there with you, they did it loads of times” her statement, even though was meant to calm my nerves down, made me feel more nervous than I did a second ago. The thought of them leaving me there to get killed didn’t help my anxiety. What if we get injured? What if they take one of us? Or all of us? What if one gets killed? Questions like these flooded my mind. Relax Ellie, you can do this just trust yourself. I thought to myself while taking a deep breath.

A few seconds later, Markus, Alex and Liam appeared in my vision. They looked like they had a heated conversation and Markus didn’t look happy. Once they noticed us all of them turned to face us. Liam grinned widely as his eyes glanced at me and then at Olivia. Alex had an unreadable facial expression but I noticed his eyes roamed over my body before flicking to Olivia. Markus was fuming squinting his eyes at us and his jaw clenched, once he spotted us he turned away. I didn't expect anything else from him.

As we approached Liam eyed us sternly “finally, you’re late”

Olivia rolled her eyes at Liam “Oh get over it, it’s just five minutes”

Liam shook his head then turned his attention to me “Ellie, as I said to Alex and Markus, be careful, lure them out of the bar if possible, make sure the humans are safe, understood?” His commanding voice filled my ears.

I nodded then gulped, my eyes looked towards Alex and Markus. Alex seemed calm almost bored, with not a tinge of anxiety in his behaviour. Markus was still angry, his back still turned to me.

We headed towards the black SUV. Once I stepped outside the building cold air hit me, goosebumps appeared all over my body and I took a deep breath of the fresh air. I haven’t been out since Alex took me and I missed it badly. My eyes flicked towards the sky. The moon illuminated a small cloud that was in front of it and I could see millions of stars scattered across the inky sky.