Isobel POVIt's been three days... Three days since the unfortunate happened to me.I do not want to o think about it, of course, thinking back to that night brings me nothing but pain, and heartache.Javier sits at the edge of the bed, before me, staring at me as I eat the food he got for me.I'm trying... Trying to familiarize myself with this new nature of Javier, but I still shudder at the thought that this is not the real Javier that I know."What are you doing?" Javier growls, his voice not intending to be harsh, but to scold a little as I had dropped the spoon and pushed the food away from me.I lost my appetite.It's been happening like that.I can't eat. No! I don't know how to eat with the thought of Katrina in my throat, threatening to burst out of me anytime soon.God knows that I miss my friend, and there's this desperate part of me that secretly wish, hopes, and prays that the Katrina that night wasn't the Katrina that I knew.I wish she wasn't the one with that glare t

Isobel POVStanding under the shade created by the large tree, sitting on my knees, I wrap my arms around my legs, and my head bury in them."You're just food she needs to survive"Her cackles, her voice replays in my head many times, almost giving no room for other thoughts to come in.I do not want to believe her, yet, she sounded so convinced and so sure.Raising my head from my legs, I sit on the bare ground, leaning against the tree.It's been three days after that conversation with Cassie, and no, I've not been able to get it off my head. And yes, it's almost a week since the incident in the bush, yet, I never see a shadow of Katrina.I want to see her, talk to her, and prove to Cassie that she's nothing but a lair... Katrina won't do that to me, she loves me so much she won't keep that big secret from me."Is this unrequited love and loyalty, or you're just blatantly stupid?"Cassie's face leers at me, her teeth bare, and her face wrinkles up in a frown.Wha

Weeks laterIsobel POVLooking at myself again in the mirror, I let out another nervous sigh, nervously running my tongue over my lips.It's been weeks, or let's say it's been a month since everything happened.After that one afternoon, I had not seen Katrina or Daniel.Only Javier has been frequenting the room, making sure I eat, bathe, and not be lonely and sad alone in the room.I have a feeling, that Daniel must have wanted to come here, but was denied entrance by Javier. But, the same can't be said about Katrina.I wonder how she's doing. Is she hurting like I am?Does everything that happened between us hurt her as much as it hurts me?Does she get nightmares of that night too?Javier told me to leave the past behind, but how can I?He told me to forget the past and move forward, but a past that involves a part of me couldn't be easily forgotten.How can I forget a part of me?There's no way I could forget Katrina. She's part of me and heck! I cannot forget that look in her eyes

Isobel POVGetting to class, I make my way to sit where I'd expected to see Katrina's or her bag but saw none.Taking my seat, with the thought that Katrina will be back soon.Perhaps, she comes late to school today because of one thing or the other."You are here! Finally!"I flinch, letting out a squeak on hearing a familiar voice swirl past my ear, and a body falls freely down on the sit beside me."Why are you freaking out? Did you already forget my voice just because you went on hiatus for a month?"I look sideways to see Becca with a pout on her face, folding her arms beneath her boobs, and looking like a kid sulking for candy.I sigh, slowly raising my hand to my chest.It's not like I forget her voice, she just appeared too suddenly and that got my heart in my throat.I look around the class, in case, I might have missed the chance of Katrina being in the crowd.Maybe, she'd wanted to give me space by something somewhere but beside me."No one is going to harm you" Becca whisp

Isobel POV"It's an illusion! A world that's not real, that's where you live!"My eyes snap open, loud gasp purrs out of my mouth."Isobel, are you okay?"I feel a grip on my arm, not strong enough to hurt me, but enough to send a message up my brain that I'm safe with someone.With Javier.Slowly, my eyes darted to his face that's filled with worries and concerns."You were found passed out cold outside the room. What happened?" His gaze narrows.Now, his fingers are running soothingly on my arm skin, sending a tingle to my stomach.His worried expression, his effort to relieve me of my pain.I blink away, looking anywhere but at him as Becca's words came to haunt me. Her voice replayed repeatedly in my head."It's an illusion. It's not real"Because it's not real, and it's the truth.I feel an itch at the corner of my eyes, my tears threatening to spill down the cover.I'm getting used to this new Javier that I didn't want it to end."But what if this tiny thread lost its power?" Be