Sierra's jaw dropped; that was an amount of confidence that she had no idea Perseus had. Perseus was expecting Sherry to scream at him or show some emotion, but she was staring at him with confusion on her face. “Who's Lexi?” she asked. “The officer,” he replied. Sierra handed the phone to Sherry. “Here is the picture; I took a picture of them kissing.” Sherry raised her brows. “Were you stalking him?” Perseus and Sierra were stunned by the question. “What? No! I was not; I just happened to be passing by when I saw him.” Sherry deleted the picture from the phone and handed it back to Sierra.“What have you done?!” Sierra demanded. “You deleted it!”Sherry folded her arm. “He said he kissed her because of his ex-girlfriend. I don't mind if he has another girl. I am the number one, and I am the one he would get married to. We are currently engaged.” At the moment, Perseus eyes were popping out of their sockets with his mouth hanging open.“Engaged?!” Sierra's jaw dropped. “As
After his discussion with Sherry, Perseus sat on the edge of the pool with his legs in the water. Sherry was sitting with her friends, and Eris wouldn't stop giving him death glares, and so did Sierra.Ethan and the other gamers were playing a game on their mobile, and he was relieved to have enough time to finish the book.“Look!” Eriane squealed as she gestured for Sherry to look.Perseus smiled; his cousin was smiling, and she didn't look like she was sad about what happened the day before. Perseus had just looked away for a minute when he heard a high-pitched voice coming from the pool. When he turned his gaze back, there were three girls there, picking on his cousin and Sherry.“I asked you to get off and not give me that look!” One of the ladies yelled before pushing Eriane. Eriane slipped on the edge of the pool and fell in. She couldn't swim, and she was drowning. “She must be joking around.” The bullies began snickering. Reacting, Perseus jumped into that water and pulled
Perseus began to rethink his decision when he was made to sit on a chair in front of a table. His expression was sore as he glanced at the game.The game Gold had suggested they play was chess. It was the most boring game ever for Perseus; he hadn't even played it yet. He had no idea how it was played. [Chess is a two-player strategy game played on an 8x8 grid called a chessboard.][Each player controls 16 pieces: one king, one queen, two rooks, two knights, two bishops, and eight pawns.]Perseus arched his eyebrows at Iris. “I only know the queen; what are the rest?” Iris glared at him. You know nothing about chess! [How can you agree to play?!]Perseus ran his hand through his hair. “I only remember my mother playing it, and it was the queen I know of.”[Then listen to me.]Iris continued. [The objective is to checkmate the opponent's king, meaning the king is under attack and has no legal move to escape capture.][The king can move one square in any direction.][The queen can mov
By this time, everyone who had voted for Perseus was hesitant to add their votes, but Eris and Sherry added their votes without hesitation. They changed their minds.“I see you still have loyal followers.” Gold snickered. “That's more money for us.” [Congratulations host!][You have won the chess-playing ability.] [Installing ability in process.]Perseus grinned so widely that it surprised Gold. “Is that so? You are giving your allowance away like that?”Gold was almost terrified, but he regained his composure. “Yes, I am sure everyone here would do the same since you are a chest failure.” Perseus pulled out his golden card and placed it on the table. “Okay, I bet with all the money I have.” Everyone's jaw dropped, and Gold's eyes were rounded. “No need to be so confident.” Gold cushioned. “You're going to lose anyway.”“He is a loser; Gold is going to win anyway.” “He is giving away all his money for a game he already lost.” Sherry, this time, was on the verge of panicking. Er
Gold rose to his feet and pushed the table off. “Who do you think you are that I will apologize to you?!” His girlfriend was standing next to him now. “Calm down.” Gold shoved his girlfriend toward Perseus. “She offended you; settle everything with her; I have nothing to do with this.”Perseus frowned. “Don't tell me you are backing away from your deal. You made a bet, and then you have to apologize alongside your girlfriend.” Gold was adamant. “I did nothing to apologize for.” With that, Gold snapped his fingers and was surrounded by many guards, who began leading him out of the place.“Don't!” Eriane clutched onto Perseus as he tried to go after Gold.He glanced back at her. “He hasn't apologized yet.” The people who had lost their money went after gold like bees. “Would you mind if we deal with her?” Eris questioned. “She was the one who bullied your sister.”Hesitating, Perseus nodded his head. “Sure, deal with it the female way.” He was leaving when someone clutched him.
‘Let him live. We can get the information from him when he gets older. After all, parents give birth to children with the same genes.’Perseus felt a numbness in his throat as the man's voice rang in his head all over and over again. The voice looked scary, and he remembered that mask the man was wearing perfectly. [Do you think you could stand a chance against him if you meet him today?][What if he comes after you? Would you survive it?]Iris was making sense, and Perseus wanted to ask more questions when he felt an arm on his shoulder. “Are you alright?” Sherry asked. “You have been zoning out on everyone since the serial killers were mentioned.”Perseus got out of his trance and found everyone staring at him. “I'm fine.” He told Sherry. “Fine? Have you been daydreaming about you-know-what that you didn't listen to our discussion?” Sierra snapped. “I would rather daydream than look at you.” Perseus retorted.Sierra's fist tightened, and she was about to yell at him when Zeppe
Perseus knew what was coming. "Iris, calm down.”[Not until you get punished.]The electric current hit him, and it was worse than any other one he had received. He held on to the nearest wall to regain his footing.“That's unfair; I only asked a question.”[Don't ask that anymore!]Perseus felt like crying. “Sure, yes, I wouldn't ask anything like that anymore.”[Good.]After a few minutes, Perseus was back to walking again. He was getting tired since he didn't seem to notice the stalker. “I'm heading back.” He mumbled. “I guess he could see through me.” It suddenly hit him that Timtat was going around watching him. He should have met the stalker; he wondered if Timtat did. Perseus turned around and began heading back. As soon as he was out of sight, a man wearing a hat got out of his hiding spot. “He is getting suspicious.” The man said it on the phone. “I guess he knows about me now.”“Stay away from him for some time." The person at the other end ordered. “After a week or two,
Perseus glanced back at the empty road as he headed for school. Eris and Sherry took the car, and he wanted to get the stalker. [Do you think he would show up?]“We have to try,” Perseus replied. Iris was on his shoulder this time and was sitting comfortably. Perseus watched the environment, and by the time they got to school, he found no one.“I guess I was overreacting,” Perseus muttered. “My stalker might have heard Zeppelin and me yesterday.” [Perhaps he stopped for you to forget about it.]“I guess so too.” Perseus sighed. He was having Mr. Kross's class, and he knew the man was going to stir up trouble for him. After he had blurted Ms. Twinia's secret out, he hadn't bumped into Professor Kayden Kross.He walked into the class with his hand tugging at his pocket. Mr. Kross was already there, and when he saw Perseus, he frowned. “If it isn't the student who spilled his teacher's secret to everyone in class,” Kayden said, Wish a grin. Perseus grinned back. “Good morning, prof