Emily Ashworth is just getting settled into college, making new friends, when all of sudden her entire life changes. Who would have thought, the town sociopath would be the one to help her through everything when she needed it most...
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The drive had seemed much longer than yesterday. Most likely due to the awkward silence that filled the car. Kai hadn't even attempted to speak to Emily since they left the motel and Emily spent most of the journey staring out of the window, or with her eyes shut.
"Hey..." he broke the silence, looking over at her. "What?" She asked bluntly, not even looking in his direction. "I know this is a bit short notice and everything, but you don't happen to have packed a fancy dress or something in your bag?" He looked at her awkwardly. She looked over at him confused and laughed to herself, not even responding. "Well?" He asked her in anticipation. "No Kai, I did not pack a fancy dress for our road trip to see your coven." She deadpanned. "Okay. We need to make a bit of a detour then..." She continued starting at him with a confused look on her face. "Care to explain why I might need something like that Kai?"
He stared at the road ahead. "Well, I didn't want to say before, but this weekend is kind of a big deal for my coven and all their local fellow covens..." "Kai...." "They have this ball once a year. All the local covens gather together. They used to do it when I was a kid but obviously I was never allowed to go..." "So you thought it would be a good idea to crash the party with me in tow?!" She asked him, anger building in her voice. "I thought it would be the best way for you to find out more about your coven. There'll be lots of covens and lots of leaders there. Someone's likely to have an answer for you." He muttered. "Fine. But I wish you'd told me before we left." "If I had, would you have even come?" She didn't say anything, but he knew what the answer would be.
A couple of hours later they were just outside of Portland and had stopped at a local boutique to try and find a dress for Emily to wear. She spent almost an hour trying on different ones before finally settling on a pretty pink dress with a sequin bodice and tulle skirt. Kai had fallen asleep in a chair a while ago so she quickly paid and had the dress bagged up. She walked over to him and tapped his leg with her foot. He was snoring his head off.
"Kai..." she said quietly, trying not to draw attention. He didn't move. "Kai!" She whisper-shouted this time. "Kai!" She said a bit louder this time, leaning down to shake his shoulder. Suddenly his hand jumped up grabbing her wrist hard, his eyes shooting open wide. "Kai! Let go!!!" She could feel him drawing her magic and his hand was glowing red. She couldn't let everyone see so she grabbed his wrist with her other hand and pulled it away, not causing a fuss despite the pain she was in. He stared up at her looking around confused. He groaned and stood from the chair. "Sorry. I didn't mean to..." "Just leave if Kai." She stormed out of the store and he followed behind her. "Emily I didn't..." his eyes were blinking wildly as if he was still waking up. "No Kai! I don't want to hear anymore of your lame arse excuses okay?! Let's get to this party and get this over with so I can finally get back home and away from..." she cut herself off and climbed into the back seat of the car. "What are you doing?" He asked her. "I need to get ready. I'm not doing that in the front seat. Just drive." She let out a big sigh and he climbed into the drivers seat, starting the engine.
