Avery’s pov

I can hear mumbling, a voice sounding so close to Xaden’s. He’s speaking something to someone. I caught the words.

“Run. Council.”

There’s another sound I pick up too. The faint sound of heartbeats. Is it mine?

“I won’t let you do that,” Xaden said in a firm voice. “He told me to protect her, she’s my little sister. You must think I’m a fool to just hand her over to the council.”

“She-

“Is under my protection. She didn’t see a thing. The boy Kyan or whatever his name is, was the one who knows. The other boys hadn’t believed him.” Xaden utters in a dominant voice.

I have never heard him sound so serious and unyielding. Xaden, even when growing up, he had always been the joker while Xade was the more serious brother. It comes as a shock to hear him sound so authoritative.

“You know they’ll still come after her Xaden. I don’t want anything bad to happen-

“Nothing bad will happen!” Xaden snapped, impatience on his tongue. “When they do come I’ll explain everything to them.”

heavily. “Xaden you know

You know they won’t listen to anything you have to say

I have it

Xaden roused me awake and I jerked up. gasping as my

soft faint beats of my heart beat. I looked

a good look at him as Naden towers over him. But then Xaden turns around, his

headmaster Ile seems awkward, standing there wan a

breathed out beside the edge of the bed, his tall frame looming over me in worry “How are you feeling? You’ve been out

him to the headmaster, wondering why he was so quiet and awkward. Then I return

my already pounding headache to grow

questions, my mind focuses on the one that matters the most to

my throat. I

Kyan. With his fingers around my throat, pressing, digging into my neck. His other hand on my thigh. Had he

Tears brim my eyes and I swallowed but

bit on the monitor and my eyes flicked over to the machine. What had Kyan done to me? The last thing I remember is hearing an animalistic snarl. Too animalistic to even

What had happened?

And where was Xade?

a second ago I

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