SIENNAI headed out of the dining room, going into the hallway. My mind flashed to Sylvester for the shortest of seconds and I shook my head immediately and snapped myself out of it. There were more important things to focus on. Like finding the traitor. My fists clenched slightly and as I walked forward without looking, I suddenly bumped into a hard body. “What the hell!” I growled but my face instantly relaxed when I saw that it was Benjamin. He smiled radiantly at me and his smile instantly went away from his face when he realized how tense I was.“Seems like someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning,” he teased lightly but he was trying to be cautious as he was aware that I wasn't really in a good mood. “Are you okay?” he asked and I rushed abruptly into his arms. He looked surprised as he caught me but he didn't hesitate to wrap his hands around me. His hands smoothed over my hair gently. Somehow I was simply relieved that he was here. With Benjamin here, my p
SIENNAThankfully, the tension between them diffused. Not completely but I was convinced that they chose to be civil so that I wouldn't be uncomfortable. Then we headed to Sylvester's office. Benjamin didn't like that Sylvester was helping out with all of this. I wondered what he would do if he knew that Sylvester was the main reason this was even discovered. I bet he would rather chew stone than be indebted to Sylvester. It was the same with my father and sometimes, I wondered why they even went through all the trouble to have such an alarming big ego. I looked at the papers that were scattered across Sylvester's desk. They were snapshots from the cameras placed around the pack. Hopefully, the cameras would be able to catch any fishy activities going on. I wondered why I didn't think of that sooner. Sylvester seed to always think ahead when it came to these things. I closed my eyes and sighed, feeling my body become heavy with exhaustion. Just then, the door opened and we turned to
SIENNAI slipped into unconsciousness. I could hear someone calling my name in the distance. It was becoming more and more harder to be aware of my surroundings. I felt myself being lifted up before I slipped into unconsciousness completely, letting the darkness claim me. By the time I woke up, I was in my room. My mouth felt bitter and it hurt just to open my eyes. All I could remember was falling down in the hallway. The loud pounding in my head had reduced drastically and my body felt way too heavy to move. I closed my eyes and sighed, feeling beyond overwhelmed. By the time I opened it, I noticed Sylvester, standing in the corner and staring through the curtains. I opened my mouth and then closed it almost immediately. I felt too stunned to speak. It took me a while to process the panic that was beginning to set in. “What are you doing in here?” I rasped. It was too tiring to even talk. But at the back of my mind, I was more worried about who had seen him entering my room than
SIENNAIt took me a moment for me to process what my father had just said. My shoulders went rigid and furthermore, even Benjamin froze at the news. I closed my eyes because I could feel my exhaustion intensifying.“I didn't tell you about the issue for you to worry about it, but I just wanted you to have an idea of what's going on,” my father assured me but the harm had already been done and it was already too late for that. I was tense with worry and the thought of more people getting hurt made me even more tense with worry. I could feel my stomach clenching unpleasantly at the thought of people dying, and more people getting hurt. The more I thought I was making progress, the more I was simply deceiving myself. Eventually, the doctor came around and examined me. Benjamin and my father were present and I watched intently as he scribbled down some things on a piece of paper. I was almost tempted to snap at him to get to the point already but I knew it was frankly unfair to have him
SIENNAI was almost tempted to yell at him to stop playing with my emotions that way. I was almost tempted to tell him to go back and not bother coming back here because the more I stayed around him, the more I would melt and I didn't want to. Fear and desire suffocated me to the extent that I was finding it difficult to breathe at that moment. “And who's going to keep you safe?” I asked, sounding more breathless than I would have liked. For a moment it seemed like he was at a loss for an answer as he leaned forward and tenderly tucked a stray strand of hair behind my ear. I didn't know how to function properly. Not with the way he was looking at me. He was looking at me just like I was the very center of his existence. I closed my eyes and sighed as I was beginning to feel overwhelmed. “How do you feel now?” he asked and I guess I should be relieved that he was now centered on another different topic almost entirely but with Sylvester, I was beyond convinced that there was always
SIENNAThe next time I awoke, it was on my bed. It was very surprising and it drove me into a state of panic. If I wasn't so certain that I had seen Sylvester so early in the morning, then I would have been convinced that I was dreaming, which I was very sure that I wasn't. I couldn't be dreaming, though. Sylvester's words still remained with me and for some reason that was entirely difficult to understand, I couldn't really forget it and I knew that I would never be able to forget it in days, possibly even months to come.I remained silent and smiled, as I was feeling very emotional. I ignored the tears that stung my eyes. He must have brought me in here when I was asleep. I hoped that no one was able to see him but I knew that if anyone saw him heading to my room with me, they would have caused a ruckus by now. Still, It didn't stop my heart from crashing with disappointment when I realized that I didn't wake up next to him on the bed. He was nowhere to be seen. But wasn't it what
SIENNAI was expecting him to leave but for some reason, he didn't. I was relieved that he didn't. I could tell that he didn't find my silence pleasing. I didn't find it pleasing either but at the same time, I didn't really know how best I was supposed to reply to him. I didn't want to lie to him but at the same time, I didn’t think that I had come to the stage where I was ready to be vulnerable. I closed my eyes, trying to ignore how they were stinging with tears. “You do know that I'm not going to force you to do anything that you don't want to do, right?” he said. But that was the problem. I didn't know exactly what I wanted from Sylvester. I didn't know what it was that I wanted. All I knew was that I couldn't entertain the idea of letting him go but at the same time, I was too afraid to let down my guard. “Since you have an off day today, maybe we could do something to take your mind off things a little,” he suggested.I wondered what it was that he had in mind but I knew tha
SIENNAI didn’t know how I was able to manage going into the park. So many memories that I didn't want to remember but at the same time so many memories that I had no desire to let go of. I closed my eyes and sighed. I wanted to reach a certain point where I could remember these good memories without changing to cry my eyes out. Benjamin looked at me. I don't think he ever tore his gaze away from me. I could tell that he was concerned and perhaps silently regretting the decision to bring me here. I wanted to tell him that he had nothing to be sorry about. All he was trying to do was make me feel better. I controlled the tears in my eyes, subtly bit on my bottom lips so they wouldn't fall but at the same time, I was unable to stop my hands from trembling slightly. I buried them into the pockets of my jeans so that Benjamin wouldn't notice but it would seem that from the way he looked at me, he already did. “I meant it when I said we could go back if you don't feel comfortable here,”