FROM HELL

CHAPTER 18

Time to find some answers, my foot. What in the world am I thinking? Finding my lineage? How on earth am I going to find answers by staring at the public library? Ironic as it is, but I'm currently doing the exact thing. Standing in front of it staring, like I could somehow summon the answers from there. It was a big and old building.
It kinda looked like a church.

Getting tired of this, I walked towards it but sat on the side of the steps without entering.
Not like my family tree will be written inside, but where should I go? Who should I ask?

My only source of information was Lynn but she's with her so cold dad and I'm not in talking terms with him.

"You should just enter the building, you know?"
A familiar voice said from behind me making me turn to see Rudy smiling at me. He looked the same, maintaining the nerdy look. Despite the smile, he looked sad. His eyes focused on me as if noticing something for the first time.
"Your eyes"

"Contact lens"
I said cutting him off in the mid-sentence. He came to sit beside me.

"You look pretty."
He said looking at me and my heart ached. This was the same thing Ashley said to me when she saw my real eyes for the first time. I didn't say anything so he continued
"You heard about Ashley?"

"I'm sorry"
I said without looking at him

"Everyone's sorry nowadays, Ashley's body was not found. But 32 people were burned to death beyond recognition inside the party place she went. So the police are suspecting she's one of them."
My heart squeezed at the sadness in his voice.

"I... I'm..."

"Please don't say sorry again. Are you going in or coming with me to have a snack"
I chose the latter because I couldn't afford to be hungry. I'm positive I could control my energy-draining abilities now but I'm not taking chances. So currently we are in the nearby restaurant seated on the table next to the table at the far corner of the restaurant. I prefer that table but it was occupied by some college students. They were big, built, and slightly older than us, maybe seniors I guess. If I didn't know werewolves personally I would have suspected they were one of them. Two girls with little clothes were seated with them, flirting with the guys.

"Who do we got here, dweeb"
The big one sneered at Rudy.

"None of your business, Will"
Rudy spat back.

In the meantime a waitress came with the burgers and coffee we ordered. Rudy was busy glaring at Will who was busy saying how nerdy Rudy looked and how girls jump off a cliff rather than dating him. I think they had a history and I ignored them,  focussing on my food not wanting any trouble.

Rudy looked sad for some time, then seeming to notice something for the first time he looked at me and then at them. I could see the wheels turning inside his head. He cleared his throat and then said looking at Will.

"I'm on a date dweeb"
I glared at Rudy and he looked at me pleadingly. I shook my head and got back to my food. Will and his minions laughed eyeing the amount of food I was consuming and the baggy clothes I was wearing and he said in a serious voice

"You have found your match then"
All of them laughed at that and I sensed one of the girls standing up and approaching me from the back. I swung back and grabbed her wrist when she was about to grab my hood but unfortunately, my hood fell off my head. She froze in place and I sneered at her.

"Do. Not. Touch. Me."
I let go of her wrist and saw red marks forming on her wrist. I looked back at her friends they were all frozen in place; Rudy was grinning ear to ear his face looked comical. I glared at him putting my hood back on and he mouthed sorry. Will was the first one to regain his composure who was now eyeing me more carefully and I felt severely underdressed in my baggy clothes.

"And who are you, babe"
I just hurt his friend and he's flirting with me. Babe, seriously.
I ignored him completely and started eating my last burger. When I didn't even glance at him, he continued.

"I could buy you more food if you would like babe"
I was seriously getting annoyed and I could sense every one of them eyeing me. This was new, I usually wore my contact lens wherever I went and it would draw a little attention. After the fight with Ian I threw it away in my haste, so now I have to deal with this. I finished my burger and Rudy paid the bill. I didn't protest, wanting to be out of this place as soon as possible. I would buy him something later. We started to walk out of the place when I sensed Will approaching us from behind. He tried to grab my wrist but I caught his first and twisted it.

"I said do not touch me"
I sneered

"You're a feisty one"
Will said making it look like he was not feeling a thing but I could see the pain in his eyes and I smiled. I twisted his hand with more force that he kneeled in front of me and the image of Gillian twisting my papa's hand flashed through my mind. I let go of Will's hand and ran grabbing Rudy, making him run with me. I heard Will barking orders to his friends to catch us.