Chapter 35

Melissa

The moment the alarm sounded, I grabbed my bag and ran out of the school, almost bumping into Zach on my way. He had an alarmed look on his face when he saw that I was the one leaving, but I ignored him without apologizing and continued my journey. I knew he was going to be surprised at my action and so would Chloe and Freya who always left the school with me, but I didn’t care. I would apologize to them later on, right now, I needed to make use of my opportunity and speak to Alan.

The house was empty when I went in and aside the little sounds of plates coming from the kitchen, there was no other sound in the house. I was aware that my father and Ciara would be having a meeting with the elders at the shifting square at the moment, so I immediately rushed up the stairs and pushed open Alan’s door without knocking.

He stood up from the bed as soon as I walked in, the look on his face changing from annoyance to surprise when he set his eyes on me.

“I could have been naked, Meliss