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 longer

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can all watch

“My brain hurts from thinking

night as well, but thinking about Scott in prison taking the fall for something he didn’t

I can’t rest until I know for

kitchen as she grabbed the

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

you think she’s acting a

glanced in Rachel’s direction

is the

sighed; not wanting

popcorn. By the time Rachel joined us with the

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

make sense to me; I knew in my gut that he didn’t do this, and I was going to prove his innocence and get him

a way that spilled some of the popcorn on

frowning and

the mood to watch a

Becca said with a worried

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

late, so maybe in

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

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the name I needed appeared on the screen, and then

okay?” My mom said at the

the comforting sounds

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

breathed sadly.

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,” 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

the

mother was quiet

“Your ex-boyfriend?”

I answered quickly. “He confessed to

mother asked. “In line to be the next

“That’s him,” I murmured.

terrible thing,” my mother dropped her voice to

when I looked in his eyes, something was off with him. His

mean like his mind

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

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

bright blue, but in this case,

mother said; and I

I frowned.

to protect us from dark magic,”

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making my way to

looked outside and up at the sky where

still intact,” I added,

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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 those inside

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