Chapter Twenty One (1)

THE dimly lit room made Ava

squint her eyes to see, coughing at the amount of dust settled on the surfaces.

Her arms were outstretched in an attempt to find the light switch.

"Found it!" Called Connor as the single

light bulb turned on.

It was a whole month since Miss Lillian passed

away. Lucas was still working hard on finding Veronica and the traitor in the

pack. He seemed better after the night Ava was awoken by his cries. She

listened to how he was feeling and was there for him and vice versa. They

helped each other grieve for the woman they loved so dearly.

It was all so surreal. Ava thought she'd wake from

the nightmare any second and then go downstairs to see Miss Lillian making her

breakfast with a smile on her face. But, it wasn't a dream and the thought was

only just starting to set in.

She hadn't been going to school and neither had

Lucas. The teachers understood and told them to take as long as they wanted to

be ready to come back to school. Thought, Ava suspected that her