Serene’s POV
Ayrden, Ralph, Zilver, Ziva, and Alvene were already in the room waiting for us. " Mikasim couldn’t make it but he passed so intel. " Arlo told us. " Yes, Arlo what information have you acquired? From Mikasim and on your own? " Zilver inquired. That ant it was Arlo who had gathered here.
"Mikasim, told that when he jokingly told Tanzil that Zeph and Lourden make a really powerful and cute couple. She laughed and said, you are so naive. Your thick head can’t even figure out what happened." Arlo filled us in.
" So, she is being careful even with Mikasim. She doesn’t want to leak anything but what she said surely reveals our suspicions. " Alvene pipped in while standing with one hand on the table and the other on her waist.
" It doesn’t stop here. My source has confird so kind of powder was used on Zeph that night to make him act the way he acted. " Arlo continued surprising everyone.
" What do you an by so kind of powder? Did your source confirm that they are not mates and what is making Zeph act like that? Zilver asked with a confused expression.
" Who exactly is that source of yours? " Ralph asked excitedly rubbing his head.
" I don’t have any more details for now. This is all I know, once I do I will let you all know. And, one should never reveal his or her source. So, that’s a secret. But, you have to trust on this. " Arlo replied calmly.
" I trust you," I told him as I glanced at him and he nodded politely.
" I am so tempted to use my hallucinations on Lourden and bring her to her knees. That damn woman is doing exactly what she did to Zilver. " Ziva gritted her teeth, her eyes full of hatred. Zilver held her hand and tried to calm her down.
" The more we wait, the more Zeph will suffer. Try to get to the root of it as soon as possible. " Zilver told Arlo, who nodded lightly.
" Did you talk at all to, Zeph? " Ayrden asked Ralph. " I tried several tis but he becos tight-lipped, no matter what I say to him he doesn’t talk to . " Ralph replied in a hurt voice. Alvene placed her hand on his shoulder: " We will soon get him out of this ss. If it prolongs we will involve a Sensei if we have to. So, try not to beat yourself too much about it. " She consoled him.
" That’s it, you guys can go. Prepare for your tournant and if anyone has any more intel then you know what to do. " Zilver announced.
Arlo was the first one to leave and then we left after about two minutes. We made our way to the training grounds. As we walked past the dining hall, a senior girl whom I had seen hanging out with Lourden was standing there. " Serene, Mariela Sensei wants to see you." She called out to .
I turned around and told her that I had training. "Well, that’s up to you if you don’t wanna listen to a Sensei." She told blankly. " Ayrden and Ralph had stopped as well. " No, that’s not what I ant. It’s unlike her to call during training. " I replied. "I delivered the ssage, it’s up to you to do whatever you want with it." She shrugged.
" Ayrden, Ralph you guys go ahead. I will see Mariela Sensei and be back soon. " I turned towards them. " I will co with you, " Ralph added. " No, no you guys go ahead. If all of us will be late, Sarim Sensei will be upset and all of us will end up doing laps. You go ahead and tell him that Mariela Sensei has called . " I didn’t want them to get in trouble because of .
" Ok, be back soon." They waved and left. I began to head toward Mariela Sensei’s office. As soon as I turned the corner into a deserted corridor a strong pair of hands pushed towards the wall and tried to punch . I dodged and tried to move away, but my wrist was caught and spun back colliding with the wall. I hit my head hard and it began to bleed.
I looked towards my assaulter and it was the sa girl who had given the ssage. " You are a filthy whore, first you went for Tanzil’s mate, then Lourden’s mate and now you have set eyes on Arlo. Don’t you have any sha at all? You Fae kind are real hoes, that’s why we all hate you. Stay away from Arlo or I will drink every last drop of blood from your body. " She shouted with extre hate at , her eyes red with anger and her nose flared and her fangs visible.
I was too stunned to speak and my head was exploding with pain. Blood drenched my hair and dripped down my eyes and face, I tried to move away but she held my wrist so tightly that I thought it would break.
" Now, now Dria. We don’t wanna kill her, do we? " A sweet voice echoed from behind making us both look in that direction. To my amazent, it was Arlo. He drew closer with a strange smile on his face which didn’t reach his cold deadly eyes, which gave chills to even look at. He stepped closer to her and took her face in his right hand and with his left hand, he pulled my wrist away from her grasp and pushed back.
I landed hard on my hips and moved further away from them. He didn’t glance at , instead, he placed his other hand on her face as well and kissed her deeply as she clung to him. As her body began to relax he stepped back a bit.
" We had a team eting today and she is my teammate and I was asked to fetch her. That’s why I went with her earlier. " Arlo explained to her in a very sweet voice without breaking eye contact, her face still in his hands.
" You were smiling, you never smile for anyone. Why were you smiling with her? " She asked curiously. To answer that he stepped closer to her and whispered sothing in her ear which seed to have satisfied her as she began to grin back at him.
They were fully engrossed with each other. I, couldn’t comprehend what was going on. I looked in disbelief from her to him as I gradually picked myself up and stood by placing my hand on the wall. I had to get away from them, so I slowly began to move, blood dripping from my forehead.
" You, don’t you dare utter a word of this to anyone." She finally turned towards and threatened . I stopped in my tracks looking at both of them. " And, what will you do if I did? Kill ? Let’s see you try. " I was done being bullied by everyone.
"Let’s not get ahead of yourself here. No one is killing anyone. Dria we should go before anyone cos and makes a scene. Besides, it’s impossible to keep control with all that blood. Serene, no one can know about Dria and , she is my girlfriend and I would like this to be kept secret. So, keep your mouth shut." Arlo replied calmly, his perfect red hair falling in his eyes, and his face showing zero expressions.
Then he took her hand and with one swoosh they were gone, leaving in a state of shock. I wasn’t sure what to make of it. He had a girlfriend? Wasn’t he helping us or was he helping them? Everything beca hazy after that, as I began to lose consciousness and fell to the ground.
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