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As much as it shivered her, it soothed her soul for her mate bond and instincts were desiring his one gaze.
The sound of his deep breathing developed a steel rod in her back. She sculptured there, under his scorching gaze that oozed hatred, despicable vex and a warning that clearly meant— run away!
Yet all she did was, settle in a seat and open her bag, and drag out a book and her pouch. She pretended her best to seem she landed here unknowingly and acted as though sitting under his dark disturbing gaze was nothing.
However, it worried her. His presence and his unblinking stare made her feel uncomfortable. She felt herself at his radar, but then also, she remained there, acting as if studying, engrossed in her book. The pretense seemed almost real. Real as if she was into books, yet all where her attention remained rooted was him... In the farthest corner, certainly stabbing her with the pointed daggers of his stare
73"His eyes were the darkest shade of blood red, skin extremely pale like a dead corpse and lips... His lips had a sinister grin. I freaked out Zander, he had gripped my wrist so tight that for a moment it felt like he would twist it and break it apart from my hand." Reyne cautiously said, her hands now clutching on his collars.She was engrossed in his scent, his dark raven eyes as she narrated her experience to him."I thought... I thought he would... Kill me right then and there." That was an extraordinary experience she added, something she had not really felt but gladly communicated to him.And she pouted too... Another cause to make him believe it. Though it was not true.And to her expectation, he stirred.His lips tightened into a thin traumatized line.His gaze darkened on her innocently projected facade.His
74Reyne opened her mouth to say something. Anything. But her voice didn't comply with her. She had nothing to say.Hence, she literally melted to the ground. Her hands rounded around his neck tightly, and echoing of her sobs was the only sound that flared in the air.This had to be a dream. A beautiful dream because Zander the jerk Brown was not an easy nut to be cracked!He could not accept her so easily, could he?"Zander," She tried to acknowledge his words but failed.Her voice failed her. Her thoughts failed her. Her feelings. Her Strength. All of her failed her.This was too good to be true.She swallowed hard and hiccupped. The very moment she fell, he pulled her in his lap. She stayed in his arms and cried for good while his hands consoled her by rubbing her back up and down.
75Amidst the quiet rippling of dust in the atmosphere, Zander's steps shuffled on the tiled floor of the school premises. He wandered from here and there, peeking inside almost every second classroom as his mind sought to look for his other half.Oh no, not the other half he just got closer with!But the other half he basically grew up spending his life with. The other half he shared all of his secrets, memories and zealous moments with.That person was not his mate.Um, you can call him his mate... But a mate for a friend.It was his best of the best friend. Brother from another mother. Alpha companion aka Ryley the rascal Shine.Zander eagerly searched for him. His deep eyes held excitement. Though there was some fear of being thrashed by Ryley, his hunt did not die. He had manifested his hopes about finding his best friend cum brother c
76As much excitement as she did not derive during her hunt for Zander, Reyne was gaining it now! While looking for her handsome mate's best friend.She felt like a butterfly. A newly transformed butterfly with little but invaluable benefits gifted to rare ones.She was wandering in the air, dancing with the winds as she sought to follow the wave of air, in search of the guy who had left a scary impression on their first meet.There was happiness on her face, eyes twinkling in curiosity, body literally swirling in the air. She cheerfully hopped with her bag on her back, crossing from one corridor to another.He must be a bad guy, but he was the best for now. Perhaps, it was because of Ryley why Zander accepted her. He needed to clear the air of distraught between him and his best friend. And he knew it would not be possible without having a solid cause for it.What c
77 "Are you… Joking with me?" Ryley had his front facing Zander. He stood his body supporting the wall of the railing, his hands falling on his sides as if they had lost their energy. He received a serious expression with a shake of head from left to right, "You bet I am not. This is not the time to joke, buddy." His nervousness was visible. His growing pupils and shrinking forehead depicted his emotions. Ryley vigorously shook his head in bewilderment not long before he, much to Zander's surprise, burst into laughter. He was laughing? He didn't crack any joke, did he? Obviously not. Zander blinked his eyelids. His hands ran through his hair while he distracted his gaze from his friend's face just for a second and looked at the silent river far away.
78Fear coursed through his body, numbing his head and throwing him into a psychic pool of terror that gripped onto his guts."Reyne is in school?" Ryley found himself standing next to his paladin friend as they both concentrated on the source where the scream had come from."She wanted to help me find you." Zander rather reminded himself more than answering his bestie.Bloody fucking hell. He was so engrossed in the mission of pacifying his best friend that he forgot his mate was in the school, alone.He was so much into the thought of unveiling his secrets to Ryley that the thought of Reyne being in school slipped away."Helppppp! Zanderrr!!" and now she was, most definitely, in danger."Now it's us who have to find her." Ryley announced as they jumped down the terrace like ninjas, with no fear of breaking their bones or hurting their s
79Everything seemed to blur around. Zander’s mouth slightly parted at the view and then it drastically came dropping down when his eyes captured the looks of her face.It was viridescent. Her lips, jaw, fragile cheeks as well as the forehead has turned like moss. Her hair, floating around her as though under water, made a knot of fear develop in his core.The white, hot crop top that had got his heart jump at the sight... was all green. Nope, she was not filled with colours like a picture in a picture book. It was indeed real. His porcelain skinned mate looked like a plant.“Goodness,” Ryley, who stopped right behind Zander, gasped, his skin instantly whitening at the look as memories from the past bothered him.A year back, he had seen his mate in quite the same condition. She was also captured in a freaking envelope under the silky strings spun
80"Mom!" Dashing inside the door, Zander went on his knees with an unconscious Reyne who was dripping wet in green sticky slimy stuff covering every inch of her body."Zander, Ryley!!! What is this? Is that... Is that Reyne?" His mother was sitting on the couch with Milan by her side, teaching her drawing.But as soon as she witnessed her son and his best friend slump on the floor with an unmoving body of a fragile girl that looked awfully familiar, she left her spot and with a quick run, sat from across Zander on the ground.Her eyes were wide opened, mouth unlatching and latching again and again as she struggled to put her emotions in words. She was beyond petrified. Her hands reached out to touch Reyne's face behind that nasty thick layer of green liquid that had covered her skin while her teeth clenched together."What happened to her?" Just four words were all