Mag-log inRex was still in the hockey rink long after school had ended , he wanted to play for a while to clear his head but he just couldn’t focus , His gloves was on the bench beside him, helmet tucked under his arm, but his thoughts were still with Lily.The conversation from earlier was what worried him , Lily had every right to feel like everything was help too fast , he totally understood it and he hated that he couldn’t control the situation. People will always talk He exhaled slowly, dragging a hand through his hair, it was early for things to already feel heavy for Lily .The rink door suddenly pushed open with a sharp creak.Rex turned instinctively, he wasn’t expecting anyone because school had ended over one hour ago Amy stepped inside.He didn’t relax. If anything, he straightened slightly, because Amy wasn’t someone who just walked into his space without reason. They barely even spoke unless they had to, she was the only friend of Clara that still acted like she had a mind o
It was easy for Rex to say. He wasn’t the one walking through the hallways with strangers whispering behind his back or the one being called names by people who had never exchanged more than three words with him. He wasn’t the one everyone suddenly decided was shameless. I was. Rex was still saying something beside me, something about not caring what people thought and how none of it mattered, but my attention had already drifted to the students pretending not to stare. Every few seconds another pair of eyes landed on us, and every time that happened, another conversation would begin in hushed voices. One girl nudged her friend and openly pointed in my direction. Another covered her mouth before laughing. I gently pulled my hand away from Rex’s. He looked down at the empty space between us before looking back at me. “Lily…” I forced a smile. “I’ll be fine.” “You don’t look fine.” “I’m just tired.” He reached for my hand again, but I stepped back and shook my head. “Not
“Have you heard? That Lily girl is dating Rex!” “ What ? It’s true ?” . I was standing inside the restroom stall when the words reached my ear , one of my hand was still resting on the door latch and the other hand was holding a towel. At first, I thought I had misheard them when I heard my name . Raven Academy had plenty of gossip floating around every hour of the day, most of it exaggerated or completely false. But then the second voice followed quickly and I leaned in to listen . “ The Lily that’s Amber’s apprentice ?” “ Yes ! That one …” .“I knew something was going on. Didn’t she just break up with Sebastian?”“That’s what makes it worse,” the first one replied. “She moved on so fast it’s embarrassing. First Sebastian, now Rex.”This was exactly what I was avoiding! I clenched my fist and swallowed hard as I digested all they were saying. “I don’t even understand what Rex sees in her,” one of them continued. “She doesn’t even stand out that much.”“That’s what I said,” t
Clara pushed the door of her leisure room open , she was feeling all type of emotions at once and this was because of her conversation with Lily earlier , After she told Lily that at the end Rex was going to pick her , she had laughed , she straight up started to laugh , like Clara was ether a joke or she made a joke . This was why Clara was feeling so much rage right now when she entered into her room , she was met with a companion. .Ava was already inside, she was seated at the dresser, her legs crossed, arms folded, she had a very calm expression too but what was going on inside of her head was far beyond calmness . Clara let out a slow breath and shut the door behind her.“I don’t have time for whatever this is,” she said flatly, dropping her bag on the nearest chair. “So you can save yourself the stress and leave.”Ava didn’t move.“I’m not here for long,” she replied. “Just wanted to say something and get out of your face.”Clara gave a short laugh without humor.“That alrea
When Rex dropped me off , I rushed inside the house but I was met with silence , the sound of someone sobbing was coming from upstairs so I rushed to find out who it was , The sound came from Ambers room , I was about to step in when she started speaking ….. .“…I don’t like this feeling, Maltilda. It feels like something bad is coming.”Amber’s voice was so shaky, I took several steps back and leaned against the wall . “I keep thinking about Lily…..”“ What if we don’t find something…she has so much hope in us “ The sound of Amber sobbing uncontrollably was something I didn’t know how to take, I wanted to walk in and comfort her , I wanted her to tell her that I was going to be okay and that I wasn’t going to die ….Instead , I leaned on the wall , sobbing too , I pressed my palms against my mouth and quietly walked away without being noticed . I pushed the door and stepped out , the evening breeze hit my face so bad , it almost dried down the tears on my cheeks , I sat on the
Amber had not stopped crying since the moment she and Lily left the Moon Pack. Matilda however assumed she would be waiting calmly in her room, maybe going through documents or tending to the usual pack matters she never allowed anyone else to see. Instead, the moment she pushed the door open, she saw her sister bawling her eyes Amber was sitting at the edge of the bed, elbows pressed into her knees, her shoulders shaking in uneven breaths that made her look smaller than she had ever appeared before. Maltilda dropped the glass by the side and rushed to her . “Amber…Oh my goodness! Amber ! What is the matter ? What happened?” Amber lifted her head, eyes was so read because she had been crying for a long time already, From the moment she excused herself to go into her room , she immediately burst into tears . The moment she saw Matilda, she broke again, She couldn’t control it and try to stay calm like she was doing, Maltilda opened her arms and Amber curled into the embrac
Nightfall was already approaching, and Lily was still nowhere to be found. She had promised to return before nightfall. Amber was seated outside, waiting for her. “Should I go over to the house?” Amber said, pacing around the front yard. She had been counting down to when Lily would walk in. Amb
“What did you just say to me?”Amber stepped away from me, but I grabbed her hand, my lips trembling.“What did you just say to me?” I repeated, my voice demanding answers while my brain refused to process what I had just heard.“How did I give birth to someone so stupid,” she repeated, yanking her
Rex just stared at me. His lips parted slightly, like he wanted to say something, but no words came out.“Just leave me alone… please,” I pleaded. My voice sounded painfully weak, even though I tried to steady it.“You should go back inside. You don’t look so good.” He reached for my hand.I pushed
Still, she didn’t say anything.I was slowly losing my patience, and the silence was killing me. I just wished she would talk , shout, cry, scold me anything but sit there like that.“Okay…”That was all she said.All that waiting just for her to say…“Okay?” I mumbled.She nodded.“It’s not like







