When duty calls1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK3wLohNpqB
1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmGhA1TT9Rj
"Why are you crying Lu? Shouldn't I be the one freaking out, not you?" Ricky asked with concern on his face but obviously trying to lighten the situation, very unsuccessfully.1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoasU9qrFOA
1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPwDu6LR9OM
I tried sniffing up the last of the tears and put on a brave face, also very unsuccessfully. "I think you need to sit down for this one."1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtEVgAMm8lS
1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs9x9O3gcWl
Reluctantly he finally sat down and I began to explain all the pieces of information I had gathered since Mattie's death. "It started last night when I got home and crashed. The weirdest dream ever, there was this old guy and this amazing library an-"1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdawcwdHblY
1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsWi93OOErs
"You really like libraries." Ricky smirked, obviously a little more relaxed that he was getting some explanation.1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm8GWIqt9Xh
1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRsEiQgY8DH
"Yes I do, but shh, that's not the point. So this annoying old guy-"1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT9a0Fs5ak9
1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaXtxnQPMX0
"Why is he annoying?"1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwaTVnRjZAR
1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmGZ85So4Kn
I just frowned to keep my irritation in place with being interrupted all the time. "Don't worry you'll get to meet him."1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyjnvrfH9yb
1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzuppoDvbLM
His shoulders slumped and he gave me a pout. "You know I don't like old people... They talk too much."1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk7D1CYSk1E
1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsdSSJBvCVK
"Yeah well they're not the only ones. Shh I want to finish my story please, if you don't mind." 1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDIU82LnXtT
1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvbMs4rEYhq
He sat up straight again and gave me his full attention. "So this old guy, Esperar, makes me the leader of the group I mentioned earlier of Quinto círculo. Honestly it sounds more like a cult than anything else, but yeah, he gave me the book you saw earlier. I also didn't know how to open it and it kept disappearing and reappearing when ever it felt like it. Today I left you guys at lunch so suddenly 'cos Markus wanted to talk to me an-"1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpemXIePzJn
1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8wkD4u02Pe
"Oh my God! Like THE Markus? Markus o'Conner?" Ricky suddenly turning into a fan girl before my eyes.1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeFoAvsyybx
1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtpo5FGAIPj
"Yes. Tall, dark and handsome wanted to talk to me. Interrupt me again and I swear I'm going to punch you." 1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvrIuQyJuBE
1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyIPGKvcuhZ
Ricky acted all offended but there was a hint of a smile on his face. "So anyway! He was totally hitting on me." I couldn't help the grin that spread across my face.1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsHIFbzsXJA
1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYZK0qrg1Oe
"Shut up!" Ricky obviously enjoying the gossip and trying to be funny with his antics.1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbBgWS1eDwB
1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4iINlJAAso
"Although before you go crazy, I'm still not sure if he was just messing with me or not. And when I started snapping out of the whole "OMG Markus is talking to me' I started storming off."1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh6SaAySwQK
1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHPGFLPVJzM
"Why so defensive Lu? Maybe he really digs you."1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfMKBsC6YrU
1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJL1PskBylD
"He was with Mattie the night she died, that's why I was so defensive." I blurted with an expressionless face.1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ik6IxbBJg
1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhx0iBpPNms
Ricky just gaped at me waiting for me to continue. When I didn't he did. "What? How? Why? How is he so sure?"1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv7YIWzGrs8
1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFsVppbhdPS
"Long story short she wasn't supposed to die, I was." I felt my skin prickle as I said those words myself. repeating them in my head didn't help it all. I was supposed to have been killed, not Mattie.1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDyeHdXOfF3
1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi5UsmKHbpg
This was obviously starting to get too much for Ricky. His eyes welled up and the tears threatened to spill over. "Lucy... If that was you..."1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA52UT6cjnG
1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVChMyFekW0
I tried to reassure him with a smile. "But I didn't Ricks, It's going to be fine." Even I didn't believe that last part. When I saw that Ricky was still about to burst into tears, I just pulled him into a hug.1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIArryPbzIc
1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOXRP1CWNCx
That seemed to have done the trick. "Okay." He took a deep breath. "Please continue." And he sat back down to listen to the next bit of my horror story.1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy7X6NQ9VP2
1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk2xZMYeI7r
"So." Trying to get my bearings straight was proving to be quite a challenge. "As I was storming away he tried grabbing my hand to pull me back, and just like you and I earlier, ZAP, and I got a pattern too." Lifting my hand to show Ricky my decorated palm.1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPtRdsmwCat
1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsraeN1Ieng
"Woah! That's so cool!" Ricky had gone from totally depressed to childlike wonder in under a minute.1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2BNGDKGLSZ
1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnia3QxeXzh
"It is, isn't it." I replied, matching his smile. "So Markus got the idea that it would unlock our books an-"1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVJVVrpBwdJ
1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLTna1gF76V
"Okay wait, now that I heard that properly. Markus is part of this too?" 1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz1X9n9YKYG
