Chapter Ninety Five

Colton and I were led through hallways to Damiens secret, not so secret hidden kidnapped ransom spot.

It was the same underground crypt that Damien had taken me to before holiday break that we made love on. He was hanging from his hands by chains, unconscious and covered in his own blood.

“We will kill him.” Draco warned.

“Yeah, sure. Can you at least unchain him and clean him up a bit? I mean this is just sad, do you know how many years our father hung him to withstand torture like this? I mean, the guys are probably comfortably sleeping compared to what he went through.” Colton said.

Louisa bit her lip in anger. Michael looked like he was going to kill all of us.

“Fine, reasonable accommodations.” Michael spat through his teeth.

“Great, goodnight then.” Colton said, putting his arm around me.

It wasn’t until we casually patrolled through the hall half naked back to my dorm with Colton giving his friends funny head nods and winks until he broke into a full panic mode. To be fair, we both broke into a full panic attack.

“AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH” I screamed in frustration, ripping the decorative pillows on my suite's lounges apart. Colton began dialling nonstop on his phone, cursing and screaming in…spanish?

“Jesus bells, what is going on?” Stella asked. She, Natalie and Nora emerged from their rooms

“What’s wrong with him?” Natalie asked towards an angry Colton.

“Is it true the royal court is taking over the school?” Nora asked.

“Yes, its fucking true!” I screamed, grabbing another pillow and tearing it apart with my fingertips.

“Let’s leave the throw pillows alone, Bells.” Natalie said.

“They have Damien, they’re using him as leverage.” I said to them,

“Okay, okay. That’s no problem, we’ll just play along and rescue him.” Stella said.

“They’re infiltrating the royal court, the only way out is fucking in.” Colton said, angrily crushing his phone in his hand. Glass pierced his skin but nearly instantly healed, only leaving small drops of blood.

“We don’t have to solve everything now.” Stella said reassuringly.

“Bro, what the fuck is going on?” Josh said, entering the room with Theo, Nate and Tim.

“We were just handed this. All of the men in the school have to declare an official submissive tomorrow. They’re putting the girls in separate classes from us.” Theo said.

“Let me see that.” Nora said, her eyes read over the letter.

“All women must choose a dominant partner for educational purposes. All women will wear skirts over the knee. Men and women will be separated into different classes to deliver a more meaningful traditional educational experience. All women will walk behind their dominants. No woman will walk alone. No same sex relationships will be allowed.” Nora said, her normal academic demeanour was plummeting fast as she read these new school rules.

“SEE?!” I said to Nora, she turned to us and read aloud;

“PUNISHMENT OR FAILURE TO FOLLOW SCHOOL RULES WILL BE EXPULSION OR FAIR TRIAL BY THE ROYAL COURT?!” She screamed. Nora grabbed a vase and threw it into the wall angrily.

“Okay, you guys owe me for the apartment decor.” Stella said.

“Yeah, this is pretty bad.” Natalie said she had picked up the letter and was reading again.

“The only permissible extracurriculars for female students will be ones who protect the traditional values of our society, limited to dance, art, crafts, gardening, musical instruments and modest cheerleading? THEY WON’T LET US PLAY SPORTS ANYMORE?” She shouted. I walked over to Natalie, whose eye was now twitching, and handed her a pillow.

With an angry roar she shreds the thing to pieces.

“And to make matters worse they’re degrading the bittens too.” Nate said, holding another letter up.

“Let me see that.” Colton said, taking the letter from his hand.

“Are they being oppressed as well?” I asked Colton. Colton shook his head.

“No, they’re just being made even better sidekicks. They can’t take leadership positions, aren’t ranked in academics with the royals. They’ll have some classes with their masters and separate classes for bite training as well.” Colton said.

“We can’t take positions on sports teams anymore either, only substitute positions for our pureblood. We’re not training with them anymore.” Tim said, he looked really sad about all of this. All of my friends looked really sad about this.

“Well at least you get to play at all.” Natalie snapped at him.

“Hey, I’m not defending any of this.” Tim said back.

“Okay, okay but guys. Come on.” I said, taking everyone's attention back to me.

Obviously your parents won’t stand for these guys. I mean this is insane, right Theo? Nate and Tim are your friends? Your teammates, roommates, Right?” I asked nervously.

Everyone suddenly looked very awkward. Natalie played with her fingernails and Josh scratched his head.

“Right?” I repeated.

“Well, my mom wants me to be more feminine. And when I was home for break they told me that they wanted me to find a royal to marry.” Natalie said.

“My parents said the same thing to Bells, about the marriage part. They weren’t totally thrilled that we were going to Coltons family's house.” Stella said.

“My family is very traditional.” Josh said.

“I’m afraid mine is as well.” Nate said. Colton, who had sat down in the fireplace with his hands pressed together and head low, stood up and joined me at his side.

“Alright guys, obviously we all have a lot to process right now. Nine o'clock curfew on school nights. Get to bed, all of you.” Colton said.

Everyone groaned.

“Well come up with something, let’s just all be obedient for now. For our safety.” Colton said.

“Colton-” I said, desperately needing to strategize with him.

“Goodnight Isabella.” Colton said, his cold shoulder was hurtful but I knew it was just stress. Colton took on everyone else’s pain. He and I both thought it was our responsibility to save everyone. It was the reason we worked.

“Goodnight guys.” I mumbled to my friends.