Chapter 310 No Turning Back

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The darkness that consumed Rachel fed off the fear that Lila was feeling. She tried her best to hide it, but even Rachel knew that Lila’s fear was evident. The color had completely drained from her perfect features and as much as she tried to blink them away, Rachel could see the moisture in her eyes.

She wanted to cry.

“It’s been you this whole time…” Lila breathed, still trying to wrap her head around the facts.

Rachel didn’t have to confirm, Lila already knew the truth. Her intuition was telling her the truth. As much as Rachel wanted to go to her friend and comfort her, the darkness wouldn’t allow her. She was consumed by it. She felt all sorts of anger and hopelessness. She gave into the darkness long ago; even before it’s been conjured. She was an easy target for it to take as a vessel. She wasn’t surprised.

“Please say something…” Lila whispered. Rachel could hear the desperation in her voice.

“What is there for me to say?” Rachel asked, her voice emotionless and dry. It made Lila wince; she had never heard Rachel sound this way before and she didn’t like it.

“I want you to tell me it’s not true… that you didn’t kill those people. That you didn’t kill Scott.”

“I didn’t kill Scott,” Rachel quipped. “But I would have if I could. I only framed him. I made him believe he was the one who killed those people.”

A stray tear escaped from Lila’s eye as she stared at Rachel.

“You were the one who sent him to jail…” Lila said h oar sely. “Which means you were the one who killed him.”

Her voice had gone dry and bitter by the end of that sentence. Rachel couldn’t argue or deny those facts, so she remained quiet.

Lila was so wrapped up in her own thoughts, trying to process all that’s been exposed to her, replaying this past week in her mind, trying to figure out how she didn’t see what was right in front of her. She didn’t even notice the door of the bedroom had opened and Raymond, Rachel’s father, was standing behind her.

He was staring directly at the back of her head; his eyes trailing down her narrow back and across the nape of her neck. He held the syringe tightly in his grip as a glimmer of humor spread across his thin lips.

Rachel hadn’t meant to give him this idea, but she did. It was right after he tried to give her the syringe, hours before the banquet.

“Lila is smart, she will be able to see through me a mile away. I won’t be able to stick her with that thing,” Rachel said, refusing to take the syringe.

This angered Raymond, but he had to agree with his daughter. He furiously paced back and forth, knowing that both of their lives were at stake.

But then he paused, and a smile snaked his lips. He looked at Rachel who was pale as a ghost and feeling sick to her stomach.

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inject her with this,” he said, holding up the syringe.

present moment

whatever is going on… let me help you,”

Rachel knew there was no

and looked away. Just as Lila was about to say something else, Raymond stabbed her as hard as she could in the

tried to process what had just

the syringe in her neck and at first, Rachel didn’t think the wolf’s bane was going to work. Maybe she was too strong of a Volana for it to take effect. Even her father

to speak, but no words came out. And then, her body began to quiver uncontrollably, and

Had they killed her?

everything she had done. Her thoughts might be her own, but her actions and

fell to her knees; her eyes fluttered shut and then she

relieved and let out a

Rachel asked, her voice sounding

bent beside her to feel her pulse on the side of her neck and

pulse is faint, but

Rachel could say anything, she was stopped when the voice

the voice said. It took a minute for Rachel to realize that she was speaking

Rachel couldn’t speak to explain what

handle the Volana

window, pooling in like a rapid river. It swirled around. the floor and filled the room with its

father,

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or feel like smoke. It was just there, lingering around the room until it grew thicker and darker. Rachel had to strain herself to

the darkness to be covering her

a final time before slithering its way to the window once again. Just as it came in, it used its cr acks to disperse from the room. Rachel

father were left alone, staring at one another in disbelief. Then, her

the deal?” Raymond asked, staring at Rachel. He knew the darkness was still inside of her and whoever was controlling it was listening. “You promised that I’d get power once this is

but it wasn’t her. It was

going to let you walk away

you get me power. I

of her was still in denial about it. She wanted to believe

walk around with all the knowledge that

he said through his teeth. “You have the power to

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