“Who the hell are you?” Valerie challenged the stranger that was standing before her. He tried to take a step forward but she moved back, grabbing the nearest solid object she could find behind her which was the remote. “Stay back, close to me and I'll scream,” she said, pointing the remote menacingly at him. His lips parted in a small smile. “What are you going to do to me with the remote, stab me with it?” He asked humorously. Her jaw was still tightened. He sighed, seeing that he wasn't getting to her. He was styled in an expensive black suit and his glossy leather shoes gave away the fact that he was at least an affluent man. “Can I sit?” He gestured towards the chair in her room. “No, I want you to leave. Leave before I scream.”Despite being uninvited, he went ahead to sit down and adjust his trousers. “Relax, you're quite feisty. I mean they told me but seeing it in person is even more alluring,” his voice rasped as he narrowed his eyes on her. She raised an eyebrow, sti
The atmosphere immediately grew tense and everybody was on their toes. The legion commander was coming to their island. Cyrus took a seat when the world around him began to spin. “That Pesky vanguard, how the hell did he find us?” He complained. Trevor was standing by the corner lost in thought. “There's a traitor,” he mouthed, making Cyrus raise his head. “What do you mean?”“There's no way Ethan vanguard found out about our location and is already on his way here if there was no traitor. Somebody somehow ratted out our location to him and it's Bruno.”“What makes you think it's Bruno, he doesn't know where we are, only the people on this island know that we're on this island.” “Keith never informed us about Ethan making any plans together with the dreadland soldiers to come here. Knowing his family was being held captive, he wouldn't be so stupid as to let them carry out a mission like that without informing us, at least for the safety of his family. But he didn't because his f
Renée’s eyes flashed open, the blurry surrounding slowly sharpening into a vivid image. She was lying on a hospital bed in a pristine white room. She stirred out of sleep and back into consciousness. The dull ache in her head was constant but manageable. Turning her head around to survey the room, she asked. “Where am I?”Therese stopped forward. “You're in the hospital darling, Jason brought you here after you passed out.”“What the hell were you even doing in that hotel?” Clifford asked.“Clifford! Now is not the time, can't you see she's just waking up?” Therese shot back, silencing her husband. She stroked her daughter's hair gently. “Darling, how are you feeling?”Renée shifted on the bed, taking a more upright position. “Just a little weak, nothing much.”The door clicked open and the doctor walked holding some files. Everyone was on their toes as they wanted to hear what the doctor had to say. Another person walked into the room, Jason. He was behind the doctor. “Glad to
Skyler's ears were still ringing from what she had just heard. “What?” She mouthed in shock. From the distance she could hear Amy's giggling but she paid it little attention. “I'm sorry Mrs Vanguard, are you having hearing problems? I said you're expelled,” Timothy repeated himself.“On whose authority?” Mr Donovan asked.“The school board, you can go confirm for yourself if you're in doubt.” Tears stung her eyes as they began to gather. All her hard work to come here was just thrown in the drain. “Why? What did I do?” Timothy raised his hands as if to signify that he wasn't involved in the decision making. “Don't blame me, blame the school board. They saw your video, the one where you grab the chair and used it to assault a student, that is strictly against school rules and grounds for expulsion so I'm sorry.”“Skyler -” Raul tried to reach out but she grabbed her bags and stomped out of the classroom in a hurry. Donovan narrowed his eyes on Timothy, having a hunch feeling that t
Ethan stood on the boat, placing his cupped hands against his forehead to block the extra light that was hitting his eyes. He looked ahead, he still had quite the distance to cover despite being close. With a frustrated sigh, he tried to start the engines of the speed boat once again, pulling on the rope. This time the engine didn't even sputter or respond, he knew he had to make his way out of this situation by thinking quickly. He rummaged through some things on the floor and that was when he noticed the paddle. Feeling slightly relieved, he grabbed it and dipped it into the water, propelling the boat forward. His muscles twitched as he began to use them to row the ball, the sound of water splattering with each stroke. Slowly he began to get closer to the islands in the distance. By now the dreadland army should have been here already or at least close enough. He kept moving, his determination palpable. Finally the structures on the island became magnified as his boat reached t
Valerie took a deep breath and tried to relax, she didn't want to overreact or do anything that would interfere with Stacey's big day. So instead she chose to look away from his direction and force a small smile on her face, pretending not to have seen anything. Several thoughts began to occupy her mind, how come she never noticed him? Was he always part of the groom's men all as well? Stacy's father handed Stacy over to her husband-to-be, Henry. The hall broke out in applause as everybody cheered on for this moment. The priest began to officiate the wedding and they all retreated to their seats, leaving only the couple on the altar. Valerie was fidgeting with her dress and wore a nervous look on her face, constantly stealing glances at Antonio. For most parts of the celebration, he didn't even bother to look her way, it was like he was pretending not to even know her at all. “Hey, are you okay?” Monica’s voice sounded, snapping her out of her overthinking and back to reality. H
Ever since their conversation in the hospital, Renée and Jason haven't seen eye to eye. He had left angrily and stormed off to his house without saying another word to her. Even though they had agreed to be separated before, he still found it very offensive that she would even suggest a thing like that. She had not told her parents about this suggestion and was still contemplating whether or not she could actually push through with it. The truth was that for her, she felt like the pregnancy was going to hinder her career; who would vote for a mayor because that was put in the family way by a guy that wasn't her husband. It seemed like the obvious solution so this video comment was to marry Jason, but at the same time she also did not like Jason and saw no future with him. There was a knock on her door that snapped her out of her deep thoughts. Her eyes widened and she raised her head, “yes who's there?” She asked. “It's your mother, can I come in?” Therese took her silence for
The members of the school board were all seated only around the table and Mr Donovan along with the vice chancellor were standing before them. Just outside the room, Skyler was seated on some chairs waiting for the verdict, Raul was there with her and the interlocked fingers while Irene was in the background pacing back and forth. All attempts to reach Ethan had been futile so it was almost impossible to get him to do something about it, for now they were on their own and had to fix this mess. Back inside the office, Mr Donovan was defending Skyler. “It's unfair, you can't just expel a student on the basis of self-defense. What would you rather have her do? Sit there and watch her friend get seriously hurt and potentially killed?”One of the women sitting there adjusted on her seat, “Why didn't she call the authorities? Taking law into her own hands is never justifiable, no matter how you try to put it Mr Donovan.”Donovan had always been in the bad books of the school board, the t