Hate

♡Astrid♡ We hadn’t spoken to each other for days. Well, technically, I hadn’t spoken to Adrian and did my best to avoid him. I either stayed in my room all day or left the house more than necessary, even if I had nowhere to go. I’d either take a walk or go to my office. Anything that kept me out of his space. Which explained why I was still locked in my room by past eight in the evening, sleeping. I didn’t get a lot of sleep at night and I couldn’t go to Adrian’s room either, so I just tried fighting the demons myself. And honestly, it hadn’t been very successful. It was a call from Freya that woke me up. Her school had gone on a trip to California — for God knows what — and coincidentally, Mum’s brother stayed over there. Freya had just, well... decided she wasn’t gonna come back. I was fine with it, as long as she was safe and far away from that monster, who we still hadn’t found. “Hey,” I muttered once the call connected, my voice a little groggy as I rubbed my eyes. There was a lit