Chapter 26

Scarlett's POV

My heart thumped continuously. For a while, I was speechless. I was also motionless. I felt my chest pressing down on me, like it wanted to cave in. I held Michelle for support, suddenly feeling the pangs of urgency.

“Thane, leave now.” I said with an ordering voice.

“What? I…” Thane tried to argue until Michelle shut him up.

“Get the fuck out. I need to talk to him.” Michelle said.

Thane shrugged and left the room almost immediately without causing a ruckus.

Michelle checked again to make sure he wasn't lurking outside , or trying to eavesdrop.

“Okay, what do we do?” Michelle asked, locking the door behind us. I was having difficulty breathing already. I had to hold on to the wall for support. “We have to be fast because she's literally outside.”

“There's really nothing I can do.” I sighed. “If she came here because she knows I'm here, do you really think I'd escape?”

“It's my mother for fuck's sake.” I hissed, shaking my head. I was beginning to regret not listening to Franklin. Maybe if I had just stayed with him, I'd have found a cure already, and the world would be a good place.

“She came with just a guard.” Michelle said. “I think it's just a courtesy visit since we're here.”

“I mean, she actually has to explain what happened to the wife the North was already supposed to have.” I said, and Michelle nodded.

“Are you sure that I have to walk outside this room and show my face?” I asked, calming down gently.

“Can't I just skip or call in sick?”

“Scarlett, we'd have to try.” Michelle muttered. “It's Nightfall, and she just wants to say hi.”

“Let's hope she's not looking at everyone one after the other.”

“Worst case scenario is if she finds me, what do we do then?” I asked, and Michelle shook her head.

“I'll find a way to break you out before you make it to the Northern Palace, and I'll ship you off to the farthest place on the Earth. I promise.” Michelle said, and I nodded.

There was a soft knock on the door almost immediately. Alpha Harry's stench followed almost immediately.

“Seth and Michelle, kindly drop whatever you're doing, and come to the pool side, we have an important guest.” He ordered.

“We're on our way.” Michelle said.

My breathing shuddered, and then I took a deep breath to calm down.

“Okay, just in case this goes awry, I'll need you to run to the forest behind Clawstone Academy, call Franklin's name until he shows up, and tell him that his mate has been kidnapped.” I said, as that was the easiest solution.

“Okay then.” Michelle shrugs. “It sounds very logical actually.”

“Let's go then.” I whispered .

I slowly walked out, calculating the possibilities of what could happen. We walked out of the room , and I saw my mother. She was standing just a few feet away from me. We stared at each other from where I walked till I was standing with the others, and she didn't utter a word.

I was shocked that she hadn't already requested my capture.

“You must be the wonder boy that won us the competition.” She smiled at me, and then walked over to where I stood.

She looked at me again, stretched her hand forward and we shook hands.

“You make sure you keep making your parents proud.” She added, and I was really hoping that it was a coded way of speaking.

“Thank you ma'am.” I said with the most masculine voice I could muster.

She walked away, and kept talking to other people.

At that moment, my heart broke. It'd have been better if she had recognised me, and then outed me. Instead, she saw me, and didn't even know that it was her daughter. All she saw was a wonder boy with plaited hair. He looks exactly like her daughter, and probably even has the same hair color and eye color as she does.

Or did she just let me be?

But no, she walked by, and moved to the next person. She spent a lot of time talking to Thane, since he was the team's captain. I looked at Michelle with a confused and broken heart, but she was only happy I wasn't discovered.

“You guys take care, I have important business to attend to.” She said, and then left.

I ran back to the room almost immediately. I could not cry, I was only shocked. I was shocked that I was so insignificant that she couldn't tell that it was her daughter from a mile away.

“You're mad that she didn't recognise you, right?” Michllle asked, and I nodded.

“What happens next, Scarlett?” Michelle asked, and I gently raised my head to look at her. “What happens after? Will you go back to your parents and have them marry you off to someone else? Or you'll run away and start a new life?”

Her question was very valid. Afterall, I couldn't stay in Clawstone forever.

“I'll think about that, but let this madness die down first.” I sighed.

“Well, if you're ever interested, I can hook you up with my aunt for the time being, you'll do whatever it is you wish to do, till you're back on your feet.” Michelle said.

I pulled her close and hugged her.

“Thank you.” I whispered.

She laid beside me, and not once did I move my head from her huge melons. I kept them there till I slept off.

The next morning, we were out by dawn. I sat with Michelle throughout the drive. We exchanged sweaters also, just to smell each other a little longer. She's the sister I never had. Well, if sisters kiss sometimes.

Thane and I shot glances at each other every now and then, but it was nothing really serious. I was sure he was going to question me again, but it was when I wasn't really sure about.

Maybe in the grand scheme of things, I'm not important. I'm just the girl whose face her mother can forget, or the roommate that should desperately be expelled.

Maybe I am no one.

“Bitch, you are someone!” Michelle said out of the blue.

“Can you hear my thoughts now?” I scoffed.

“I'm your best friend, I know how you fucking think.” Michelle rolled her eyes. “You're my best friend, and you mean the world to me.”

“And I'm sure to Franklin, you also mean the world.”

“You aren't no one. You are someone.”

Okay? Really?