Chapter XXXVII:

Did you think the story was over? No. This was only the beginning as I said before. This next part takes before in the 1800’s. The new world had grown by that time. More people started to live here. I could blend in easily. I was a nobody with nothing to my name.

Back then, I still got lonely.

I ended up around the Louisiana area. I couldn’t stay away from the South for some reason. Something about it drew me to it. Maybe it was the laid back environment. It seems so quiet here. Still, I had the feeling that something was going to go wrong.

Yes, Luna was still around, thanks for asking. She won’t let me go. I know that she’s always there. I could feel her standing over me while I’m in bed. I could feel her breathing on my nape. Even after all of this time, I still wasn’t used to it. I don’t know how to rid of her. I’ve given up on the church with asking for help. I am beyond help to them. And it’s starting to show. I should be like in my fifties, but it doesn’t show. I think I stopped aging by the time I turned twenty-nine. What did she do to me?

Today, I am walking among this sea of people. It’s going to be Christmas in five days. I dryly laughed to myself. When was the last time that I had a happy Christmas. Oh yes. It was that time in England. That’s been so long ago. I shook myself out of my misery.

The laughter of children brought me back to reality. I looked up in time to see three little boys running by me. I spun out of the way in time.

“Whoa!” I shouted.

“Boys, slow down!” I heard a woman shout. I looked up to see a woman in her early twenties running after them. The children broke into laughter.

“Slow down!” I yelled. The boys suddenly stopped in their tracks. They looked up and noticed me. The woman stared at me with big eyes.

“How did you do that?” she asked. I just shrugged.

“It just came naturally,” I said. She didn’t know what to say at first. I got a good look at her under the streetlight. I couldn’t remember the last time I saw a woman with such a round face. She looked at me with big brown eyes. One look at her and I felt fear. No…Not this again. I couldn’t let another woman die because of me. I could see Elizabeth’s face in hers. She gave me a confused look.

“Is something wrong?” the woman asked. I quickly shook my head.

“I don’t feel so good,” I said. “I’m sorry for troubling you. Excuse me.” I bowed my head and turned away as fast as I could. I ignored as the woman called out to me.

“Oi!” she shouted. I picked up the pace. I’m so sorry, miss. I can’t drag you into my darkness. It will cost you your life. Please forgive me.

But fate never works out for me that way.