- KILLIAN - The virtual meeting ended. Asami gets up from the seat beside me and walks to my side, resting her palm at the end of my desk. “Well, that was some intriguing meeting with a lot of orders and instructions to follow.” Asami says, her tone low and seductive. I’m not even looking at her.
“See you on Thursday, Ivanov.” Asami makes her way out. I take a deep breath the moment her presence leaves my room. These Thursday meetings are becoming a chore. I have to speak with S regarding it. Maybe we can make it two Thursdays a month. Would be better. I seriously can’t stand Asami. “Oh Kil
- HAZEL - I’m angry. Seeing her here all relaxed and comfortable with that smile I want to scrape off her face with a knife infuriates every bone in my body. Knowing she never told me her name and knew Killian this whole time irritates me to the bone. Him not mentioning a single word about her to
I feel so stupid. “And you were easy to mess with.” She adds. “Watch your mouth, Asami.” My eyelids flutter to stare at Killian. So now he speaks up for me? Tch. “What?” She chuckles. “It’s true. I’m just glad the cat’s out of the bag and I don’t have to pretend anymore. It was one thing tryin
- KILLIAN - “Well that was definitely a chore.” Asami laughs. My head is bowed to the ground as I stand still in place. She thinks this is funny? Hazel has been lurking around the house long enough to know we were in here and know something about Asami that I didn’t tell her. Plus her laptop wa
The silent scream that left her lips along with her widened gaze told a lot of words. My action took her unaware. My grip on her neck tightens. Her attempt to break my hand free was all but a futile feeble attempt. I’m trying so hard to be calm so not to do something drastic but at the same time,
- HAZEL - My fingers are itchy. I’ve been scratching the back of my palm throughout this whole ride that it’s starting to twinge. I finally decide to stop before the scratch turns into little sores across my skin and now, I’m biting my fingernails instead. I am so freaking pissed. Every time my
My palm squeezes harder on my aching fist. I see my hand reddening due to the tight grip. I just wish something could take the pain I’m feeling away. Anything at all. “We’re here.” Ahmed’s voice jerks me out of my thoughts. Right. I wipe the tears across my face and sniff, trying to firming my a
“Professor.” Chimes from the entrance as the subtle sounds of footsteps slid into my ears. Thinking of the devil. “Student.” I say, returning the gesture. Although this woman lives with me in the same house, I can never get tired of staring at her. Of being with her, of enjoying her presence. She
- ASAMI - I have an entire squad here with me. Arranged in a row by row formation are the people who will do my dirty work for me. Oh, what a wonderful day today is. What an interesting one it will be. A half grin forms on my lips. If a girl can’t have what she wants, she might as well pay for it
- HAZEL - “We can’t see each other anymore, at least, not as much.” I say, standing before him in his school office. The door is wide open for obvious reasons. I have to be very cautious especially when I stay at his place, that alone is the riskiest thing yet but I will not discard the reason I ca
I look back ahead. Hazel is still in there. “What does this have to do with what I’m looking at?” I ask. Anger suddenly brews within me but I’m careful not to make a drastic movement. If this lady is insinuating what I think she is, then I’d risk getting temporarily paralysed to give her a resoundin
“Stop panting too hard, Kate. I know you. And you know me.” My heart stopped beating for a second. It was almost as if I forgot to breathe and some sense was knocked into me. Who is this person? Who could it possibly be? The voice doesn’t ring a bell at all. I move my feet in an attempt to turn. “
- KATE - It’s Monday. I’m at the school premises, checking for the halls I’d be taking all my exams at as well as the exam table. On a normal day, I’d get the information online, on the school student website but I needed to keep myself busy physically. There hasn’t been any or much of lectures the
“What can I say? Certain people tend to respond to discipline way faster than kindness.” This makes me squint and stick my lower lip out more as I pout. I’ll choose to ignore that. Mainly because the hour is a good one. I sigh, returning my face to the sky. There are no clouds blocking the moon
- HAZEL - I’m standing out the balcony upstairs, staring into the night sky. It’s cold out here and although my skin is plagued with goosebumps, I didn’t budge nor go back inside. I’m just out here, letting the cold dissolve into my skin while deep in thought. The stars are beautiful tonight. It’s
- KATE - I can’t wrap my head around it but something fishy is going on around me and I don’t know what. I don’t know if I’m the one overthinking what I shouldn’t. What shouldn’t even be in the first place. This is Killian’s fault. If he isn’t acting in some kind of way, I wouldn’t have anything