Chapter 6

~ Aria's POV ~

"Hey Lucian, you're back," Callista's voice snapped me out of my thoughts. I quickly stepped away from his arms, but that didn't stop me from staring deep into his eyes.

His eyes were enchanting. Staring deep into them, felt like I was staring into the ocean.

Thorne

Raven

Lucian

How could these three monsters be so handsome, like demigods? They were all monsters, but yet they could pass as models.

"I thought you weren't resuming this semester," Callista said, and he smiled.

Gosh! His smile was so seductive, just like his blue eyes, and those dimples of his were almost sweeping me off my feet.

He got the height, handsome face, seductive eyes and also captivating dimples—how could he have everything in one full package?

"You know me. I like breaking the rules," he replied with a bad boy smirk, and I couldn't help but smile too.

Callista pulled me closer, her arm slung over my shoulder. It had become her daily ritual to always do that. Maybe it’s because we were the same height.

"This is Aria, my new best friend," she introduced.

"So your name is Aria? What's a human girl doing in our school?" he asked with a grin.

Can he just stop smiling? He’s making my brain fly out the window.

"Say something, Aria," Callista nudged me, but I had nothing to say. I didn’t know why I was here in the first place.

"Well…" I began, but with his eyes fixed on me, the words just wouldn’t come out.

What am I even going to say? That I’m a human girl who was bundled into a car and dumped in a school full of monsters by her mom?

"Anyways, it's nice meeting you, Aria. I'm Lucian," he introduced, stretching forth his hand for a shake.

Does he seriously want to shake me? My heart fluttered with every smile that spread across his lips.

"I'm an Incubus," he added, and that stopped me from shaking hands with him.

He's an Incubus?

No wonder he's so seductive. I wouldn’t want to be seduced and end up giving my virginity to a total stranger.

Yeah.

I'm still a virgin.

I'm a girl who fights with every boy in her class, and that has left me single—not like I care—but with Thorne, Raven, and Lucian, I'm starting to think differently.

Stop it, Aria! I scolded myself inwardly, snapping out of the thought.

I'm just attracted to them because they are incredibly handsome, nothing else but that. I nodded my head.

"Are you going to leave Lucian’s hand hanging in the air?" Callista asked.

My eyes fell on him, and he smiled again like he had no problems to worry about. What was I even saying? He’s a freaking incubus, and he could get anything he wants. Unlike me—a human who has to work her butt off for everything.

I cleared my throat and looked away from him, ignoring his hand that was still hanging in the air.

"Where's my class?" I asked.

"Aria Nightshade," someone called my name from behind. I spun around to see Ms. Hellcat smiling at me.

If I was given a gun, I’d have blown her brain off. She’s the root of my problems for accepting me into a school for monsters.

"May I have your attention, please?" she smiled, adjusting the glasses on her nose.

I let out a sigh before walking up to her, and she led me into an empty class. I wasn’t expecting anyone here when I am the only human in this monstrous school.

"How's your roommate? I gave you the best roommate, right?" she smiled as if she was hoping I would thank her for it.

"What happened last night?" I demanded.

Despite Thorne, Raven, and Lucian invading my thoughts, I still haven’t forgotten about the accident from last night.

"What are you talking about, Aria?"

"Don't play games with me, Ms. Hellcat!" I snapped at her. "I managed to escape this school last night and—"

"You tried to escape?" she cut in with a frown. "Do you know the precautions of leaving the premises of this school without asking me first?" she asked, her frown returning again, but it didn’t even take up to a second before she smiled again.

"I’ll let it slide since you’re new and still unfamiliar with the rules," she beamed. "For now, I’ll be your teacher. So shall we begin our first class?" She gestured toward a table and chair—the only ones in the classroom.

I glanced at it, without thinking, I kicked it away.

"I want answers, and I want them now!" I snarled.

"What answers are you looking for?"

"Answers about last night. I'm not daft, and I can remember every single event in my life. Last night I was in an accident, and waking up this morning, I discovered that I didn't sustain any scratch from the accident, like it never happened. Do you mind explaining that to me?" I asked, my arms wrapped around my chest, my eyes locked on hers as I waited for answers.

She went silent for what felt like an eternity before she spoke.

"Are you sure you weren’t dreaming?"

"I wasn’t dreaming!" I snapped. "The accident really happened. I wouldn’t say something I didn’t experience!"

I was sure these monsters would be hearing my voice since they have great sense of hearing, but that didn’t matter now.

I just wanted to know why I am still alive after the horrible accident.

"If you’re really confident that you’re not dreaming, I’m going to give you permission to go out of Eclipse Academy just to find out if the accident you claimed happened really happened," she smiled.

I clenched my fists. I didn’t even try to hide the hatred I felt toward her.

"Fine. I’ll go to the accident site, and if it turns out I’m right, you’re going to call my mom and tell her the truth about this school," I stated.

"And what if it turns out that you were only dreaming and the accident never happened? What’ll you do then?" she asked, her smiling face annoying as always.

"I’m a hundred percent sure of what I’m saying. I know the difference between dreams and reality."

"Alright then. You have my permission to go outside of Eclipse Academy. You know your way around here, right?" she asked with a smile.

I glared at her and walked away. I stepped out of the school building, and as I headed toward the gate, I could feel someone watching me.

Turning around, I saw no one.

My full eyebrows knitted together before I finally stepped out of the school premises.

The accident really happened, so there had to be proof that it actually happened—like shattered glass, the truck, maybe even that weird man from last night. There should be people talking about him.

Arriving at the spot where the accident had happened, I stopped in my tracks, shocked by what I had seen.

There was no shattered glass, nor the truck. It’s impossible for the huge truck to have been moved away so easily.

The road was clear and spotless, and it left me so confused, because I was in my right state of mind when the accident happened.

I spotted a passerby and quickly rushed to her. "Did any accident happen here last night?" I asked, and she gave me a weird look before answering.

"No accident happened. It rained heavily all through the night, but despite that, no accidents occurred," she walked away from me immediately.

I staggered, nearly dropping to the ground.

What was happening?

Why didn’t anyone except me know that the accident had happened?

It wasn’t a dream.

It couldn’t be a dream.

The accident clearly happened, but no one would believe me when I didn’t have a single scratch on my body as prove.

A new resolution sparked inside me.

I needed to find out why the accident felt erased. I needed to uncover what this town truly was.

And maybe, just maybe, figure out if I am human or not. And why this town seems to have a connection with me.