Chapter 51.

Scarlett's POV

I didn't stop running immediately I left the house. I cried uncontrollably as I ran. I could hear Franklin smashing furniture and several pieces of equipment for a while till my ears couldn't anymore.

I never thought… I never expected such to happen. I never knew his senses were so sharp that he could tell me what activities I had involved myself in.

I snuck back into the Academy, and I bolted to my room. Thane wasn't in the room, so I had to open up with my key. It took me a while to open it. My eyes were clouded with tears, and I could barely see anything.

Franklin had shouted at me, and all I could hear in his voice was pain. It was so loud that it made me want to kill myself for hurting him.

I jumped on my bed and covered myself with my blanket, weeping uncontrollably. I could not get his words out of my head.

He had said so many things, and every single one of them made sense. It made my chest churn with pain, and it made my whole body ache.

“I'm sorry Franklin.” I muttered, wheezing on the bed as I was running out of air.

I reached for my phone, and I immediately placed a call to Michelle.

She picked up almost at the first ring.

“Bitch, I'll see you tomorrow, why are …” she paused as I sobbed, “Scarlett, what's wrong?” She asked, and I could hear the concern in her voice.

“Franklin knows.” I whimpered, wheezing and vibrating on my bed.

“Knows what exactly? There could be a million things. What exactly is it?” Michelle asked.

“He knows that I've been sleeping with Thane. He smelled it over me.” I said, crying harder.

“Oh Scarlett.” Michelle sighed, “I'm so sorry. Wait, I thought you guys were just friends.”

“We are.” I cried harder. “But he was very hurt about it.”

“Oh damn, I don't understand anymore.” Michelle sighed. “Why's it an issue if you're just friends?”

“I don't know.” I cried harder, shaking uncontrollably. “It shouldn't hurt this much.”

“Scarlett, as far as I know, you've done nothing wrong.” Michelle muttered, breathing gently. “I need you to calm down and stop crying.”

“I'll see you tomorrow.” I said, ending the call and immediately switching off my phone.

Franklin definitely hates me now. I tried cleaning the tears off my face, but the more I cleaned, the more I cried. He doesn't want to see me anymore because I smell like the lavender always on Thane.

I shouldn't have had sex this evening. I could have just ignored Thane and gone out. I…

Minutes later, Thane walked into the room, and he probably heard me sobbing.

“Scarlett, what's wrong?” Thane asked, moving over to my bed.

“Leave me alone.” I growled, curling into the bed.

“Scarlett, why are you crying?” Thane asked, but I didn't respond. He tried to touch me, and I sprung up.

“I said leave me alone!!” I snapped at him. There was no expression on his face, and he just looked at me calmly.

“What's the matter?” He asked, and I cried harder. He sat on the bed, just right beside me, and he pulled me in to rest on his shoulder.

I continued crying, and he started patting my back. How do I even start to make up for this? I never made promises, but he was hurt.

I heard a snarl from outside the window , and when I looked outside, I was pretty sure I saw Franklin's huge beast's shadow disappear into the night.

I slumped onto the bed, covering myself with the blanket again. What if he had come again? And he saw me with the lavender guy?

I cried at the possibilities of what could have been the pigment of my imagination. If only I could force him to sit and listen to me.

Thane retired to his bed minutes after accepting that I couldn't be consoled.

***

When I woke up, the whole room was very bright. It was probably noon already. I slept pretty late, and I woke up with a splitting headache. I tried sitting, but I held on to my head, feeling several cords in it strike constantly. I looked into the mirror closest to me, and my eyes were pretty swollen.

I remembered the events of the previous night, and I couldn't get the images of Franklin out of my head. I forced myself out of the bed although all I wanted was to drown in my bed, and probably sulk all day.

I couldn't because Michelle and the rest of Lunaris were arriving. I switched on my phone, and while it was booting, I brushed my teeth.

I suddenly remembered how tight the security on campus would be.

“Even if it's not tight, I have no one to see.” I mumbled, spitting out my mouth's content. I was hoping to find a way to appease Franklin into not totally hating me, although he made a claim of his inherent inability to do it.

Immediately my phone turned on, I got notifications of several missed calls from Michelle. I washed my face, and I video called her.

“Bitch, why did your phone go off last night?” Michelle asked immediately she picked up the call. She was on the Lunaris Academy's bus. I could see people walking about in the bus. It had either not moved, or it was already in Clawstone.

“Because it went off?” I shrugged, feeling very empty.

“Or because you switched it off?” Michelle rolled her eyes.

“Look, I'm sorry.” I muttered.

“Your eyes are swollen and red, and you look very sad.” Michelle tutted, shaking her head. “We must really like this Franklin beast.”

“Whatever.” I said flatly, accompanying it with a sigh. “When are you guys going to arrive?”

“In a few minutes.” Michelle shrugged. “We would move really soon.”

“Okay, I'll be waiting.” I smiled dryly, feeling my face expand as I forced a smile.

The sports fest allowed for a girl to visit during specified hours. The guys were never allowed in girl's spaces. Most times, rules were broken, and the Academies never really cared because it was just two weeks of lawlessness that's basically sponsored by horniness.

“I caught your little sister Chloe packing condoms.” Michelle said and I gasped.

“Matthew's and Arya's beloved daughter plans to have sex?” I chuckled dryly, shaking my head. “I really don't care.”

“Finally, something that makes you laugh.” Michelle smiled, and I shrugged. “By the way, I have important news.”

“What is it?” I asked, becoming very attentive as I stood in front of the mirror.

“This year's sport fest is themed as the Orion Fest.” She said, and I gasped.

“It's in memory of Franklin?” I muttered.

“The entire royal family is also attending, and I just checked the roaster for my room, and guess what?”

“What?”

“Guess?”

“They're going to give awards to people?”

“Huh?” Michelle hissed. “You're so boring?”

“What is it then?” I asked as she rolled her eyes.

“Aziel and Paenyrah are my roommates.” She said, and I gasped.

“What?! How?” I chuckled, looking at my face in the small mirror in the bathroom.

“I'm as surprised as you are.” Michelle giggled.

“Anyways, I'll see you soon.” She said, ending the call.

Maybe now, I'll get to see Franklin's face by fraternizing with his sisters.

I walked out of the bathroom, and I was barely about to sit when Alpha Harry stormed into the room.

I was shocked, terrified, and taken aback. He locked the door behind immediately he walked in.

“What are you doing here? And what do you want?!” I snapped, and he growled, walking towards me.

“I'm going to fuck the shit out of you, so much that you forget those stupid threats.” He growled, staring lustfully at me with determined eyes.

I sprung up from my bed and tried running past him. He caught me before I could get anywhere close. He held the hem of my shirt, but I didn't stop running.

I got very close to the door when my shirt was ripped apart. I was stark naked underneath as I had just woken up, so my breasts were out.

He looked at me with his mouth wide open. His eyes went from my breasts to my eyes, and back to my breasts as the horrid fangs of realization bit him.

“You… are… a… girl…?”