She Accepted Divorce, He Panicked by Nyx Rai

206 Lost In The Dark Woods

Sebastian's POV

Scarlett - or, okay, - Scar, is like no homecoming queen before.

She couldn't make the notion of she doesn't give a shit clearer. She is not up and waving, or sending kisses, or smiling at the crowd crazy for her, she just lies on her throne, leaning lazily on the wagon like a sleepy cat, curls her fingers cutely when she feels like it, with her lips carelessly curved. And when that lights up the crowd, she just lets out a cute laugh, landing her chin on her elbow and sticking her tongue a little, making the people go off crazy.

It makes me crazy for her more, too.

"Why did you choose me?" Waving at the crowd, I ask as casually as I can.

I try to play the king. Well, failing to.

I feel like I don't know her. Not anymore. I just don't know if it was the past five years that changed her into this Harley Queen, or it was the accident five years ago alone.

I feel like from the moment Scar gave Ava the empty smile saying her name was now only Scar, I fell into a dream. A nightmare.

I watched Scar saying the word "blood", scaring the shit out of Ava, before she leaned into the masked man as if for a kiss, only to bite the masked man's throat teasingly.

the image doesn't

I really felt like I saw Claudia, the innocent yet greedy, pure yet bloodthirsty new-turned vampire in that old movie. Interview with the

man looked calm enough, as if used to her craziness. But Ava definitely looked like she

even finish that line because everyone at

had

all she got from them. From

face was straight without any emotion, not even a slight shade of anger. But her soulless stare intimidated Ava more than anything, making her stumble back and grip my sleeve. That was when Scar put away that empty smile. She jumped off the masked

and unable to

I should have known the answer. I knew, her

is grinding my heart into ash. And I just want to end the pain, even with a clear death

doubt people would like that," Scar answers lazily, her taunting eyes land on me, raising an itch in my heart that drives me

ask. But I know the question is also meaningless to her, probably

is

the person I have missed more than anything in the world, yet failing to recognize her when her

of me, yet I feel like my

world, and I felt like my torn soul was finally back into

She did it.