Kiera's POV
You could hear a pin drop. They stared at me in shock and I stared back aghast. What in god's name was I to do now?
At Littlerock high school, we had some unwritten rules as well. For example, everyone knew that the best table right in the middle of the cafeteria only belonged to the soccer players and their darling cheerleaders. Even if for some unforeseen reason -like when the coach lost his mind and made the soccer team practice an entire afternoon- no one in the entire school would dare brush their hands against the table let alone be brave enough to sit down there. It would seem the same is true for St. Patrick. In my school, making a level 3 faux pas like that made you the number one target of all the bullies in school aka the jocks, their cheerleader girlfriends and all their popular friends or any i
“Sarah? You invited her to the table?” She glared at me one second and managed a pout for Sarah the next second.If I didn’t know better, I would have said that Celyn was harbouring a crush. Actually, I don’t think I know better. I didn’t know any of these people at all. For all I knew, Sarah was the mayor’s daughter or something and her secret girlfriend was Celyn.“Yes I did.” Sarah replied simply and took a seat.I mirrored her and took the seat next to her before raising my eyes to the chest of the person directly across from me. “Hi everyone.” I mumbled to the table at large.“Hey.”
“Excuse me? You are in our seats.” I stared back in bemusement at the two girls blocking my view of the board with their bodies.After the debacle with Celyn, jerkface had wolfed down the rest of his lunch -I had no part in it- and then threw the peace sign at the guys before ducking out. He hadn’t even waited for Celyn and Sarah to come back from the restroom so he could apologise to her. Not that Celyn had acted like she was offended by what he said to her.Deciding I’d pushed my luck far enough, I grabbed my backpack, waved goodbye to mystery girl and left. It was obvious that Celyn didn’t hold jerkface responsible for the soda incident but she certainly held me responsible and I refused to bear the brunt of her anger, definitely not on my first day.
“Hi Rhemir. No, not much of a problem. Mari and I have always sat here. We were just three minutes late to class and now she won’t get up from our seat.” She even toyed with her hair, batting her eyes at him.I shook my hair at her antics. Idiot girl. I didn’t give a shit who Rhemir or the ‘Kings’ were and he was certainly not going to get me out of my seat by just ordering it.“If they’ve always sat here, I see no reason why two good friends should be separated. There is a vacant spot at my seat, do you mind joining me?” Angry chipmunk had been nodding in agreement until his question.She sputtered in shock -I was stupefied by his offer too- but she recovered quickly. “That’s not necessary
Class finished a while later. Honestly, time whipped by because one minute, I was watching the black and white movie, the next, the lights were coming back on and the teacher was saying something. I could barely hear a word he was saying. It felt like I was underwater, the world in clear focus, but yet blurry. I was not the most intelligent student at my old school, but I was never distracted in class either.My skin felt very tight, my breath getting very short, it was literally almost impossible for me to pull oxygen into my body. I was getting dangerously close to passing out as colours swam across my eyes, the world around me getting very bright, the colours mixing together to become a riot of colors, more colors than even the rainbows had. What stood out were the brilliant orange and the purple light.Normal colors that everyone w
I belted a short deranged laugh. Yeah, I was leaning more towards the hallucination option. Who would believe that the voice in my head belonged to someone else. It was happening to me and I could scarcely believe myself. Maybe…..“Kiera!” I whirled around and tried to locate the voice amongst all the moving bodies.Oh, yeah. School was over for the day and I was in the school parking lot waiting for my mum to come pick me. Every other student was hopping into their car and driving away, just like Mrs’ Crook had said. Only very few students were entering their friend’s cars.“Kiera!” The familiar voice yelled again. I turned in a circle, trying to locate Sarah.
“Kiera! Why didn’t you just wait for me to park the car? You could have been injured, you know?” She admonished wide eyed. “I just didn’t want you to get stuck amongst the cars trying to leave. C’mon, I’m ready to be done with this day.” I rolled down the window on my side and stared at nothing in particular. “Okayy?” She drawled out but she did turn the car so we could leave the walls of the school behind. “How was your first day at school? The monsters did not trouble you too much did they?” She broke the silence some twenty minutes later. “It's whatever.” There was a strange burning sensation in my stomach. “How was your first day at the house?” “It was whatever.” Sh
[A/N: Hey there dear reader! I hope you are enjoying the book so far. So, a little spoiler. Kiera is being possesed by Kyros, the god of thunder. Who is Kyros, what does he want and why has he chosen Kiera as his target? All of your questions will be answered in due time. I just wanted to tell you that Llanwytrd is Kyros' home and he is stronger here. This means his thoughts come out more strongly. Kyros' thoughts are written in italics while Kiera's are written normally.] KYROS' POV Free. I am finally free of the wretched bonds that tied me down and kept me weak. Everything had been fine and dandy as my host and her pathetic excuse of a mother drove to school, and then……nothing. I was
Kiera's POVThe fire razed the forest, burning all the trees and plants. Its acrid stench clogged my nose and made my eyes water. I could see nothing but smoke and the wolf, unmoving. Soon, the whole forest will be burnt down. The fire was going to engulf everything in the next few seconds and I would be burnt to death.There was no conscious thought or rationalization. I turned and ran for my life. I didn’t stop running until the burning smoke became a thin flash in the air.Gasping heavily, I watched from a mile -miles? Meters? I had no idea, I only knew I was very far away and could barely see the smoke in the air- away as sirens blared so loud, I thought my eardrum would become damaged. The siren reminded me of when I had set our house on fire with my father and his mistress in it.