FAZER LOGINPOV: VINEYou know those life and death moments people talk about? The ones where you just see your whole life flash before your very eyes and stuff like that?Yeah, I almost thought it was happening to me due to the way my heart had suddenly stopped beating. After summoning courage from God knows the fuck where, I slowly turned my head. Josh was already looking, his face the color of a sheet of paper.Ace was leaning against the doorframe. He looked entirely too relaxed for someone who had just appeared out of thin air.He wasn't wearing his jacket anymore. Just a dark shirt that made him look even more like a shadow than usual."Well?" Ace asked. He tilted his head, his eyes scanning the room like he was looking for something to break. "I'm waiting. Which monster are we talking about?"We? Oh boy. I swallowed hard. My throat felt like I had swallowed a handful of dry sand.I couldn't tell him the truth. I couldn't say we were planning to hack Drew. If Ace knew I was plotting somet
POV: VINEMy heart was doing this weird, frantic thing against my ribs as I walked away from that door.I didn't even know where I was going anymore. My legs just kept moving, taking me down hallway after hallway of this stupid academy.I couldn't stop thinking about it. Who would've thought that a person like the principal's daughter would be in that sort of situation? It was weird seeing her on her knees. It made me feel pity for her despite how rude she usually is. No girl deserved to live that kinda nightmare. But Drew didn't know that. No, he did know. He just didn't give a fuck enough to just not do it. God, I hated him with every fiber of my being. And here I was, thinking Ace was the worst thing that could happen to me. I thought the way he treated me was the peak of being a monster.I forgot that Drew was different. A different, shameless breed of demon. While Ace was like a storm because you could see him coming. Sure, he wrecks everything, but at least he doesn’t hide w
VineThe eyes of every student in the class were on us. I hated the attention, but Ace just had to be persistent. It wasn't like I expected him to just leave me be, but still...."I am not going to ask again, Vine," Ace said.His voice was a low hum that made the hair on my arms stand up. I kept my arms locked over my chest even tighter. He was going to have to kill me for he took it from me. Because if he found it....who knew what he'd do to me. "No," I whispered.He didn't get upset like I'd thought he would. Or maybe he was but was just getting better at hiding it. He gave a slow , dreadful smile that had me feeling chills. Before I could even blink, his hand moved. He didn't care that we were in a classroom. He didn't care that over forty people were watching. He reached right down the front of my bra.I gasped, my back hitting the chair hard. His fingers were cold against my skin as he snatched the crumpled page. I felt a wave of pure shame wash over me. It was so invasive, y
VineI followed him out of the studio like a homeless puppy, my legs still struggling to find balance. I was beginning to get grossed out by how sticky I felt. Walking in front of me, he didn't bother looking back at me. He just kept walking in silence, his hands tucked in his pockets, acting like he hadn't just destroyed the little bit of dignity I had left."Bear in mind," he finally spoke just when I thought he wouldn't say anything else, his voice cold and flat as we hit the hallway. "You’re going to start regretting whatever you just did very soon."I didn't say anything in response. What was I supposed to say? That I already regretted it? That I hated him so much I wished he could just disappear from my life and leave me be? I just stared at the back of his head and wished I had the strength to actually walk away. But I didn't. Mostly because I couldn't dare to.The rest of the day was a blur. I kept waiting for my punishment to befall me. In all honesty, I expected him to co
VineI didn't even flinch when he got in my face. I was past the point of being scared. Something inside me had just turned into hot, bubbling acid. I stood up from that stool, not even caring that I was half-dressed and vulnerable. "What does it look like I'm doing?" I snapped. My voice was loud. It filled the empty studio and bounced off the walls. I saw his eyes widen for a split second before they turned back into slits."I'm tired of this, Ace," I kept going. I couldn't stop the words. They were just pouring out of me like a dam had broken. "I am so tired of you controlling me like I'm some puppet. You don't get to tell me where to go. You don't get to tell me who can look at me. You don't get to decide anything for me anymore."I was panting, my chest heaving as I stared him down. I was waiting for him to yell. I was waiting for him to break something else. "You think because you have money and a name, you can automatically own the air I breathe?" I stepped closer to him. I w
VineThe professor closed his book with a heavy thud that echoed loudly through the lecture hall. I looked up from my desk where I had been drawing circles in the wood for the last hour. My head felt like it was this close to falling off my neck. I couldn't stop thinking about Ace and the way he had kissed Rose."Read pages two hundred to two hundred and fifty," the man said while he packed his briefcase. "There will be an assignment on the passage Monday morning. Do not forget it."Everyone started moving at once amidst the grumbles. The unending sound of people moving sluggishly around me made my skin crawl. I just sat there. Feeling utterly non-existent in their world. Then a guy stood up near the front. He was tall and had messy hair that looked like he hadn't washed it in a week. He was the class artist. Everyone knew him because he did those nude portraits for the senior projects."Hey everyone," the artist called out. "I am in a bit of a spot. My muse bailed on me this morning
Vine "How... How could you, sister?" Her voice broke in pitch and her lips wobbled as she gazed at me like someone who had lost her soul.I tried to say something. Just to defend myself, to tell her I didn't know what pushed me to do it. But my throat felt dry and before I knew what was happening,
Vine 12:AM MIDNIGHT. That was the moment my alarm rang, and I sprang up from my bed. Clyde groaned from her sleep but I couldn't blame her, she wasn't aware there was a more desperate clock, ticking hard and fast in my head. I stretched my hand to the edge of my bed and turned off my alarm b
AceEARLIER THIS AFTERNOONI sat in a hidden corner of the arena, watching as Vine spoke with Mrs. Gladys, our new physical health instructor.She had replaced the old one this week and now we were left with her, and of course Vine and other student volunteers.Mrs Gladys said something and Vine ha
VineThe next morning, I tried to stuff as many pancakes into my mouth as I could because I thought today was going to be a very long day and I could feel Miriam's heartbreak miles away."At this point, you're going to choke on your food..." Clyde sits opposite me and places a cup of water on my ta







