Twin Curse: Blood Moon Day ( Book 2 )

Chapter 6 - I can't anymore

I felt a man's muscular back appear in front of me in just two seconds. Cassian's back blocked the knife that was coming straight at me. The knife went straight between Cassian's ribs. 

"One and a half bunnies in one shot." Dillan's cold voice echoed through the kitchen." I'll see you later" just a minute later, there were two of us in the room.

"Cassian?" I held out my hand towards Cassian, who stood in front of me motionless. I could feel strange energy coming off him. 

Straightforward, Cassian turned to me, his face showing pain. My eyes travelled down to his bloody hands, which we're trying to pull the knife from his side. I could hear his labored breathing, which was alert by the pain in his body.

"Sarah, you have to get it out, or my wound won't stop bleeding" Cassian's green eyes looked straight at me. I could see fear shining in them. 

"Pull it out? Are you kidding?" I looked at Cassian with a look on my face that is hard to describe.

My thoughts could hardly comprehend the situation around us. It was as if everything in my body was too much at the moment. My boyfriend, Dillan, killed my dad. My dad's cold body was lying on the floor, utterly devoid of any sign of life. Cassian is wounded, knifed, trying to fight for his life. I was left all alone, and in an instant, everything around me was silent. All I could hear was my heartbeat. I knew very well that nothing good would come of this. Even though I had experienced such a feeling a long time ago, they stopped when I learned to use magic. But now it's happening again, never mind that I can control it with magic. 

"Sarah, please..." Cassian's voice sounded a little quieter, and he seemed to be having trouble breathing.

Cassian's voice brought me back to reality. I have to save Cassian and then give my father a decent burial. Simple, I shifted my weight, leaning on the stump. I stood up, turning to Cassian. In one simple motion, I placed my hand on the knife. 

"Remind me why you can't pull it out yourself?" I wrinkled my forehead, holding the bloody end of the knife in my hand, my eyes staring at Cassian's distorted face. 

"This knife is taking all my strength, and I don't like it." Cassian's eyes darted to the knife that stuck in his side. 

"I count to three." I looked at Cassian, one hand on his stomach, bracing myself so that I could pull the knife out faster.

"Get the f**k out." Cassian's eyes were staring straight into my face.

"One." I lifted the corner of my lips, eyes turned towards the knife in my right hand. 

"Come on." Cassian's eyes darted to my pendant, then to the ring around his neck.

"Three." In one swift motion, I pulled the knife toward me, releasing Cassian from the pain. 

I could hear a faint squeal, but when my eyes reached Cassian, a small smile played across his face. In one simple movement, I let the bloody knife fall to the floor. I saw the red liquid - blood - trickling out of Cassian's body. 

"We need to fix this, need to tell everyone." I knelt on the ground, trying to move my dad's body sideways, feeling my hands shaking continuously. "We need to have a funeral, need to get everyone together, need to..." I felt my voice drop the next second.

Tears of betrayal were still rolling down my cheeks. Why is the world so unfair? Couldn't someone else die, someone less important? How Lucy accepts all this news? How will my little sister bear this news? I can't tell her that dad will die. 

"Sarah." Cassian's voice made me momentarily tear my eyes away from Dad's corpse lying on the floor.

I turned my red, puffy eyes to Cassian. His two strong arms stretched out to me, inviting me in for a hug. With a simple movement, I rose from the floor, attacking Cassian in the embrace. I can't take it anymore, and I have nothing left. I put my arms around Cassian, pressing him closer to me. I felt the scar just ripping my chest into a million little pieces. Cassian's tiny hand stroked my hair, trying to calm me down. But it didn't help. Pain in my chest seemed to be getting worse as it would never end. 

"I'm here Sarah, I always will be. Calm down." Cassian's soothing words rang in my ear. 

I wanted to believe his words that everything was going to be okay. But it's not now. Everyone around me is dying, suffering. Leo, Lucian, Leyla, Dillan. Chloe, Dad, Mum, all the people who are slowly slipping away from my life. Why do I deserve such a terrible fate? Am I worth the pain alone? Can't I have a little bit of joy for just a moment?

" I can't. Everything I had I no longer have. First Mum, now Dad, I don't want any more..." I snuggled closer to Cassian's chest, afraid to give in. 

"We'll get through this, Sara. Do you have anyone you can call to help you?" Cassian's green eyes looked straight at me, and I could see the worry in them.

"Finn." men name left my lips.

I know that Finn will understand the whole story and put everything in order in the police records. I stepped away from Cassian, took my phone out of my pocket. With my bloody, shaking hands, I dialled Finn's number. Out of the corner of my eye, I watched Cassian lift my dad's corpse off the ground, then carry it to the next room. Probably to lay him on the bed so he wouldn't lie on the floor. I turned my eyes away from the window, trying to take my mind elsewhere for a second. It's hopeless, trying to divert my thoughts when all I can hear in my head is Dad's voice. Finally, after a few long beeps, I hear a worried voice on the other end of the phone. 

"Sarah, hello, why are you calling? Is something wrong?" Finn's worried voice sounded on the other end of the phone. 

Finn was the kind of man who always had a great ear. I remember well his last words to me. Whatever happens to you, or if you want to talk, always call. Finn knows my secret, but he's not afraid of me, hasn't shunned me one bit. He has always cared for me and treated me like his own child. 

