Eternal

I regarded his words, but all I heard was a challenge, and had always refused to back down to one in the past, so why should now be any different. I basically told him as much and with a dubious look he agreed to help me and with that in agreement and a date set for a week from now I headed off.

The destination, being my apparent Nonna’s cottage and hoping that I would be able to make myself sit down and listen to everything she had to say.

Chapter Nineteen

Unya

With my car still situated at Jackie’s I was drawing a blank as to how to get to Mihaela’s, at one point I was reached for my phone and then remembered that Jackie had broken it beyond recognition. I stood outside of the electric gate that adorned their property wondering what the hell I was supposed to do when Kat started to call to me. I glanced over my shoulder and watched as she walked down her driveway, heading straight for me.

She pulled me in to another hug and then grabbed hold of my fist placing a phone and a pile of cash into my palm.

I had no idea what I was supposed to do, so I just shook my head repeatedly, feeling only a little moronic.

“Kat, I can’t take this, it’s too much.”

“Look Unya, the last place I want you to go is back to your aunt’s, so let’s just call it a loan and you can pay me back once you get yourself sorted. I’ve already programmed my number into it for you, so if you need anything at all please call me, I really couldn’t bare if anything were to happen to you.”

I swear that her eyes began to water up as she spoke, but as quickly as she could blink, the water seemed to dry up instantly. She gave me a weak smile before she slowly walked back up to her house and I started to head for town.

Luckily for me I knew Addy’s number by heart and quickly called her.

She answered on the fourth ring and the moment she heard my voice, hers broke out into sobs.

She explained how she had been terrified for me after the phone had disconnected so suddenly after she heard Jackie’s voice, she wanted to call the police but her sister had prevented her from doing so.

Her sister wasn’t aware of my history with Jackie and always presumed the black eyes, fat lips and numerous other bruises were a result of me throwing myself into yet another altercation.

I told her not to be mad at her sister and that I was perfectly fine, but that Jackie destroyed my phone and I only just managed to get a replacement. She ordered me to go over to hers to see her and I promised I would, once I finished what I needed to do. That seemed to placate her for the moment, but not without getting my solemn oath that I would not return to that death trap of a house.

Once I had finally managed to end the call, I reached the outskirts of town. I wasn’t really sure what my next step was going to be, other than finding my way to Mihaela’s before the night set in. It was nearly four in the afternoon and I knew that the only way I could really get to hers was to get a taxi ride to the cemetery and then continue on foot.

By the time I got to my destination it was close to half four and I was starting to doubt my decision to just show up at her place, I sat down on a wooden bench that was close to her grave stone when someone sat down next to me.

I looked over towards the unknown person and was met with a familiar set of blue eyes.

“If it isn’t little Luna, I thought it may have been you but the hair colour threw me off for a moment,” He stated as he drew a lock of my hair through his fingers.

I slightly moved away from him, but he just moved even closer than he had been before.

“What can I say, I felt like a change!” I exclaimed, wondering why he would strike up a conversation with me.

“It definitely suits you more than that blonde ever did and such a luxurious feel, must have been a very expensive hair dye dear unless this is your true colour.”

His eyes dared me to lie to him and luckily, he hadn’t yet made skin on skin contact with me, so I found myself agreeing that it had been.

“I don’t believe that for a moment, but it does beg the question, as to why you would want to alter anything on yourself, you are truly exquisite.”

“Maybe I didn’t want to be recognised by creeps like you,” I replied fiercely, my eyes blazing into his.

He reached out for me, but I quickly stood up, not that it did much as he quickly followed the action, but didn’t try to reach for me again.

“Don’t even think about it, the last time you made contact with me I felt things that I had no right in feeling, like I wasn’t in control of myself anymore.”

His eyes widened in shock at my revelation and I wondered if I should have kept my mouth shut.

“You knew. That is quite a trick that you possess, but now it makes me want to know what you are even more, you have piqued my curiosity love and I have to know.”

With that said he grabbed hold of my arm and used his free hand to cup my cheek. I suddenly felt as though I was drunk as I began to sway unwittingly close towards him. I was hit with an overwhelming sense of euphoria and I felt as if I was floating on a cloud and knew that he was definitely doing something to me.