I followed Chase back to my room as I shut my door behind me. We continued on with the equation, then I looked at him and our eyes met. I quickly looked back at my note, then he broke the silence. "So are you still going to go out with me tomorrow?"
I looked up and smiled at him. "I knew you didn't come here for the homework."
He smiled. He already knew he was already caught. "Oops, you got me."
"I have never been on a date before," I said as I dropped my pen.
"Then say yes. We will have a great time."
"I don't know about that. My parents won't let me, and besides, I'm different and not like you."
"Different, how?" he asked as he gave a small smile.
I jammed my lips together. "I don't do parties. My life is boring. I'm not even on social media." I said, instead. I couldn't bring myself to tell him that I was a Dhampir.
"It's just a movie. I like you, Inez. I know it sounds stupid, but I do like you, and it started the first time I saw you standing in the middle of the hall, in the crowd. I know you also felt it." He said.
I wanted to touch him at that moment and tell him what I really was, but he would run away and expose my secret. He was human, after all. He wouldn't even think about the time he said he liked me. He would expose me and my family. Humans are not to be trusted. He was not to be trusted and the prophecy already confirmed that. I sighed as I shook my head. I also reminded myself that getting too close to this boy would put our lives in more danger. According to the head of council.
"I can't go. I'm sorry."
"Okay." He stood up and walked to the window. I knew he was angry. It was obvious even though he didn't say it. I could feel his heart beating. I could hear his heart beating. "It's cool; I just hope you are happy with your boring life." He said as he left through the window.
I watched him as he passed through the woods, and he went out of sight. I reminded myself that turning him down was a good thing. One part of me wanted him here with me, and the other part of me was not sure of what it wanted, but it was cool.
He is gone now. Everyone is saved. The world is safe.
***
"We saw the news, Mrs. Sivan, Inez will be fine." The head of the council assured.
"But what type of monster was that? No supernatural being can break the barrier." Arden said.
"Only witches can, and I think someone is using spells to weaken it, and I don't think that barrier can stay strong long enough." The head council said as he opened a big book and pointed at an image. "I think what Inez saw was the wendigo."
"The wendigo is described as a monster with some characteristics of a human or as a spirit who has possessed a human being and made them monstrous. Its influence is said to invoke acts of murder, insatiable greed, cannibalism, and the cultural taboo against such behaviors." Arden read aloud from the book that the head of the council showed him.
"So the wendigo is still out there and there is also a witch trying to break the barrier in order to come into the human world and take the chosen one and use her for their purpose." Mrs. Sivan said, terrified.
"Witches." The head corrected Mrs. Sivan. "But I assure you, Inez is safe here. We are here to protect her." He added.
"What are you going to do about her fangs forcing their way out whenever she sees blood or smells them?" Mr. Sivan asked. "What is going to happen to her if we keep her away from feeding on blood?"
"All I know is, if Inez gets attached to drinking blood all the time, then she will be tempted to feed on a bloodsucker and she will become one of them and even more powerful. We won't be able to tame her, but if she doesn't feed, then..."
"Then? What happens?" Mr. Sivan interrupted.
"She will die if she doesn't get fed within the next month. Her fangs will find their way out by force and it will kill her unless she can avoid blood, which is impossible, so now Inez has to feed to prevent death and try not to get attached to blood but normal food."
"Why didn't you tell us this?" Mrs. Sivan asked.
"16 is the right age to have the first feed, but we all knew that Inez couldn't survive it at that age, but now she is strong. She is a strong girl and she will find ways to save lives, so don't be scared. She will live through death and save the world from disaster." The head walked back to his seat. "We will find more information on the wendigo. You all can go home now. Inez will be fine. It's her fate to save us all." The head added.