Alick
"How are things with you and Eliza?" I struck up a conversation with Daniel while we changed into our football gear.
"Really good." Daniel's lips spread into a broad smile. "How about you?"
"Me?" I suddenly regretted asking in the first place. "Not great." I answered gruffly.
"Isla hasn't said anything more?" He asked curiously.
"Nope." I tugged my shirt over my head.
Daniel slapped me on the back as we walked out together. "I hope she sees reason, you're a good guy."
"Thanks." I said with finality. I really didn't like talking about how Isla and I were going at the moment.
As I crossed the field I looked out over the almost barren stands. It was a freezing winter's day and not too many people were willing to brave loosing a few toes to watch our team play on home ground. It didn't take long to spot Isla. I felt my heart rate pick up as she sent me a little wave. She looked so beautiful wrapped in a green scarf and with her hair pulled back into two braids.
"Watson!" My coach called my name, snapping me out of my daze. Our team huddled together to get a pep talk and a few pointers before we took our positions.
The second the ball was placed in the middle of the field I felt my senses heighten. I could hear every whisper of people on the stands and smell the damp earth beneath my feet. I submerged myself in this zone, allowing myself to momentarily forget about my mundane problems.
When the whistle blew I charged forward, trusting my newfound speed and strength while reminding myself to not try to carry the team. I scored a couple of great goals before we took a break at half time.
I sculled a bottle of water from the field boundary. I looked up where I had previously seen Isla but she was gone.
"You play very well."
I turned to face Ciara Pittman. I was struck for a moment, as ethereal as Banshees were with dead straight black bangs, slate grey eyes and long legs wrapped in fish net stockings. She clearly enjoyed my dumbstruck expression as I realised I had been staring too long.
"Are you enjoying the perks of superhuman strength, speed...stamina?" She balanced a hand on her hip as she fluttered her eyelashes my way. Was this flirting?
"Uh-yeah I guess." I didn't really know what to say so I toyed with the empty bottle in my grasp.
She smiled with full lips. "So shy." She chuckled.
I heard her heartbeat before I saw Isla talking by the food stand with Riley.
"If you know anything about my kind you'd know that we have a knack for empathy." Ciara looked between Isla and I. "I know how it feels to watch someone you love fall for another."
I saw genuine heartbreak in her eyes.
"Isla isn't falling for anyone." I declared adamantly.
"Although you do look very dashing without them, maybe you should have left your glasses on a little longer."
My brows furrowed as I returned my gaze to Isla as she laughed at something Riley said.
I tensed when I felt Ciara place her hand on my arm. "The shift for creatures as Werewolves and Vampires is incredibly dramatic." I felt her gaze bore into my soul, enchanting me as I turned to face her properly. "It can be hard for such creatures to find an outlet, for their animalistic desires." Now I was sure she was hypnotizing me, with her sultry voice and killer smile.
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DUCHAS (The Drive Within, Book 2 in Baile series)
FantasíaA lot has happened since Isla and her friends assumed their supernatural abilities and in the second half of the year more secrets will unravel, powers will enhance and lives will be put on the line. The stakes have never been more high as the story...
