Venator : Devil's Moon

XX A FOREST WHERE TREES DANCE

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[ Laura ]

"No, Laura, it's not your fault. I was foolish not to see through what was going on. I should have known this person couldn't be my uncle. I should have." He clasped his palm on his forehead.

"How could I be so careles!" He continued.

I wondered why was he taking all the blame. He didn't know his uncle was possessed and there was no way of knowing that. Before I could try to calm him down, something startled us.

Carry on my wayward son
There'll be peace when you're done

Sebastian quickly reached the dashboard where his phone was playing his favourite song.

"Zac." he sighed with relief as if he'd been expecting the call.

He picked up the phone but hesitated.

"I'll be right back." He told me and rose out of the car, leaving me alone.

Wondering why he left me in this wilderness, I kept glancing at him while listening to the classic rock I hardly liked.

He looked quite serious when he spoke to the Zac guy. When he noticed me staring at him, for some reason, he moved further into the forest. He certainly didn't want me to find out what he was talking about. Was he keeping a secret?

But before my mind could go through the cycle of trust and mistrust again and I'd feel bad of thinking Sebastian to be a bad guy which clearly was illogical, I found him opening the door beside me, which slightly startled me. I mean, yeah I was engrossed in thought and couldn't notice him earlier. But he shouldn't have been able to come here so soon without me noticing. Perhaps my tired brain needed rest.

"Zac just called me. He said..." he started.

"Zac?" I asked wondering who this guy was.

"Right, he's a friend of Pamela's. I'd asked him for her address." He explained which reminded me I didn't know her either.

"Didn't I tell you? She's the best psychic in US. She must be knowing something about.."

"No way! Are you suggesting you're going to show me to a psychic. I'm not psycho, Sebastian. It's just something..." I blurted out.

"Who said about you being psycho, Laura. If anything, you're one of the sanest people I've ever met." He broke the sentence and continued "Just something what?"

"Something within me. I..I know this sounds crazy but I think something's wrong inside me." I admitted. Over a last few weeks, I'd been feeling weird. I used to be a timid girl whose brave side would burst in because of adrenaline only in rough times. But now I'd become cocky and though I didn't really like to go on jobs, I somehow got the feeling that I'd to. It was as if I'd developed simultaneous multiple personalities which, though I didn't show much, was driving me crazy.

"And that's why we need a psychic. Uncle Rob suggested we should go to Pamela who lives round bout here. Besides she's my friend. And according to Zac, she's somewhere in the forest." He explained.