One might think I slept the night away after the event of yesterday but I didn't. I couldn't not after what I saw in Arihmatheo's memories, and the conversation I had with Damian. I was just turning around, thinking about what might have happened if my dad hasn't come in the picture. It's clear that Eric is Sabine's true love but there was a time that she settled for Arihmatheo. She initiated the kiss and led him on only to come back with another man. Damn, Sabine was such a player but Was she really? I didn't see her memories, so I don't know what went through her mind during that weekend she moved from Arihmatheo to Eric, I mean she was supposed to see the clue, it was obvious that Arihmatheo was in love with her, even I saw it. It's over now.

Marco Arihmatheo might not be the actual villain but he was a villain. He did what he did out of love and in the end he ruined so many lives. He started the war by giving George reports on Eric. It was too late before he realized his mistake and he's paid for it.

I walk inside the kitchen and head for the fridge. It's still dark outside and I don't even feel sleepy. Exhausted, maybe.

"There you are, Camille. I've been looking for you." Damian says behind me.

I try not to flinch because I didn't hear his footsteps and I was getting used to the silence. Turning around, I see him standing in the doorway, still dressed in his outfit from earlier. This means he hasn't gone home.

"Why? What do you want?" I ask, the tone I used shows that I'm still angry at him for keeping everything from him and I don't think I'm getting over it anytime soon.

"Your parents are gone. They went to Di Hipsodat and father's gone with them."

What?

"They just left? Without seeing or talking to me. They just fucking left!"

What the hell? Why did they just leave? They didn't even bother to see me. I wanted to see them but I knew after everything they've gone through, they needed to rest. I thought of asking the headmaster to portal me to them tomorrow since they were staying at his mansion.

"They had to." Damian respond, covering for them. I should have known.

"Had to? Have you gone mad?" I throw my hands out as I ask.

Damian takes a deep breath and step into the kitchen. He begins to tell the reason they had to leave. "When Arihmatheo trapped your mom in the past, he made sure she stays there. She doesn't remember marrying your father or you. She's living in the past. The woman you saw is just a body. Her soul, her memories, everything is trapped in the past. We tried getting her back to the present but the spell he used is too powerful. If we knew what spell he used, it would have been easier to reverse it but we don't know it, so we are at a loss.

"And as for your father, he's a mess. George summoned a demon's soul from hell into his body and made him his guard dog. He's killed so many. His head isn't in the right place because everyone the demon did, he remembers. He needs to heal and sort himself. Your mother is the only person he wants by his side. He cannot heal on Earth. He needs be home."

Even in death Arihmatheo and George are still getting on my nerves. I mean, what the hell?

"The headmaster said the High Priestess in Di Hipsodat is the most powerful healer. Can she help?" He told me about her once when we were making a conversation about different creatures.

"I'm not sure she can."

I wrap my arms around myself and reply, "What? Why? Is she supposed to be a powerful healer? What about the healing water you told me about?"

"They can help but I'm more worried about his confrontation with El." I raise my eyebrows in question. What has that got to do with anything? Like he can read me, he answers, "El gave Ulrik up the minute he was born, that's why father brought him here in the first place. He knows this and would probably demand an explanation from her."

"Why would she do that? Give up her only child, her son?" I don't know much about Dihipians or how there royals are but Eric is her heir, why would she give him up?

"She's also battling a personal demon."

Aren't we all?

"What's it about?" I ask curiously. Isn't she supposed to be all might?

"I do not know."

"You are seriously not helping, Damian. What am I supposed to do now?"

"Be a normal teenager for once."

Normal teenager? When have I ever been normal?

"I can't just pretend yesterday never happened."

He sighs and walks close to me, he stops in front of me and tells me, "You have to move on."

Easy for him to say.

"How?"

"We can go back to the island." He suggests.

"We?" I cock my eyebrows and then I remember the last time we were at the island. I enjoyed the view but everything else, not so very much. "I'm not the mood for your brutal training."

"Not to train, to relax."

"Sounds like a great idea, when do we leaving?" I'm down for right now.

His eyes widen and quickly erase the surprise from his face. "I never expected you to accept like that."

"You thought I was going to argue."

He nods."I did," he admits and adds, "We won't be going until after your finals."

Huh? Is he for real?

"What? You expect me to wait until after my exam?"

"Yeah, and you really need to prepare for it."

I'm already behind on my school work and now I have to catch up and prepare for exam, which is just four weeks away... That is if the headmaster reach out to the parents and school starts again next Monday.

