Never the Black Girl

Chapter 19

When she reached the airport, she could've sworn she saw an airplane that was hers, fly up. 

On the plane, she began to get bored. She looked out the window, wishing Lionel could've been there. 

'Oh, dear heat. I am with you...Just not WITH you.' Lionel said, from somewhere. 

'L-lionel?' she thought, confused.

'oh, look at your finger. The two rings there help me communicate with you.'

'Really? How exciting! So I can talk to you whenever then?'

'Precisely. Except now, love. I'm getting ready to do public speaking. Wolf pack thing.'

'Oh okay, You do your thing up there' She thought, grinning. 

'Will do. Then maybe when your flight lands, we can discuss...our 'thing' for tonight.'

'sure. haha' 

With that, Lionel was out of her head. 

Sure it was weird. ut, it was different, and she liked it. 

"I know that you all are upset by the sudden turn of events." Lionel said, speaking to his clan. "But, I will be your new kind quite soon. When this happens, things will be different around here."

The crowd grew silent as the words fell around them. 

"We will no longer fight with the vampires."

The crowd erupted in thunderous boo-ing and cursing. 

"No friggin' way! We ALWAYS fight them!" One shouted. 

"With a new kind," He said, the crowd cursing him. "There will be new rules"

"Oh shut up! I wish it was you that had been ripped to shreds bu Caspar." A man shouted. 

Lionel froze. Maybe it SHOULD have been him..His father saw the look on his face and stood up slowly. His old age was apparent on his face and bones. He walked slowly towards the podium and Lionel moved out of the way. As King Peter stood at the podium, the crowd grew silent. 

"Aaron's death is not Lionel's fault. It was an accident that cannot be reversed. We only have Caspar & the rest of the vampires to blame." King Peter said, slowly. 

"But, sir. He wants us to stop fighting the vampires!" One shouted, respectful of the King before him. 

"Lionel will do things the way he wishes as King. Maybe it's time we stop fighting this endless battle with the vampire clan." The King said, looking at his son. 

Lionel thought about how life would be if he had died in place of Aaron. The wolf kingdom would prosper. Everyone loved Aaron. He was always the better brother. Everyone would be better off without him. In that moment, Lionel walked towards the edge of the podium and calculated his chance of death. Heck, Tabitha would probably fall for Aaron if she knew him. It was a large jump, he may walk away with some broken bones. 

"That'll be enough for me...for now." He thought, climbing over the bar and jumping. As he hurdled towards the ground, he heard his father shouting after him and his mother bursting into tear-

He blacked out. 

On the plane, Tabitha began to have severe migraines and body pain. She knew something was wrong with Lionel. Then, she blacked out.