章節 18: Whispers
My back hurt due to the impact of hitting the locker handle. Trent stood there holding my arm with a tight grip.
"What do you want?" I asked irritated pushing his cold hand away from me.
"Now that's not the way you speak to me human," he spoke cockily getting closer to me, "It took a week to catch hold of you."
"Yay, you caught me. Now move I have a class to attend," I told sarcastically. I tried moving but he did not budge. Seriously, didn't he have anything better to do than bother me this early in the morning?
He laughed hearing what I told, "I forgot to have breakfast today," he told showing his teeth. He then came close and whispered, "Now that you're here I want to suck your blood dry from that b-"
Bam! He fell on his behind on the floor. I looked to my side to see a not so happy Derek with his fist up.
"What the hell man!" Trent exclaimed rubbing his jaw.
"Pick someone of your own size Trent," Derek glared at him, "and stay away from her," he caught hold of my wrist pulling me from there.
"Ah my class is the other way," I told him as he dragged me through the corridor.
"We aren't going to class," he stated. We reached the infirmary and I sat on the bed with him. The nurse was not there.
"Are you hurt?" I asked him taking both his hands and checking for any injury. He must have probably got hurt when he punched that jerk.
He muttered something under his breath and then spoke, "Look," he said pulling up my sleeve. There was a scratch with a tiny pool of blood seen which I had not noticed before.
"We need to disinfect it before it gets septic, claws are dangerous," pulling a cotton he wiped the mark disinfecting it.
"Thank you for before," I told him as he put the cotton away. He had a good eye when it came to any injuries.
"No problem. Anytime," he gave me a smile, "Is this the first time he's bothered you?" he asked me.
"Second," I replied him to which he furrowed his brows and said an okay.
"You made an enemy because of me," I told him, "they might gang up on you," I was worried, he chuckled hearing this.
"Don't worry about that. Let me drop you till your class," he offered me and we left the infirmary, "So how's your leg? You took a day off."
"Better," I replied, "Don't tell about...this to anyone," I told him gesturing towards my arm.
"You mean Kyle and the others?" he asked me to which I nodded.
"I won't," he smiled assuring me and I was grateful to his reply.
Once I reached my class, the teacher asked me why I was late due to which I had to lie saying I was not keeping well and took my seat.
The rest of the day went fine including lunch. I knew I had nothing to worry about Trent for now but I was worried about the future. Derek had joined us for lunch too and he was comfortable to talk to.
There were only two things odd today. First, there were too many whisperings going around the school not that people didn't talk but it was a bit strange. Secondly, I caught Louis looking at me intently most of the times.
"What are people whispering so much about?" I asked them as we ate.
"You know the usual stuff," Lizzy replied.
Once we finished our lunch, we started heading to our respective classes. The teacher was not here yet but I could hear a few whispers. Curiosity getting the best of me I asked a girl sitting next to me.
"Why is there so much of whispering today?" I asked her.
"You don't know?" she asked me. I shook my head no, "There are rumors spread around that a girl was attacked by few rogues. But you know rumors are always rumors," she shrugged her shoulders.
When I came out of my class, I found Derek outside my class leaning on the wall.
"Hey," he said and then quickly added, "I'm not following you."
"I never said you were stalking," I laughed at it, "What are you doing here anyway?"
"I just didn't want any repetition of this morning and I was done for the day," he explained to which I just nodded, "Are there any other problems from people like Trent?" he asked me.
"No just him," I answered him as we walked out of the building.
"Is that yours?" he asked me with awe looking at the car outside. Augustus was already there waiting for me.
"Not exactly," I told looking at him.
"Well whoever got the car has a hell of a taste," he said still checking it out, "I think you heard about what the whispering was all about?" he asked me.
"Yeah, that a girl got attacked by rogues," I told him.
"Do you know who it was?" he asked with seriousness in his face,"the girl I mean."
"Who was it?"
"Scarlet," he replied. Why did the name sound familiar, I thought. Wait a second.
"You mean..."
"The one you got hit by during p.e," he stated," I know its weird but be careful when you're out until they catch hold of the rogues," he was concerned.
"I will," I replied and told him bye.
In the castle, at night as I walked around I thought about scarlet. It was strange how particularly she was the one to get hurt. Did it have something to do with me or was it just a mere coincidence.
"Are you going to tell what happened to your arm?" It was Louis.
"Are you going to tell what happened to Scarlet?" I questioned back. He kept quiet and I confirmed my thoughts.
"Then my answer is no," I replied to his question.
"You should ask Ruka," I heard Louis speak as I walked to my room to get some sleep but could not. Getting up I headed towards the door next to me, which was already open.
