All Chapters of Ashes and Bloodlines : Chapter 71 - Chapter 80

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Marianne...

Julianne heard a scream echo off and she turned. Both Ryker and Kaidan who were accompanying her turned too and they looked at each other. Julianne knew what Cassian was capable of doing. She knows that he doesn’t like it when someone tries to hurt his friends, or even someone close to him. And she was that person. Still, she trusts that he wouldn’t send them early to their graves. Just some broken bones and few days in the infirmary would do.“Let’s go,” Ryker said to her and they continued to the dorm. When they got to the entrance, she turned to them and said, “I can go from here. Thank you,” she said and then looked at Ryker. She had always wanted to have a conversation with him, but he always comes off as unapproachable ever since he said those words to her. But tonight changed the way she saw him totally. Seeing him take her side and how he seems to listen to Cassian tells her that there must be something going on between them which she doesn’t know. “We’ll watch you go in be

... is dead

The last few minutes before Julianne entered her room and knew things would never be the same again, she was anticipating meeting Marianne and reuniting with her, to tell her how she had made a mistake and would not want to repeat it. To her, Marianne is everything she never had; a friend, a sister...home. Whenever she is with her, she feels at peace. Marianne makes her see herself as a human who is just a bit special than the rest, and not like a monster that shouldn’t exist like the others say. She had gone to her room to knock on the door, and still, there was no response. It got her deeply worried. Marianne had left a letter, but the item of the letter was nowhere to be found, neither is she. It feels so strange and unusual of her. She tried not to think of the worst and just assumed she must be with Maximus, probably spending the night with him. Finally, her friend has got some romance going and she can only be happy for her. Deciding to meet with her tomorrow with th

If it were her

Cassian marched to the headmistress office with a deep frown etched on his forehead. The students that saw him all moved to the other side, getting out of his way. After the incident that happened, everyone has been lying low and taking themselves in groups to whisper at a corner that is away from watching eyes. Everyone already knew Marianne was dead and some people pointed out that it was Julianne’s doing, since she was found in her room. But no one dares talk about it openly, knowing that she has the three popular boys with her.Headmistress Eldryn was busy talking with the teachers to provide a solution to the uprising when Cassian suddenly barged in without knocking. They all shifted their gaze to him and frowned at his action. One of the teachers who saw it as a sign of disrespect scolded him, “How dare you barge into the headmistress office like that? Get out and reflect on your actions right now!”But Cassian’s eyes was only fixed on the headmistress who sat at the very fron

Can't let you take her

“Enough!” Remus voice cut through to them and Cassian stopped just as he was about to hit Maximus. He was kneeling on top of him and had him by the collar, seething with rage.Maximus, on the other hand, had already given up. He laid there staring above him as tears ran down the corner of his eyes.“Marianne is not coming back. I can’t bring her back. She’s gone…”Cassian heard him lamenting and he released his grip before getting up from him.“Marianne is not—”“Yes, she’s not coming back. Accept that,” Remus said plainly. “Guys! What are we really doing? Can’t you see that this is clearly what they want us to do? What we need to find out is why this had to happen and who is behind it. Someone else is suffering more than we are for goodness sake!”*Julianne got up from the infirmary bed and rushed out after she overheard the nurses saying that Marianne’s relative had come to take her body. She tried to listen to the conversations of the people that were walking, if she would get any

Farewell

Maximus guarded Marianne’s body to prevent the teachers from acting out. It appears as if he had been waiting for Julianne to say those words. He also didn’t want them to take her body away because he just couldn’t trust the couple for some reason.“That’s ridiculous. Why can’t I take my daughter away?”“She has never been your daughter,” Julianne told him and stood. She moved her eyes to the woman who turned her face away.“What? At least I am her relative. You are not even anywhere close to that. I took her in as my daughter after her father abandoned her and I paid everything for her,” the man argued. “Then, does that qualify you as her father?” she asked and shifted her gaze to his wife. “Will you say you don’t know about it too? Or have you just been looking away all this time?”“What are you talking about?” Remus asked her.Julianne sniffed again and said with her eyes fixed on the couple, “Marianne once told me that her uncle would always assault her sexually while she was liv

