I'm suffocated as you try to cage me in But you don't know me

All the shades of who I am

Try to catch me if you can

I just slip right through your hands

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I storm into Roman and Nate's room without permission, I don't care if he is naked, I am very furious. There is still a lot of things I can't wrap my head around, if he happens to know what happened to my parents, I will make sure to return the favor with interest. They didn't do anything, infact they exactly what Roman and Professor Holme told them to. They don't deserve to die.

He drops the book he was reading on his bed immediately I enter. He quickly stand up and frown at me. Well, guess what buddy I don't give a damn.

"Cami, what's the he-" I cut him off before he finishes his sentence.

"Did you know about my parents death?" I demand with a stoic expression, am not here to play games with him just because he is Roman.

I hear heavy footsteps behind me, Nate and Jessica followed me. I hope they are not here to stop me because am getting the truth out of him with or without their approval.

"Your parents are dead?" Trying to play dumb, we have all day. "Oh my God! Are you okay?" He takes a step forward in mind of comforting me like he's always done, but it's not going to happen today.

I use my hand to stop his movements, Am not sure if the patience left in me can overpower the anger. "Cut the crap, Roman I know everything," I tell him.

He raises his eyebrows in question. "Know what?"

I close my eyes and seize my breath, my hand is curl in a tight fist and my shoulder is shaking with anger. "Don't play coy, Roman. You are not daft," Jessica spat out.

He chuckles but it didn't reach his eyes. "What is this? Are you guys trying to be funny because I don't understand you. Nate, tell me what's going on?"

Nate looks away from him as he pulls Jessica closer. That's it. I take a threaten step towards him, he doesn't move back because he knows I won't do anything to him.

"Cami, I don't understand what's going on, you can't just barge into my room and start accusing of shit-" I cut him off.

"Mind your words, Roman. My parents death is not shit," I tell him clearly through grit teeth.

He scratches the back of his neck and looks guilty. "Am sorry, you are right. I wasn't thinking when I said that, just tell me what going on, why are you here?"

"My parents are dead, did you have anything to do with it?" I repeat my question in a more detailed way.

He raises his eyebrows in question. "Are you insane? What sort of stupid questions is that?"

"Just answer the fucking questions motherfucker," Nate roars behind me.

Roman looks over my head to Nate, I think he is disappointed that Nate is on my side instead of his, and he is not happy, which makes two of us.

He sighs and put his hand in his pocket. "I have nothing to do with your parents death, how can you think so low of me?" He keeps his head down, and won't even make eye contact with me, which can only mean one thing; He is guilty of something and his conscience won't have it with him.

I throw my head back and laugh, laughter laced with sadness, it's either tears or laugh and am sure if I cry, I will spend the rest of my life crying.

"Low of you? How can you think so low of me?" I fire back and he furrows his eyebrows, he didn't understand my question. "You and Professor Holme convince my parents that I am good fit for The Vale because am a troubled teenager," I stop when I notice his face strick with recognition and fear.

"I think you are starting to remember. You convince them to move away from me and asked them to tell everyone that I was dead, the professor even funded my funeral. You followed me home, you saw how I was when I heard and you never said a thing. Those times you spent pretending to care about me, you never cared, you were just keeping an eye on me, you-" He cut me off me by taking my hand in his.

He licks his bottom lips. "You were right, I did all those things but I don't know anything about your parents death, at first I was just following orders but now, it's more than that. Look! Am sorry I had to do it-"

"Why?" I scream, Nate and Jessica are behind me now. "What does he have on you?" I can't do anything, all am seeing is red, danger red. Am just too angry.

"Listen to me, this is bigger than me, bigger than any of us, Cami just walk away please and don't ever mention it again," He warns and for the first time, I see something in Roman's eyes that was a thing for him, he is afraid.

I sigh in resign and shake my head. "You have it bad, what's going on, Roman. Let me help you, let's help each other out," I beg, I need to get to the button of this, even if it mean losing my life on the way, I don't care, all I want to know is what's going on.

He shakes his head. "It's better you not know, walk away while you still can Cami. He has eyes everywhere. Walk. Away."

"Cami, maybe we should just-" The sound of the door opening interrupts what Jessica is going to say.

"You should have listened to him, girl," I freeze at the sound of that voice. Oh shit we are dead now. "He said you should walk away."

Sebastian Holme.

"You!" I point my fingers at him after turning around to face him.

"Yes me," He smirks and take a step closer. "And did anyone ever tell you that it's rude to point your finger at an elderly person?"

I scoff. "What is this, the dark ages?"

He chuckles. "I hoped it wouldn't come to this, I really did. Am sorry but you gave me no choice but to do this," He finishes his sentence as my head start ringing.

An unpleasant pain start to surface in my head, it's like my brain is about to bust and I know it's not only me that he is doing it too, I can hear groans behind me. What he is doing it's like it's altering our balance of and inducing dizziness and nausea.

I don't feel so good, I think am going to shut my eyes for a little-

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My eyes flutter opens, my head is a aching me. I don't recognize this place... Wait.... I think I do, the pods, the table, the huge screen, the beeping Machine. This was where ArihmaTheo took Jessica.

Jessica, Nate, Roman. I stands up and instantly fall back on my ass, I look around my body to see my hands are in chains and my neck, there is a collar on my neck. What am I, a dog?

I try to break free from the chain but it won't bulge. "It's no use trying to break out of the chains, they are power damping chains, you can't use your powers as long as you have them in," Theo says from the other side of the room.

"Screw you," I yell at him.

He tilts his head to my side like he is considering something and then he just shrugs. "Nice to see you too, Princess. Good to know that your manners has improved since the last time we met," He mocks and continue what he's doing.

