he said smiling.
I didn’t know what he was talking about. How did I show him this? What did he see? All I could really think about was what my father said in his note about our secret.
“I have no idea what you are talking about Lucas.” I said annoyed.
“Oh but I think you do Elizabeth your face tells me that.” He said smiling.
By this time we were at the falls. We were standing on the same rock that I had been laying on taking pictures.
“So what do you want?” I asked him seriously.
“I want you to make me rich. You have the money. I can tell that by your mansion you live in and you have that gorgeous car. I want to be rich like you. Since you are a witch, I want you to cast some kind of spell on me so that I can be rich for the rest of my life.” Lucas slowly finished talking to me as if I didn’t know how to speak English. He stood a little straighter when he finished.
I started laughing and Lucas looked at me like I had lost it. “Do you seriously think I would do this for you? Do you think that I would cast a spell on you? Do you really think that blackmailing me will do you any good?”
I was getting closer to him as I was saying this and he kept backing up. “You better, Elizabeth or everyone will know your secret. I will make sure I tell everyone and trust me they will believe me considering your family history!!”
“NO ONE WILL KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ME!” I screamed.
All of sudden he lost his footing and was falling over the side of the falls. I grabbed his hands, slamming onto the rock with my stomach. The pain was intense, but I held onto Lucas with all my strength, trying to pull him up.
“Don’t let go Elizabeth” Lucas screamed at the top of his lungs.
“Please don’t let go,” he whimpered.
“I can’t hang on much longer,” I cried out.
Lucas was hanging on to both of my hands, for his dear life. He was dangling over the edge of the 300- foot waterfall. I locked eyes with him, my blue eyes to his crystal blue. At that moment, we both knew that I was going to let go. There was nothing else I could do? I couldn’t hold on to him and I was losing my grip.
At that instant, memories flashed before my eyes of all he had put me through. That was enough for me. Something grew within me. Something changed. My eyes turned red as blood. He seen this change and he knew what I was about to do. Terror struck his crystal blue eyes as he bore into my red ones. I heard the rushing water! I felt the wind whipping wisps of my dark brown hair in my face. The clouds grew dark and the wind picked up, thunder rumbled, and streaks of lightning flashed all around.
“Don’t do this, Elizabeth!! Please don’t let go.” Lucas screamed. You could hear the terror in his pleading voice.
“It’s time to let go” I told him with half a smirk on my face.
I let go!
It took him a minute, after trying his best to hang on to my limp hands. I was entertained, but he couldn’t hang on long. I listened to Lucas scream as he plummeted 300-feet into the pool of water below. I watched as his body slammed into the rocks and I was half hoping that he would resurface and come after me. He never did though. I watched as his body was washed down the river, leading through the woods. I felt nothing other than anger.
I was still lying on the side of the waterfall, with my arms dangling over the edge, as if I were still holding on to him. I was looking down and afraid to take my eyes off the water, for the enjoyment I would have if he would resurface. I laid there for only God knows how long waiting. Then, with a small grin on my face, my body went limp with the relief that for the first time, for as long as I could remember, I relaxed! My secret was safe, but I knew at that moment, I was forever changed.
Chapter 21
I got up and headed back down the path, toward my home. All my questions were answered. I knew who I was. I was a demon just like Landon.