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.

tell his mood had been messed with and it was because after so much searching for who could

me a bit that despite yesterday and the little time we spent causing me to

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

do my duty as the

I set out with a few of the

grounds were almost shaken a few times

life were uncalled for and this was the only way I could write the uncalled

by the

got to the place and my guards halted when

in fading fogs and the place carried

into pieces, leaving no trace of

heart instantly started to ache seeing multiple dead bodies

heavily injured people and I tried so hard not to shake, not to dare

I brought with me to start on with treatments and

moved around the place to attend to a lot of people. The ones that had managed to survive like myself, I promised myself

multiple times. I could

child getting treated

the last straw!”

you do treat us and feed us, how do

the carnival was my only source of income,

conceal any shaky feeling

I let myself speak.

worry, ma’am, I

Every booth and every kiosk and everything ever sold in

and felt my heart warming up when their faces of despair started to lit

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

my words linger and

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treated and compensated. And I also promise you, you will all never

too nice

“Bless your heart”

Thank you so much”

started to feel hopeful again as

proud

was intensely looking at and raised my head to meet Steven’s eyes

I

his lips pressed into

“Thank you

into a s