"The headmaster understand what I've been through, he can just give me fake grade or something."

"Not happening."

"Fuck no."

"You just won the biggest fight of your life without a single fear and you're afraid of going to school?"

"I hate school and I was afraid the whole time when I was fighting that monstrosity. I was this close to shitting myself." I bring my hand up to show him my thumb and index finger with little space between them.

"Get some more rest, you look unwell." He notices.

"I feel unwell. School can do that to you." I counter.

"You really hate school that much."

Has he nothing been hearing me?

"Yep!" I smack my lips to pop the 'p', "if it were up to me I'll spend the rest of my life sketching, it's been a while since I've done that too." I sigh.

"You need to start somewhere. See you at the end of the semester."

No!

*****
FOUR WEEKS LATER

"Time's up people." Mrs. Robinson, the Physics teacher says, clapping her hands.

I sigh and give my work a last look through before submitting. "I think I'm good." I whisper to myself and stand up. I walk to the teacher's desk and drop my answer booklet on top the stacks of sheet submitted by other students.

"Good luck, Cami." She says with a smile. I'm not sure why she said that but I appreciate it.

"Thanks, I'll see you next semester." I answer and give her a playful salute before going out.

That's it people. I did it. Bye, bye sophomore year.

These past weeks have been harder than I thought it would be. I defeated George. I won. I should be over the moon, celebrating but no. No one talks about it but we are all still looking over our shoulder because Sebastian is still out there. The headmaster isn't back, I don't know how my parents are doing especially my Mom. I don't blame them for leaving even though it took me up to a week to finally see things from Eric's point of view, but I don't know if they're okay especially after knowing his mother gave him up.  for me, it took me a whole week to be able to face my parents, we didn't talk much, we just said goodbye. I asked Damian to portal me there, to see how they're doing since we haven't heard anything from them but he can't. He can portal anywhere else but not Di Hipsodat.

At least the vacation on island keeps me focus and give something to look forward to.

Jessica is all right. She's perfect fine and madly in love with Nate, they still gross me out from all making out they do around me like I'm there but I won't change them for anything because they're my best friends and I love them with everything in me.

Things have been pretty boring. No more mystery, leaving me with school activities. God! I hate those but Mr. Groff is an annoying old fart that doesn't take no for an answer. The headmaster left him and Miss Mulligan incharge, ironic isn't it, the coach and the cheerleaders coordinator. I made a new friend, Alicia much to her sister's dislike. Alicia is great, she's an amazing friend. She and her sister are complete opposite.

Oh and I finished my drawings. The one that featured my nightmares and horror of my life. I finished it and started a writing a comic. It's a work in progress but I know what it's going to be about.

I caught up on the classes I missed and I hope I didn't bugger my test.

"Have a nice holiday, Cami." Mrs. Robinson calls behind.

I wave without turning to look at her.

Meeting Jessica and Nate outside all set up to leave. Nate's going back to England while Jessica is coming to the island with me. She's just staying for a while because she misses her parents like crazy but she wants to see what the island looks like.

"All set?" I ask.

Jessica nods and hands me my backpack. "Yes."

"Then let's go." I roll my eyes at Damian's annoying tone.

I nod and follow behind them. "Goodbye, Nate." I wrap my arms around him and sigh into the hug as he returns the hug. "I'll miss you."

"I'll miss you too, sweetheart." He replies.

I pull away from him and let him say goodbye to Jessica. I look away from them because I can't bear the emotional talk. It's just few weeks and they're behaving as if one of them is going off to fight a war or something.

When they're done kissing and making promises to call each other, Jessica comes to stand beside me and takes my hand in hers. "It's just us now, Camille," she winks at me. "Punch it Damian, open all portals to hell."

Damian scoffs and offers me his hand. I look down at his hand and then to his face, I smile and take it.

He opens whispers and raises his other hand out. The space cracks and reveals a portal. "Come on." He says and walks in, taking me with him.

I close my eyes as we enter the portal but something feels wrong about the traveling. I don't know what it is because it's never felt like this before.

A low growl makes me open my eyes. My lips part as my eyes goes wide. Where am I? I look around for Damian and Jessica but they are nowhere.

What the hell?

"Camille Raven Stark," I tense when I hear an unfamiliar feminine voice. "Welcome. I have been expecting you."

I turn around and scream.

END BOOK ONE
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