The Woods [a short excerpt from my unwritten book]
When we found out Evan was one of Alissa's “pets”, Aiden ordered me to stay away from him. I wasn't one of them, he wasn't in charge of me and regardless of finding out the truth about Evan, he was still my friend. I couldn't let Alissa hurt him. But something in them had changed, they were darker. More menacing, the way they stalked their prey at night. Alissa must have taken full control of them. They had always been scary but still had some form of humanity in them and now ... .now it was as if that was all lost. They were empty, nothing but darkness in them. I didn't know if they could be saved. How far gone were they? These kids she bewitched to do her bidding. They had lost all resemblance to my classmates. Their eerie owl-like eyes that watched your every move, waiting to strike. I needed to find a way to save them. Regardless of what Aiden said, they were still innocent, they were trapped under a curse. The problem was Alissa was a much older and stronger witch than I was, would I even stand a chance against her powers?
“Looks like we got ourselves a lost little mouse.” Jarrod's voice came from behind me, making me jump, colliding right into Evan.
“You do know what one of an owl's favorite snacks are, don't you?” Evan grabbed a few strands of my hair, playing with them.
“I want to help you, I'm going to try and break this curse.” I looked Evan in the eyes, trying to find some resemblance of the old him.
“Why on earth would we want you to do that, we’re free.” Jarrod came closer, trapping me between him and Evan.
“You're not free, she has you under a curse. She's controlling all of you.” I tried to plead with them.
“Why should we believe you?” I watched Evan as he asked.
“I'm your friend, I care about you.” my voice cracking.
“Friend? We’re not friends Danny, you're our meal.” I froze as Jarrod's lips touched my ear, sending a chill down my spine.
“Shall we have a taste?” His warm breath on my neck. My heart was pounding as I looked at Evan, hoping that he would snap out of this.
“I think I’ll pass.” He said as he looked me over and turned to walk away.
I grabbed a hold of his hand. “Wait, please.” It all happened so fast, Evan had me pinned to the ground, his face inches away from mine. His eyes were a black void, no emotion, just pure hatred.
“Don't think for one minute that your friendship meant anything to me, you were an order I was given. You should have listened to your little boyfriend and stayed away.
“It meant something to me.” With his hand around my throat my voice came out as a whisper.
“You can't save us Danny, we don't want to be saved."