💘HEART OF A BEAST👺
(Love is the word💓)
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BY BLESSING SILVER
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BOOK 2 📚
CHAPTER 17✏️
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❤Kayla’s POV❤️
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“What’re you talking about, Jake?” I asked.
“I’m saying Melvin is deceiving you, he’s not what he appears to be” he said, his tone was with so much surety.
“And how do you know that?” I asked.
“Because Luke saw him at Kira’s p@rty in an inhuman state”
“Luke? Wait, your friend?” I asked, refusing to panic.
“Yes and I believe everything he said. I mean just look at it, we were d@t!ngand doing just fine and then he appeared and everything went from great to ti-psy-turvy with you following him around. Isn’t that just suspicious?” He asked.
“So you think he isn’t human cos I broke up with you?”
“Yes and he’s been ma-king you follow him and-
“Jake, just st©p it, okay? You know nothing about Melvin and I broke up with you willingly, Melvin isn’t possessing me as you claim so just cut it out” I said.
“Okay fine, you spend so much time with him, surely you must’ve noticed something unusual about him, something strange and inhuman. I know Luke isn’t lying to me, he’s someone I can easily re-ad and if you try to fix the puzzle from when he appeared then you’ll believe me” he said and took my palms “I’m sure about this. I don’t think Melvin is any good for you, he might be into dark magic or something” he said with all epitome of seriousness.
I pu-ll-ed my palm off his “you don’t know Melvin, Jake. It’s me who has been with him and I can tell you that Melvin isn’t a bad person and he’s not into any dark magic as you think, he’s plain human just like you and I” I said, and suddenly heard the bell.
“You should get those thoughts off your head, I appreciate that you’re looking out for me but I’m fine, so plea-se just don’t go about with those crazy and untrue thoughts” I gave him a small smile and walked away..
I sighed out gently.. I really hope my words hit him somehow and he lets those thoughts of his go.
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✏Melvin’s POV✏
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I lifted my face from the book when Kay walked in, she sat and turned to me.
“Jake’s suspecting you” she said and my brows narrowed while I stared at her.
“Suspecting me?” I repeated and she nodded.
“Apparently, his friend saw your abnormal state at Kira’s p@rty and Jake thinks you’re using some kind of magic and possessing me into staying with you” she said “He was pleading with me earlier to stay away from you” she said and my eyes wi-den.
“He doesn’t know I’m the beast, does he?” I asked in a whisper.
“He doesn’t, he only suspects that you’re strange. I’ve tried to persuade him into believing none of those but somehow I feel that, he won’t st©p, at least not until he sees it himself. He only have a clue, no real proof so we just have to be extra careful from now” she said and I nodded.
I took in a de-ep breath to calm myself and tried to disrupt my thoughts from Kayla’s revelation, by re-ading the book.
I hope this ends as a hunch..
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🍥Jake’s POV🍥
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“There he is!” I pointed out to Luke who gave me a scared look.
“Jake, are you sure about this?” He asked and I nodded.
“I have a bad feeling about it”
I rolled my eyes at him.
“Can you st©p being a baby, Luke. Don’t tell me it’s your first time using a knife” I said, getting angry.
“Well it’s my first time using it on someone” he said and I almost felt like sma-cking him.
“Well get your grips on, okay? It’s not like were going to kill or injure him, we’re just going to see if he truly isn’t human.. You can only keep acting like a chicken if you aren’t sure of what you saw that night” I said.
“I am, seriously Jake I’m not lying!”
“Then prove it! It’s just one stupid test for Pete’s sake, st©p being such a baby!” I said, almost yelling.
“O-okay as long as we’re not harming him but are you sure this will work? I mean what if he catches us before we even begin! What if he kills us or uses magic to tra-p us or something?” Luke asked.
“That’s why were doing it right now dummy, when lunch break is still on and they’re people around.. He can’t possibly harm us in the pres£nce of so many people” I explained, running a frustrated palm on my hair.
“But-
I quic-kly sli-pped the knife into his pocket and he stilled and st©pped talking.
“We do this now or never!” I said and he nodded, still in fright.. “And you better not forget to push the start bu-tton”
I left him and walked up to Melvin who was now standing alone and holding the railing in the balcony.
“Hey Buddy!” I said, giving him a light tap on his shoulder as I stood beside him.
“Uh..um me?” He asked pointing to himself.
“Of course. Looks like Kay isn’t with you, I thought you both spend like every minute together” I said..
“Uh um well-
“Hey! Dodge!” I heard Luke scream and immediately I saw the knife pas-s me to Melvin, Luke obviously targeted it to him and before he could dodge, the knife hit him at the upper p@rt of his hand, it sliced that p@rt and fell off.. I glanced at him and realised disappointedly that he was bleeding and that the knife had actually hit him..
