CHAPTER SEVEN

A moment later, my eyes widened as my eyes fall to my wristwatch on my left arm. "Oh Shoot, I'm late!" I hurriedly put the envelope inside my bag and pull the door from the outside and...

"Huh?" I pulled the door but it won't move. "What's wrong with this door?" I just closed my eyes as I pulled the door shut. A moment later, the door moved little by little "One more pull and you're ready to go Aly" I cheered myself then I took a deep breath and let it out before pulling the door again. The door moved to shut so I removed my hand from the door; I started walking away when suddenly...

(Bang!) A loud sound of the door echoed in whole subdivision. "Oh... No..." I whispered as I heard that it was from the door in my condominium.

"Hey! will you please be quiet lady!?" the neighbor of my neighbor exclaimed.

"I'm sorry Mr. Flores." I apologized.

(Baby crying)

"Look what you've done. You wake the baby!"

"I'm sorry, I'm i-in--" I'm about to tell the reason when Mr. Flores cuts in.

"I have no time for your excuses! Make the baby fall asleep again or you'll be thrown out from your condominium!" I've been hammered at my position, wanting to say something but no words come out. ‘Where will I stay if I'm thrown out?’

"Ms. Esquivel!" Mr. Flores yelled my name bringing my spirit back to where I am.

"Y-Yes sir" I ran towards their house and wait for Mr. Flores to open the door. My heart started thumping loudly as I think about my situation with my studies and living; there will be some consequences after this one.

After making the baby fall asleep, I sighed in relief then carefully put the baby inside the crib. But when I was about to put the baby down, the baby cries again. 'I thought you were asleep, looks like you're just about to sleep' I thought in my mind while I put the baby to sleep 'I hope this baby goes to sleep fast, I'm really gonna be punished' I thought.

Some time later, the baby is now finally getting its sleep. I glared at the sleeping baby in the crib with a small curve in the lips then suddenly, a phone rang.

"Hello" it was Mr. Flores' phone rang lately.

"Yup, still here"

"Okay, bye" then he ended up the call.

My heart started thumping loudly like there was something bad is going to happen. A second later, it was harder for me to breathe; my eyelashes gets heavier as my body weakens causing me to fall to the floor. My vision rotates with each awakening of my eyes, until I let my body rest because I can no longer move my body.

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"Dad!" a person wearing a red-hooded coat cried as that person saw its own father laying on the street bathed in his own blood while his internal organs were revealed due to the slash in his stomach.

"THIS WAS ALL YOUR FAULT ALYCIONE!" the person cried out with stress at every syllable at every word as hot liquids flow from the eyes of hers while holding its father's head in its arms.

"I WILL MAKE YOU PAY!" the person wearing a red-hooded coat exclaimed with stress at each word as its eyes were blazing with anger; she hold the knife near the body of its father and say "I'll make her pay for what she took from me and I'll make sure of her end." the person gritted its teeth in anger as that person tightly hold the knife in its sharp side or wedge causing that person's blood to flow at the end of the knife. "Rest now father, be happy in your destination" the person added as the person caressed its father's right side of the face leaving some of that person's blood on the father's face.

Meanwhile, at Flores' residence....

"Whe-where where am I?" her eyes slowly orifices after a long shut-eye.

"Goodness you're awake, why did you slumber on the floor?" He asked her as he gave her a glass of water.

She drank the glass of water Mr. Flores had given her, "I-i.... s-sorry s-sir" she apologized as she make an obeisance thinking of what had happened earlier that she couldn't understand.

"You may leave now, the baby's asleep" then he left her in the living room.

She stood up and grabbed her bag, leaving the Flores' residence at peace. She sighed as she traipse on the white rock pavements to the next class which was 10:30 a. m.

I pulled the door and the face of Usher greeted me with some bitter smiles and blazing eyes that were about to kill.

"Oh, hi there little flirt, why did you come up so early?" she greeted a deadly grin as she folded her arms in front of her.

"Were you dreaming about you having Cyd as yours?" she grinned as she slightly tilted her head to the left. "Well...." she started and stepped closer to me and smiled annoyingly, "I'm sorry, because he'll be mine soon and he will choose me because my rank and standards is higher than yours. Maybe he volunteered to train you in your slaying skills, but I'm sure he doesn't like you and you're just an annoying trash in his life" she grinned as she slapped me with hurtful words that stab me in my heart; she spoke those words with stress in the words 'Doesn't like' and 'Annoying trash'.

I smiled at her and says "Okay, and will you please excuse me, you're blocking the way." she's blocking the way so I made my way inside, I diverted her and went to my seat.

"Were not done yet Alycione!" she yelled that call the attention of many students and made me and Usher the center of attention.

"Then undone, noted" I replied with cold tone and a face with no expression visible.

"You!" her eyes were totally blazing with anger as she stomped closer to her while her nails were digging into the skin of her palms.

