Chapter Twenty One

Charia's POV

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I knocked on the door when I got back to Zara's place. It was so late in the night and I deliberated on knocking, so as not to wake them, but on the first knock the door opened. Ice stood in front of me, his face in a deep frown. He locked the door back on me, but Zara opened it again. She pulled me into a hug immediately after she saw me and I was moved to tears. How could she love me so much?

"Are you hurt?" She asked, checking out my body. I nodded negatively and she sighed in relief. She turned back to Ice with a frown. "Thank your stars, she's okay!"

"Where did you go?" Ice charged at me angrily.

"I'm sorry… I…"

"We helped you Charia and the least you can do is to keep us from trouble. At work, you almost made us lose our job and now we almost reported a missing person!"

"Don't shout at her!" Zara tried to defend but Ice yelled back at her.

"If you speak again, you wouldn't like what I'll do to both of you!" The tone of his voice was hurting and I fe