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Authors: Alyssa Rose Ivy
the grass, completely numb again.
“Daisy?” Violet kneeled next to me. “Are you okay?”
“Why did you stop it?” I sat up. “It was amazing. Why did you pull me away?” Anger surged through me. I didn’t know if it was my own emotion or not, but I felt it.
“You had a more intense reaction than most of us. But it was positive?” She wrinkled her brow.
“It was him.” Most of the experience was slipping away, but I struggled to hold onto what I could. The pure joy.
“You felt the Pteron?” Roland said with disgust. “That’s impossible.”
“Unless it isn’t.” Violet ran her hand over my forehead. “There’s something wrong. The transformation is messed up. We all know that.”
“It’s just delayed.” Roland shook his head. “It’s all going to work. We need to be patient.”
“We’ve been waiting weeks. It should have taken days.” Violet fell back into a sitting position next to me.
The feelings flitted away, and I accepted the numbness that replaced it. “What does this mean?”
“It means we’re going to have to go Louie.” Hugh sat down beside Violet. “We can’t have a half-baked Allure running around.”
“Half-baked?” Anger surged again. I latched on to it, letting it flow through my veins.
“Uh, Daisy. Calm down there.” Violet gave Hugh a look.
Then just as suddenly the anger disappeared.
“No more trips to graveyards until we figure this out.” Roland paced. “And I still think there is one easy solution.”
“She doesn’t want you, man.” Hugh returned to his feet. “Maybe she’ll want Louie now. If that’s the case you’re going to have to deal.”
“She’s not going to want Louie.” Roland gritted his teeth.
“For once I agree with you, Roland.” He was far too creepy for my taste.
“You haven’t seen him since your change, so you don’t actually know.” Hugh shrugged.
“My messed up change.”
“Maybe there was something else in that witch’s potion. Something that needs to be cleaned from her system.” Roland seemed to be talking to himself.
“And how do you suppose we clean it?” Violet asked.
“Wait. No one is cleaning anything from my system.” The thought brought all sorts of negative connotations with it.
“You’d feel better.” Violet looked into my eyes. “The numbness you complain about will be gone. You should be able to manipulate all emotions. Wouldn’t that be nice?”
“I liked my own feelings.” I wished I could feel the loss. I wanted to remember their significance.
“They aren’t your own. Or they shouldn’t be.”
“Why not?” I sat up.
“Oh no.” Violet looked up at the sky.
“What?”
“You’re trying to convince yourself you can turn back.”
“No I’m not.” My head was foggy, and all I wanted to do was go for a swim.
“He’s gone to you.” Violet scooted over and put her hands on either side of my face. “This process may be taking longer, but it’s happening. And you want it to.”
“Why?”
“Because if you don’t the Elders will kill you and the Pteron, and they won’t make the death pleasant.” Hugh cut right to the chase. I was learning to appreciate his bluntness.
“Hugh.” Violet frowned.
“It’s the truth and you know it. You like her, so let’s try to keep her alive.”
“Why would they kill me?”
“They will think you tricked them. You didn’t accept their option, so you had to take the consequences. To do anything but change would be to throw it in their face.”
“Louie might kill her too…” Roland stopped his pacing.
“Why? I have Taylor’s essence. I thought that meant he’d want me.”
“He would, but not if you’re not an Allure. Otherwise he’d try to get the essence out.”
“He wouldn’t kill her.” Hugh shook his head. “The essence wouldn’t survive it. He’d find a way to push the change.”
“We don’t know that for sure.” Violet moved to her knees.
Roland froze. “We have to keep this quiet. He
“Daisy?” Violet kneeled next to me. “Are you okay?”
“Why did you stop it?” I sat up. “It was amazing. Why did you pull me away?” Anger surged through me. I didn’t know if it was my own emotion or not, but I felt it.
“You had a more intense reaction than most of us. But it was positive?” She wrinkled her brow.
“It was him.” Most of the experience was slipping away, but I struggled to hold onto what I could. The pure joy.
“You felt the Pteron?” Roland said with disgust. “That’s impossible.”
“Unless it isn’t.” Violet ran her hand over my forehead. “There’s something wrong. The transformation is messed up. We all know that.”
“It’s just delayed.” Roland shook his head. “It’s all going to work. We need to be patient.”
“We’ve been waiting weeks. It should have taken days.” Violet fell back into a sitting position next to me.
The feelings flitted away, and I accepted the numbness that replaced it. “What does this mean?”
“It means we’re going to have to go Louie.” Hugh sat down beside Violet. “We can’t have a half-baked Allure running around.”
“Half-baked?” Anger surged again. I latched on to it, letting it flow through my veins.
“Uh, Daisy. Calm down there.” Violet gave Hugh a look.
Then just as suddenly the anger disappeared.
“No more trips to graveyards until we figure this out.” Roland paced. “And I still think there is one easy solution.”
“She doesn’t want you, man.” Hugh returned to his feet. “Maybe she’ll want Louie now. If that’s the case you’re going to have to deal.”
“She’s not going to want Louie.” Roland gritted his teeth.
“For once I agree with you, Roland.” He was far too creepy for my taste.
“You haven’t seen him since your change, so you don’t actually know.” Hugh shrugged.
“My messed up change.”
“Maybe there was something else in that witch’s potion. Something that needs to be cleaned from her system.” Roland seemed to be talking to himself.
“And how do you suppose we clean it?” Violet asked.
“Wait. No one is cleaning anything from my system.” The thought brought all sorts of negative connotations with it.
“You’d feel better.” Violet looked into my eyes. “The numbness you complain about will be gone. You should be able to manipulate all emotions. Wouldn’t that be nice?”
“I liked my own feelings.” I wished I could feel the loss. I wanted to remember their significance.
“They aren’t your own. Or they shouldn’t be.”
“Why not?” I sat up.
“Oh no.” Violet looked up at the sky.
“What?”
“You’re trying to convince yourself you can turn back.”
“No I’m not.” My head was foggy, and all I wanted to do was go for a swim.
“He’s gone to you.” Violet scooted over and put her hands on either side of my face. “This process may be taking longer, but it’s happening. And you want it to.”
“Why?”
“Because if you don’t the Elders will kill you and the Pteron, and they won’t make the death pleasant.” Hugh cut right to the chase. I was learning to appreciate his bluntness.
“Hugh.” Violet frowned.
“It’s the truth and you know it. You like her, so let’s try to keep her alive.”
“Why would they kill me?”
“They will think you tricked them. You didn’t accept their option, so you had to take the consequences. To do anything but change would be to throw it in their face.”
“Louie might kill her too…” Roland stopped his pacing.
“Why? I have Taylor’s essence. I thought that meant he’d want me.”
“He would, but not if you’re not an Allure. Otherwise he’d try to get the essence out.”
“He wouldn’t kill her.” Hugh shook his head. “The essence wouldn’t survive it. He’d find a way to push the change.”
“We don’t know that for sure.” Violet moved to her knees.
Roland froze. “We have to keep this quiet. He