"Dad, my dad is dead..." I felt my voice become weak for a moment. 

"Sarah, what happened? Where are you?" I heard a tiny doubt in Fin's voice.

"Please come to my house, can't anymore." The phone slipped out of my hands in an instant, falling to the kitchen floor. 

I could hear the beep of the phone before it reached the kitchen floor. I leaned back against the wall, sliding down to the kitchen floor, hugging my knees, my head on them. I looked at the kitchen floor where my dad had recently lain. That image is deeply printed in my mind. I could feel the tears rolling down my cheeks, the hole in my chest. I thought it had already closed when Dillan showed me that the world is good. He saved me from the pain of my mother's death- and taught me to smile, to love life again. Now he is the reason why I have nothing in my life anymore. The hole in my body is so big that it will never go away. Dad, why did it have to be you? Faint footsteps drew my attention, I could see Cassian standing in the doorway. He was looking straight at me, not saying a word. He walked over to me and sat down next to me on the ground. I put my head on his shoulder, and he put one arm around me, trying to calm me down. 

"Why Cassian?" I looked at Cassian sitting next to me with my teary eyes.

Cassian sat without saying a word, staring at the kitchen wall in front of him. I'm sure the same question was going through his mind. Why did his brother have to be bewitched by black magic? Could Dillan be facing the same fate as his mother? Will Dillan be under Nikita's spell until he dies? How to escape it, how to save Dillan from the black magic that pollutes his mind. I still can't believe my dad is dead, I the next target? Won't everything around me stop until I die? Maybe I should have fallen off the tower that fateful night, there my life should have ended? Then there would not be these unnecessary sacrifices. Dad would still be alive.

"Sarah?" Finn's voice came from somewhere near the front door of the house. 

"I'm in the kitchen." I said in a low voice, not sure he heard me. 

Just a few seconds later, two familiar male silhouettes appeared in the doorway, David and Finn. I saw Finn's two confused eyes stop right in front of me. He walked over to me, picked me up off the ground, and hung me up with his two arms. 

"You're going to make it, Sarah." Finn's words seemed to make my heart warm a little. 

"I can't. I've lost everything, Finn. I don't want to live like this anymore." I whispered and stood in Finn's arms. 

"What is this vampire doing here?" David's angry voice echoed through the kitchen. I could see David's eyes fixed on Cassian, who was still sitting on the floor. 

Cassian was in front of David in the blink of an eye, just a few centimetres separating their faces. Cassian patted David on the shoulder with a simple movement, looking straight into the werewolf's brown eyes. Now is not the time to play war, but for once, be calm.

"Take care of Sarah." Cassian's lips left the simple words, and then Cassian was gone.

"David go with Sara to pick Lucy up from school. I'll take care of everything." Finn's eyes went to David standing in the kitchen doorway.

"Come on, Sara, let's go." David nodded his head and disappeared behind the kitchen door. 

I pulled away from Finn, then slowly walked through the kitchen door. My thoughts never troubled why Cassian just left? He probably didn't want to have the problem of being in the same room as a werewolf. Through the house's open doors, I could see Finn's dark car parked in the yard. David was already waiting for me. I wanted this day be over as soon as possible, and I walked down the terrace steps towards the car. I opened the door in one easy movement, then took the passenger seat. My thoughts instantly returned to my dad's body lying on the kitchen floor. I turned my teary eyes to the car window, not wanting to speak, not wanting anything at all.

"Who killed your dad? Was it the vampire who was in the kitchen?" David started the car, driving slowly out of the yard, his eyes lingering on my face for a moment.

"Don't talk, David." I turned my eyes to David so that he would understand how I felt.

David stared at my face for a few minutes, then pressed harder on the accelerator, returning his gaze to the road. I don't want to talk about it, can't tell David that my boyfriend, Dillan, killed my dad. There's absolutely nothing he could have done, just a matter of time before things gets better. I hope Henry and Elaine can find out something about the missing people or stop another fire. I rubbed the fingers of my hand over my legs, not sure how to tell Lucy everything. How she'll cope with her dad being gone, what's next for us. 

"Your life is in danger? Just tell me." David looked at me out of the corner of his eye as the car slowly pulled into the school car park. 

"I think Lucy should stay with you for a while." I stared at David's embarrassed face with my reddened eyes. 

" Is there anything I can do to help you?" David switched off the car's engine, his whole body bouncing against me. 

"No need, David. I'll manage on my own." I unbuckled my seatbelt, opening the car door. 

In one easy movement, I got out of the car, closing the door behind me. With slow steps, I walked towards the school building. I don't need anyone's help. I sure can do this all by myself. I buried my mother. Now it was my father's turn. Just another funeral with heartache, tears, and a painful scar on my chest. I pulled the door towards me with my hand, entering the school building. I could tell from the surroundings that the pupils were still in class, as the school corridors were empty. I stopped at the school stand where there was some school news, dances, after-school activities, and a timetable. After quickly finding Lucy's classroom, I turned to head towards the biology classroom. Ahead of me, a sharp left turn behind the back should have revealed the biology classroom. As soon as my eyes rested on the biology door, another thing caught my attention. Just a few meters away from the classroom, I could see the silhouette of a woman. I know her, but what is she doing here?