But..he was supposed to have s-en-sed it and dodged right? It has to be how it’s done.. How come it hit him?!
He suddenly cried out in pain..
“Oh my.. I-I’m so sorry Melvin, I didn’t mean to injure you! It just sli-pped out of my hand!” Luke suddenly c@m£ and began pleading.
“Ahh..it’s okay” Melvin said, writhing in pain..
Luke slowly picked the knife up while I just stared at Melvin, trying to see if I could catch a glimpse of any inhuman or unusual action but he acted completely normal
“Melvin! Melvin are you okay?” Kayla suddenly rushed from wherever to Melvin, it was as if I was suddenly invisible cos she pas-sed me without even sparing me a glance..
“I-I’m fine” he stuttered.
“What happened? Why are you bleeding?” She asked, holding him with so much worry and concern..
I felt my che-st ti-ght£ñ with envy.
“It was an accident” He replied her, gro-an ing.
“Stay still, let me help you in” she , holding him and I just couldn’t stand it anymore.
I walked out..
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**Melvin’s POV**
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Kayla helped me relax on the chair, I didn’t expect the cut to hurt this much..
Is this how much pain human experience from a simple cut.
“What happened?” Kayla asked, rolling the sleeve of my shi-t up to view the cut.
“Jake actually wanted to test me” I said and she looked from the cut to me. “I think he asked his friend to throw a knife at me to probable see if I was human or something”
“What?” Kayla g@sped.
“I s-en-sed it before it could hit me, I knew it was coming to my direction so I let it hit me so he wouldn’t have any doubts” I said and gro-an ed..
The pain was just too much..
“Seriously? I can’t believe Jake would go this far” she said.
“I just hope this makes him less suspicious” I said.
“Does it hurt a lot?” She asked and I nodded.
“Then we have to visit the nurse, come-on” I stood up and followed her.. b!tt!g my lower l!pand suppressing the pain.
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\\Jake’s POV\\
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I moved to the stairs and rested my elbow on the rail, my breathing rhyming with my furiousness.
Luke joined me, p@n-ting really ha-rd .
“Phew! I can’t believe I did that!” He sighed,. “I didn’t expect it to hit him”
I rolled my eyes at him. “We could’ve gotten something!” I said “Where’s the recorder?” I asked and gave it to me, still breathing ha-rd .
I opened it and tapped the pl@ybu-tton, it started with a scene of me walking to Melvin and just as I reached him, a blank space appeared and immediately, it went dark and blank.. I heard Melvin gr0@nand Luke’s voice but it was still blank..
I hit it severally.. “Why did it st©p! Hey!” I hit it again but it didn’t come on.. I gave Luke a look.. And as Kayla’s voice c@m£ on, the video suddenly c@m£ on but Melvin was no longer in the picture. I could only see Luke and then it st©pped pla-ying.
“What the fv¢k was that?!” Luke asked, giving me a frown.
“fv¢king bull$h!t!” I let it drop from my palm and I used the stairs out of the building.
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💘HEART OF A BEAST👺
(Love is the word💓)
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BY BLESSING SILVER
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BOOK 2 📚
CHAPTER 18✏️
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❤Kayla’s POV❤️
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#Weeks Later…
I turned the meat to the other side on the rusty grill pan leaving it to cook, I wiped my brows with my palm back and sat back on the log. Melvin returned with more dried stick and I took one from him and added it to the fire..
“Wow.. This smells great!” He said, stretching his hand to gr-ab one but I st©pped him.
“It’s h0t and not properly cooked yet so just calm down before you hurt yourself” I tell him and he nodded before joining me on the log “and besides, this is your first time complimenting human food, you always call it odorless and tasteless but now you just said it smells great!”
“Yeah, I noticed that too. It’s been weeks since I started the no-blood-su-cking diet so maybe this shows that I’m getting to our aim” he said and I nodded..
Well, he isn’t wrong.. The meat does smell nice.
It’s not like it’s the first time since I grilled meat for him right here in the woods, we’ve been doing it for days. Ever since my mom returned, gathering food for Melvin without her knowledge has been pretty tough as she stayed at home for many days so I just got enough foodstuffs here for him and cook..
I stood up and checked the meat again, it was re-ady.. I transferred them to a plate and made sauce with it, adding some mayonnaise and vegetables..
“All done!” I moved the plate to Melvin. I glanced at him after seeing the hvge shadow hovering on mine and I saw he had transformed.. “Here,” I gave him a fork, taking his hvge and hairy palm in my other hand..
On a normal day this would’ve so freaked me out and it’s surprising how fast I’ve gotten used to it and accepted it as a p@rt of my life now..
He took the fork from me and gr@bb£d a bite immediately, chewing at it.
“It’s good!” He said.
