Catching light Book 1

Chapter4

I ran to the entrance of the school and got on my shiny black bike, the drive to my house passing in a blur. The ache of betrayal filled my heart as I drove toward the driveway of my house and the storm of thoughts never ceased to continue through my mind.
It was silent in the house...too silent. I mean this was all just so creepy. Aunt Catherine sat on the couch silently stared at the blank wall. I looked at her distraught face.
"How long do you think I have until they find out who I am?" I asked.
She looked worried. Her long thin finger pointed to the wall, which was not actually blank, but had the same burnt-in words as before at school. On the wall the crooked letters read:
You can't hide forever Evelan, see you at your corination...or maybe even before that!
Chills ran up my spine as my eyes traced over the words over and over again.
"I hoped we could keep you safe until your coronation, when you would become the most powerful being, but it seems as if they want your power more than you do," she said shaking her head.
What she said was true, if the Darkness managed to extract my power then they would be the most powerful force in the world, and we would all suffer greatly.
I looked down gloomily. Then rage and bitterness started to creep in.
"I don't need your protection! I can protect myself!" I said.
"That's the same thing your parents said, and look at how they ended up? What makes you think you can protect yourself!" She yelled.
I turned around and smiled.
"I'm the one in charge, and I get to decide if the darkness controls me!" It was scary how that statement would come into play in the future.
I walked upstairs to my room and slammed the door. As I turned around I saw Jack holding a picture of the two of us when we were younger.
Rage filled me.
"You lied. You never ever told me that you were with the darkness! What kind of a best friend puts another friend in-"
"I did not put you in danger, I was the one protecting you. They did not know who you were and I never told them. The only reason that they know it's you, is because lately you have been too revealing!" He yelled at me.
Anger filled me once again and I raised my hands which made Jack lift off the ground. Then I pulled out a chair using my fingers. I then waved my hands down which made Jack fall into the chair. His muscular body filled the wooden structure of the chair.
"Why did you protect me?" I asked with my arms folded.
He stared at me in amazement.
"Wow I did not know you were so powerful!"
"Answer the question!"
"Ok! Ok! I was not born into the Darkness society. I was Light once. But the darkness killed my parents because they were involved in assassination of the Darkness Leaders-"
"Your parents were Sarah and Dean Thornton? "
The Thornton family was a family of patriotic assasins who were loyal to the Light and despised the Darkness.
They were famous and hated by the Darkness because Sarah and Dean had killed twenty three Darkness leaders. Sadly on the night of their son's fifth birthday, They were stabbed to death by Dark bounty hunters. Their son was adopted by the King of the Darkness and was declared Prince of the Dark...well that's what Aunt Catherine once said.
Shock was the only word I could describe the emotion I was experiencing.
I turned back toward Jackson and gave him a strange look. I had known Jack my whole life, only find out who he really was years later. Man, he was really good at being two-faced then. So good it made me very very suspicious.
So I just stood there and stared at him in amazement, unable to think of a good insult.
Minutes past and he moved around agitated and started moving closer and closer toward me. As he moved closer, I stepped back to create distance between us, I did not want to be anywhere near him. Suddenly I hit wood behind me. I had just knocked my back against my splintered, wooden cupboard.
Jack was just a step away from me, so I stood up, to make myself taller and spoke as confidently as I possibly could.
"So you expect me to actually believe you? I mean one second you're my best friend and then the next you are the Prince of Darkness, my enemy!"
"Wow! You just called me your enemy? Well at least I know where I stand. You say these things like I've somehow changed. I'm still the same person I was yesterday, and I will still be the same tomorrow." He said, still slowly coming toward me.
"Take one more step and I'll roast you alive right now, I'm sure you know my temper by now Jack!"I said eyeing his feet hungrily, feeling the rage course through my veins. The same surge of power I felt earlier was returning once more.
He suddenly stopped and started backing away cautiously. People had always told me that I was not very "light-like" when I was angry, and maybe I was, and maybe I wasn't.
"So you said you were here to protect me? That's strange because I recall the Prince of Darkness proclaiming his hatred for Light?"I said sarcastically.
He reddened and his eyes grew fierce.
" Listen here Princess, you might not trust me, but at least trust the fact that I am here to protect you! Why are you so spoilt?"
The word "spoilt" stung like betrayal. The last thing I was, was spoilt and Jack knew that very well.
"Why do you want to protect me? Besides me being your best friend, there has to be more than that." And there was, but I  just didn't know it yet.
He looked at me funny, like I was asking about his biggest secret, and he wasn't ready to share it.
"I don't want to tell you anything after everything you've accused me of! " he shouted like a little child.
"Don't blame this on me! I just want to know, stop turning this around and using your reverse psychology!"
"Evelan, the more you argue with me, the closer they get to us. You are not safe here. The best thing is for you to "dissappear" until your corination, and before you ask, yes we will be driving in circles and getting "lost" as you describe it." He knew me so well.
"You think I want to be anywhere near you?" I raged, becoming more and more angry.
He sighed, "I know you don't want to be near me right now, the feeling is mutual, but what choice do we have right now? If we don't disappear then what else do I have to rely on, I can't do this alone at all."
His voice was calmer and more reassuring now. But I didn't understand what he was saying...not yet anyway.
I knew I had no choice but to listen to him, but being stubborn was something I was so good at and it sometimes clouded my judgement.
Knowing he was right, and that we would be safer away from here, I agreed.
"So what now?" I asked giving up.
"Now we hide!"