SERAPHINA’S POVAfter what feels like hours of horrified embarrassment, baring my almost naked body to the entirety of the school, he finally leaves.I thought he was going to stay longer, exhaust every little bit of this moment until there isn’t anything left of it, but he leaves, ending it with that god-awful remark.The school bell rings and just when I’m able to get myself together and leave back to my dorm room, I’m called to the Administrator’s office.Again.Wrapped in my towel, covering what’s left of my dignity with tear stained eyes, I sit in his office in silence with just him on the other side, not saying a single word.I have more than a few things I planned to say about that fucking asshole to get back at him for doing what he did.What bastard strips a girl right in front of the whole school? How can anyone be so cruel? Of course, none other than fucking Artemis.Slowly, I’m starting to see what Olivia meant when she talked about him and his sick jokes that drove studen
SERAPHINA’S POVI scrub every inch of my body the second I get back to my dorm. Every bit of me they had seen; washing the marks left on my skin from their leering eyes.Artemis’s words replay in my mind over and over again as I scrub, leaving red sore marks that complement the already darkening bruises.My first day and I’m already a walking rainbow.“I hate it here.” I admit to myself for the first time, feeling more tears gathering in my eyes.Miss Lucy had been so happy that I finally got into this school but being here now, I have to ask what’s so special about it anyway, just another place where I can’t fit in no matter how hard I try.Yet I can’t let everyone back home down, not now. They have so much hope for me, and I’m already losing faith in myself.The next day in school, it’s mostly quiet around me, besides the obvious hateful staring from everyone else in school.And there hasn’t been a prank too serious. There’s another stick ball in my locker, but it’s still an okay da
SERAPHINA’S POV“Here.” I say, dropping the flash drive in my hand right onto the Administrator’s desk early enough before school commences.He looks at the incriminating material containing evidence against Artemis and stares back at me with a bored expression.“And what is this, Miss Hawthrone?”“Evidence against your precious prized student. You might want a look at it and prepare yourself for what you’re about to see.”“Right.” He says sarcastically with an especially dry tone before tuning to every other thing on his desk, ignoring me.Today, I don’t take it to heart because I don’t care, I can only imagine the shock on his face once he sees it and finds out Artemis isn’t what he thinks him to be finally.I giggle, skipping out of the office, humming a song to myself. By now, most of the students will be walking right into school and the whole gist would have already spread.I spent the entirety of last night figuring out how the online school gist board worked before creating a
SERAPHINA’S POVSo this is the ‘Kamila’ Olivia constantly talks about, the other person that has this entire school on a chokehold simply because of who her mate is and the privileges that follow.I always wondered what kind of person would willing mate with someone like Artemis. Why am I not surprised?“So, what do you want from me?” I manage to spit out, taking a bit of blood in my mouth.“I ask the questions, sweetheart.” She snarls at me, drawing closer. Even with my attempt at acting tough and not scared, I shut up.“You’ve been a bad girl, Seraphina, starting up trouble from your very first day here. At first, I thought it was cute; a little human running around our school halls, trying to act all tough and unbothered. I thought of having you as a pet at some point.”“What?”She chuckles at my confused expression, finding it cute in a deplorable way.“Yes, but I see you have more than just a death wish. The video, you’re the one that posted it, weren’t you?”Her foot finds it
SERAPHINA’S POVIt’s the second time in less than a week of school that I find myself stepping out of the nurse’s office.The first, getting ointment for the bruises my sparring partner had left, and now, for the bruises on the back of my palm.Thisas time, I needed a bandaged for the broken skin that had bled a bit and my lungs still hurt a bit from the continuous torture I had endured in the female lavatoryNot once did the nurse bother about what happened and why I keep coming back.No one in this school cares as long as you’re not important, I guess.I find my way to class right after - the third time I’m being late for a class already, making a name for myself as an irresponsible student.The only reason I’m able to attend this one is the fact that I had a spare shirt in my locker to change into from the previously soaked one.I stumble right into class, opening the door and the minute I walk in, the entire class grows silent with the teacher turning to look at me. There’s an imm
SERAPHINA’S POV“My fingers feel numb.” I whine, rubbing the sore red tips against each other.“That’s because you don’t know how to use a bow properly; everything about your stance and form was off.” Olivia explains, stepping out of archery class with me, one of the few classes we actually have together.And while I whine about never possibly getting an A in that class, she constantly assures me that it’s something even a human could do. “I wish you were in all of my classes, maybe school won’t feel so terrible.” I lament, and I mean every single word.Scared of encountering Kamila and her band of evil witches, I’ve done everything possible to stay away from Artemis. Luckily enough for me, I haven’t even had the chance to see him as well for a few days.So, my days have been…less eventful. The teasing from other students haven’t stopped, I’m still a target and a human, but it’s as though the death treats my way have significantly dropped. “Maybe I’d be able to keep you out of troub
SERAPHINA’S POVAn hour passes by pretty quickly and I use that time reading of course, before the school bell rings, singling lunch break.I pack up my things, getting up and walking all the way over to the cafeteria, feeling famished already and in the mood for what’s on today’s menu.From where I am, I feel a certain pair of eyes digging right at me more intensely and mercilessly than everyone else’s, and on instinct, I turn and meet Artemis staring at me from the other end of the hall.Harsh deep blue eyes like a predator watching its prey.I’m almost captivated by them, until I remember what type of monster they belong to. Shivers crawl down my spine as I immediately turn away, feeling a sense of panic washing over me. My heart clenches in dread.It’s been almost a week of him acting like I don’t exist, why stare at me now? What if he really is plotting something like Olivia said? Chills break out goosebumps to my skin and I consider just skipping lunch in general.However, just
SERAPHINA’S POVIt begins to slowly descend on me as the weakness spreads to the rest of my body.I’ve been betrayed.My body loses control over itself and I tumble backwards off my seat and onto the hard-tiled floors of the cafeteria, feeling the entirety of me quake in anaphylactic shock.Still, all I hear is only an increased tempo in their murmuring.There is curiosity but no concern or gasps of horror, no one rushing to my aid to help - no one caring.It’s like they’ve all been brainwashed to see someone shivering in pain and not give a shit, especially when that someone is me. The pain only grows increasingly unbearable, like molten lava spreading to every bit of me though my veins.“I did just like you asked me to, Alpha.” I hear Gabe speak now, but to someone else.All sounds seem faded but I hear the conversation clearly.And from nowhere, that demon, Artemis, pops into my vision, a sly smirk on his lips while Gabe bows to him with respect over and over again, accompanied wit