1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5oN39t8bhQ
"If you weren't in shock I would seriously hit you right now." I said while giving him the death stare, but he just egging on the topic.1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6zL4CCrqwf
1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5hOUhKixBT
"What's his picture? What's the topic of his book?" He went quiet suddenly, obviously in deep thought. "What's your topic?"1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWop6Fe5FTi
1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxqPeEcCJ7O
"Markus has a purple eye, almost Egyptian in design, and it's charm, glamour and deception. Mine is-"1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzWcDM43Qdo
1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGF9GsMUFrZ
Ricky started laughing uncontrollably. "That's so feminine, bet he's taking it rough."1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtaqgzY7lsz
1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaMdA86Qne1
I smacked him on the arm and he gave a small yelp. "Hey! What was that for?"1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3DrC4tNIKY
1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyF8Bn3Q4WY
"I warned you about interrupting me."1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHfQYe9xXgv
1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBq8NhJToLh
"Oops, sorry!" He said with a sweet smile and a totally fake innocent look.1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNTJmNHRjv5
1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2QfGlIwVvA
"So as I was trying to say. Mine is power and control. and to answer you on your interruption, he actually likes it. Not that I'm surprised, he does love the spotlight."1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjcM6AxWFTy
1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmCl5VSyorB
"And you love him" Ricky added with under his breath and a smirk on his face.1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFvNRqOia4q
1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxuj4yJWStQ
"Eugh, you're so annoying." And smacked him again. 1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡomwW66TNPw
1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDVJ7UvlFHp
"So mine is empathy and telepathy, what kind of specialty is that?" He asked while retrieving our bowls of almost melted ice cream and passing mine over. 1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcV7tNmHMZz
1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq6K5Yz5OJc
"That's where you actually have to read Ricky." I said with a snort, slurping at the semi liquid in my bowl.1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFuDzekAyya
1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcLusz24VLB
"Gross much?" Ricky pretending to be grossed out.1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoCoJTK6Gcr
1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoh32R4QJzB
"Shut up, you were going to do it too."1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjCqy7vL8ca
1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDFef8NNGaT
"So true." He said with a grin and matched my slurping. We burst into laughter, enjoying the effect we had on each other to make a situation better or at least bearable.1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQnPzjcn0Hk
1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXAWT7BUQKQ
"So how about skimming through it and let's see what you can do." I prompted, trying to distract from me trying my abilities.1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQj5Ub9fQWd
1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvb2nHZ1uiC
"Okay just give me a sec." While he read I slurped down my ice cream and began licking out the bowl. It's not attractive, but it's criminal to leave behind any evidence of the chocolate goodness.1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy5Rv8rz2E4
1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFwF7aWFicg
As I was about to try steal Ricky's bowl and eat his remaining ice cream he looked up at me with a weird expression on his face. Before I could ask him what he was thinking a sudden wave of hysteria washed over me. I was frozen in place by fear, but fear of what I couldn't tell. Before I could start screaming a wave of calm came over me, almost as if I was high in a way, feeling the hysteria float away on a cloud of happy thoughts.1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPOIq2vXdQP
1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcptSBRqNs8
And then I was back to normal. "Woah. That was quite a trip. What just happened?"1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN8D9vzwQyc
1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHpxslciPAV
Ricky took his time finding the right words. "What did you just experience?"1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6RwRvJM8vc
1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLiwZsExrN2
"I just started freaking out for no reason, and then I felt like a hippie. Just mellow." 1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3u5rRWfYB9
1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVzH1t7akcU
Ricky sat back with astonishment on his face. "What? What what what?" I nagged trying to get something out of him.1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp2FQUPFbVU
1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz5smZYjIQp
"I made you feel that." He said more as a statement and less like a question.1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3QBX78zmiU
1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb0ghFjCIHp
"How?"1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXfs7So5H4f
1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrK9W82WSSs
"I don't know I just..." It looked like he was trying to convince himself of what he had just done. "Thought it."1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6bLZ3SZXnH
1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeF3piM4b9x
I just stared at him, dumbfounded. "You just... thought it?" 1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf6ZpAwfagY
1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDfjqWQxqqW
"Yeah, I pictured you fearing for your life, and then I saw you freaking out and I wanted you to calm down immediately. So I imagined what you would be like if you were on a trip."1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtz9fJKj1q7
1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMRSMNIusiD
"You made me high? Do you realise how wrong that sounds?" 1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmhoS6gNkqm
1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb75BzTyUcg
Ricky started laughing and I couldn't help but join in on the giggles. "So now I know what they mean by the empathy part of this... Skill of mine. Now let's try out the telepathy. Think of something." And he closed his eyes.1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQrcUICSitW
1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡykXf1Op1KF
Something. I did a little mental laugh, but before I could say anything Ricky perked up. "No, don't be a smart ass, think of something else."1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ246Uu5c6zD
1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPH8gwSvReA
"Ricky I didn't say anything." Ricky looked up at me with wide eyes.1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUN6NI2pIlE
1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8iTfAlgThv
Can you hear this? Ricky nodded.1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyA6B7hUI7N
1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkOC9jrpdRz
What about this? Ricky nodded again, this time with a smile.1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx0o3Pt2lEW
1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP4lnjEf26n
And this? Ricky just gave me a look. "Okay you can stop now."1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXIkQXNgZvj
1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbU9ciskQCO
But this is so much fun! I thought with a huge smile on my face.1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi6yYhhIVfh
1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQtOu4kqiGY
Can you imagine what I'm feeling?1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2QXnVRtlN3
1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSUvC7OjyTp
I could practically feel my jaw hit the ground. "Did you just send a mental message to me?"1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr0VXwz0XbT
1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdMYkLYmfsQ
"I think I did." Ricky seeming amused with his new abilities.1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeHX8G3oLG2
1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYM6zmUnBSu
"This is too cool. I wonder what the other's abilities will be." I couldn't contain my curiosity.1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsPDVMyz9Ed
1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0MsWWO52dX
"Other's? I thought there was only Markus apart from us." 1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpMHHw0Zi26
1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0wAM2kWwAh
"Circle of five. There are only three of us at the moment." I said suddenly sifting mentally through a list of people that I could think of being part of all this madness.1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7vokqc3fXy
1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4fYIcUI80P
"How do you know how to find them?" 1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWewUbxUjKc
1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCa0bCoYQtn
I pushed him out the way to get to his computer and searched the site I found the information on Peligro. As Ricky read his face went solemn. "I can see why you started crying earlier." And finished off the reading. "So it says people close to you, people you have made a bond with from early in life and are the same age as you." 1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjKXWc1AFFe
1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPA6SJVFdTA
He went into deep thought, stroking at an imaginary beard subconsciously. "You do you realise you have no beard, right ?" I mumbled with slight amusement. "Hmm?" Came his reply, obviously to fixated on his own thoughts to have heard me. "Nothing, don't worry." I said with a smirk.1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeLxliPajC6
1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4gU0kW2R2G
"Ariana, Joey, James." Now it was my turn to look confused. "What?" 1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtnKl7mrq1Z
1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdqaX8Yndof
"That's your only other friends you have." Ricky still stroking his chin, gradually accompanied by a creeping smile. "Not much of a socialite, are we?" I just glared at him and his hands shot up in mock surrender as he burst into laughter.1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡam35QaMfXq
1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6kJUce3gl7
"Okay Ricky, you can stop now, it's time to get serious." I said gruffly to get the conversation on the right track again. Ricky tried to compose himself, sneaky tears still running down his cheek and his body shaking slightly but at least he was tryig to stay quiet. "So between the three of them, two are my next.... victims." I said the word like it left a bitter after taste. "For lack of a better word." I quickly added as he gave me a funny look at my comment. "So who do you think they are?" Trying to avert the responsibility for a moment. "Only you will know this one Lu." He said with a reassuring smile. 1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSyLfU0YrWj
1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFlXHLyjoQS
I took a deep breath, held it for a moment, and let it out in one big sigh, allowing the responsibility to encompass me once again. "As much as it pains me, Ariana must be a definite candidate, she's like the sister I always wanted, she's the closest person to me." Ricky sending a throat clearing noise in my direction. "After you of course." I said with a grin, a scoff in reply from him. "But that's where I get stuck... Joey irritates me to no extent possible and James is just there. Actually come to think of it, he's just there because Ariana has had a crush on him since way back when. He's never really been a friend as per say."1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFRPn5n1qVw
1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0yJhLrV3lx
Ricky started fidgeting in his seat and I knew something was bothering him. "Spill it." I said in a stern, but lovingly way. 1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVdK7vpzSWI
1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSl55oIdL3o
He pulled out his phone and started messaging someone. "Mind letting me in on the secret Sherlock?" Ricky kept quiet until he was finished, putting his phone away and looking up at me at the same time. "Just trust me on this one, okay?"1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlaraYfkuVz
1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAmgdFnuWJM
I could feel it, like a thick blanket of tension in the room, almost suffocating. I wasn't sure if it was my emotions or the emotions Ricky were feeling that was being projected, but I felt like now wasn't the right time to ask questions.1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQrbwYJjFFk
1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSlE4cnMhne
"Okay." I said, trying to keep eye contact with him to try read the situation further. "How long until they get here?" 1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeW1GOg4OLP
1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoJflqXGxIg
1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwzcbFpn9nQ
1183Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxDeo7MdDXj
然後按「加至主畫面」