Chapter 15

𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑭𝒊𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒆𝒏

𝐄𝐏𝐈𝐋𝐎𝐆𝐔𝐄

Three months later…

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Life at the asylum is hard.

At least I have a cell all to myself. I appreciate the peace that it provides.

It gets pretty lonely at times, though.

Thankfully, I have my best friend, Anita, keeping me company.

Yes, you heard that right. Anita, as in Anita Lesnicki, Jennifer’s best friend. It was such a shock to me when I found out that I had been locked up in the same institute as her.

At first, she was pretty harsh and moody around me. I guess she didn’t trust anyone stupid enough to have dated Jennifer even after she had revealed she was a succubus.

She warmed up to me eventually, though. I guess the fact that I had killed Jennifer helped. I suppose it made me worthy enough to be her friend.

We talked about her a lot at first. Anita’s feelings for Jennifer were even stronger than mine. They’d never had a romantic relationship, although they’d shared a kiss, initiated by Jennifer.

I still could not quite tell whether Anita had feelings for Jennifer or not. But it didn’t really matter.

Apparently, Jennifer had made it clear that she was going to kill Anita’s boyfriend after seducing him and forcing him to be her prom date, and Anita had gotten in her way. She had failed to save her boyfriend, Chip, who died. But she managed to survive Jennifer’s assault.

A day after that, she had snuck into Jennifer’s bedroom and attempted to kill her. I was surprised to hear that she had thought of tearing off her necklace, too. Anita told me that she had learned about separating a succubus from their essence in a chapter in a book about mythological creatures in her library. Seeing as Anita had given Jennifer the necklace all those years ago, she knew just how significant it was.

However, her attempt had been cut short by Jennifer’s mom entering the room unannounced and freaking out at the sight of Anita pinning Jennifer down with a knife in her hand. She had called the cops, who had taken Anita away and eventually declared her insane and thrown her in this mental asylum.

After that, though, we avoided the matter of Jennifer. Anita had made it very clear that she wanted to move on, have a fresh start.

She tells me every day that she is working desperately to convince everyone that Jennifer was a demon and that we both had the right to get rid of her.

I don’t have the heart to tell her that this will only make her sound more insane.

Anyways, I spend my nights tossing and turning in my filthy mattress, plagued by thoughts of Jennifer. Most of the time I try to suppress those thoughts, but at nighttime they always overpower me. I am working hard on getting myself back, being the girl that I was before moving to Devil’s Kettle and meeting Jennifer.

My dad visits weekly. At least he doesn’t hate me. Mostly, when he found out that I’d been arrested for murder, he was worried. He had heard from the jogger, the doctors and the cops just how anguished I was when they took me away from Jennifer. He had sympathy for me. I loved him for that, even though it hurt when he flinched around me. I suppose some things are too much even for your own father to handle.

I appreciate his efforts, though. Anita’s parents never visit her, neither do the parents of most of the girls in here.

Anyways, that is enough rambling. Anita is waiting for me to join her in the yard.

As I walk out and feel the cold air hit my skin, I dream.

I dream of the day when I will make it back to California. When I will sink my feet in the sand, smelling the salty air of the beach.

When I will be holding hands with a girlfriend that loves me. When I will finally be myself and learn to love, too.

For now, I have a long way ahead of me. I don’t want to rush the process.

I want to take this moment and make the best of it. Yes, even if it is in an asylum for psychos.

Because, at this moment, I am me. I am Lilith Cove. Not ‘Lils’. Not the demon’s girlfriend. Just Lilith.

And, one day, I will be free.

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐄𝐍𝐃