Fear of the known

Chapter 28

By; Tofunmi Nikky

"You should go back to class, Lucia."He cut her off from asking further, with a dismissal. She gulped down nothing from her throat and let her head maintain a twice up and down motion.

After the nod, she bowed and turned around to leave. She was about turning the corner when his voice resounded from her back,"Wait for me after the closing hour, I'm going home with you to meet your mother."

Oh!, just when she was praising the goddess for making him forget. She looked back at him and with a simple nod of agreement, then,she turned the corner and walked away back to the class.

Seeing her gone, Xander for the first time in so long felt weak from within, he quickly sat down on the chair not far behind him knowing he might not be able to balance himself on his feet and can just slumped onto the floor anytime soon.

His head lowered to get palmed up in his two palms. Deep rough exhales erupts from his hard chest as he thought back on his words. He'd never tho