Tinted Heart

nd the man she had been seeing a moment ago was no longer there; he had been replaced by

you up for a while, but you didn't wake up. Were you dreaming of those monsters a

bad dream," Phoebe said

ng is bothering you." Mira said, placing her hand on Phoeb

is being all rude; next time she can scream all she wants; I'm not going to lift my slee

y wrong somewhere. Mira

*

Sch

he morning; the teachers had begun complaining about her grades, and who c

The fact that she could see them doesn't mean that they know she can;

esson, but it didn't last long as Mira suddenly felt chills run down her spine and goosebumps break out on her skin. She always felt this way whenever they were wat

same as the one in the restroom, and it was just a few f

Sam Mira's seatmate asked

ask?" Mira tried forci

than usual; are you sure you're alright?" He aske

don't want to get into trouble just like me." Mira smiled,

r. As it began to move closer to Mire, Mira silently prayed for a miracle, but whe

kly, not caring that the entire class heard what she said; all she wanted

he said to him that made him agree so quickly, or perhaps he just wanted he

ack to her class she felt an intense gaze lingering on her; her body instantly became stiff; she quickly covered her head with her hoodie

was holding. She leaned her back on the door before sliding down to the floor.

ooking around for any unexpected guesses, but thankfully there were none. For now, the memory

some water on her face. she looked at her reflection in the mirror and she saw how awful she l

ling herself that she was just going through

her eye became hot as tears welled up; she tried swallowing the lump in her throat, not wanting to look weak even to herself

adolescent, she cried until her eyes swelled. After a while of sobbing, she finally managed to get a grip on herself. She s

standing in the hallway looking straight at her with a cold gaze. Warning bells began to ring in her head, but she just waved them off. She prete

ut in pain as her bo

p on her arm tightened. He looked straight into her eyes

d around her arm and a deadly growl escaped his throat. "You're lying to me," h

d in pain as he fell to his knees, Mira took advantage of the situation to flee for her life. She ran toward the exit, praying that he wasn't following her, but all too soon

up on her feet to make a run for it, but her hair was pu

ightened his grip on her hair. She struggled to break free from his hold, but her strength was no mat

he felt a worm liquid wet her pants, soaking her sneakers, and staining the white floor b

er stomach before pulling it out an

killing her, but her victory was cut short when the first guy picked it up and s

wiping away her tears with his tomb, but then he grabbed her jaw hard, i

d yet?" the man in

mistake her for one of the demons?" "She looks weak to me;

mistook her or not, we have to kill her beca

t?" The other one asked uncertainly why s

Mira began shaking her head as mo

"No, please don

pushed her away from the crazy man before Mira, the man in front of Mira wanted to yell at him for realizing her. Mira reached for the dagg

e quickly raised her head to look at what had caused the explosion to happen. She looked up to see a big hole in the chest of the m

now all bones and no flesh, with dark smoke coming out of it;

y eyes that wanted to give up. She saw the other man looking at her with a shocked expression on his face. He stood up and picked up th

e disappeared. Mira held onto the dagger with her last strength, and just when she wanted to close her eyes, she heard footst

hat powers you hide behind your weak self," he said, stepping closer to her. He squat

ng eyes could see before