Chapter Three

"Calm down woman am not gonna eat you!"

"Calm down?. How am I suppose to calm down when a guy I can't see is talking to me!" The nerve of this guy.

"Good point..."

"Of course it is!" I yelled in frustration. 'I must be crazier than I thought, I'm freaking talking to a ghost'.

"Mortals", the guy murmured under his breath, "at least let me finish talking, am trying to make a point here".

"Go on"... I motioned.

"Well you can't see me because I'm in my spirit form and you haven't accepted me to be real.

"Which is why you have to accept I'm real and that I can't hurt you in anyway before you can see me.

"Really, you sure?" I can't believe am listening to this guy.

"Yeah sure."

"So how can I accept you are real?.. should I just say I accept you or chant some wacky weird spell".

"No bozo, you will have to close your eyes and picture a male figure in front of you.

"Seriously!, you think am dumb and I'll close my eyes! ". "Who do you think you are talking to... a five year old?

"Aargh,fine don't believe me and I'll just keep walking around and burst into the bathroom when you're using it."

"Pervert", I muttered "Okay fine I'll do it, I like my privacy."

   I closed my eyes, and tried to imagine the figure of a guy in front of me. When I opened my eyes I noticed it worked because a very bright light grew from the spot in front of me.

     Immediately I crossed my hands in front of my eyes to shield them from the light.

  A really hot guy stood in front of me, had this badboy vibe around him . Even his leather pants and stripped shirt could testify to that.

   "See that was not so hard to do, anyways I'm  Mateo your brother."

   "My what", I whispered.

   "Hahahahaha ohohohoh my my my that was so good. You actually believed it."

  Handsome my foot, he's a jerk ass with no respect. I frowned glaring at him with evil thoughts of strangling him.

  Mateo scratched his black hair walking around the living room as if looking for something.

  "You have 24hours to say goodbye to everything and everyone you know." Mateo said with a serious voice, all signs of amusement went out the door.

   "What do you mean 24 hours...am I going to die."

  "Bye".

   "Wait!", Mateo waved and disappeared

   What the actual fuck I still had a lot to asked that asshole. Billions of questions to ask like, what is going to happen in 24 hours?, am I going to die,what is he...a wizard?, are there others like him?, was I a witch too?, how does he know my name?

   I hit the sofa, how could that jerk leave after saying that.

  "BRRRRRRRING!" ,my work alarm rang 8:00am. Shite I totally forgot about work, my shift starts 8:30am. ' I'm so getting fired',I thought .

  I rushed to get dressed for work. wearing faded blue jeans and a pink shirt and white sneakers.

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"Miss Mason you're fired" I knew it was coming.

"No please... Mrs yang am sorry, I've been going through a lot these days."

"I don't care... you lateness has been affecting my business and its the third time you're late this week so please leave before I call the cops." Mrs yang said with no said of empathy in her voice.

With the little dignity I have left I walked out of the café, avoiding eye contact with the customers who heard the noise in the kitchen.

I can't believe this, things haven't been working out lately for me. First skylar, now I lost my source of income and a weird fellow says have 24 hours left to greet every one goodbye.

My heart hurt so bad, at 22 and my life is such a mess I don't think I could continue college with how things are going. I sniffed holding down the tears till I get home.

Feeling my shoulders bump a hard chest, I squealed losing my balance I faced the ground, I prepared myself for the sharp pain until I saw a pole in front of me, stretching my hands I held onto the street lamps tightly to balance my self.

Looking up I saw the jerk who bumped me walking ahead not even trying to help or apologizing.

'That punk he couldn't even apologize, I'm gonna get it outta him.' Running forward to meet up with the jerk I raised my voice screaming.

"Hey, punk!!" the guy turned my way with a confused face. I shuddered , his face, it was... I don't know branded?. A angry scar was on his face like a running from the left side of his head down to his right chin.

" What do you want" the guy growled anger written on his face.

"Um nothing you just pushed be back there and like a normal person I expected you to apologize." The guy laughed as in someone made a joke laughed, both his shoulders bounced up and down.

"Apologize?, do I even look normal to you?, maybe you should watch where you're going next time so you won't trip.

"You fucker you are the one who should watch were they're going, hey are you even listening to me"...  I shouted in annoyance not believing I could see a more egoistical jerk in my life.

The guy still kept looking forward and I turned around seeing what got his attention,

On the pavement where we stood a woman with the same cloak I saw yesterday stood looking at the both of us with a smile sweat and smoke dripped from her body.

The jerk behind me walked away with wide eyes, the woman spared a glance at the rude guy before looking at me again.

After he walked away the woman walked close to me still smiling.

"Laura..."

"No ma'am Kiara, Kiara Mason".

"I know, but Laura is your real name."

"You are to soon fulfil your destiny,a strong warrior to bring balance to our realm our only hope. To rule by the side of her betrothed and make another generation of the Arthur clan. Making the Kingdom Dicastro  stand tall and strong again."

'She must be talking gibberish' I thought, turning around to get as far away as possible from the crazy woman.

"I'm sorry ma'am but you must be talking to the wrong person so am gonna go... I hope you find who you're looking for."

"Wait!" she screamed after I walked past her. "Make sure you are prepared. I'm sure Mateo must have told you", that name got my attention.

You know Mateo yes he is my son. do everything you have to you only have a few hours left.

"What's going to happen to me", I asked before she could leave like her son,the woman smirked.

"You'll see", she stamped her strangely carved stick and poofed into dust.

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I was really spooked by what that lady said, something tells me all she said was going to happen, everything she said sounded true. I now have a few minutes left but what happens next. I checked the time again 11:48pm. I rubbed my head in anxiety. standing up I went into the kitchen to take a glass of water, after emptying the cup I went back to check the time. 11:51am.

Groaning I went into my bedroom, maybe I should take a nap. I jumped into my bed trying to get comfortable but no sleep. I went into my closet to pack. 'or maybe I'm going on a surprise trip to Hawaii or to England.' I thought.

11:55am

'I guess that's all", I sighed in victory. Checking the time again 5 minutes more. I decided to heat up a cup of tea for my self.

12:00am

Yawning, I went to bed taking Mateo and his mother's words to be a stupid prank on me.

12:02am

I jumped awake after hearing a loud noise in the apartment, standing up I took my phone and rushed into the bathroom locking the door shut.

Holding my phone with shaking hands, I turned it on realizing it was dead, 'oh shit' I breathed. Closing my eyes shut I clapped my hands together praying silently for a miracle. The door to my bedroom opened with footsteps.... about three of them.

"Check the closet", one of the men growled.

"She's not here".

"The bathroom?"

"I think she's in here, it's locked."

'BAM! BAM!' I heart beat sky rocketed, my whole body ran cold where I sat frozen on the bathroom floor when the door blast open.

Three men... no three very bulky men walked into the bathroom surrounding me with an intimidating stance, the man in the middle with dirty blonde hair who looked like the leader with his stern face commanded the other two at his sides to grab me.

Screaming with all I've got I tried to wiggle myself out of their grip kicking one of them in the face and the other in the family jewels. I'm not gonna let them take me so easily without a fight.

Sadly the dirty blonde caught me before I could make an escape...the other two held my legs firmly glaring at me sharply.

"Calm down miss we're no gonna hurt you, if you stop being stubborn and quit running away we won't use force."

"Please come with us quietly, we wouldn't want to disturb the neighbors."

I gave up fighting, knowing its all over am kidnapped and am sure its not for a ransome because I don't have any family.

Walking me out of my apartment they led me into an SUV parked at the corner of the apartment building, walking in I looked at my apartment silently saying goodbye with tears in my eyes.