All Chapters of The Phantom (MM Dark Romance): Chapter 1 - Chapter 6

NICHOLASPeople talk about that electric eye contact, that feeling of rush, the tingle down your spine, the fluttering feeling in the stomach… and all other stupid terms people come up with to justify a lack of control and discipline.The only person I ever felt that way for turned out to be the same person who ruined my life.I can only justify that the only reason he made me feel that way was because he was so unlike any other person I’d ever met in my entire nineteen years of existence.It was supposed to be just like any other day. I was vacationing with my dad at one of our owned remote cabins located by the edge of a large body of water. As a water mage, it was one of the few, beautiful occasions we could totally connect with the sea and nature. Mom was supposed to come along, but she had chosen to opt out at the last minute, choosing to go on a cross-country tour with her friends instead.That very night, I woke up abruptly in the middle of the night, for no other reason than t

One year laterNICHOLAS“Can you fucking stop?” I snapped at Christian who was busy juggling five fireballs in his hand like he was performing for an audience at a circus show. “You’re getting on my nerves.”You would think he would stay quiet and conserve his energy, like the rest of the class, while we waited for the Professor of Elemental Confrontation to join us.But Christian was anything but smart.That and he would do anything to be the center of attention. And unfortunately, as usual, it was working as a couple of people, especially the first-years, were staring at him in awe.As if he wasn’t just performing an ordinary party trick.Christian cast me a small glance from the corner of his eye, not even taking a second to pause what he was doing. “When am I not getting on your nerves? Besides, this is fun.”There was a small smile that stretched his lips that only served to annoy me further.“Annoying is what it is. And a waste of energy. Don’t be mad when I kick your ass in The

NICHOLASI felt my face grow hot. “You think this is funny?”“No.”“Then why aren't you doing anything?”He glanced at the water swirling around my arms. “Because I don't want to.”For a moment, I was speechless. Then my temper snapped.“You arrogant little fucker.”I advanced, forcing the water around my wrists into two narrow blades. I slashed one blade through the air beside his face.He barely flinched. It was like he was utterly indifferent to anything I did to him.My stomach twisted.I had been challenged before. I'd been insulted, mocked, and even beaten once by a fourth-year fire mage who still took every opportunity to remind me of it.But no one had ever made me feel so thoroughly irrelevant while standing directly in front of me.I wanted to wipe that stupid, blank expression off his face. I wanted to make him react. To make him show even a fraction of the fear or anger he ought to have felt.So, I leaned forward and spat at him.The saliva struck his cheek. A collective g