Darkness

Chapter 3

N/A~ I'm just going to call her Scarlet for now so it makes more sense

~Cupcake Girl

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Chapter 3

Scarlet P.O.V.

I walk out of the house before I say something I'll regret. I turn and begin my walk to the library. As I walk I notice some of my old Clan mates watching me. Oh how I missed it here. I wonder if that dorky kid still works at the library. I push open the door. I look around. I'm glad Kelly kept everything as it was. I wonder over to the stairs.

"Mate" I hear a soft voice say from somewhere behind me. I turn slowly. Only one person is in the library other than me and that's the librarian. The old one must have retired because sitting behind the desk was the handsomest man I have seen in a very long time.

"Are you speaking to me?" I say but my voice has more venom in it then I intended.

"I didn't say anything" he says "and this is a library, if you wish to speak with me come closer" I sigh and walk down the stairs and to the desk.

"One, we are the only ones in the library and two I heard you say something" I say.

"I had you mistaken for another" he says.

"Who?" I wonder aloud.

"No one, she's just a memory now" he says sounding depressed.

"Did she reject you?" I ask. How could someone in their right mind reject this face?

"She didn't, she did something so hurtful I wish she would have rejected me"

"What happened?" I ask.

"I was working here putting books away about three years ago and she walks in. I had just Shifted like an hour before and the second she walked in I smelt the most alluring scent I have ever smelt. And I said 'mate' and she turned to another guy walked up those stairs and kissed him" he explains.

"Wow that's so sad" I say. The story sounds like a lost memory. Something deep inside me shifts and I remember.

"That's not the worst part" he says "she committed suicide after she almost killed her litter-mate in a duel" he starts to cry and I can't take it any longer.

"I'm so sorry for any pain I caused" I say and he looks up "I was just trying to get away from all of the attention by faking my death. I thought everyone would just forget about me in a month or two and I could start over" he stares at me in disbelief. I realize now that he was that skinny kid who was always watching me when I was in here.

"I don't need your pity" he says. I sigh and pull the ponytail out of my hair and reach for my sunglasses. He sits there examining my face before he starts crying again.

"I never thought I would see you again" he says.

"Don't cry it shows weakness" I say putting my glasses back on resuming my hardness and walk up the stairs.

I hear him follow me up. I sneak around and listen to him following me. I begin to move silently around the library. I end up behind him. I watch as he looks around for me. Since he can't hear me he tries to find my scent. I watch as confusion crosses his face. I stay where I am until I can no longer see him. I bolt for the stairs and out the door. 'Don't tell' I send my thoughts to him and hope that he hears. I walk out back and Shift to begin my rounds of the territory.