Begin Again

Lurker (6)

Lizzie stared up at her ceiling with her head resting against her sister's shoulder. After the adventure that was today, she was hoping she would actually sleep, instead of having nightmares of everything that happened.

After Lizzie had gotten back to the others, they had figured out a training schedule for Landon and had introduced them to the wolf pack.

Josie had taken Rafael to the party but surprisingly Landon didn't want to go so Lizzie brought him to his room, making sure to put up a protection spell and a spell that would allow her to know if he left the room or if anyone entered.

Safety first and all that shit.

And while Lizzie had considered going to the party, she had realized that she was far too on edge to go, and Lizzie knew the risk she would be taking if she went.

Besides, there would be too many familiar faces of those that had died and she wasn't sure she wanted to be reminded of what happened.

And in all honesty, Lizzie was kind of proud of herself for not having a magic freak-out yet. And right now she'd prefer to keep that steak going. Even if it was surprising with everything that she was feeling right now.

She sighed as she breathed in her sister's familiar scent, a comfort that Lizzie had to learn to live without in her old time.

God, she didn't know what she was doing. Sure, she had managed to prevent Landon from being sent away but what would that change really?

Who knows but it was a start.

Lizzie had also managed to get on Landon's and Rafael's good side which could be helpful later on. And she made her sister happy, which was a plus.

Lizzie reached under her shirt and wrapped her hand around the pendant on the necklace she had found, sensing a feeling of comfort from it that helped settle her raging emotions.

Lizzie breathed out slowly and closed her eyes, silently dreading what would come after the darkness.

Slowly her breathing evened out and she fell into a deep slumber.

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(Warning - Violence)

Lizzie shot to the right and pushed out her hand, sending another enemy flying into a tree, neck-snapping on impact. She dogged between the rocks and pulled out a dagger as she ran.

She threw the dagger to her left, directing it with her magic, resulting in it being buried in the throat of the person who was trying to cut her off.

Lizzie didn't even blink as she called the knife back into her hand and kept running.

Just as she was about to jump over a ditch, something slammed into her and her back hit a tree. Lizzie gasped as her breath was knocked out of her, but the second she caught her bearings, she didn't hesitate.

She clamped her hand on the vampire's wrist, siphoning painfully.

The vampire released her with a shout of pain, and Lizzie swung her leg up between his legs and he went crashing down.

Lizzie held her hand out, making a clawing motion, and the vampire's heart was torn from his chest, flying into Lizzie's open palm.

She backed away from the dead vampire, preparing to start running, but stopped when she heard the pounding of feet.

Lizzie looked over to see five witches rushing her while chanting a spell, causing wind to pick up around her.

"Vodux!" Lizzie shouted and the witches were sent flying backward.