Masked Feelings

Chapter 67: One Of You, Soon

"Damian" I called from the guest room. My hands were shaking as I held the small piece of paper that was tucked in my hang bag. I breathed in and breathed out to control myself. I didn't want to cry or break down. I heard the steps and then Damian, followed by Dean walked in the room. When Damian saw my facial expression, the smile on his face disappeared.

"What's wrong?" He asked quickly. I turned the little piece of paper in his direction so that he could read what was written in what seems like blood.

'One of you. Soon -J'

"What does he mean by 'one of you' " Dean asked. Damian walked to me and took the piece of paper from my hand. He observed it carefully, trying to see what else he could get from this little piece of paper.

"It means that he's going to attack one of us soon" I told him, my voice trembling.

"Where did you find that?" Damian asked. I pointed to my handbag. He rose his head in confusion.

"I think we should tell the others" Dean proposed. I nodded in agreement. I mean, their lives were in danger as well, they should most probably know about it. We all three walked downstairs where we found Isaac, Alena and Rose watching a show. I stood behind Damian. I was feeling really guilty for putting their lives in danger as well. I didn't even know why that men was after me.

"Why do you look like you just saw a dead body?" Isaac joked. When no one laughed, he gasped. "Someone's dead?" He asked then when no one replied again, he started apologizing. "Oh my God! I'm so freaking Sorry" He said. Damian breathed out in annoyance while Dean chuckled.

"No one is dead. Yet" Damian said and showed them the piece of paper.

"A piece of paper from the piece of shit?" Alena asked, making the three of us nod. Isaac blinked once, twice then thrice before lifting his hand up to be able to talk.

"Isaac, we're not in a class! You can fucking talk without raising your hand" Rose breathed, trying to calm herself.

"Talk" Damian ordered as it feels like Isaac knew something about this paper.

"I put that in her bag yesterday at the club" Isaac said, looking a little bit confused. "In fact, a girl told me to" Isaac said.

"What did she say?" I asked.

"She told me that a guy told her to put the paper in your bag but as she didn't know you, it was going to be awkward" Isaac said. I took a deep breath. So my attacker was still a man. "Can someone please explain the situation to me?" He finally asked.

"Someone is trying to kill Athena" Rose said.

"Apparently, Now he's willing to hurt one of you" I told them, then sat down on the couch as I felt like my legs were about to give up.

"Who?" Isaac asked. "Who's trying to hurt you?" He asked.

"If we knew, we wouldn't be here" Damian snapped. "I've got something more to tell you" Damian said as he turned towards me.

"Go on" I urged as he sat next to me.

"We caught the guy who attacked you in the park yesterday. He simply said that he communicated with the man through text" Damian told me. "That's why I was on the phone for forty five minutes" He said. Oh. So he was not working.

"So the guy who came at the club last night might be the psycho?" Dean enquired.

"Or he might have been employed just like the first one" Damian explained.

"I want to get back home" I said. Rose's eyes widened.

"It's been only two days since you're here, Athena" she exclaimed. I shook my head and stood up. I was going to pack my things and returned back to my apartment. I don't want any of them hurt because of me. I started making my way to the room but Damian quickly caught my hand, pulling me back to the living room.

"That's what he want, Athena" Damian said softly and slowly ran his hand up and down my back in a really soothing way. "He wants you to be all alone, defenseless, so that it's easier to get to you" He explained. I smiled and turned to look at him and my friends.

"I prefer him taking me than hurting you" I told them. Dean scoffed while Rose rolled her eyes. Alena chuckled at their reactions while Isaac stared at me in admiration. He turned to look at my friends, seeming confide by their reactions.

"Listen, keep your filmy lines to yourself" Rose said while shaking her head.

"We're not in a movie" Dean added. I could feel Damian nodding from behind me.

"We're in real life and we're going to find that piece of shit, okay?" Alena asked. Isaac nodded excitedly. I laughed at how determined they sounded. I was so lucky to be surrounded by them.

"This is not a movie" Isaac said. "But it does sound like one" He added, referring to the dialogues that my sister and friends just said. A pillow came flying in his face and he prepared himself to glare at Rose but when he turned, he noticed Alena with a sheepish smile on her face.

"Calm down, sweetheart" I heard Damian whisper in my neck, causing goosebumps to rise. "We're going to fix that and everything will be fine" I turned around and lightly pecked his lips. He smiled then wrapped his arms around me.

"Thank you for being here" I whispered so that he was the only one to here. The other guys were busy arguing and talking among them. He tightened his arms around me, then lightly pecked my forehead before pulling away.

"Always" Damian said as he pecked my nose, making me giggle lightly.

Oh damn. I love him but I hate giggling.