salem || l.r.h.

16

dedicated to tylah!! my honey bunch sugar plum

luke was annoyed. he was tired of secrecy and wanted to know more about salem. he ran to get through the gate before it shut behind someone else.

he rehearsed what he would say over and over in his head. what do you mean you're dead? he checked the time on his watch. who is they? he paced around a tree. why is cody place important?

when she walked through the gates, her petite frame gently stepping forward he forgot his speech. he still marched up to her and stood his ground.

"I want answers!" he yelped.

salem giggled under her breath. "of course you do. what do you want to know?" she asked as she began to walk.

he struggled to remember the questions he had prepared. "why are you dead?" luke cringed and rolled his eyes at himself.

"because I died?" salem laughed. she noticed how he tensed at his answer. "they killed me."

his blood ran cold. why would someone kill her? how did he not know someone had been killed here?

"that's another thing, who is they?"

a flash of lightning lit up the dreary sky. salem looked up and nodded. he wondered what she was thinking. Luke was so caught up in her answers, he hadn't realized they were at the exit of the park already.

"I'll tell you tomorrow. meet me at cody place at 5pm. we need to talk properly."