Chapter 327
Levine
Analise must be insane.
She can’t really be asking me to do what I think she is. She hasn’t come out right and said anything but from her words and demeanour, I already know what she is demanding. I don’t say asking because she already expects me to say yes to her request. The dynamics of our relationship has always been like this. She tells me what she wants and I grant her every wish.
“Levine, say something,’’ she is in front of me. Her eyes remain fixed to mine. The look she is giving me is boring into my soul—and not in a good way.
“What do you want me to say, I don’t understand what you are asking.’’
She sighs and then drags me into the room. We stop in front of a shelf. There are books covered in dust. It seems like no one has been here in decades. Now thanks to my sister, we are breaking all the rules of the coven. We are doing one thing that we shouldn’t.
“I don’t want to be in here. Let me go,’’ I force her hand off me. She looks at me but she doesn’t seem upset by my reaction. She needs me right now, so she is probably going to be all smiles until I agree to do whatever it is she wants.
“Okay, this is not going as planned. Let,–I cut her off before she can even add any more words to that sentence “What plan? Why am I part of your ridiculous plan?’’
I am upset and you can’t blame me. From what I have gathered she is planning on killing her child. I get that she is not ready for a baby. I mean we are just sixteen but there are other ways to do this. She wants me to help her murder the baby inside her.
I will not do it.
“You haven’t even listened to what I have to say. Why are you always so scared of every little fucking thing?’’ she is trying to insult me to give in but I won’t this time. There is no fucking way.
“I don’t care about your plan Lissy. If you don’t want this child. Let’s go to a hospital. Let us do this the right way. I will not partake in this adventure of yours.”
She slaps her hand on her forehead dramatically “You are annoying. You know that.’’ she walks away from me and to another shelf. I watch her as she starts to rummage through the books. I know that nothing good will come of whatever she wants to do but I don’t know how to convince her that this is not the best idea she has ever had. My sister has had terrible ideas before but this one tops all the others. For the first time in my life, I am completely terrified of her.
The fact that she could even think of something so vile and murderous. It scares me that she is so quick to want to practice death spells.
Why does she want to kill so badly?
It is ridiculous to me.
“Here it is,’’ she pulls out a book with a wide smile. As usual, she is not listening to me. She never listens to me. Analise is in her own world and in that world, she does whatever she wants to.
“I am out of here,’’ I walk in the direction of the door.
“Don’t you dare walk out of here,’’ her voice stops me in my tracks. It is cold and detached. Just like the temperature of this room.
I turn around and her eyes meet mine “I don’t want to be involved in this,’’ I raise my hands up.
Her smile widens “I need you. You promised to always help me whenever I needed you.’’
I open my eyes wide from the shock from her words “I am not going to help you kill a baby,’’ I scream out loud to the walls of this room.
She rolls her eyes “It is still a fetus. It has just been three months.” She brushes it off like it makes no sense for me to even call it a baby. I am not against having an abortion. She could put the kid up for adoption even but I just can’t understand why she would want to do this with magic.
“Then let us do this the right way,’’ I beg her.
She drops the book on a table by the bookshelves and then walks up to me “I need to practice my magic. This is a good way to get better. All these books here, have spells and potions that mom and dad have hidden from us all our lives. I want to be stronger than them. I want to be stronger than everyone.’’
And it all comes down to power.
The power that she so desperately craves.
I don’t want to be a part of this.
“You are on your own Lissy,’’ I say deadpan.
“You are my sister. You have to do this with me.’’
I shake my head “I love you so much Analise but I don’t want to take part in this madness.’’
This time, I reach the door but she stops me again “I know about your plans to run away.” My heart thuds against my chest at her words. I turn around and the evil expression on her face has me horrified. I know what is coming next. There might be no way to get out of this.
“What are you talking about?’’
She laughs quietly “I read your journal. I know how much you hate the family. How much you hate me. I know it all.”
“I don’t hate you.’’
She waves her hand in the air “Oh, I don’t give a fuck. I’ve always known.”
She read my journal and interpreted everything wrong. I don’t hate her. I am just scared for her and the person she has become.
“Help me with this and your secret is safe. You can still run away when you are eighteen. You can desert the family as you wish.’’
The words come out of her mouth so easily and she has no idea that she is breaking me to slithering.
“Okay. I will help you.’’