Yin and Yang | ✔

Chapter Eighteen

C H A P T E R E I G H T E E N

            Walking back into the destroyed house, Lila felt a sense of familiarity. She noticed that nothing has changed. The house was frozen in time, nothing changed, nothing moved; everything stayed exactly the same. Not even the shards of glass on the floor moved.

            “This is where Evangeline wants to talk to us?” Logan asked distastefully. Lila just rolled her eyes.

            “Don't judge a book by the covers – hey! Don't touch that!” Lila scolded Logan. She didn't want to disturb the house, it felt wrong to do that. As she was tiptoeing around the scattered remains on the floor, she couldn't help but glance above the staircase into the darkened corridors of the upper part of the house. She shivered; something horrible happened up there. She could feel it.

            Guiding Logan into the broken office, she noticed that somehow it had become fixed. Like when she'd first visited. It creeped Lila out; how could that happen? She knew werewolves existed but she still didn't believe in magic. The only difference she noticed was that there was a bigger object in the room, she guessed it was a mirror but it was covered up so she couldn't tell.

            “Ready?” Evangeline asked Lila.

            As ready as I'll ever be. Lila strolled over to the desk and took a chair, dragging it over to the clothed item. She did the same with the other chair before motioning to Logan to park his butt on the chair. As soon as he did, Lila walked over to the cloth and fingered the fabric. It was soft and Lila was going to do what they did in the films; unveil the mysterious object with drama.

            “I'm just going to warn you it's uh, surprising what you might see.” Lila warned. It had been a real shock to her, so she'd have no idea how Logan would react. Taking a deep breath in, she pulled the cloth of quickly and coughed when dust flew into the air.

            “Could have warned me there's dust.” Lila spoke into the mirror, knowing what was already being reflected.

            “Oh, I'm so sorry!” She heard Evangeline say sarcastically. Lila turned to see Logan's face riddled with shock.

            Lila walked to the chair and slumped down, staring into the mirror. It was odd seeing Evangeline again. Her white hair shone even whiter and her eyes were still jet black. However she was wearing the exact same clothes as Lila was and Lila couldn't help but think that they didn't suit Evangeline; she needed something more elegant.

            Looking at the position in the mirror where Logan was supposed to appear, was Callum Montgomery. Evangeline's lover. Lila looked at his appearance; he seemed to be the complete opposite from Evangeline. His hair was completely black, like the night sky and his eyes were pure white. Whiter than snow; like Lila's wolf was. He, like Evangeline, was in the same as Logan was.

            “So, Evangeline.” Lila started. She didn't fancy being in the house, not with that brooding feeling which was clouding over her. That... thing that was upstairs, that feeling she felt, made her uncomfortable. “Would you like to begin?”

            Evangeline nodded and looked to Callum who huffed, like a child who couldn't get his way. “I don't agree with this at all...”

            “No one is asking you to. Now tell them.” Evangeline snapped. Lila hoped that she wouldn't be like Evangeline, snapping at Logan when it was clearly her idea which put them in the position in the first place.