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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looked at me a moment longer before

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

Becca agreed. “My

about Scott in prison taking the fall for something he didn’t do, something heinous. I knew I wasn’t going to be able to let

it could have been anyone. I can’t rest until I know for certain who

kitchen as she grabbed

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

think she’s acting

glanced in Rachel’s direction and then back at

all week; tonight is

sighed; not wanting

remote and started searching 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

played, my mind 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 I knew something at this

knew in my gut that he didn’t do this, and I was going to prove his innocence

a way that spilled

and eating

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

said with a worried

my phone and thought about calling Enzo, but I knew he was probably busy with Headmaster Prescott, trying to figure out how to

kind of late, so

but I knew someone who might be able to. I

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appeared on the screen, and then I pressed

My mom said at the other end

hearing the comforting sounds

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

there’s been a murder at the school,” she breathed

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

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

the

quiet

“Your ex-boyfriend?”

answered quickly. “He confessed

line

“That’s him,” I murmured.

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

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. His eyes were dark and he didn’t look like himself. It was like he didn’t know who I was or

mind was being

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

It sounded

eyes are usually bright blue, but in this case, they looked almost black.

of dark magic,” my mother said; and I

I frowned.

guardian was supposed to protect

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my way

outside and up at the sky where the light

I added,

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

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