"Me what?" I spoke then scoffed while I stared at her disgusted face.

"You're nothing compared to me, I'm way much better than you!" she said angrily that made me sneer.

"If I'm nothing, then why are you wasting your time telling me that you're the one he'll be choosing in the future? OMG! Do you see the future? Wow, congratulations, it'll wake you up in daydreaming" I grinned.

3rd person's POV

Her eyes widened in shock due to Alycione's unexpected answer, where did this woman come from? Is this the one that can knock her down for the first time?

"Y-You-" she was about to speak when Alycione cuts in.

"And why are you so affected about that trainer-trainee connection if you already know that he'll be yours?" I folded my arms in front of me and a small curve formed in my lips. "do you think i can get him from you? oh wait, is he yours? Or are you really the only one who assumes that he's yours? Look at you, a beauty queen and do you think he will like me? Are you kidding me?" She grinned and shook her head.

She raised her hand to slap Alycione, she just sneered and dodged when she's about to slap her causing her to twist and fall to the floor. A loud thud echoed in the room.

Just as Cyd arrived, he saw Usher on the floor "What happened here?" he asked. "Cyd, please help me stand. Aly slapped me so hard it made me fall on the floor" Usher said while doing those puppy eyes while she raised her arm expecting Cyd to help her.

He scoffed "Go help yourself Kath, I know you're the one who started a fight and it ended up with you on the floor right now so you definitely don't need any help except for yourself" he stated coldly.

He approached Alycione with some strands of hair down to chin blocking her face. He hugged her tight and closed his eyes as he sniffed Alycione's fragrant scent, he smiled and opened his eyes; he held both of her arms "Are you okay?" he asked with concern and sincerity in his eyes.

"I'm okay, thank you for your concern" she answered calmly and smiled at him.

(Bell rings)

Alycione's POV

It's now recess, all students were uproarious to buy they're snacks to eat. I get my sandwich out of my bag and begin eating.

As I do my first bite on my sandwich...

"Ahhhhhh!" a loud scream is heard out of nowhere. Out of curiosity, I stood up and went to where the scream came from; my eyes widened in shock to what I just saw, a girl being stabbed in the left side of the neck as the skin of her face is being slashed three times diagonally from the upper left face to the lower right face of the victim and blood keeps on flowing down while she sat on a wooden chair with her body tied up in it. Students gather their phones and take a picture of the victim.

3rd person's POV

A moment later, someone from the back spoke.

"Ahem!" he cleared his throat but no one took notice of it. "ONE!" He counts loudly that made every student dropped their phones in shock and slowly turning around to look at the person who counts at them.

He made his demonic expression surrounding a cold aura and one eye contact with him, is like he can slay you before a second is counted. "TWO!" he continued and a sarcastic smile occurred in his lips that made all the students dashed away from the scene. "Except you!" he spoke as he points at her while sneering devilishly.

She's not sure if who's the one he's pointing to, so she keeps on traipsing slowly. "Hey! Sandwich girl!" He yelled that made her turn around slowly at his direction.

Everybody vanished from the scene and left Alycione with this 6 foot and 7 inches guy who's now grinning at her innocent reaction and the girl being slaughtered by someone. He traipse towards her as he glared at her with the chocolate brown orbs of his that matches his face.

In the midst of walking, he stopped when he reached a distance of 3 steps before her; he took his cellphone out of the right pocket of his slacks and ask "You killed him, don't you?" that made her eyebrows furrowed and slightly tilt her head to the right "H-huh? Who's him?" she asked in confusion.

"Him." he coldly spoke and and showed her a picture of her with the man who had died in the woods. Her eyes widened as she observed the picture that it was her, standing near the dead man. "I didn't kill him!" she protested "Liar! You're the person caught in the scene and you're gonna say you didn't kill him!?" he yelled and scoffed at her; she make and obeisance and spoke "Yes, it was me in the picture but I didn't slay him I swear, I just saw him already dead with a knife stabbed in his head!" she explained.

"Based on your words, it seems like you really are...." she lift her head for expecting that he'll be persuaded that she's... "GUILTY" he grinned with stress and a hoarse voice that made her smile disappear.

"B-but, I didn't slay him" she replied "then why is your fingerprint seen in the knife, hmm?" his eyebrow raised as he asked her and he fold his arms in front of his chest.

She make an obeisance knowing that there is a strong evidence against her and she can't prove that she's innocent just by saying that.

Out of the blue, a slow clapping sound broke the silence that made her head lift. "Very well done, congratulations Ms. Esquivel. I never thought that a newbie will do such thing to get the rank higher" he greeted that made her eyebrows narrowed in confusion. "W-what do you mean?" she asked due to curiosity.

He released a silent sigh while he closed his eyes and smirked as he open them "You really are a newbie. Here in this University, the more you slay, the higher your position will be and there's another way to be at the top, and that is...."