Chapter 172 DEATH WARRANT
AURORA’S POINT OF VIEW.
I stared at Morgan’s retreating figure, my heart beating wildly with each step she took towards the door. I pushed to, but just before my feet could move, I felt an arm grab mine. Turning around, I saw that it was Kai….he held onto me, that love-struck look in his eyes as he stared at me. I wanted to scream. “Let me. go.” I hissed, emphasizing each word so he’d know just how much I hated him.
“No….why are you doing this?” he asked, looking like I'd actually hurt him. “I told you I would break up with her so you and I could finally be together….we’re free now.” He pulled me closer, actually daring to wrap those arms around my waist so he hugged me….more like kept me prisoner so I could not follow after him.
“Kai…..what the hell is the matter with you?” I whisper-yelled, hoping I could reach him another way. Maybe if I whispered, he would come to his damn senses and realize I was not fucking playing.
“Baby….I love you.” He kissed my neck. I turned to stare ahead, only to see the people still watching. The difference, though, was that more than half of the students, and some of the teachers gathered, did not stare at me as if I’d kicked a bleeding puppy. Rather, they appeared love-struck, as if we were the biggest love story to break out after Lucien and Sloane.
“What is the matter with all of you?!” I screeched, my voice breaking from how tired I was… it felt like I’d been talking to brick walls all this time. “Has anyone here ever seen me relate with any of the horsemen?” I asked around.
“Who, besides Sloane, would be bold enough to do that? I know the rules in this school….and they clearly state that scholarship students are not to look in the eye of any of the horsemen, or they’d risk expulsion…..please, someone believe me.”
Then, a girl stepped forward, her red hair shining just like her green eyes. No…please, no. “Come on, Aurora.” She said, clasping my hands softly. “Look at him.” I did. I turned to stare at my so-called boyfriend, who looked at me as if I held the world in my hands.
“He is clearly so in love with you. We all know how Morgan is, and your reality with her….but he damned all that, claimed you publicly so she knew about it too. Do you not see what this means?” she gasped as if I was making a mistake.
“He’s clearly giving you protection.” Another lady said from the crowd. I shut my eyes, releasing exasperated breaths before I would murder someone. Just before I could repeat the same words at the top of my lungs, the school bell rang.
The shrill sound felt final and monumental as everyone dispersed. I wanted to race after them, but the brute force still held onto me. Everyone left for class until it was just me, Kai, Tobi, the horsemen, and Sloane.
For a second, I felt Lucien’s cold eyes on me. He rarely took his eyes off his girlfriend, so whenever he looked elsewhere, the person would feel like peeing their pants. I gulped, looking away immediately. He directed his gaze to Kai, and another secret message passed between them before he grabbed Sloane’s hand. She gave me a soft smile before letting him pull her away.
“Welcome, frozen,” Lucien said just as they walked away, and the others followed suit until we were truly all alone.
Just then, Kai took his arms off me and stood in a corner. Toby hovered near the door, his timid, pale eyes darting between us as if he’d just survived a crash he did not understand. Suddenly, Kai hissed, staring squarely at me with that smirk I wanted to scratch off. “Get the hell out of my sight.” I felt the air still immediately, embarrassment settling in my skin as my cheeks flushed.
I gulped, lifting my chin despite my fear. “You’re in my part of school.” The second is aid it, his head tilted to the side, as if he was studying me. Then he smiled….like, fully smiled, showing teeth and all.
I waited for him to snap at me. Kai was known in the horsemen for one thing: anger…… rumored to blow red hot whenever someone did something to aggravate him, every student lived in fear of what he would do if they got on his bad side…. It was another major reason I stayed as far away as possible.
That and if my father knew I was speaking or even looking at his daughter’s fiancé for a second, he would kill me.
“Did I fucking stutter?” I gulped, ready to bounce because that look in his eyes….I was terrified of what it meant. However, just before I could move, he turned to his left. I followed his gaze, realizing yet again that Toby was still there, dressed only in his pants, which were buttoned wrong.
Toby hesitated, probably realizing, like me, that Kai referred to him. “Kai, I….I wanted to…”
Kai finally turned fully, and that look….it was just one look, but it spoke volumes. That was all it took.
Toby swallowed hard, nodded once, grabbed the rest of his things, and practically bolted from the room, the door slamming shut behind him. The silence that followed was suffocating.
I hugged myself, my nails digging into my arms as if I could hold myself together by force alone. My heart was still racing, but now it wasn’t panic… it was dread.
I walked over to him, making sure to face him head-on even if my neck hurt from how high I had to hold my head….the guy was built like a damn skyscraper.
“What the hell was that?” I demanded, my voice shaking despite my effort to sound angry instead of terrified. “Are you insane? Do you have any idea what you just did?”
Kai leaned back against a desk, utterly unbothered. One ankle crossed over the other, and he placed his hands in his pockets.
“Yes.” That one word made my stomach twist. Even if I rushed to my dad as soon as possible to tell him this, he would never believe me. He would only take her side…and mom would suffer for it. I wanted to cry and scream at him. We could not even make rent last month! The landlord already threatened to kick me out yesterday. I could barely afford food, so I lived off school café food… There was no way I could afford Mom’s bills.
“You don’t get to do this,” I said, stepping closer, lowering my voice…maybe if I did, he could understand just how bad the situation is. “You don’t get to say things like that about me. About my life. You just….” I choked, swallowing hard. “You just signed my death warrant.”