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.

with and it was because after so much searching for who could be behind

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

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wasn’t an easy man to impress and waving a lollipop in front of his face won’t get him alight again. It would anger him more.

had to do my duty

few of the house maids

grounds were almost shaken a few times but I

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

getting wavered by the event

and

air was still covered in fading fogs and the place carried the smell of heavy metallic

into pieces, leaving no trace of what they

dead bodies lay side by sides like what was

and I tried so hard not to shake,

to start on with treatments and urged

survive like myself, I promised myself that they would

multiple times. I could smell their fear, their

child getting

last straw!”

have to treat us, even if you do treat us and feed us, how do we continue to live?” She wailed and

was my only source of income, and now I’ve

any shaky feeling that would trade

I let myself speak.

not worry, ma’am, I stretched out

every kiosk

warming

it felt like the heavy wounds on their

I continued, letting my words linger and standing my

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will be freely treated and compensated. And I also promise you, you will

nice

“Bless your heart”

Thank you so much”

hopeful again as

felt proud

child that was being treated, that I was intensely looking at and raised my

I

his gaze, his lips pressed into a

“Thank you

into a s