Chasing The Rejected

Chapter 81

-CLARA-

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How could I open my eyes and the first thing I could see was the explosion of last night happening before me.

Despite falling asleep after making a grand escape from yesterday’s chaos thanks to Daman, I woke up and I felt totally disconnected from everything, like I was not really here. I couldn’t shake the feeling that something terrible like that happened.

The world around me was slowly coming back into focus, but everything felt different. But it was also like I was seeing it for the first time.

My body felt heavy and slow like I was wading through mud.

My thoughts were racing and I tried to breathe properly through my nose.

This was torture.

The explosion was all I could recall from last night and

nd the fact that I was waking up at exactly dawn which meant I passed out last night.

I opened the door to my y room and two tall men, broad and wide hanging on each side of my door stopped me from going any further.

“Who are you?” I shrieked at both of them.

Before any of them could make a sound, Luca’s voice echoed from behind me.

“Did they startle you?” He asked.

I turned around swiftly, “who are they?”

“They’re few of your new guards now,” Luca replied.

“Guards?” I tried to breathe.

“Yes. Damon has enforced more protection around you because of what happened last night. The event left you quite in another dimension. You were barely here with us despite getting home”

I nodded, understanding Damon’s intention.

“So expect to be followed around more cautiously. As Damon has pointed me to investigate more on the explosion, we don’t know where it came from or what location at the carnival it took off. So you need to be careful,” Luca addressed.

“Okay thanks” I breathed. Tossing away any brief image of last night that was trying to hinder my morning.

The air around the house became straight. Everyone hardly smiled and when they managed to get a hold of my gaze, they would look at me like I was the most pitiful thing they have ever seen.

Damon was busy the entire time, his cold expression had turned solemn and hard, mixed with anger and frustration.

could tell his mood had been messed with and it was because after so much searching for who could be behind last night’s explosion, they couldn’t find a

that despite yesterday and the little time we spent causing me to see even a fringe smile on his lips had to be ruined

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a lollipop in front of his face won’t get him alight again. It

first I had to do my duty as the

and a coat, I set out with a few of

almost shaken a few times but I had to

was the only way

by

to the place and my guards halted when I

fogs and the place carried the smell of heavy metallic and

every booth and kiosks were shattered into pieces, leaving

bodies lay

people and I tried so hard not

me to start on with treatments and urged Gwen to get on with dispensing of

had managed to survive like myself, I promised myself that they would never ever get to repeat

my heart multiple times.

her injured child getting

the last

Donovan, you do not have to treat us, even if you do treat us and feed us,

source of income, and

my lips together to conceal any shaky

I let myself speak.

ma’am, I stretched out a

promise you and everyone else. Every booth and every kiosk and

erupted in the place and felt my heart warming up when their faces of despair started to lit with

felt like the heavy wounds on their bodies felt like nothing as they looked at

continued, letting my words linger

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And I also promise you, you will all never go

nice

“Bless your heart”

Thank you so much”

feel hopeful again as multiple

proud

looking at and raised my head to meet Steven’s

had something I

his lips pressed into a

“Thank you

into a s