Chapter. Twenty

Elijah's pov.

"Oh. My. God!"

Anastasia looked quite shocked and her hands were shaking. She didn't know what to do apart from freaking out.

I, however, was calm and back to my human state. This was technically her first time seeing me like that. Pretty much by the look on her face, she was thinking about something, or connecting the dots to a previous event that occurred recently a few days ago or more like weeks ago, before I even met her.

"I-." she stood up when I did from the floor when I went almost out of control, and to look at her.

Her lips were in between her teeth biting down on it, and thinking about what to say in this awkward situation.

"I know what you are about to say?." I started. She looks at me with furrowed brows.

"Y-you do," she said, with shock as I nodded in response.

"You technically were going to say.. something about the in-counter we had weeks ago, right?".

She nodded looking down at her feet in what looked to be embarrassment. I don't know why though, it's interesting.

"Well, I-...yes," she spoke with a stutter. "I'm...uh sorry, which isn't I know won't make anything better." she rubbed her face shutting her eyes as I stared at her in complete and utter surprise at how her aura right now.

"Listen.., Anastasia. I know it is hard right now to understand what happened a few minutes ago. But there is something I need to tell you?". I paused and she looked up at me and her eyes were still as beautiful as I imagined when I met her those few weeks ago.

I was such an ass

I am an ass

Ugh...

I took a breath for some odd reason and told her straight to the point.

"Anastasia, I was the one that saved you those weeks ago. The glowing eyes that sometimes change, depending on my mood or Nico's. But I will tell you more when the time comes. I promise?".

She just looked at me.

And...stares into my eyes to search for something as if I have lost my mind.

"You were the one that killed that guy. The one that saved me from that.." she paused and I nodded my head at her.

"Yes, we thought that he was someone that your father had known but, he wasn't." I frown.

I still need to chase that up. I don't why he chased after her, and for the record, I didn't know she went to school. Interesting, also.

"Oh, then who was he then?". She questioned and I shrugged my shoulders.

"That is what I want to know."

We were in a bit of silence now. In our thoughts, and a room together. She opened her mouth but I beat her to it before she got a word out.

"I would like to know, why you didn't tell me you went to school. And second I thought you were new here. But I guess I'm not that smart enough to realise that." I raised my brow in curiousness and she went silent again.

"Yeah about that.." she laughed awkwardly. "I wasn't new and second I didn't know at the time okay? And I thought you would have figured it out by now."

I nodded and shook my head while glancing somewhere else.

"Elijah, how did you know exactly or thought you knew," she asked with a secret grin showing as her arms were crossed.

"Oh..," now I was the one awkwardly laughing.

'Oh, someone got busted.'

I ignored the voice in my head, which was Nico being a pain.

'Little bastard, you're the one that hasn't talked to me for quite a while.'

I didn't hear anything after that. I'm assuming he went to the back of my mind somewhere. A last.

"I...uhh..overheard something while I was getting something. And heard your mother's voice from quite a distance, but I will tell you the rest later, maybe." I mattered the last part under my breath.

Anastasia nodded slowly. "Okay, then." she breathed out some air and continued. "We might have to leave now. It's been a while since we have been in here."

She looked at me for a second and I nodded. We both walked out of the room.

Once we were out of there. I bump into her back and quickly place my hand on her arm so she won't fall over. But when I looked at her she was staring off somewhere. Her eyes were wide as she saw her boyfriend/lover who was flirting and making out with two girls.

They both looked and gave her a massive grin. Before taking him into a more private room.

When they were gone he was gone. Didn't even notice his girlfriend standing and watching them.

I grabbed her arm, turned her towards me and she collapsed into my arms as I held her up. I caught her before she hit the grabbed putting my arm under her knees picking her up and walking out of there.

"Put me the fuck down!." she screamed. Hitting me and sobbing.

I winced at her strength, as I put her down but she still kept on hitting and and screaming. My heart clenched at what I am seeing right now.

When I was out of it and watching her scream and hit at my chest. We made it into the forest. She pushed me back before I felt a stinging burn on my cheek. She slapped me. I frowned as my head was cocked to the side.

I turned my head back around as I held her close as she screamed and cried, into my chest.

"That bastard! When I get my hands on him-" my anger raised with each word before I felt her crumble more into my chest.