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Catherine

After Derek saved me from Jace, we went to Derek's cabin. "Why are you even marrying him?" Derek asked. "I have to. My mother is making me because he's the mayor's son and she wants money." I said while looking down. "Does your mother know what he did to you?" Derek questioned. I looked up into his eyes "She doesn't care. She just wants the money."

"That's how villagers are. They're all greedy. Except you." Derek said. I sat down on the bed, and he sat down next to me.

"Are you married?" I asked. Derek ran his hand through his hair. "No."

"You can spend the night here if you want since it's getting dark." Derek said. "Thank you." I replied.

I ended up falling asleep on the couch. Derek brought a blanket and covered me, then he went and laid down on the bed. It was probably in the middle of the night when I had this dream. I was in a castle and I saw Catherine wearing a white dress. There was this little girl next to her, on the floor, dead. I kept screaming, "Catherine! Why would you kill a little girl!?"

All of a sudden, I woke up from Derek shaking me. "Where did you hear that name!" He yelled. I started having tears from the dream. "W-what name?" I studdered. "Catherine! Where did you get that name?!" He yelled angrily. I was scared. What came over Derek?

"What are you talking about?" I asked softley. Derek grabbed my arm. "In your sleep you were saying, Catherine don't kill her." Derek said angrily. "Catherine was my sister!" I yelled. Derek calmed down. "What?"

I started crying. "Someone killed her but her body was never found."

Derek looked down. "Catherine Swan." He whispered.

"T-that's my sister." I studdered. "How do you know her?" I asked. Derek let go of my arm. "Catherine and I used to be in an relationship. I kicked her out because she cheated on me with my brother." Derek said. "H-how do you know?" I questioned. I saw the sadness in Derek's eyes. "She had sex with my brother. He got her pregnant and when she gave birth to a baby girl named Isabella. She wanted to kill Isabella, but I stopped her. I raised Isabella as a little sister. Yet Catherine wanted her dead so she killed her."

All of a sudden I had a flashback of the time Catherine came home with blood on her white dress.

"Derek, i'm so sorry." I said while rubbing my hand on his back. "How old was Isabella when Catherine killed her?" I asked. Derek looked into my eyes and sighed. "Six."

"I think Catherine may be alive." I said quietly while standing up. Derek looked up. "No Anastasia, she's dead."

"The villagers never found her body, they just made a grave for her to call her dead." I held back my tears. "She's dead." Derek said. "Derek, maybe she's missing." I cried. "SHE'S DEAD!" Derek yelled. "YOU DON'T KNOW THAT!" I yelled back. He stood up and walked towards me. "YES I DO!"

I started crying. "HOW?" I asked. "BECAUSE I KILLED HER!" Derek yelled angrily. I backed up slowly. I started crying and nodding my head no. I couldn't believe it. I didn't want to believe it.

Derek went back to bed angrily and I just laid back down on the couch and cried. I never expected Derek to kill Catherine, but then again she killed Isabella. I starred up at the celine and sighed. All of a sudden I saw a shadow skim by. I sat up and looked around. I got up and slowly walked towards the window. I looked outside and saw a woman wearing a white, long dress and no eyes starring at me from behind a tree. Blood started pouring out of her eye sockets. I gasped and backed up.

I tried to go back to go back to sleep but I couldn't the looks of that woman frightened me. Derek got up and walked over and sat down on the floor by me. "Did you see something?" He was more calm now. "No." I lied.