Chapter 5 THE ATTACK
Astrielles P.O.V
I head out of the class and wait for Zephyrion in the hallway. Students are walking past me to the cafeteria. The whispers and pointing don't even bother me anymore.
Zephyrion walks up to me and Rylan and Cassian are not far off behind me
“The two boys are fine, we made sure of that” he says quietly.
As soon as he says that, I let out a huge sigh of relief that I didn't even know I was holding. My shoulders sag and I let myself breathe properly.
“Also we told them not to mention a word of this to anyone” Cassian adds.
I nod rapidly. “Thank you so much, I really appreciate this” I say.
“Seems you're not so powerless anymore, Human girl” Rylan says quietly. His eyes are twinkling with mischief.
“Please don't mention this to anybody yet, i don't even know how I did it, or how to do it again” I say, staring down at my hands.
“Our lips are sealed” Zephyrion says, pointing a finger at his lips.
We walk to the cafeteria together and surprisingly they choose to sit with me this time around.
The other students are trying their best not to stare at me. No one wants to get on their bad side. Thankfully, Eliana and her minions are nowhere to be found and this looks like my first lunch here that I would actually enjoy.
Zephyrion places a carton of milk on my tray and Rylan steals one of my French fries and I laugh at a joke Cassian is telling me.
This is the closest thing to normal I've felt in a while and I'm grateful for it.
We finish lunch and dispose of our trash afterwards.
“See you later,” Zephyrion says.
“Where are you going?” I ask, feeling slightly sad that they were leaving.
“We have a meeting to get to” Rylan says, cutting Cassian off before he can speak, his eyes drop to my left arm for a tiny second and he looks away before I say anything.
“See you later i guess” I say and turn to the other direction
After my classes for the day, I work on a few assignments, and head back to my dormitory.
I decide to stop by and check if Liora is around, at least it's better than going to face the three witches in my room and I'm very sure that they heard that I ate lunch with their crushes at the cafeteria.
Hopefully they don't strangle me while I sleep.
I climb the staircase to room 225 and knock lightly on the door.
“Coming” her voice rings out and I can hear her walking to the door.
She opens the door and looks genuinely excited to see me.
Her room is beautiful. No. Beautiful doesn't cut it. She has fancy posters all around and there are pictures of her family everywhere. There are fairy lights on the ceiling casting a soft glow on the room.
“Your room is so beautiful” I say to her, gasping at the interior and her bed is also huge.
“Oh, don't flatter me too much, my room back home is wayyy cooler” she says, giggling at me.
The way she says home makes me feel a sharp pang in my chest but I ignore it.
“I'm really glad you came. We could even have a sleepover here sometime” she says.
“Really, hope the matrons won't complain?” I ask.
The matron seems like the only person genuinely on my side in this school and I don't want to get on her bad side.
“I'm pretty sure she won't mind,” Liora says.
We spend nearly two hours talking about everything and anything. She's from a werewolf pack from the bloodhounds pack. That's the second strongest werewolf family, she's the only girl and last child out of seven kids. Which explains why she gets everything she wants.
She also likes to stay indoors whenever it's time for a full moon because she hates people seeing her in her wolf form.
The sky is getting darker and I get up and pack my stuff
“We should do this again, I had so much fun” I say to her.
“Tell you what, I'm going to the library behind the dormitory later tonight, you should come, I'll introduce you to my friends” she says.
“Sure, I'll see you by 1a.m, " I say.
We hug at the door and I climb the remaining steps to my room.
When I get there the witches are dressing up to go to a party outside the school. It's not my business so I don't bother asking.
“Don't snitch on us, or we'll make you pay” Mia says, applying a fresh coat of lip gloss to her lips.
I ignore them and let out a sigh of relief when they leave the room. I lay on my bed thinking about the past few days and somewhere along the line I doze off.
I open my eyes around 12a.m. The room is dark and empty and I'm wide awake. I remember promising to meet Liora at the library. I have nothing better to do so I put on something comfortable and pile my hair into a messy bun.
The library is quiet when I get there and I go back to the spot where I saw Zephyrion. I decide to check the shelf for the book I was reading but I can't seem to find it.
The spot where I left it is empty.
That's odd. I know I returned it and I also know that students aren't allowed to take the books outside the library
I walk to a darker part of the library to see if it can find it on the older shelves when I hear a thud to my right.
I ignore it thinking it's another student but I suddenly feel very nervous almost like I can sense a feeling of danger.
I'm contemplating going outside to wait for Liora when I hear another thud. It's louder this time.
“Who is it?” I call out, thinking that someone is pranking me.
I'm about to turn about and walk away when a big hand comes from behind and covers my face, I attempt to struggle and scream for help instead I take in a deep breath of something sharp and acidic and the world goes black.