"Where are my friends?" I ask.

"Your friends are back in school safe and sound, we have no use for them, just you," He says as he walks towards me.

When he gets to my front, he bend down and look at me, he takes my chin in his hands, forcing me to look at him. "Now that am having a good look at you, you really look like your Mother," He says.

He drops my chin and I shake my head. "You talk too much," I spat out.

He smirks and shows me the knife he is holding. "Watch your mouth, Princess or am going to watch it for you," He warns.

I nod. "Is that meant to be a threat because if it is, I'll say you are doing a really bad job at it," Now it's my turn to smirk.

I hear a clap behind me, I look over Theo's head to see Sebastian and...... I'll be damned, George. Yes! That George, Sabine's Dad. What is he doing here?

"You are right, she's got her Mother spirit," That's the first thing he says as he approaches.

I scoff. "Well now you know am not a bastard," I reply.

Am not going to appear intimidated because some stupid guy in hat and cane appears out of nowhere.

Theo stands up and bow slightly. "Quite mouthy too," George says. I can't believe am seeing him, he looks exactly like he did in my trip to the past, it's like he has aged a single day.

"Did you kill Richard and Corinne?"

He sighs and stare at me like am staring at him. "Yes, they were both useless. Took me a while to find you, girl. Dean made sure he kept you hidden but where is he now? I expect him to be here," He tsk.

"Why? Why are you doing this?" I know it's useless to ask. It's like asking a scorpion why he stings people whatever chance it gets.

"Because I enjoy it," He keeps his reply simple and straight forward.

I nod and try to make sense of what he said. Because he enjoys it. "What did I ever to you?" I ask curiously.

He shrugs. "You were born, it's sad to know that my blood runs through through veins," He reminds me.

"Feelings mutual. What are you gonna do now? Kill me?" Because am not sure why am here.

"Not kill you, killing you will be too easy," He tells me. Killing me won't change a thing.

I move my gaze away from George to Sebastian. "Why are you doing this, Professor Holme? This doesn't concern you," I whisper but enough for them to hear me.

"Who says it doesn't concern him, let me introduce you to my eldest son, your uncle," He introduces us.

This just keeps getting better and better. So he was the George that the book was dedicated to. How fucking sick. His useless son wrote a fucking book about his daughter love life and dedicated it to him, the book turn out to be a disaster.

"Is this some sort of joke?" I don't even get this people any more, they kidnapped me, threatened to destroy me and now telling me that a chemistry teacher turn part time romance novelist is my uncle.

George frowns. "Who is laughing and why?"

I sigh and shake my head, they are hopeless. "So this is your plan. Kidnap a sixteen years old and kill her like you killed her mother," I say.

George looks up and smile like a memory just get toss into his head. "Sabine, my beautiful girl, she was always so perfect until she met that demon," He spat out and frowns his face.

"My father? That's why you killed them," I don't even need to put the pieces together, it was obvious and that is exactly why Theo didn't let me finish seeing their lives.

"Killed them?" George laughs, carrying the two idiot beside him with him. "Who said anything about death, Your parents aren't dead, they are pretty much alive, infact I know where they are right now and I can take you to them," He reveals.

They are alive, that's not possible.

"What did you just say?"

"I said your parents, Sabine and Eric are alive," He repeats but there is something about his tone that is not making me believe it.

If they are alive, why haven't they come for me, why haven't they looked for me? If they are alive Dean would know because it's his job as El-Gar-El, the Royal gatekeeper, he sees everything, he would if my Dad is alive.

"Where are they?" I demand through grit teeth.

"I change my mind and that information is a need to know and you do not need to know," He answers. I knew he was fucking liar. For someone that people fear, the almighty High Lord. To me he is just a freak in cloak.

"Tell me or I swear I'll-"

"You'll what? Let me remind you that you don't have your powers, I'll be careful choosing my next words," Now, that is the High Lord I remember.

"Am making you a promise. My face will be the last one you see before you all die," And I mean it.

"Is that a threat?"

I shake my head and smirk. "No! it's a promise," I wink at them. I intertwine my hand and sigh. "What now?"

"Now we leave you to Theo," George says.

My mouth drops open. "Leave me with Theo to do what exactly?" I ask curiously, am sure he is not taking me on another trip to the past.

"Don't kill her yet but make her wish she was dead," George and Sebastian turns back and walk away.

After they depart, Theo bend down and smirk at me. "Now it's just you and me, Princess. Am just wondering where I should start," Using his knife to trace my face.

I chuckle. "You delusional sick bastard, this was your plan all along, you told me everything I wanted hear and made sure I hate Dean, how stupid I was," I whisper.

"Stupid on your part, I get no pleasure in torturing kids but your kind invites their kind and their kind, I cannot bear," He says.

"Their kind?" What is he talking about? What does he mean by that?

"Do you know what happens when an empath is forced to experience an out of body experience and is prevented from going out of the body?" He asks.

I shake my head. "I do not want to know."

He smiles. "You are right to not want to know because it's like feeling your flesh peeling off your bones, I assure that the feel is not pleasant."

He snaps out of his thoughts and stare at me, his eyes dilate and changes color, glowing of darkness.

"What are you- what are you doi-" I scream out.

"Stop resisting, you'll only feel the pain when you resist, let go Raven. Let. Go," He says and suddenly I start moving, start going up, moving upward, floating in the air.

I can feel my soul moving out of my body, but it keeps going back. Am experiencing an out of body experience but I keep returning to my body, something is preventing me from moving out of my body and it's making me sick, literally sick.

I scream as feel the discomfort, my body is burning and I can't stop it, and am floating.

"ArihmaTheo!" Dean's angry voice is the last thing I hear as I hit my back the floor.

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💗,Milia.