Chapter 8: Was all of this a mistake?

KENDALL'S POV -

I hadn't expected to find myself in the familiar darkness now that I had discovered Luce Mia.

Had I done something wrong?

But my task for now was to find Luce Mia and I had done that quite well if not excellently. After all I had found her a lot earlier than the date of the prophecy. So, these dreams should have stopped.

But then why am I here again? In this familiar dark place but with an unknown emotion. What was the source of this strange feeling? Despair? I couldn't tell.

However, this time the creature was mere inches away from me instead of the usual several feet away.

Yet it was shrouded in darkness such that I could not make out any of its facial features except for it's red ember - like eyes.

But this time they held despair and hopelessness instead of threat.

Then a voice boomed behind me," You have strayed further away from me." Suddenly, a thought crossed my mind.

Had I made a mistake in pinning down Samarah as Luce Mia?

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My eyes shot wide open. I felt breathless as my lungs burned for oxygen. I sat upright in my bed trying to take deep breaths.

Had I been wrong all along ? Was Samarah not Luce Mia?

Thankfully a groggy Miranda woke up and cut me off from my agonizing thoughts. " Up already?", she asked. "Yeah, after all I had practically been sleeping the whole day yesterday.", I said stretching out my limbs.

Miranda almost screeched while glancing at the clock," OMGSH!!! We only have half an hour to rush for breakfast. It's already 8'o clock."

After she rushed to the bathroom to freshen up, I went to wake Samarah up. As she woke up I tried to get even the slightest hint of Luce Mia's presence.

Nothing presented itself.

But again, the bursts of sparks came to me at their own sweet time, always catching me off guard and reminding me of Luce Mia's presence.

The only thing that I could do now was to be vigilant and wait for them.

On our entire walk to the dining hall, I was quiet as Samarah and Miranda ever so slighy exchanged anxious glances with each other.

However, I was too engrossed in my thoughts as I repeated the events leading upto finding Samarah awake as I collapsed.

I almost collapsed against Samarah when the realization dawned me.

Unless Miranda too was awake!!! My head reeled trying to pick any evidence which proved that Samarah had been awake that day.

Damn me! I hadn't even looked at her bed before my knees collapsed.

Then I rememberes the distinct sound of a door clicking open. That could totly have been Miranda coming out from the bathroom.

Meanwhile, a crowd had gathered around us.

But my thoughts continues to run as I remember feeling Luce Mia's presence leave me when I woke up from the fever and seeing Samarah's face who was clearly present whereas Miranda had emerged from the bathroom a few minutes later.

Hole crap!

Samarah might not have been present by my side for a long time as she had casually mentioned having to leave for a concert and picking up Mc Donald's on her way back.

She joked about it being a peace offering as she had been away for a long time.But I had constantly felt Luce Mia's presence with me until the moment I woke up.

Was it possible that Miranda was Luce Mia?

Or could it be that Samarah being Luce Mia mentally present with me throughout the entire odereal, even thought she was physically away?

But that dream, what the fudge did it mean then?

I gasped taking a breath and suddenly felt Miranda's gaze harden as she asked Samarah to take my hand and stepped foreward to the group of people surrounding us; demanding them to step back. So, that I wouldn't have difficulty in breathing.

Although still jn a haze, I could still make out the unmistakable feeling of Luce Mia through the energy jolt in me.

I was desperate to get some closure on this.

By far the best thing to do would be to either be in Samarah or Miranda's presence, alone, at a time without the others bullying me.

Suddenly, I realized the people surrounding us were here to see Samarah as word had spread out after my little 'accident' that the popular popstar was here.

Typical.

Out of sympathy some asked me about my health as well.

I peered at a fashionable girl with caked up makeup walking towards us but get cut in by Miranda," Hey, would you mind if my friend over there got a little space to actually breathe."

Now, I understood why Miranda had got ticked off by these people.They were here to get themselves known to the celebrity and hoping to feed off her.

My train of thoughts got cut in as the disappointed girl almost chirped," I was here to invite you all for a party this evening at my penthouse but I am sensing that your friend here won't be able to attend. But I hope that at least Samarah could....", She bit her tongue before continuing," At least both of you could attend."

Miranda replied with gritted teeth," I won't be able to and Samarah......", she paused peering at Samarah. But before Samarah could even open her mouth I butted in," I am sure Samrah will. She shouldn't have to be cooped up with me." Samarah glared at me as the girl replied clearly giddy," Sick. I will see you then, Samarah." and walked away.

Samarah faced me," Why the hell did you think that I would go, leaving both of you alone. AGAIN!"

Before I could reply, Miranda saved me by countering," These days have been stressful for all of us and this girl clearly wanted you to attend badly so, you should go, have fun meanwhile we will be enjoying a girls night in. And the girl was probably a senior, so we shouldn't stir up any drama with them unless necessary."

Samarah sighed saying," Yeah, I guess."

Finally, I could get both of them apart and set my plan into action.

After Samarah would be gone, I would attempt something drastic. Like prentending to fall in the bathroom with the door locked. And hopefully with her activated mama bear state over me, she would be desperate enough to reach me and without her physically being able to, hopefully her Luce Mia side would turn on and she would be able to reach me through that jolt of energy.

Meanwhile, Samrah would be away and since I wouldn't be in an actual danger, just a fabricated one, even if she were Luce Mia, she would hopefully not be able to reach me mentally.

This could barely be called a plan but again, this was the best chance I had.

Worst case scenario: no one would turn out to be Luce Mia and I would be back to square one.

God help me!!!