HAUNTED PRINCE by DENIS DANIEL (children's ebooks free online txt) 📕

“Sorry, I can’t do this. I won’t risk you too.” I walked frantically back to the road which was much further than I would’ve like.

But eventually I got there and got in then I drove off. I didn’t mean to be mean I just couldn’t stand it anymore. I knew exactly what would happen to her yet I let myself have feelings for her too.

And just like that my weekend was over. I switched off my phone and stayed home that entire Saturday afternoon and entire Sunday I didn’t want to do anything. I was worried and scared for Alex. And even during those days I still couldn’t believe I did what I did. I couldn’t stop blaming myself and I had no idea how to undo it.

Ashley tried to find out what was bothering me, but I couldn’t tell her. I was afraid to tell her; how could I tell her I just risked another person’s life, yet again.

On Monday morning I was really nervous, I kept asking myself what if something happened to her. I was sure I would leave he town even without anyone kicking me out. That would be my very last card and that would mean I’m a walking death machine.

When I arrived at school, she was the first person I thought about. I wanted to see her really bad, to see if she was okay. And with every minute that passed I became more worried. I walked to my locker feeling a little lightheaded and I was pretty sure if I won’t calm down I was going to pass out.

Worse, when I’m nervous I can’t control my senses, so I was like seeing double and everybody that was passing by was glowing a little. Or sometimes I could see myself in different place surrounded with trees and a dusty road. I turned around looking how the hell did I leave school, but I got my answer pretty quickly.

“Watch where you are going freak!” I bumped into a person, and it couldn’t be anybody else but Bratt, crap. “You did that on purpose, what? You think you can take me now?” he looked angry and I could feel it as well. His body was reeking of rage. I never knew how much he hated me.

“Look,” he pushed me by my locker which I didn’t know I’d already arrived, “I don’t ….” I checked, he was literally strangling me like he wanted to kill me, I couldn’t talk anymore.

“Don’t mess with me freak. I can kill you and I won’t care if I will go to jail.” He snarled under my nose. And I think that was one of the scariest moment of my life.

“Yogh, that blonde chick is coming,” one of his friends said,

He released me and left without looking back, I bend there coughing and trying to catch my breath. When I looked down the hall there she was, Alex coming to my direction. I forgot about everything else, but all over sudden I sensed this person again the energy was so close I could touch it. I whipped my head quickly and started to differentiate everyone’s energy to find it but the crowd was too much, so I missed it yet again.

“Hey, did those guys do something to you?” Alex asked when she reached to me.

“Who?”

“Bratton and his goons.”

“Oh, them, nothing.” I lied, I didn’t want any trouble. Apart from the sheriff, I think Bratt made me really uncomfortable, so I preferred to keep my distance.

“Let’s go to class. We are almost late.” Alex said.

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Classes passed in a blur and I didn’t care at all. I went to lunch met with Alex sat on our usual lone table. After school I went to my locker to put some of my books, Alex came and stood beside my locker quietly.

I had nothing to tell her, I didn’t want to apologize to her for blowing her off because she knew already knew why I did it. I was grateful that she wasn’t angry at me. I also didn’t want her to think that I would let anything happen between us.

Even though it seemed like a silent treatment it wasn’t, I just didn’t want to tell her to go away again. So I stayed quiet and she stayed quiet by my side which was weird, how she could do that.

While I was locking my locker and trying to assemble my thought a girl passed by, she was tall with a tan body. She was wearing a black leather jacket and black jeans with boots. What intrigued me were her red hair. Then that feeling came back and it was like a GPS tracker pointing out that I found it.

Instantly I followed her even though quickly and cautiously I didn’t want to lose her. I walked following her until we got out of the campus and quickly I ran for her hand and grabbed it.

“Excuse me.” I said as kindly as possible, I didn’t want her to think I was one of those creeps who run after a girl just to ask for her phone number.

When she turned around words whooshed out of my mouth. I could feel power I never felt on anyone before and maturity. She might have looked like a girl but I sensed something entirely different. If I was right this girl was a whole lot older than anyone in school.

“Who are you?” it came out of my mouth unintentionally.

