When grim decided to stay on earth for a little more while, Jeremy bought two phones, one for him and one for grim. He saved only three numbers on it, his own number, Ellen's and Chloe's, in case grim ever needed which he was sure he would because of Ellen. Grim devoted most of his time learning how to use the gadget. He wasn't a jackass. He just never happened to use these technological advancements of humans. So far, he had learnt how to make a call and type a text message. Therefore, only aware of two icons.
Ellen wasn't going to ask him any question, she was not even going to address the latter as she had enough for today. For skies, she didn't have her breakfast today and whatever happened today was too much for her brain to store with that empty stomach. Upon finding the bag on the table, she slung it over her shoulder. Walking past grim, ignoring as if he wasn't present there, she made her way out of the library.
"A moment ago she looked like she would break down. Where did she get all this sass from?", true. She got sentimental because of the chaotic mixed state of feelings but grim's absurd question made her pull herself together. If the little fawn thought she wasn't affecting grim in any way, she was wrong. She had certainly left grim surprised a few times.
Grim followed her out and soon they two loomed out of the place occupied by the darkness. When Ellen made it out, the thought of the hidden figure lurking around her in the dark crossed her mind.
"I think there was someone else in there", she tapped the torch icon before reaching out the phone for grim.
"Yeah, your fears wandering, little fawn", grim slid the phone back in his pocket. He thought the girl would ask anything regarding him not turning the flashlight on but she asked what he wanted her to notice the least.
"Yes, I was afraid and there's nothing wrong about feeling what you really feel but I think...no I'm sure there was someone inside. The person could still be there. Should we call on the security or search ourselves?", she unzipped her bag to take the phone out.
"No need to call anyone. Your mind was just preoccupied with your fearful thoughts and created an illusion..."
"I'm not drugged. I can tell if it was an illusion. I felt the breath...", as if they were in a competition for having the last words, grim cut her off while looking straight into her eyes.
"There is no one inside, little fawn. If you want to check, go ahead. I'm leaving", grim thought he had known the girl pretty much by now. There was no way she would go back to that dark place alone. Only if there wouldn't be dark inside anymore.
When grim started walking towards the direction of his car and didn't hear any steps following him, he looked back to find Ellen switching her gaze between grim and the library.
'Is she really considering going inside? She just got out and now...what is the girl made of?', he couldn't stand her stupidity anymore. Walking back to where she was standing, he bent down, wrapped his arms around her legs and slung the little body over his shoulder.
"Hey! You thickhead! What do you think you're doing! Put me down this instant!", her non-stop hits didn't halt grimly. He carried her to the car, opened the passenger seat door, carefully placed the girl on the seat, locked her in the place with the seatbelt and shut the door. Walking over to the other side, he also got in and wasted no time at speeding the car.
"What was that!", after a minute of unbearable silence to Ellen's ears, she raised her voice at grim who had his eyes locked on the road.
"Little fawn, you don't have to yell. I'm sitting across from you and can even hear your unsteady breath", he went again acting as nothing happened.
"It's because I'm infuriated at you!", grim kept his eyes on the road, blocking all the thoughts making their way to his brain. No, he wasn't in a state to deal with any of those. There was a mortal sitting with him. He had no place to act irrationally.
In the library, he didn't see the certain figure but felt the presence. The moment all the lights turned off, he was exploring the phone. It took less than a second for what he had already anticipated unfolding around him. His brain acted spontaneously, sending signals to his fingers to press on the lock screen button so that he would be hidden in the dark. The energy he felt was unquestionably out of this earth. Out of the world where he lived.
Immediately, the atmosphere was accumulated with heavy clouds of hatred, thousands of years ago loathing, resentment which was sent far from their existence, stinging antagonism, wreaking vengeance, and nothing less than the deeply injected revulsion. Everything came crashing down grim's mind. Memories he thought had been long forgotten. Oh, how wrong he was. He remembered everything. Every tiny second that was spent in the realm of skies, on earth, over the clouds. How unfortunate for the one who was destined to take lives.
He swore he could kill half of the population of the States and his wrath would still not be near to calm down.
Diversion. He needed that. All along he had always sought it by practicing sex. He could go back to the realm of skies, f*ck the goddess of love and come back. But experiencing what happened today, he wasn't going to leave the little fawn alone.
Back in the library, when he heard the soft, shivering voice of the little fawn calling out for him, he was jerked out of the flood of memories that were bombarding his mind. Upon listening to the voice again, he stood up and focused on where the voice came from. Taking slow steps, he walked in the forward direction. He could hear the faint sound of steps the little fawn was taking. Although Ellen tried her best not to make any noise, the library was quieter than the word itself.
Grim stopped when the sound was getting closer to him. And then that was it. The moment her back came in the contact with him, he didn't know from where and why a sigh of relief escaped his lips. When Ellen took a step, an attempt to distance her body, grim's hand unexpectedly held onto her wrist and pulled her in his embrace. He kept up with his calm composure for the girl. If it wasn't for her, he would dig through the place, to be exact, bring havoc on the place until there left ashes.
But the girl was in that disruption because of him. He was using her as bait in the battle where apart from him, no one even knew who would be annihilated. Whether he was excessively confident or only acting stupidly to believe that things would work as he had planned, he didn't know what he was bringing up for himself.
For now, he needed a distraction. He wasn't going to f*ck a random mortal.
But there was a specific one he could. He never laid hands on a mortal and he wouldn't regret it if he did it now.
Not anyone but the one breathing the same air as him.