"Come on in love," Ruka called, he was sitting on an armrest chair holding a glass of wine. He looked handsome as ever his hair tousled and his eyes sparkling.
The light was lit low in the room. He watched me like a predator as I walked inside the room and sat on the edge of the bed. He narrowed his eyes due to the distance I put between us but did not say anything about it.
"I have something to ask," I told to which he nodded for me to continue, "It's about scarlet." A sly smile came up his face at the name of her.
"What about her?" he asked me already knowing what I was talking about.
"Did she really get attacked by rogues?" I asked him but his face showed no change of expression.
"You want the truth?" he asked me and I nodded my head.
"No, she wasn't attacked by rogues," he replied looking at me waiting for me to talk.
"Was it because I got hurt? You could have warned her verbally," I told him voicing my opinion.
"That wouldn't do," was his answer, "You are too naive Eve for this place. If I let this slip this time there will be repetitions. This is just a warning," he said firmly.
"She didn't deserve that," I said softly. If he wasn't a supernatural he wouldn't have heard it.
"Come here love," he said raising his hand. I got up and walked towards him when I placed my hand in his; he pulled me making me stumble. Turning me around he made me sit on his lap.
My anger dissipated as seconds passed by and was replaced by embarrassment.
"Relax," he said feeling my stiff posture. Seeing that I did not, he sighed and put his arm around my waist getting me closer to him.
I felt the hair on my neck stand and I gulped. He rubbed my hand in small circles, feeling all the tension leave my body I slowly relaxed in his arms.
"You didn't use the credit card I gave you," he said.
"Lizzy doesn't let me pay," I told him to which he hummed an answer. No matter how shy I was I liked being close to him. Like this.
Usually mates would be together most of the time. Normal mates would have kissed by now, the lips. And mate too. The thought itself made my face heat up.
"Is everything okay?" Ruka asked concerned and then brought his hand up checking for a fever.
"Yeah," I replied. He traced his fingertips down my face and placed his palm on my cheek rubbing my lower lip with his thumb so very softly making my heart flip.
"Have you been kissed before," he asked me looking into my eyes, "On the lips."
"No," I said feeling a little out of breath.
"Good."
"A-ah I think I need to sleep," I told him peeking through my lashes.
"Alright," he said giving me a warm smile and kissed the top of my head pressing his soft lips, "Goodnight sleep well," he wished me.
"Goodnight," I told him feeling light-headed and went to my room to sleep at last.
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章節 19: Birthday Carnival
Today was Aiden's birthday. Instead of throwing a magnificent party at the castle, Andria had planned to visit the carnival that was being held in the next city.
She told she wanted something different this time. Her husband, Shane flew down here last night to be with his son and wife.
He was tall in person with sharp grey eyes, quite a charmer and a gentleman. He was a patient and a loving father I could say by looking at the way he spoke to Aiden and carried him everywhere not putting him down. At first, he was reluctant, but when Andria convinced him, he gave in. Not to forget Ruka and Sebastian accompanied us too. In short, all of us had come to the carnival now.
Ruka wore a simple plain shirt and a brown jacket on that with his jeans. It was a casual wear and he looked gorgeous in it looking like a model. He wore sunglasses to hide his purple colored eyes. Nobody even noticed that the royal family was here in the fair.
"I'm so excited," Lizzy exclaimed happily.
"Me too," Bella agreed to it, "It has been such a long time since I've visited there."
"Now where's the counter," Andria pondered looking around, "Ah there it is," she said spotting a counter that had people standing in a queue.
Aiden looked cute, holding hands with his father. As we walked towards the counter, he tugged at his father's shirt
"What is it Aid?" Shane asked looking at Aiden.
"Papa," Aiden pointed his hand in one direction. It was a shop that sold cotton candy in pink, blue and orange colors. It was cute the way he looked up at his father with hope-filled eyes.
"Why don't you guys go get us that while we ladies get the ticket," Andria suggested.
"Alright honey, stay here any trouble contact us," Shane said to which Andria smiled.
"We'll be fine," she kissed him. All men left leaving us behind.
"Argh, this place is so tacky," Megan said wrinkling her nose with disgust. Oh did I forget to tell even she was here, yeah she was there whining every few seconds how dirty and crowded this place was.
"You're free to go if you want to," Lizzy said annoyed with her.
Megan just huffed at it and walked with us to the counter. It had been almost fifteen minutes since we were standing in the queue. It looked like the guys too had to wait to get the cotton candy because of the rush.
Megan left us later, telling she was tired standing for such a long time and that it did not suit her, waiting in the queue. Well, we were quite happy to bid her goodbye.
"Thank god she left," Bella exclaimed sighing when she left.
"Seriously!" Lizzy said, "I was this close to snapping," she showed her hand closing the distance between her thumb and her forefinger.
