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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at me a moment longer

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to make some popcorn; then maybe we can all watch a movie and just forget about this tragedy

“My brain hurts from thinking about

agree with them and just forget about everything for the night as well, but thinking about Scott in prison taking the fall for something he

it could have been anyone. I can’t

kitchen as she

“I’m glad she came out of her room finally. I was really

think she’s

Rachel’s direction

been acting weird all week; tonight is the first

not wanting

grabbed the remote and started searching for a movie on Netflix while Rachel finished with the popcorn. By the time Rachel joined us with

and uncomfortable. There was something unnatural in the air and I couldn’t figure out where it

of Scott killing Merida just didn’t make sense to me; I knew in my gut that he didn’t do this, and I was going to prove his innocence and

stood up quickly, moving in a way that spilled some of

She said, frowning and eating

just not in the mood to watch a movie tonight. I’m going to

goodnight,” Becca said with a worried

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

was kind of late, so maybe

Enzo couldn’t help me with this, but I knew someone who might be

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name I needed appeared on the screen, and then I pressed the call

is everything okay?” My mom said at

relief hearing the comforting sounds

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I murmured, sitting on my bed. “Mom, something awful

told me that there’s been a murder at the school,” she breathed sadly. “Word had

said, lowering my gaze to my hands. “Yes, I knew her. We weren’t friends. But we were in some classes together…” I paused as tears threatened the corners of my eyes. “She didn’t

“We are sending her family a care package. I’m going to her pack

to the murder,” I

quiet for a

“Your ex-boyfriend?”

answered quickly. “He

Alpha Emmet’s son, right?” My mother asked. “In line to be the next Alpha of the Redstone

“That’s him,” I murmured.

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

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

his mind was being manipulated?”

by Sarah. I already talked to her, and I believe her when she says it wasn’t her,” I said quickly, making sure she knew that

like Sarah’s magic,” my mother surprisingly agreed right away. It sounded as if she was lost in thought. “You

“His eyes are usually bright blue, but in this case, they

dark magic,” my mother said; and I knew without looking at

I frowned.

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

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my way

at the sky where the light barrier still surrounded the

I added, still

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keep darkness out of the barrier

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