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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me a moment

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can all watch a movie and just forget about this

definitely sounds good,” Becca agreed. “My brain

everything for the night as well, but thinking about Scott in prison taking the fall for something he

already ruled Sarah out, which meant it could have been anyone. I can’t rest until I know for

butter?” Rachel asked from our mini kitchen

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

you think she’s acting a bit

Rachel’s direction and then back at

all week; tonight is the first

not wanting to

for a movie on Netflix while Rachel finished with the popcorn. By the time Rachel joined us with the extra buttery popcorn, Becca found a cheesy romcom and

began to wander. That tightness in my stomach only grew more intense and uncomfortable. There was something unnatural in the air and I couldn’t figure out where it was coming from and what it wanted. But

my gut that he didn’t do this, and

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

said, frowning and eating

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

said

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

kind of late, so maybe in

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

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appeared on the screen,

mom said at the other end of

relief hearing the comforting sounds

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my bed. “Mom, something

school,” she breathed sadly. “Word had gotten around the packs quickly. Did you know the

I said, lowering my gaze to my hands. “Yes, I knew her. We weren’t friends. But we were in some classes together…”

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

confèssed to the murder,”

mother was quiet for

“Your ex-boyfriend?”

I answered quickly. “He confessed to killing

“In line to

“That’s him,” I murmured.

had no idea he was capable of such a terrible thing,” my mother dropped her voice

I said, shaking my head even though I knew she couldn’t see me. “I don’t know why he confessed but when I looked in his eyes, something was off with him.

mind was being

and I believe her when she says it wasn’t her,” I said quickly, making sure she knew that I ruled

surprisingly agreed right away. It sounded as if she was lost in thought. “You said his

usually bright blue, but in this

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

I frowned.

was supposed to protect

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my way to

sky where the light barrier

still intact,” I

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darkness can find a way in. Even the guardian of the earth said that they can’t always keep darkness out of

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