Witness: See Series (Volume 1)(49)
“Of all people, you should know that I don’t want to be with Britain.”
She rolled her eyes. “Right. Anyways, I’ve moved on…of course, before I moved on to a bigger and better idea, I had to see if there was a chance that I could steal Draven away…tsk, tsk, though; that was fun…I’m over it now…I know your little secret.”
“I have no secrets,” I said through gritted teeth.
Bianca laughed. “I beg to differ…if Draven makes a move for your power, if either of them do - Silas will kill them…I like the sound of that; it just proves that no one tells me no without paying the price. Revenge is mine, and I don’t have to lift one single finger; all I have to do is keep whispering sweet nothings into their ears, growing the dark side that called me to them in the first place.”
“You come near Draven again, I’ll kill you – do you hear me?!”
She laughed a wicked laugh. “Girl, he’s the one that keeps coming back for more. Apparently, he doesn’t want to be with me, but he doesn’t mind toying with the idea.”
My face fell, and she let out another laugh. I felt someone trying to pull me off her, but I refused to move.
“You’re lying!” I screamed through gritted teeth.
“Have a look, Charlie – or has he chosen to keep you blind so he can have his cake and eat it, too?”
I didn’t question her words; instead, I thought the question: When was the first and last time you saw Draven? In that instant, I wasn’t in the eerie graveyard; no, I was in a much darker place. One second there would be a town before me, the next a city - then out of nowhere, darkness; all the while, I heard thunder rumbling and lightning threatening the horizon. In the distance, I saw two figures: one man and one woman. I wanted to be closer, and in that instant I was. Before me was the most nauseating scene I’d ever witnessed: Bianca had her arms around Draven as her lips moved across his neck, then whispered into his ear. Though he didn’t smile, I could see the lust in his eyes, the hesitation he fought before he pushed her way and told her never to touch him again.
The world around us changed, and they were further away in a dark hallway. I wanted to move closer, and in that instant I was there. She was seductively circling him, letting her hand run across his firm body, and once again he did nothing to stop her. In fact, when she was behind him I watched him fight with a smile. She whispered, “You can have us both…I’ll never tell.” Once those words left her lips, he turned and grabbed her arms and pushed her into the wall. She bowed her chest out and smiled, enjoying the strength he was displaying. Draven leaned in, and through gritted teeth he said, “Never speak her name, never come near her again - or you will pay.”
Bianca reached forward, and in a passionate whisper she said, “Promise.”
I couldn’t stand still any longer. I charged forward, and when I did I found myself back in the graveyard, pushing against her. “You slut!” I screamed though gritted teeth.
“No…” she hissed. “I’m just a girl looking for power – and I’ve found it in another world; someone who has the power to command millions - but before I go and claim my new life – I’m going to make sure I destroy yours. You should have stayed on your side of the game...you should have left my world alone.”
“I never touched your world; it haunts me!”
She laughed and moved her head slowly from side to side. “Maybe you’re not as smart as I thought. Don’t you find it odd that all three of them – Draven, Britain, Silas - have chosen to keep you in the dark? That everyone in your life has put a veil over you? You’re too stupid to see how powerful you are.”
I let my arms fall from her shoulders, then reared back and slapped her as hard as I could. She tried to retaliate, but Winston and Grayson blocked her. My body was coursing with adrenaline as I turned and ran through the Iron Gate, then across the street and down the sidewalk to where I left my car.
When I reached the corner I’d left it on, it was missing; in its place was Britain’s Aston Martin. The old Charlie - the one that didn’t know Silas, the one that hadn’t stepped into Bianca’s memories - would have run the other way or cowered behind the few lingering people along the sidewalk; but not this Charlie. I ran to the driver’s side door and flung it open. Britain seemed caught off guard at first, but then he smiled charismatically up at me.
“Get out!” I yelled.
He nodded, then grinned and complied with my command. As he closed the driver’s side door, I pushed my hands against his chest as hard as I could; my impact barely made him budge. He placed his hands on mine, then pulled them down and pinned them against my back. I knew I could get away if I wanted to because he wasn’t trying very hard to hold me still, but I let him hold my arms behind me; it was because I knew that this way I had his attention – that I could make him talk.
“Where have you been?” he said, finding my anger humorous.
“None of your freaking business.”
He laughed as his hands loosened. “I’ve missed this side of you. I was starting to think living this life had stripped it from you.”
“What the hell are you talking about?!”
“This passion, this will to fight for all that don’t matter – you lost it when you decided to focus on another…I rather regret refusing your pleas to save me.”