r in the

saw him Peter, the six-foot basketball star who had haunted my dreams for what felt like forever. His brown eyes and chiseled features made my heart st

r break?" Peter asked, his charming smil

t," I replied, trying to keep my co

for the Festival tonight?" Peter as

icious. "Isn't she your girlfriend? Wouldn'

id dismissively. "I just want to be with someone who'll

und myself saying, "Ok

ing ahead. But my mood quickly shifted when I saw Tiffany, flanked by her usual ent

. "The self-proclaimed art goddess has

o matter how hard I tried, I couldn't stop thinking about Peter. The t

ersation with Peter. I couldn't believe he had actually asked me

after class. "Hey, Aurora, I heard Peter asked you to the Medfor

se, but before I could speak, Peter appeared again

be my date for the festival tonight?" he asked, a

kly, my voice barely

ough steel. "You think you can jus

tried to explain. "He just aske

this, Aurora," she snarled before storming off,

g, each one bringing me closer to what could

late, and my step-sisters nowhere in sight. I put on my favorite dress, did my hair, and when the kn

eter said, handing me

ng them from him. "You do

e a dream. Everything was perfect. We laughed, danced, and lost ourselves in the atmospher

I asked, worry cree

a smile, tucking his phone away. "I'm

hing was wrong. That feeling only deepened when, as I was sipping

orry!" I

ending a shiver down my spine. Without a word, he shrugged me off and

a jerk," Peter said,

t face. I had the odd sensation that I had s

me, his attention fully on me, but my thoughts were

*

had been perfect, but something nagged at me a sense that I was being watched. I

lewd comments and lecherous smiles. Panic surged through

stival appeared. He moved like a shadow, swift and powerfu

, his deep voice vibrating thr

hie on earlier. He didn't linger, melting back into the darkness as quickly as

y? And why had he

me, my thoughts far from settled. I had a strange fe

agine. And as I drifted off to sleep that night, I had no idea that my simple high school cr

just anyone. He was part of something much darker...