Well, about two days ago, I think his s-en-se of taste started to get so much better cos he’s now starting to get the real taste of the food, though he complained of the bitter taste still lingering around but at least, he knows what a p@rticular food taste like now even though it’s for a short period. It’s a pretty great improvement!
He took more quic-k bites and suddenly st©pped, he faced the sky and sighed, re-leasing smoke from his mouth. I gave him a questioning look at the pause..
“Have you ever wished that your whole life could just change?” He asked and I gave him a slight frown. “The people you’ve met and known, places you’ve visited or lived in and who you are, like sometimes you just want to go back in time and fix those messy times. And then seen yourself in a different place, with different people and in a completely different circu-mtance than now?” He asked and I kept mute, just studying.
He continued “I have. Uncountable times but the next minute, I snap out of it and realize that I’m a thick scary clothed guy again” he said and smiled, taking another meat into his mouth.
“If you ask me what scares me most right now, it’s dying and not getting the chance to save my mother, to save my family and get them off my mess.. I don’t care if I don’t come out of it cos I was the one involved in it from the start, they know nothing about it” He said, I gave his palm a light squee-ze.
He let out two heavy coughs, obviously the meat got stuck in his throat while he talked, I pas-sed him the water and he took in large gulps and was calm in a few seconds..
“You know it’s improper to talk with food in your mouth, right?” I asked with a frown. “Should I tell you the table etiquette again?”
“You know, you’re the only one who still scolds in serious moments” he said. “But don’t worry, I’m used to it now” he smiled, taking another meat.
“Want some?”
“No, I’m good but if you don’t mind, I could use some comfort” I stretched on the log and place my head on his wi-de and hairy shoulder and honestly, it was comfortable..
When did I ever grow so much confidence..
I noticed his gaze on me, as I shut my eyes.
“Eat up biggie, I’ll just take a quic-k nap” I tell him, tilting my b©dy to more comfort..
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**Melvin’s POV**
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I took another meat from the plate, my mind wandering in random thoughts before her soft snores reached me..
I moved my gaze to her and saw that she was fast asleep on my beastly b©dy..
A smile tug at myl-ips, I vividly remember the first day she saw me in this b©dy.
She was damn terrified, she couldn’t even look at me or stay an inch close to me. She had ran to an extent that her life got involved.
And at school, she’d tell me to stay off and get mad when I follow her, I was more like a plague to her even after realizing her involvement..
But things have really changed a whole lot, I mean just look at us.. I’ll say she’s changed pretty much too.
I dropped the fork on the plate and took off strands of her hair that fell to her face and covered a p@rt of it. She m0@n ed softly..
I smiled at the action and immediately her eyes flung open, she almost or probably caught me staring at her and smiling but I quic-kly switched expression and picked up the fork again.
“You were watching me, weren’t you?” She asked, sitting up.
“Um.. Well, not really.. It’s more of a coincidence” I denied, taking a meat.
“I saw you and I can’t sleep cos you were watching me so just eat up, I have to leave before my mom gets home so I’ll be able to sneak out to come check up on you” she said, placing her head on my th!gh this time.. I stared at her.
“Eat your food Melvin” she said almost immediately and it startled me, I glanced away from her and smiled..
How’s she seeing me with her eyes shut anyways?
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\\D. Kincaid’s POV\\
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I walked to the living room, gr-abbing my jacket from one of the long couches, I began pu-lling my arms into the sleeves..
“Here mom,” Kayla walked in, stretching my phone to me.
“Thanks baby” I took it from her, leaving it on the couch and bu-ttoning up my jacket.
“Going somewhere?” I asked, noticing she was all dressed up with a backpack just after coming back from school an hour ago.
“Yeah, uh to the community libr@ry, I’ll be staying the evening there, there are so many books I have to catch up on” she said, holding the stra-ps of her bag.
“Okay, I can drop you off before I go to the station. Keep this files in your bag, I’ll take them when we get to the libr@ry” I said, giving her a stack of files..
“Are you sure about dropping me cos I know how busy you always are at work. Won’t that make you late?” She asked.
“It’s fine, I can drop you” I said, gr-abbing my phone again.
We got to my car and she took the backseat, I started the car and zoomed off to the libr@ry’s direction.
After a few minutes, we got to the libr@ry and I brou-ght the car to a halt.
“Thanks mom” Kayla rushed down, b!owing as she made her way into the libr@ry. I waved at her and reversed the car, heading to work..
I had ba-rely drove for fifty seconds when I remembered the files I had left in Kayla’s bag.
“Arrgh!” I grumbled and reverse again, heading back to the libr@ry.
I was close to getting there when I sight Kayla leaving the libr@ry and taking a different director, obviously going to somewhere else.
My brows furrowed..
She had told me she was going to the libr@ry and staying the evening but it hasn’t been up to a minute and she’s leaving and going somewhere else?
Where?? I started the car again.
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Tbc