Chapter 29

Scarlett's POV

I slept off on the couch, but I woke up in my bed. I yawned , stretched, and rolled all over the bed. I was insanely tired from doing nothing. I yawned and stretched again.

I scrolled on my phone to see that nothing exciting was happening with me. I had my bath, and I brushed my teeth. I had never seen Franklin ever brushing, despite the amount of brushes he had, and his mouth never smelled bad.

Whoever set this place up had done him a huge favour. My theory was that it's a vacation home for someone living in the East or West.

I strolled outside the room in new clothes. I was looking like a boy again, ready to head back to the Academy. I could already smell what Franklin was doing. I liked the sight of it even better.

The apron dangled over his body as he cooked food.

“Are you going to keep peeking from over there, or will you come here and sit?” Franklin asked without looking at me.

“Good morning.” I greeted, walking towards him gently.

“How did you sleep?” He asked, still not looking at me. I wanted him to look at me badly.

“I slept well.” I shrugged. “You?”

“I don't sleep.” He answered with a final tone. He wasn't interested in talking about it, and there's no way I'd let us depart on bad terms because I can't keep my curiosity to myself.

“What are you cooking?” I asked. “Smells delicious.”

“Don't ask me how, but buffalo wings, the cornbread is almost ready.”

“I knew it!” I yelped, kicking my feet in the air. I kept giggling.

Franklin still hadn't looked at me. It was like he was avoiding my eyes.

“Franklin, please look at me.” I begged. My breathing became uneven, and I was really bothered.

Slowly, Franklin raised his head to look at me. Our eyes met, and I could finally heave a sigh of relief.

“Do you hate me?” I asked.

Franklin scoffed, “why would you ask that?”

“Just answer the question.” I snapped gently.

“I could hate the whole world, but I'd never be able to hate you.” Franklin said casually. “Who the fuck hates beauty?”

I blushed again. He was good at casually making my body tremble. It's definitely something I'd love to get used to.

While we ate, Franklin was awfully quiet. Everytime I tried to bring up a conversation, he'd respond dryly, and there'd be silence again. He was being weird, and I couldn't place my hand on why.

My phone rang, and my eyes went to Franklin before I focused on my phone. It was Zion.

“Yeah?” I picked the call up immediately.

“Where the fuck are you? They want to present y'all to the Academy in an hour.” Zion asked.

“I'm on my way back.” I responded, wiping my mouth clean with tissue as I was already done eating.

“And yeah, Thane has been quite busy.”

“Don't tell me he's gathering information about me.” I hissed.

“He's not.” Zion said. “The king is at the Academy, so he's organizing like a week of fun activities with the other Alphas -in- training.”

“What's the King doing at the Academy?” I asked, looking at Franklin. His eyeballs widened , and I shrugged. I was uncertain of what his intentions were.

“They said he's on an official assignment, but who really knows with these Monarchs?” Zion asked.

“And my other problem?” I asked.

“You might not like it, but I might have a solution.” Zion said.

“Which is?”

“Let's swap rooms for a while?” Zion asked. “My roommate is…”

I zoned out at that point, because there's no way I'd stay with anyone else. As much as I hated the situation with Thane, I already knew the way he moved. I could easily predict his next step, and I'd not put myself through the stress of learning a new person's.

“I'll figure it out.” I sighed, ending the call.

“If you don't want to leave the room, let the other guy leave then.” Franklin said, and it gave me a very strong idea.

“That might just work.” I shrugged.

I dropped my plates in the kitchen, and then paced round the house. Franklin walked up to me, and then went on a knee. I was confused at first, and I shook my head as if trying to ask what he was doing.

“What are you doing?” I finally voiced out.

“Get on my back, and I'll take you to the Academy.” Franklin said, and I heaved a sigh of relief.

I hopped on his back, and held on tight to him.

“Tighter.” He said, and I literally held my arms just to make sure it was tight enough.

Franklin opened the door, and held me as close as he could, however small I was. The next thing he did was to jump. I almost felt my heart escape through my mouth.

I realized why he wanted me to hold on tight. He kept jumping from tree to tree, and then at some point, he jumped to the ground, and started running.

There's no way I stood a chance against him last night. He purposely let me win.

He gently dropped me when we got close to the academy. I gasped for air, before I could finally breathe. It took me a minute to finally regain my total consciousness. Franklin laughed at me the whole time.

“You're mean.” I muttered, folding my arms.

He only laughed harder. “You'll be fine.”

I hugged him, and he gently caressed my hair. I tightened my hands around his body, and I finally heard his heartbeat for the first time. It was way faster than the usual human heartbeat.

Franklin watched me leave, and when I got into the Academy, he was gone.

I headed straight for the Registrar's office to enact my plan to get Thane in another room for a while. I was almost at his office when someone pulled me aggressively by the arm, and then pushed me into a room. The door slammed almost immediately.

I was about to get very defensive when I saw who had pulled me in.

“Alpha Harry.” I hissed as he smirked.