Fated

Chapter 14

I woke up to the sound of the door opening. I groan and roll over, opening my eyes. Dark red eyes stare back at me and my heart leaps out of my chest. I turn to warn Donna, but she is nowhere to be found.

I am alone.

"Where have you been?" The deep voice asks, becoming louder by the second.

"What are you doing here? How did you find me?" I ask, shifting away from the shadow.

"I have come to get you," the voice is cold and hot at the same time.

"Leave me alone!" I shout, falling off the bed. "LEAVE ME ALONE!"

"Rachel!" A familiar voice breaks through and opens my eyes, sitting straight up. I look around the room in a panic and recognize the familiar room. Donna is beside me, looking at me with worry as I try to catch my breath. "Are you alright?"

"I am fine," I lied and throw my feet off the bed, standing up and running my hands through my tangled hair. "I am fine."

"Rachel, what happened?" Donna stood up and slowly came over to me.

"I am fine," I repeated.

"Rachel, calm down," Donna said with fear, making me turn to her. She had a look of worry on her face as I saw her looking at me. I looked over to the mirror and saw my eyes were now glowing red.

"AH!" I jumped and covered my eyes, trying to rub away the red.

"Don't do that," Donna grabbed my hands and pried them off my face. "You are going to hurt yourself."

"I need to get them off," I tried to explain.

"They are gone," Donna grabbed my face and turned it back to the mirror. My normal eyes were staring back at me, and I sighed in relief. "What happened? What made them turn like that?"

"I had a dream," I sighed, falling to the ground in exhaustion. "It was him," was all I could manage to say. But it was enough. Donna knew me well enough to know what I was talking about.

"It was just a dream," she knelt and hugged me. "It was all a dream. He wasn't here, and you were just thinking about it because we talked about it today."

"You are right," I nod, trying to believe her.

"Let's get up. The sun is already out and we should go get some food." Donna held out her hand and I took it. She helped me to my feet before walking me into my room. She chose the dress for me as I sat on my bed, my arms wrapped around my chest.

"It's going to be alright," Donna came over with a baby blue dress. "Change and I will be waiting for you."

I nod and take the dress, starting to change once she lifts the room. I combed through my hair and took long breaths to try and calm myself before going back to Donna's room. Donna was waiting for me, fully dressed, by the time I came in.

"Feeling better?" She asked.

"A little," I shrugged.

"Once the boys return I am sure we will all feel a little better. They should be back anytime now." Donna said as she opened the door for me.

"Yeah," I nod, not feeling much like talking.

"Do you want to go back?" Donna paused and turned to me.

"I just don't want to see a lot of people right now," I confessed, still feeling startled by last night's dream.

"I understand," she nods. "I will call for our meal to be sent to your room. How about I read to you since you read all of last night? We have yet to finish our book, you know?"

"Sounds good," I nod, wanting to hide in my room a little longer.

We went back into my room and I laid down on the bed, curling up on my side. Donna covered me with a blanket before opening up to the part of the book we last left off at.

She read to me, but the words didn't register. I slowly closed my eyes, mentally exhausted by my dream, and slowed my breathing until I fell asleep.