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I stand across from Cara and Jackson, my hands curled into claws. Cara crouches behind him.
"Cara," My voice, a low staccato, slices through the clearing, "Get away from him. Now." I throw the words like daggers. Jackson's eyes shift in turmoil, going from Haydin and Scott, then to the whimpering creature at his feet. I flex my fingers.
"One last chance. Get. Away. Now."
My furious gaze burns into her eyes. Cara sniffs. Jackson takes a hesitant step away from her, but she cries out and wraps herself around his leg. He looks down at her, startled. Her whimpers become sobs.
"Jackon, Jack," she moans, "I know you're scared and don't think that it can work, but it can. Don't lie to me. I know you feel something too. I love you more, more that she does. I know this feeling. It doesn't matter what everyone else thinks."
"No. Cara, I do not love you. My heart forever belongs to Raina." He tries to pull away, but she latches on even tighter, choking over her sobs.
"I know we can... We can make this work out. We can run away, we can hide, we can do anything we want. You are my life, Jackson." She gazes up at him, wet eyes pleading.
He kneels to her level. "No."
Something seems to break inside of her, and she falls to the ground, gaze blank. He leans over her, looking worried, and she startlingly reaches up to his face, pulling him into a kiss.
Now it's my turn to break. The icy fury becomes a searing, burning red, blotting everything out, racing across my skin. I turn in time to see Jackson's bewildered face as he pulls away. Then everything is a deep crimson, one solitary instict racing across my skin. I leap at the little wretch.
"Get away from him!" My vehemence rings through every word. "He's mine, he's mine, and you can't have him!"
I am engulfed in a firey rage, desire for revenge so strong I cannot hear or see anything. I feel my body connect with hers, landing on top of her with a satisfying thud. A snarl rips through my teeth. My nails digs into her flesh, feeling the pleasing blood seep out from under my fingers. She shrieks in agony, and an evil grin of pleasure spreads across my face. My fist connects with her face again and again. She attempts to push me away with her foot, but I wrench it away, with a fulfilling crack.
I feel bars encircling my arms, dragging me away from my victim. "No!" I scream, thrashing around, searching for my captor. I twist, biting my prison's wrist. I leap out at the release. I tear at her with my fingernails, now claws.
A clear voice rings through my sick rampage. "Raina! Stop!" I recognize it as Jackson. I blink once, shaking away the scarlet haze that blurs my vision. I turn to the voice.
Collapsing into Jackson's arms, I begin sobbing. "Promise me, promise me. You'll never love another."
"I promise." He holds me close. I can hear the shock in his whisper.
I look at my hands, dripping red with Cara's blood. I turn again, facing Haydin and Scott, each with the same alarm on their face. I look down slowly, what appears to be a fatality. My fatality.
Cara's mangled corpse lies at my feet.