"Ladies first." He holds the door for me and I step inside the restaurant. It is a small,cozy space with picture frames hanging on the yellow coloured walls. The smell of food waffles my nose and Tristian leads me to a table in front of the glass window. It doesn't really like a friendly hangout anymore. Not that I mind.
He pulls a chair for me and I smirk. "That's probably too much." I say.
"It's something I do." Tristian smiles and somehow I feel like I can believe what he says.
I shrug and settle on the chair while he takes the seat across from me. The menu cards lay on the furnished grey table that almost looks a shade of yellow under the light. I pick up one and look through the dishes. Hmm. Though there is no need for me to look since Tristian would be doing the orders, I find it a comfortable thing to hide behind his penetrating gaze. He should know that the way he looks makes my bo
We all stepped into the arena in front of a larger door. Today is the day when a lot will be decided yet I can't stop thinking about Tristian and my time with him yesterday"You all will walk inside and the one who comes out first from the other side of the chapel wins this contest!" Professor Harold shouts as usual.I don't know why, I don't feel nervous like before. It's just something inside that tells me that I can do it. Maybe it's because Tristian trained me so well and I now know how to use the special arts technique. But where is he?'Aurora, look at your back.' Sia says and I turn at to find Tristian standing with Peter at his side. I frown. Why is Peter not participating? I guess that doesn't matter right now since the most important thing is Tristian standing beside him,his arms folded over his muscular chest, his baby blue eyes trained on me. He mouths a "don't disappoint me." and I
"Whenever using your techniques make sure you have all senses of yours wide open." Tristian said and I nodded my head. "Nobody will wait for your permission to strike you down and tell you beforehand they are coming . You have to figure it out and take the right chance to turn the table to your side. A good Luna is not just strong, but has sharp wit and understands the rules of the games she is playing. No matter what happens,you need to have a clear head while making decisions because it can later affect a lot more than you think it would."Sia growls as I remember what Tristian said. The knife digs into her flesh making some blood fall on the floor. The pain makes me want to run away and hide somewhere. I don't want to feel all this. I want to go back to Tristian. But then again, I won't! Sia turns back to the team and gives a huge growl. I won't go back! I've come this far not to be a kitten and hide behind the bushes. Which I certainly di
I stare at the staff putting the bodies of the injured students in the stretcher and taking them away. My heart drops dead at the moment when I realise that if I was a bit more earlier with my time I would have been able to save some of them. Bloody hell! I couldn't even save Sasha. A dreadness looms in the air on which I breathe and my eyes feel heavy on myself. I can't thank the MoonGod enough for saving Tessa before whatever fate waas coming for her. I wonder what would have happened to her if I had reached a minute late. I don't want to imagine it. The picture is terrifying. Though the current one isbt a bit less.Someone touches my shoulder but I don't tilt my head an inch to look at that person. It's like I don't have the energy to even say a word. My wounds are closed and burn through my entire body. The Nurse put an ointment for it to heal fast and bandaged them. But the pain inside is more excruciating. I can't tell what's the differ
Tessa flickers her eyes open and finds me sitting on the tool beside her bed. She sits up and frantically looks around,her eyes wide open to take in the surroundings. "How are you feeling?" I ask her, praying to the MoonGod again and again for saving my best friend's life. I don't know what would have happened if she wasn't alive. I don't know what I would have done."What happened?" She asks, her hazel eyes confused.I sigh. "You passed out in the maze, under the influence of the fog and didn't wake up for a long time.""No! I remember seeing something. There was a shadow in the fog that scared me and then I passed out. Though it was definitely foggy. It was the fog before that made me unconscious. But then I woke up again and saw something being around the fog. It was hard to trace but then I saw it sucking blood. I was so scared that I—I" she holds her head. "I guess I passed out
We all take our places in the assembly hall with Tessa sitting beside me, Tristian sitting on the front row and Peter accompanying him. Alex is nowhere near, sprouting my doubts on his strange behaviour. What is wrong with him? After the fight, he didn't care to even meet me or talk to me."Tessa? Did you talk to Alex?""Yeah. We spoke this morning before the assembly. Why?" She frowns, completely unaware of the situation. Or maybe she is aware but she is not going to give in."No, nothing. I didn't get to talk to him or ask him about his condition. You know after what happens. Is he alright?" I ask, trying my best to keep my normal face up. If I somehow learn that Tessa is mixed with Alex in this, I don't know what my mental condition would be. There is that certain feeling inside that tells me that my friends are sliding away from me."Yeah. He looked fine. Tho
I can hear my own steps in the empty corridor as I walk towards the door where a group of men stand guard. They look straight ahead, but I can tell that they can sense me coming. I stop in front of them. Not because the door is closed, but because I realise who these guards actually are. "You are not allowed to go in, Miss."I sigh. I want to meet Tristian so badly. Maybe just see his face and make sure that he is doing alright. But why does this happen that whenever I am so desperate to meet him, things start going against me? There used to be a time when I didn't want him to be around me at all and at those times, he used to linger around me like a shadow. I press my lips in a grim line. "Is the Alpha inside?" I ask in the most indirect way possible because I just can't ask if Tristian is inside. Even though I call him naturally by his name when every other person calls him the Alpha, I can't do that here. Not in front of these people. It w
I stand shocked for a second, thinking about the thousands of reasons for which Professor Sheila summoned me in her office. One of them could be her asking me about my condition after the unfortunate incident. Afterall I was the sole witness to it. To Sasha's death."Okay. Thank you." I say and the lady gives a nod and walks away. Phew! I sigh and walk out of the library. At least someone remembers me. Otherwise, it appears all of my friends have just forgotten that I exist. It's stupid for me to put the blame on Tristian and have such thoughts of insecurity when all it is just me not meeting him for a few hours. Still, I can't shake the fear of losing him. It scares me to the extent that my hands go cold. Why am I so worried? I never gave a fuck about boys, except Alex ofcourse. I used to hate them. But here I am, worried about losing a guy I just couldn't meet for a few hours. How pathetic, Aurora! I shake my head at my own predicament and
It is so confusing to find that Professor Sheila's attitude changes so randomly. More than that, it's even more confusing that she handed me a chit of paper inmy palm like some secret mission. Weird. I open it while sitting in my room and find"There is a secret library behind the main Library. Find it."Huh? Secret library? I put the chit of paper in one of my notebooks, so that no one can see it, including Tessa. I want to get this thing done privately. And when she mentions the library I have the feeling that Branson knows about it very well and is related to it. But the question is whether he will allow me to enter it. The answer is probably not. But I need to test the Professor's theory. If I'm lucky enough, maybe I'll get to the entrance and will be able to find out about what shit is going on in this Academy.A few minutes later, I found myself standing in front of the library door.