Jake was standing over my head. His serious eyes were irritating me. I stood up by my own. I was facing his eyeballs, continuously.

"So, you were again dancing in the woods. Can I ask you, why?" he taunted.

His serious eyes forced me to throw my head down. My head was just like a drooped branch. My ears weren't ready to listen his questions and my lips weren't ready to answer his questions. I kept my mouth shut. His hands went on my jaws and he pulled my face up. His eyes were not grave like before. He stretched his eyebrows upward, demanding my answer.

"I'm sorry Ja-k-e bro." I said looking straight into his eyes.

"Sorry is not the answer." He said.

Again, everything went so quiet. Like, nothing exist. I couldn't let him know about the diamond or about the lady.

"You are going home, this instant!" He spoke very gravely.

"I don't want to go, anywhere." I protested.

"Any genuine reason? He asked.

After two second silence he just grabbed my wrist and forced to drag me. I tried to push myself against him. He got tired of pulling me and he enchained me in his arms. My head was on his neck. His arms were around my hands and legs were suspended in the air. I paddled my legs in the air but it was useless. I tried to bite his shoulder and he just gave me a shook. He started to walk and I was hanging in his arms.

"Don't waste your power... you're going back." He said.

His words were torturing like Dylan's haunting smile. He was taking prey back to the hunter, back to pain, back to 'death'.

"I don't wanna go to Dylan, he is a vampire." I said breathlessly.

"There's no such thing, okay?" He lied.

So, he walked to towards the my home. He remembered the address as well. Ignoring all the truth. He dropped me on the door and knocked it. His expressions were quite changed. He was not tensed anymore. My eyes were dry where as it was raining inside and my heart was about to sink. Katherine opened the door, she was having a strange eye contact with Jake. Jake smiled at me and patted on my back.

Leave me alone to die here, dear

pain will be severe, for you, I will bear

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The clock was ticking nine O' clock. Katherine eyes were stick to my face. Her face was terrible, then ever. She was standing over my head, tapping her feet. I don't know she was so upset that Dylan left because of me. I didn't confess that it was my fault. I was quite satisfied because night without a vampire was easy.

"Austin you should know how to treat your guests." She said

"It wasn't my fault besides he was torturing me." I answered.

"Oh come on, he's such a friendly person." She spoke.

"just in your dreams, sis, just in your dreams." I thought.

"Leave it, Tell me why you went in woods again." She said in husky voice.

I didn't answered.

"Why you are not listening to me. what's the matter with you? why you went there, I told you not to go there. its dangerous. Should I lock you in the room, so you can't escape." She was so crossed.

"I just want to get rid of Dylan." I said.

"you not going out of the house for your friends, games or anything! Is that clear! Lets see how you will escape, now" She said heatedly.

"It's okay, I'll stay but I don't want to see Dylan in my presence." I said straight forward.

"He will come. Don't you dare to be rude again. I felt so embarrassed at that time" She said.

She rang on Dylan's cell phone. She apologized on my behalf. Then, she forced me to talk and ask him to come again.

"Hello!" I said reluctantly.

He giggled on the other side.

"I'm sorry for what I did" I said it without true emotions.

"You should" he replied and laughed again.

"Hope to see you gain." I said.

"I don't want to see you Dylan, forever " I thought.

I handed the cell phone back to my sister without listening his reply. I went in the room. I was fearing that he might came back. My feelings for Jake were nearly dead. Why he forced to take me back? After getting dipped into my thoughts I came to know that I didn't knew what was going in his head. I was sitting in the corner of the room and gazing out of the window. The glass was reflecting Jake's face and Dylan's smile. Both pictures began to blur as I saw third one. Pure white face with light brown hair and deep blue eyes. this image disappeared too as I saw a shadow the coming towards the window, gazing me. she was knocking the window.

"Open it, kid!" she ordered.

I thought she could help me, somehow. I thought I should told her what I did with the diamond she gave me.

I walked slowly and closed room's door. I headed towards the window and opened it slowly.

"anybody's there." She asked me gravely.

"Yeah... my sister's at home."

"Switch off the lights and lock the door." She ordered.

"wait" I demanded.

I switched the lights off and locked the door. I went out of the window. I closed the window leaving a little space.

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