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âWhat?â Maynard was the first one to react to my words. Christina gasped and covered her mouth in
her hands after the shock left her speechless.
âShit!â Lazlo instantly covered his face in his hands and mumbled some cursed words at the situation. I
was now standing in front of them with my shoulders raised and my face dug down.
âI am so sorry!â | whispered, almost breaking down once again. Thatâs when Christina got up from her
spit and ap proached me to wrap her arms around my body to comfort me.
âIt is not like you did it. You were just a baby when it all took place,â she heard me tell them all about
the red room and how my mother was cursing everyone around. I didnât say the names because I knew
Maynard would return to his pack soon and will find out all about it from his mother. I wonder if is that
why his mother didnât like me in the beginning. And maybe she later accepted me after she realized I
have a lot of powers?
âThank you,â I told Christina, but the others were awfully silent.
âWhat about theâsacrifice?â Maynard whispered. Obvi ously, they were all having that question in their
mind. They wanted to know how I feel about the whole sacrifice thing now.
000* âLook! How about we go back first and calm her down? We
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can talk about these things later.â Christina held my hand and dragged me to the car and away from the
boys.
âListen! Donât act like you are guilty. The more you feel ashamed, the more they will find a person to
blame. You did nothing wrong. You were only 6, dammit! Donât ever let any body think you are evil. You
have always been there for every one. Just donât let them call you evil or make you feel guilty over
something you didnât even do, got it?â she cupped my face and said the most calming words in a very
sweet voice. I freed my face from her hands and hugged her.
âAwe! Think of me as your sister,â she whispered while hugging me back. I was a bit worried about
getting too closer to her because so far, whoever I found myself closer to, they died
I didnât want to lose her because of my stupidity.
âNow letâs head back.â She broke the hug and told the oth ers to join us. That car ride was the weirdest
thing ever. Lazlo hadnât looked my way and Maynard kept stealing glances at me. I wonder why?
Was he judging me or was he second-guessing his state ment when he said not everyone turns out like
their parents?
We reached the academy in a few hours and Lazlo sprint ed out of the car as if he wanted to escape
the madness. Upon getting into the room, we found Corbin working out in the middle of the room with
no shirt on and Moana sitting in the
corner with her phone in her hands.
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âAh! Roomies.â Corbin straightened his back to welcome us. While passing a quick glance to everyone,
his eyes landed on me and his eyes narrowed on my face.
âWhat happened to her?â he asked, but he wasnât smirking this time.
âNone of your business,â Lazlo grunted, holding my hand for the first time in hours. âYou guys freshen
up and then we will have dinner on the rooftop,â Lazlo told Maynard and Christina while dragging me
after him.
I found myself following him in silence until we were on the rooftop
âI know you are probably thinking I am so evil because my mother was evil,â | whispered under my
breath as he walked back and forth.
âNo! I just want to know something,â he finally paused and walked over to me. His eyes locked with my
eyes and I noticed something different about them. There was something miss ing in his eyes.
âDid you really not remember your mother cursed him?â he inquired, and my frown grew bigger.
âLazlo! if I did, I would have told him before.â I said.
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âBut then you even dreamed about it. How didnât you re call it happening in your childhood? You made
it seem like you were a seer when, in reality, you have been there when your mother was cursing him,â
he was aggressively talking, ques tioning my memory and intentions.
âSo what are you suggesting? That I didnât tell him on pur pose? Then why did I tell you guys now?â |
asked, my eyes watching his face as he shook his head.
âWhat ifâ what if you just wanted him to fall for you so that when you tell him it is you who needs to be
sacrificed, he will reject the idea,â Lazlo shrugged but the theory he came up with sounded ridiculously
good. However, I didnât do that.
âYou think I am capable of thinking so evilly?â I asked Laz lo, my eyes filling up with tears once again.
âI donât know, Enya. But please tell me you didnât know anything?â he requested as if he would believe
me if I say I tru ly didnât know.
âI didnât,â I promised. âIf I knew anything, I would have told him and you guys.â I wasnât lying. Why
would I make such a detailed plan? Besides, it is not like I knew I will be mated to Thiago and all.
âReally? Then tell me, have you told Maynard about your mother?â it was then Lazlo placed his hands
on his waist and asked me. I felt my breath getting stuck in my throat for a mo ment.
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âI was going to but I lost the diary,â I didnât lie once again. I wanted to read in detail what my mother did.
I just know she was cursing him, but there were a lot more pages that I couldnât read before the diary
got stolen.
âOr did you hide it yourself just so that you donât have to face me?â It was then I heard Maynard
mumble from behind me. I couldnât believe he listened to everything instead of hearing it from me.