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

agreed. “My

them and just forget about everything for the night as well, but thinking about Scott in prison taking the fall for something he didn’t

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

butter?” Rachel asked from our mini kitchen as she grabbed the bags of

looked at me. “I’m glad she came out of her room finally. I was

you think she’s

direction and then

acting weird all week; tonight is the first night she’s semi-normal,” she

sighed; not wanting to

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

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

my gut that he didn’t do this, and

quickly, moving in a way that

said, frowning and eating

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

Becca said with a

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

it was kind of late, so maybe

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

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appeared on the screen, and then I pressed

everything okay?” My mom said at the other

the comforting sounds of her

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on my bed. “Mom, something awful happened, and I

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

weren’t friends. But we were in some classes together…” I paused as tears threatened the corners of my eyes. “She didn’t deserve what happened to

she didn’t,” my mother breathed. “We are sending her family a care package. I’m going to her pack personally to speak with her mother in a few days. I just wanted to give her some time

the

quiet

“Your ex-boyfriend?”

answered quickly. “He confessed to killing

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

“That’s him,” I murmured.

he was capable of such a terrible thing,” my mother

know why he confessed but 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 I was or know the things he

his mind was

Sarah. I already talked to her, and I believe her when she says it wasn’t her,” I said

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

bright blue, but in this case, they

said; and I knew without looking at her that her face was scrunched up

I frowned.

to protect us from dark magic,” I said, standing

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making my way

looked outside and up at the sky where the light barrier still surrounded the

intact,” I added,

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they can’t always keep darkness out of the barrier and that

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