this with Kane, it was worth every second.
Chapter 25
All five of my mates and I ended up burying Javier’s body in the Dark Woods around two a.m. that night.
We were all nervous about the possibility of getting caught, even though nothing technically said that you weren’t allowed to bury a dead body there. But just to avoid anyone spotting us, we had Colton and Rhys stand guard at different parts of the woods.
“I gotta admit, I’m really glad that he’s dead,” Aiden said as he finished shoveling the last bit of dirt into the grave, covering Javier’s body. “Knowing that you could have died at any moment before of this asshole was pretty nerve-wracking.”
“Yeah, I think we’ll all be able to sleep much better from now on knowing that he’s gone,” Theo admitted.
“You’re welcome.” Kane’s green eyes flitted over to meet mine, and I knew that he was gloating.
I rolled my eyes. I still felt sort of sad about it, but I knew I needed to stop feeling that way. I needed to stop sympathizing with the villains in my life. At the end of the day, Javier never should have compelled me to be his blood mate if he didn’t want to end up dead. It was some really bad decision-making on his behalf, one that had landed him buried in the Dark Woods.
From a distance, I heard the sound of something rustling in the leaves.
“Do you guys hear that?” I whispered to my mates.
If they hadn’t heard it the first time, there was no mistaking the sound of footsteps, which seemed to be moving swiftly in our direction.
“Let’s go invisible.” Kane’s voice filled my mind, and I knew that he was communicating to all of us as a pack.
I closed my eyes and whispered “Invisbla” in the witch language.
I watched as my arms and legs went transparent, just as all of my mates seemed to disappear into thin air themselves.
We all went invisible right in the nick of time. Shortly after we all became transparent, I spotted Headmaster Black walking in our direction.
Fortunately, I didn’t think he had seen us. Or, if he had, he didn’t give any indication on his face that he had.
He was carrying a large bag at his side, and instantly, I just knew what it was.
Another student who he had murdered.
As he came to the small clearing where we had just buried Javier’s body, he laid the bag down and pulled out a shovel of his own.
He began to dig at the same patch of dirt that we had just covered.
Oh, shit. Headmaster Black was about to find Javier’s body.
I held my breath as I watched the Headmaster dig up all of the dirt that we had just laid down.
I heard the sound of his shovel hitting what I knew was Javier’s body. It made me cringe.
“How peculiar,” Headmaster Black whispered to himself. He dug up a little more dirt and then he stared down into the grave. “Well, well, well. What do we have here? A vampire-werewolf hybrid. I always knew you would end up like this. You were never one to make very bright decisions, now were you?”
The Headmaster chuckled. He sounded completely amused by the fact that Javier was dead. It made me feel sick to my stomach.
Re-covering Javier’s body, Headmaster Black moved a few feet away and then began to dig another hole.
It didn’t take him long to dig up the dirt. In fact, he dug it all up quicker than my mates had dug up the hole we’d buried Javier in. It made me realize then just how strong the Headmaster was.
Once he was done, he pulled the dead body out of the bag he had carried there.
Since it was so dark, I couldn’t see who it was. The only thing I could tell was that it was a female with dark hair… and she was completely lifeless.
A knot twisted in my stomach. My wolfy intuition had swung into high gear again. I had this weird feeling that I knew the dead girl.
The worst-case scenario ran through my mind. Maddie had long dark hair…
But like Theo had pointed out in the past. Headmaster Black wouldn’t have wanted to feed from one of the Marked, and that was exactly what Maddie was.
What were the odds of the Headmaster actually killing my best friend?
Unless he was doing it for a reason. Like to send a message to me…
“Goodnight, sleep tight, don’t let the bed bugs bite,” Headmaster Black chuckled as