How Soon Is Now

Part One - Chapter Twelve: The Connection

Lydia stared at Nicola’s unconscious body as it lay in the middle of the foyer floor, she hadn’t expected this to happen; she knew there was no way to hid what had happened and people would ask questions.

Nathan looked at his sister scared, they had never meant for it to go this far and had only wanted to scare Nicola into doing what she was told; they couldn’t have her continuing things with Fernando.

“What have we done?” Lydia whispered horrified at the turn in events, she had wanted to scare Nicola and now the blonde lay unmoving on the floor.

Daniel stared down at Nicola, he had been the one to suffocate her and he knew that he would be held response if she was dead; he feared that he would be banished for his role in all of this.

Lydia wasn’t going to take the blame for any of this herself and Nathan would lie for his sister to cover up that she had attacked Nicola out of jealously; no one wanted the truth to come out about what they had done.

Neena just stared at Nicola’s unconscious form and smirked, everything was going to plan and she knew that her master and lover would be pleased with what had transpired that day.

“Oh my God… I killed her,” Daniel whispered frightened about what would happen when the rest of the coven arrived, this wasn’t good and there was bound to be consequences for what had just happened.

The four looked between them wondering what they should do; Nicola was liked in the community and if she was found dead, they would be blamed since everyone knew of the trouble between them.

The other members of the coven had been sent on a wild goose chase by Lydia so she could confront Nicola with her friends about her spending time with Fernando and now the blonde lay seemingly dead on the floor.

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Opening his brown eyes, Fernando looked around confused wondering where he was; the last thing he remembered was being in his living room talking to his dead grandmother before passing out.

The room around Fernando was dark and a light fog that seemed to hover just over the floor, there was nothing for as far as the eye could see and he didn’t like it; none of this made sense to him and it scared him.

“Nando?” called a soft familiar voice, it made Fernando stiffen before he turned to see Nicola who looked equally surprised to see him; he moved quickly to her side and wrapped his arms around her so that he knew that she was real.

“Nando, what are you doing here? What happened?” Nicola asked confused looking up at him, she couldn’t believe that he was here and it wasn’t right; he didn’t deserve to have his life ended because of her.

Fernando ran his hands up and down Nicola’s back in comfort, he watched her slightly confused wondering what had gotten her upset.

Nicola blinked back tears, she had just come to terms with what happened to her; but Fernando was an innocent, he didn’t deserve this and she was going to haunt Lydia if she had hurt him.

“Nicola what are you talking about?” Fernando asked confused, he watched as tears formed in her eyes and he wished that he knew what was going on; he quickly tried to comfort her wanting to know why she was so upset.

Nicola sniffled, she couldn’t believe any of this and she wished that someone could make all of this go away; she had no idea what had happened to Fernando but she wished that she could reverse it.

“Nando, this is limbo… we’re dead,” Nicola explained gently making Fernando stare at her, he couldn’t believe his ears and he didn’t want to believe what she had said.