"This is taking forever," Andria said placing one of her hand on her hip. Finally, we got nine tickets. While turning around, by mistake I bumped into someone's shoulder.
"I'm so sorry," I apologized to the person. It was a guy who looked like he was in his twenties.
"No problem," he smirked looking at me, " I'm Phil, what's your name?" he asked. He was trying to flirt.
"It's mind your business."
It was Ruka; he came and stood next to me glaring at the person named Phil. If looks could kill, he would be six feet under the ground.
"A-ah I'm sorry, I didn't know," Phil replied looking scared and went away.
"Come," he said cooly placing one of his hand on my back and taking me from there. I kept quiet for the time and walked. I took the blue colored cotton candy and ate it.
Shane, Andria went to play the mini rides with Aiden. Later we went on the Columbus, the car race, shooting the balloons and many more. We later went to a restaurant to get some food. It was evening and we rode almost everything except for the Ferris wheel.
"Louis!" Lizzy said pulling his arm, " Its fun I promise," he didn't want to get on it.
"Go away Liz," he said pulling his arm.
"Don't be such a baby," she said playful, "Bella and I, Andria, Shane and Aiden, Loui and Seby, lastly Ruka and Eve," she said pairing us up.
"You can't win against her at this," Sebastian patted Louis on the back.
"By the way how many rounds do we get?" Bella asked the person who was standing near the counter.
"Five miss," he replied to her.
"After you," Ruka said as we came near the Ferris wheel. I got inside first and he later got in sitting next to me. We were somewhat in the middle as everyone was getting inside each compartment and it began to move.
"I had fun today," I told him to which he smiled.
"I'm glad you did," he said tucking a loose hair around my ear. We were at the top now and I could see the sunset.
"Beautiful isn't it," he said.
"Yeah," I replied to him. The wheel began to move down slowly. My stomach felt light.
"Do you feel it?" I asked him as he sat there next to me having a soft smile on his face.
"You mean the weightlessness? Yeah I do," he said raking his hair back with his fingers, " I want you to close your eyes Eve," he said looking at me.
"Okay." I felt his hands go around my head and then felt a cool thing on my neck.
"You can open them now," he said moving his hand away. I opened my eyes slowly and touched my neck, looking down to see a thin silver necklace which had a locket of blood-red stone in it.
"It suits you perfectly," he said bringing his hands up and checking the locket, "I won't be here for a week due to some work. I wanted to give it to you on your birthday actually but I don't think I'll get the opportunity to do that. And now seemed perfect."
"You didn't have to, but thank you," I said to him having my finger tracing down the neck piece. He wouldn't be there here on my birthday, I felt dejected listening to it. I wanted him to be there.
"I'm sorry love. It is an important situation that needs my presence," he told me and I could see the sincerity in his eyes.
"I understand," I said pressing my lips together.
"If you want, you can go visit your parents before your birthday," he offered. It was the third round in the Ferris wheel now.
"In Hawaii?" I asked shocked. Not that I didn't want to, it was far away from here. But I did want to meet them.
"Yeah, else I could fly them down here," he said. We were sitting pretty close now, our faces just a few distances apart.
"Would you really do that?" I asked eagerly.
"That's the least I could do," he said. I felt his gaze on my lips and I did the same.
I could feel a very light pressure from the chain as Ruka pulled the locket near him closing the distance, I felt his cool lips press on my warm ones.
My hands were clutching on his shirt as he kissed me gently moving his lips on mine. Due to the shock, I did not move first but then kissed him back. One of his arms went around my waist while the other left the locket and held my face angling it.
I felt him trace my bottom lip softly and my toe curled at the feeling. He then broke the kiss and looked at me his eyes burning intensely.
"Don't keep your mouth shut love while you kiss," he told tapping on the lips and placed back his lips on mine when I opened my mouth to talk. He slipped his tongue inside my mouth and deepened the kiss coaxing and making it more passionate.
He broke the kiss after few seconds, his forehead pressed against mine. I was trying to catch my breath while he looked at me intently.
"It was much better than I imagined it to be," he said after a while with a grin and I blushed furiously. He moved back then linking his fingers with mine. I felt a tingling feeling as he did it skipping my heart a beat at the gesture.
The Ferris ride came to an end and we got out our fingers entwined. Lizzy and Bella had this big grin on their face which told they knew what happened. Sebastian just wiggled his eyebrows at our hands, the rest of them gave us smiles.
We later got back castle and I went straight up to my room, flopping on my bed. I touched my lips still feeling Ruka's lips on mine. Grabbing a pillow I buried my face in it. I had been kissed today. My first kiss, I grinned widely like an idiot. I don't think I would get an ounce of sleep today.
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