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Hope narrowed her eyes when they began to feel tired, let out a frustrated sigh, and leaned back against her chair. Her gaze drifted towards the window and she frowned as she realized that it was already dark. How long had she been in the library?
Looking at the clock on the door, she was surprised to learn that she’d spent the last 3 hours trying to figure out some way to kill Malivore.
It wasn't going to be easy, having lost one of the keys to unleash Malivore with some Triad agents, so she was forced to figure this out as quickly as possible.
She let out a loud sigh remembering that trip, like after going back to school Josie confessed her old feelings for her, the memory sent a blast of something hot straight to her stomach, her hands gripping the edge of the table for a second until she regains her composure.
After that confession she’d been avoiding Josie, she couldn't look at her without her body responding immediately. Her heart was going crazy, her eyes were turning gold, and her fangs threatened to come out.
The only time they had seen each other after her little confession was when Josie had sat next to her in the common room, at first Landon had been with her, but he had left after seeing Rafael, leaving her alone there.
"Hi, Hope" the brunette greeted a little shy, sitting down next to her.
Hope had simply frozen there for some reason unknown to her, her throat suddenly closed and her heart began to pound like crazy. Her eyes began to burn gold and she closed them at the intensity of the sensations that ran through her body.
"Are you okay, Hope?" asked the worried siphon.
The tribrid wanted to respond, but found that it couldn't breathe much less speak.
Josie shifted a little in her seat, sending her a breath of air filled with her intoxicating scent. Hope realized that her respiratory function was not the only thing altered, something strange was happening, a completely new tingling sensation had taken over her body.
"Today I approached Lizzie ..." began the witch with a serious expression "she still doesn’t speak to me"
‘What's going on?’ Hope wondered when a fluttering sensation started in her stomach.
"I'm sorry," Hope muttered, her mind still trying to figure out why her heart was racing like crazy and she was still having trouble breathing.
Plus, every time Josie moved, she smelled her and that only made things worse.
"It's not your fault"
And that's when the brunette touched her and something broke inside Hope. Her eyes widened in horror when she felt a great need to mark Josie. She quickly realized that there was only one thing to do: get out of there.
She hadn't seen her since, she blamed the full moon that was near, her wolf was a bit out of control because of that.
She presses her fingers against her temples. She needed to focus on something else and she had to stay away from Josie until the strange effect she had on her was gone or at least dimmed down.
She rests her elbows on the table and drop her head into her hands.
She was exhausted and without any clue to end the supernatural mud puddle.
She was about to start investigating again when Alaric entered the library.
"Hope, I think we have another monster"
Perfect, the girl thought in annoyance.