Lockwoods POV

I was just talking to Lucy, when she suddenly fainted.

Her body fell into my arms and I held onto her, her thin body felt so cold. Not like she used to. I stood up getting Lucy in a comfortable position, half way home I took a little break on a bench and I put my hand on Lucy's freezing neck.

That's when i was properly worried.

She would kill me after this... I pressed my head gently to the centre of her chest and listened to her slow heart. I can never find pulses, plus I also never know whether its meant to be that fast or not.

I don't want to sound like a pervert, but her chest was actually comfy... Despite her bony appearance, she's so comfy.

I took my head away and shook it. No. Never again.

A freezing wind blew, grey clouds covered the warm sun, children started to pack up their toys and adults their picnics. I rapped my coat over Lucy so she wont get more cold.

A pure white wolf started to snarl and growl at me and Lucy, it paced around with its pure black eyes staring into our soul.

It's sharp claws pattered on the ground, that's when i saw the message.

Death glows. Everywhere the wolf went.

What did it read?

'Nothing is a Coincidence...' I quietly said out loud, I scratched my head then drew my rapier.

Too late.

The wolf jumped at Lucy, blood-stained teeth showed and bit hard into her arm making it bleed bad.

Panic filled me.

I ran swiftly home where me and Holly helped with her wound. When we cleaned the blood, the bite looked almost like a humans. The teeth position but they were pointed.

When we was having our tea, doughnuts and sandwiches, I drew (as good as I could) the wolf with the message.

I'll admit, the wolf looked like a kids drawing, a triangle face with pointy ears, black circles for eyes and lines for the body, legs and claws, a semi-circle for the tail.

Holly went home early, George was drying the dishes- he won't let Holly in his kitchen since she puts things where they shouldn't be.

I glanced at Lucy, hasn't moved a inch. I picked up my latest issue of True Hauntings and stashed them secretly under the floor boards with my other issues. I walked to the beautiful girl.

Even with her cuts, bruises, a long bandage, bones showing, tares in her clothes, she still looks beautiful.

I softly move her hair behind her ears then kiss her cold forehead, but like a refreshing cold for my lips.

When she left, that's when I knew my feelings. A little later, after a lot of dates, I knew she was the one. Even now, my hollow heart picked up its pace a bit.

After a while of looking at her, I decided to go to bed.

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Lucy's POV

I bolt up from the couch, arm stinging like crazy.

That wasn't real. Was it?

We'll see about that...'

Who was that? It was making a vibration in my inner ear. My arm stung again and I look at the arm I used to block my face from the bite.

A pure white bandage was around it, stained with blood but still perfectly neat. Probably Holly's doing. I made the mistake of unravelling it.

A huge bite mark was on my arm, so deep I could see my bone. It was bright red and stained with dry blood. What I did was the second most gruesomest thing I've ever seen- first being some of the dreams.

I got my nail and peeled some of my skin off, revealing my flesh underneath. All was pure red, but no blood came out.

It's different when dealing with a Visitor, but when it's you its the most sickly thing ever!

I actually vomited from it, onto the floor dumping the peeled off skin with it.

I started to pant as I slowly took some of my flesh off my arm, It didn't even hurt. I was falling apart!

However, the weirdest thing happened, the flesh slowly regrew, a squelching noise was made when it slowly pieced together.

I need you to stay in one piece.

There it was again, like a deep girl's voice but it sounded emotionless.

'Who are you?' I mumbled. I waited...

And waited...

But no reply came.

Then, I heard footsteps come down the wooden stairs, I quickly rap the bandage around my arm.

It was George.

He came into the living room quietly.

'Hey.' I said making George jump. I'll admit it was a funny sight, his hand was on his chest as he panted.

'Dear God, Lucy. You scared me.' He gasped. I laughed a bit, trying to get the image of my peeling flesh out of my head.

'No kidding... Anyway. What's this?' I pointed to my arm, George walked into the kitchen. The sound of the kettle boiling water filled the two rooms then he came in with two cups of tea.

A while later I realised it was 1 in the morning.

'Lockwood said you fainted, you got bitten by a ghost wolf then he and Holly put that bandage on you.' George replied, I drank my tea burning my poor tongue.

Tears filled my eyes as I set the tea on the table, I put my hand over my mouth.

'Oh you burned your tongue, here.' George got a tea towel, I extended my tongue. He gently put two fingers under my tongue and the tea towel (filled with ice by the way) on top of my tongue.

I'd be lying if I say I didn't blush. Luckily, It was dark so it didn't show.

His fingers were so warm and gentle as he gently held my tongue, his emerald eyes looking at me.

The ice started to melt and he took the tea towel into the laundry room.

Once he left, I put my tongue in my mouth both hands over it, blushing like crazy.

'What a terrible loss...' I said, my voice sounded raspy. Not like mine at all. 'Both terrible losses.'

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George's POV

I shoved the tea towel in the washing machine blushing. She's so cute. Granted we tick each other off, but I'd hate it if she stopped.

The skull was glaring at me under one of Lucy's old shirts, I stared at it.

'What you glaring at?' I asked.

Suddenly, the shirts, underwear and pants lifted with the skull grinning. I sacredly banged my head on the shelf with the laundry stuff.

It looked like a bunch of nonsense, until I looked closer.

LOCK HER UP. IT'S YOUR ONLY HOPE!

That's what it read.

'Hu? Lock who up? And why do you care? You hate me.' They shifted again, this time I read it out loud. 'Lucy. And I'm just trying to stop her. Shut up, Skull.'

But secretly I'm terrified. What did it say when it first talked to Lucy? Death is coming? Yeah.

It also said, Deaths in life and life's in death? Despite its constant insults.

It doesn't lie...

I look at Lucy as I walk back to my room, she was just staring at her bandage... Almost smirking for some reason.

I lied on my bed, covered in books and paperwork, nothing new.

I started to think to myself.

Was all this the truth, or a big lie?