“I’m sorry come again?” her accent was British even more strange.

“I don’t know how to explain this but you are not quite like other people. So who exactly are you?” I gave her a stern look meaning I’m not joking.

“Took you long enough.” She said with a half-smile,

“What …?” I stammered, “Were you?” I didn’t even know what to ask.

“I will tell you more soon.” She said, “Your friend is looking for you.”

I turned to see who is friend she was talking about. It was Alex coming,

“That’s Alex,” I said before turning back to her, but she wasn’t there anymore. She disappeared again.

“Who is that girl?”

“That was what I was trying to find out.”

“Where the hell did she go anyway?” she asked with alert,

“Not a clue. She was here one second and another she was gone.” I looked around the parking lot again but didn’t see anything. “I think I have to tell you something,” I changed the subject.

“No, I know what you are going to say. I’m going anywhere and nothing is going to hurt me.”

“But you already know what happened to the others, right? Are you willing to risk your life for me?”

“I’m not risking my life.” She paused then pulled her tank top from the neck to her shoulder and there was a tattoo, “this tattoo protects me, everyone in my family has one like this; those things can’t hurt us. So stop worrying.”

I looked around and somehow the parking lot was clear I pulled her behind a car and kissed her hungrily until I ran out of breath. We didn’t have long though because Ashley was coming from a distance so she had to go, besides it was something we didn’t want the public to know. I went home very happy that day, though I still had a million and one questions about that mysterious girl.

Two days passed since the day is saw that girl and I spent morning, day and night thinking about her. Even though Alex played a big part on distracting me, I still couldn’t stop thinking about her and what she said.

The good thing was that this time I wasn’t frustrated or agitated by it. With all the things that I went through I forgot how good it was to be someone, even though I could reluctantly call Alex my girlfriend even when we are alone in private. I wasn’t quite comfortable yet, because there was still some doubts inside of me. And besides I really didn’t want people to know about us. Also I still wasn’t convinced she was safe a hundred percent, so I persuaded her to keep our relationship a secret. Her father was another problem too, if he ever found out that we were together he was going to lock her inside the house for the rest of her life. At the end the decision was mutual.

We were at school having lunch at lunch time. Alex was looking at me playfully and to make it worse because she was sitting right next to me, this time she started caressing my leg with her hand. She slowly moved her hand from the knee and moved up playfully. I looked around showing there was people around, but she wasn’t bothered because that how crazy she was sometimes and one more thing her hand was well hidden under the table. Not only that, our table was abandoned at the corner so we weren’t that exposed.

I have to admit she was very different from all my other girlfriends. She was adventurous and she wasn’t choosy. My other girlfriends were all gentle and prefer sweet romance the one you find in the movies; making love, kiss them gently, that sort of thing. But Alex was nothing like that, every single kiss from her left my head spinning a little. Yesterday she had sex with me in the restroom, and that never happened to me before. It was really hard not to fall completely in love with her.

She was a simple, sexy and an amazing girl. I also like the fact that I didn’t have to lie to her all the time, and she shielded me from Bratt from time to time. Somehow Bratt never dared to mess with her.

While I was trying to resist Alex rudely teasing me with her hand over my thigh under the table, all over sudden the girl from the other day stood in front of us. Then she sat down on the other side of the table. I was so shocked that I almost got up and ran.

Not because I was scared of her but because of what people were going to say. Things were quiet and I didn’t want them to stir up again. Why was all the new girls came to me? And only the weird ones were coming to me, because Alex was the weird girl from the first day I saw her. And now, this new girl who dressed like a character from a book. She had red leather jacket and black jean pants and cowboy boots.

Alex strained me from moving by pressing her hand on my leg. I stayed and waited for the girl to say something and guess what she said,

“It is time.” That’s all,

I waited for her to say more but she waited as well like I was supposed to know how to respond to that. I looked at Alex and she was looking right back at me with the same confused expression on her face, “Time for what?” I asked,

“Don’t you know?” she asked perplexed.

“Know what?” I asked back with the same expression.

“Haven’t your parents taught you anything?” to my surprise she was irritated that I didn’t know what she was talking about,

But so was I, who did she