Semua Bab My Hatred, My Soulmate : Bab 221 - Bab 224

Chapter 220: Hearts and HomeworkSERENA'S POVI'm trying my possible best to ignore everything that Gabriel told me a few minutes ago, but it's extremely really, really hard. Really hard to picture everything he says. The words echo in my mind like a relentless drumbeat, each syllable carved into my consciousness with startling clarity. His voice, deep and melodious, replays over and over again, describing things that should be impossible—things about my heritage, my bloodline, the dormant power that apparently flows through my veins like liquid fire waiting to be awakened.Everything feels confusing, and I feel like I need to just clear my mind from everything by burying myself into homework. The familiar weight of textbooks and assignments seems like the only anchor I have left in this increasingly surreal world. Mathematics equations and history dates feel safe, predictable—unlike the chaos that my life has suddenly become. So the moment school closes, I find myself locked up in t

Chapter 222: Dancing with TemptationSERENA'S POVA good lord knows that I will try my best to be good here, but for heaven's sake, this individual with his mysterious magnetic presence is not making it any easier for me. He is not making it easy for me to follow the protocols I'm supposed to follow, to heed the advice I received from my friends the previous day concerning this confusing, escalating situation, which is why I find myself here right now, presently, in the center of the Halloween dance, looking around with confusion as I fiddle with my fingers, my entire nervous system and my heartbeat thumping so hard and so fast in my chest that I can practically hear the rhythm echoing in my ears.I had tried to practically ignore him this afternoon, hours before the Halloween dance, listening to my instincts telling me that this is the moment whereby I should avoid Gabriel with practically every nerve in my body. But I had noticed the way he kept following me around, the way he kept