"How are you still alive?" I cried cowering back.
"Haven't you heard,Darling? Curiosity killed the cat." He smirk down at me.
His black and red eyes pierced my own, daring me to make a move.
"What have I done to deserve this?" I whispered as my eyes welled with more tears.
"You went too far this time. You thought you could go behind my back, did you? No. I know everyone and everything. I rule this town." His gravely voice whispered in my ear.
"I only wanted to help you."
"No one can help me! No one!" He screamed with every ounce of air in his cold lungs.
"I can try?" I whispered hoping he can understand I'm willing help him.
In that moment, his eyes turned to a vibrant green as he stared down at me. In his eyes, I saw every emotion he's kept inside for the last hundred years. He's given up. And I was the one who did it.
"Please." He said with sadness and defeat.
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Becoming Mortal
Teen FictionThis is the story of how Scarlett James changed a dead, cold blooded killer. "You have been dead for a century, how are you still here?" I whimpered "Curiosity killed the cat, Darling. Remember that." He smirked