This is where you belong

Julianne walked into boy’s dormitory and went straight to Maximus room with Remus. He had explained how Marianne’s death had affected Maximus and how the group was falling apart because of it. But in the situation they were in, Julianne wouldn’t want the boys to be apart. They needed to be together so they can plan things out and get to the bottom of what they had started.“I’ll get Cassian,” Remus said to her in front of the room and Julianne nodded before opening the door.Maximus had his back to the wall and one of his legs raised to himself when he saw Julianne enter the room. He stared at her as she walked in and saw how she carefully approached him.Julianne went to sit with him on the bed and then spoke to him in a light and friendly manner. “I didn’t think we’ll get closer when we first met.”“Why?” he asked.“I saw you as someone cold, someone who wouldn’t let your friend get involved with me. You barely even paid any attention to me. I later realized the only reason you were

Humiliated

“Who do we think is the culprit?” Remus asked. He was sitting on a small wooden box at the center of the room. Cassian sat by the desk, tapping his fingers on the table. His expression has been grim ever since he walked in. He stopped tapping and said, “I believe we all have the same person in mind.”Maximus nodded in agreement and Julianne held her hands together. She just couldn’t believe that headmistress Eldryn would kill Marianne just to get to her.“But we need evidence against her to prove she did it,” said Cassian.“And Lucien is gone,” Maximus inserted.They all looked at Julianne, and when she realized they were waiting on her to say something, she readjusted herself and held her hands together.“Why do we think it is headmistress Eldryn?” she asked openly.Everyone seemed like they have something to say, but no one uttered a word.“The day I came back with Cassian and went to the dorm,” she started, “Marianne left me a letter. She mentioned a gift and said we had things to

Who is the real monster?

“Velvet is gone,” Julianne told the boys after meeting up in the cafeteria for lunch.“I figured,” Cassian said, holding up a spoon. After she explained what happened in the dorm, he said, “The headmistress must be desperate right now.”Maximus came in. “But Velvet is like her right-hand man. Why would they suddenly turn on each other?”“Isn’t it obvious?” Cassian asked. “Velvet has something she wants back, and that must be the same thing we are all looking for. My guess is that Velvet went into your room and took whatever Marianne left behind.”Julianne was lost in her thoughts for a moment. What did Marianne leave behind that the headmistress is so desperate to get back? And why would Velvet steal it from her, risking her own life in the process too? She was soon interrupted by a loud clatter and she turned her head to the direction, only to see Aurora picking up the food tray she had dropped. She saw the students in the line laughing at her and saw her rushing out of the cafeteri

Longing

Every student was busy with their mid-semester tests. Julianne didn’t study hard like everyone did, but she answered the questions easily without thinking too much into it. Whenever she finished a test, she would look over at the empty desk at the front. It was where Marianne used to sit.Ryker became concerned every time he saw Julianne sitting still and not interacting with anyone. Just three weeks before that, they were in the cafeteria with the others, talking about Velvet and planning their next step. Then all of a sudden, she became completely silent and zoned out.Once he saw her take her bag to leave, he followed her and stopped when he saw her at the front of the library. She stood there for some minutes before leaving, and he followed her again until she stopped at the bleachers where the field is. He watched her from a distance and knew to let her be. He knows she must be feeling Marianne’s absence, but he didn’t expect it to suddenly get worse like this.After taking abou

Blood and heartbeats

Julianne turned her head to see Cassian and her lips slightly parted. She didn’t know if he had been standing there long enough to hear what she and Ryker said. “It’s fine,” she said. “I’ll return to my dorm.”She saw a frown on Cassian’s face as soon as she said that, but she does not know if it was because she had just rejected going to his room or because of something else. “I have something to say to you,” Cassian said before she could take a step.Julianne saw him looking at Ryker even as he spoke to her and she turned her head to Ryker, only to see him take a step away from her as he made to leave.“I’ll leave her in your care,” Ryker said and started to leave.Julianne couldn’t understand what just transpired between them, but one thing she sensed is that, even though Ryker may have joined their group, there is still a clear boundary between him and Cassian.She followed him quietly and they entered his room.Julianne doesn’t feel familiar to his room. She thinks it’s because

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