Broken Wings (SAMPLE)

Chapter Fourteen

Raven.

Who the hell was Raven?

That had been the question on my mind but no amount of asking got me the answers I wanted. I think by now I deserved to be let into it all considering how this Raven person had been following me. I knew only two things about Raven.

1. Raven is a girl.

2. She's a vampire. 

It was clear that whoever was behind it was an enemy of Shadow's so I knew there was a high chance they were a vampire so that didn't shock me. Her being a girl did because I was expecting a male to be behind it but a woman? Who was she and what had Shadow done to her? It must have been bad, surely? I couldn't think of a reason as to why she'd be doing this but they wouldn't tell me anything, though they clearly knew.

Every time that I had them to explain since I did have a right to know, they would avoid the questions. Every single time I asked Leah, she would tell me to go ask Shadow. Every single time I asked Shadow, he would tell me it was none of my business. The more they refused to answer my questions, the more I thought it was something horrific. 

As a result of Leah's recent discovery, I had been locked back up in the bedroom. That was two days ago and I was beginning to get annoyed, as well as worried. Shadow had proven to me that a locked door wouldn't stop a vampire. What if Raven decided she wanted to kill me whatever reason she felt justified that? 

I had tried everything to take my mind off the situation. I had called Rose but obviously, I couldn't tell her anything so I spent more time feeling even worse knowing that not only was I lying to her but that I had to keep track of all the lies that just kept on piling up. 

"Are you sure you're okay?" Rose asked when I called her up again. "You seem a little off."

"I'm fine, just tired. I haven't been getting much sleep lately." I told her. At least that was the truth. I had been having a hard time sleeping lately because of the circumstances in which I found myself in. 

"Well, why don't you go have a nap or something?" She suggested.

"I can't sleep during the day." 

"Then I don't know. I have to go now though but remember to ask your grandparents if I can come and stay with you for a while! I miss you!" 

I smiled, wishing that was possible. "I will. Miss you too, I'll let you know what they say later. Bye!" 

"Bye bye bye!" 

Once we'd hung up, I sighed and laid down on the floor staring up at the ceiling. I had been leaning against the door after being locked away again. There was no way Shadow would let Rose come and stay and I couldn't let her come anyway. She thought I was with my grandparents. I couldn't let her know the truth, she'd flip and then call the police. I should be calling the police myself but it seemed that Shadow and Leah were trying to protect me from whoever Raven was and I didn't want them to kill any innocent people just because I called the police. I may not have control in much but that I did have control over and I refused to let innocent people die because of me. 

I knew that I needed to escape, only this time making sure I wouldn't be found. I wasn't quite sure how I was going to achieve that considering how easy it had been for them to find me last time. I didn't know how many friends they had to help them and I wasn't sure where I would even go. I hadn't enough money anyway, so I couldn't go to another hotel, not that I'd even want to. So where would I go? I didn't have any family or friends in London. 

It was in times like these when my thoughts ran away with me and I found myself thinking of things I never would usually think about. It seemed like no matter which direction I turned, I was stuck somehow. There was only one definite way out of this and that was death. Though I wasn't suicidal. Not actively anyway and yet even knowing that, I still found myself thinking about it. It was better to go out on my terms rather than anyone else's, especially when I had no idea what Raven was planning, if it included me or not. So how was I supposed to know I was even going to live? I didn't. Not knowing scared me.