Eternal Series Book 1: Everlasting

Jealous Girlfriends, Weird Visions, Just a Normal Day at High School

Chapter 2

Jealous Girlfriends, Weird Visions, Just a Normal Day at High School

Tessara Knox

I was walking alone in a dark alley. I was supposed to be meeting a friend of mine at a club a few blocks away. I was only a few roads away and had decided to take a shortcut. I looked behind me, as my heart pounded in my chest, and I laughed at myself for being so paranoid. Nobody was following me, I was just being silly. Still, I walked faster without running and drawing more attention to myself.

After a few minutes, I slowed down, realizing how ridiculous running from a dark alley was. Besides, now I could see the entrance to the club. There was nothing to be afraid of. A hand slid around my mouth, stifling my scream. "Be quiet!" He hissed in my ear. "Do what I ask, and I will kill you quickly." My heart pounded. I had never felt fear like this before. What could he possibly want me to do? Either way, he was going to kill me. How much would I have to endure before my life ended?

I was so concerned with the hand over my mouth and what he had just said, that I didn't notice a cold silver blade being pressed against my windpipe. Tears spilled over my eyes and dropped onto my collarbone. "Take me to your friend." No! I wanted to scream. I wouldn't bring Evie into this. She wouldn't be hurt because of me. "Now, demon! Walk or crawl, you choose." He pushed me, so my leg awkwardly gave out to the side, and the soul of his shoe pressed down onto my knee. I screamed as the pain radiated through me.

"Stop! Stop!" I screamed against his hand. He lightened the pressure but didn't remove his foot from my throbbing leg. I didn't want him to break my leg; I never wanted to feel that pain again. But Evie. I had to do something to protect her, even if it meant giving up my own life. No matter how painful.

"Walk," he repeated, removing his leg from mine. So, I walked as my mind ran through escape plans and always came up blank. I wasn't physically strong enough to fight him off, and he already knew where Evie was, or he wouldn't have known where to find me in the first place. He knew she would do anything he asked if it meant helping me. We got to the club entrance, and the bouncer took a single look at us—the knife was now placed against my spine so he couldn't see it—and let us pass. He had been my last hope.

Evie saw me almost immediately, and I started vigorously shaking my head until the knife pressed in, and a trail of blood trickled down my skin. "Evie, run!" I yelled as pain exploded through my back. He dug the knife in deeper, and I felt my legs give out. Then, slowly, I didn't feel anything below the waist. He had severed my spinal cord. I was paralyzed.

But Evie was gone, she was safe. And that's all that mattered.

"Where is she?" I hadn't noticed that he wasn't behind me anymore, but when he reappeared and placed the knife against my throat, I couldn't help the wince. I didn't want to feel that blade again. Especially, because he would never find her. No one would unless she wanted to be found.

"Go to hell!" I rasped out. With a move as quick as lightning, he sliced the blade across my neck from ear to ear.

I woke up in a dead sweat, and instinctively, I reached to turn on the light. No one was in my room. No one was trying to hurt me. I threw the blankets off of myself and ran my hands through my soaked hair. I didn't have time for this.

Today was our first day at our new school. The house was organized and livable so, I couldn't think of a good reason to stay home. I had never been good at playing sick; I got bored too fast, and Emmaline would be home all day. Shit, there was no way out of it. Besides, it would be best to just get it over with. It's not like we were moving back, and I had to go to school. I took a deep breath and shut the light back off. I rolled onto my side and shut my eyes, hoping to get a few more hours of sleep before I had to get ready for school.