Chapter 280 Celeste

Lila’s POV

“What are you talking about?” Rachel asked, emerging from her room and surprising us both.

“Rachel,” Becca greeted, giving her a faint smile. “It’s nice to see you. Feels like it’s been forever.”

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“I was only in my bedroom,” she said with a shrug, plopping down on the couch beside her. “Why do you look so sad?”

She looked at me and we exchanged odd looks, but then I nodded to her, giving her permission to fill her

in.

“We just found out that there’s someone else at this school that has the ability to manipulate minds,” Becca

told her.

Her eyes widened at her words.

“What do you mean?”

“I mean, someone, other than Sarah, can force people to do and say things,” she further explained, shuddering. “They forced Scott to take the fall for killing Merida.”

I watched as Rachel’s face fell in shock.

“Scott confessed?”

We both nodded.

“But it wasn’t a real confession,” I made sure to inform her. “He was forced to do it.”

“How do you know that?”

“I just know,” I said in return. “I could tell. Something was up with his eyes…”

“His eyes?” She asked, narrowing her eyes at me. “What do you mean?”

“They were all dark and weird. He also wasn’t acting like himself-”

“But wasn’t he like an as shole or something?” Rachel said quickly, keeping her eyes locked on mine.

“Well, yeah, I mean he was. But a lot of his doing was because of Sarah and the hold she had on him. He’s been trying to do good since they broke things off and he became aware of her,” I said in return. “He’s also not capable of murder.”

“Anyone is capable of murder if provoked,” she said with a shrug; her casual attitude was shocking to me.

“I doubt Merida provoked him into murdering her,” I said, shaking my head at her.

“You didn’t know her that well,” Rachel shrugged.

“Neither did you, apparently,” I said, furrowing my brows together.

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a moment

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then maybe we can all watch a movie and

definitely sounds good,” Becca agreed. “My brain hurts from thinking about

just forget about everything for the night as well, but thinking about Scott in prison taking the

have been anyone. I can’t rest until I know for certain who killed Merida

Rachel asked from our mini kitchen as she grabbed the bags

at me. “I’m glad she came out of her room finally. I was really worried about her. We should enjoy tonight and

she’s acting a

glanced in Rachel’s direction and then back at

been acting weird all week; tonight is the first

sighed; not

with the popcorn. By the time Rachel joined us with the extra buttery popcorn, Becca found

something unnatural in the air and I couldn’t figure out where it was coming from and what it wanted. But I knew

to me; I knew in my gut that he didn’t do

moving in a way that spilled some of the popcorn on Rachel’s

said, frowning and eating the

the mood to watch a movie tonight. I’m going to

said with a

said nothing more as I went into my room and sealed the door behind me. I grabbed my phone and thought about calling Enzo, but I knew he was probably busy with Headmaster Prescott, trying to figure out how to tell the students that the murderer had been captured and cleaning up the aftermath. There hasn’t been an

was kind of late, so

with this, but I knew someone who might be able to.

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on the screen, and then I

mom said at the other end of the

relief hearing the

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murmured, sitting on my bed. “Mom, something awful happened, and

there’s been a murder at the school,” she breathed sadly. “Word had gotten around the packs quickly. Did

knew her. We weren’t friends. But we were in some classes together…” I paused as tears threatened the corners of my eyes. “She

breathed. “We are sending her family a care package. I’m going to her pack personally to speak with her mother in a

the murder,” I

was quiet

“Your ex-boyfriend?”

answered quickly. “He

son, right?” My mother asked. “In line to

“That’s him,” I murmured.

of such a terrible thing,” my mother dropped her voice to

but when I looked in his eyes, something was off with him. His eyes were dark and he didn’t look like himself.

his mind was being manipulated?” She

her when she says it wasn’t her,” I said quickly,

my mother surprisingly agreed right away. It sounded as

but in this case, they looked almost

dark magic,” my mother said; and I knew without looking at her that her face was

I frowned.

guardian was supposed to protect us from dark magic,” I said,

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my way to the

at the sky where the light barrier still surrounded

still intact,” I added,

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earth said that they can’t always keep darkness out of the barrier and that it can only help keep those inside safe. But darkness is a powerful force and unless

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