billion book
Chapter 17
Chapter 17
to me with a very concerned yelped look on his face
“How did you manage to leave the house without them
kuning
w e you when he asks with new intens.
“am…I lied.” Iconleu. ‘1 told them that was going to a friend’s house.”
“A friend’s house?” he questions. Which friend?”
I’m surprised that he even wants to know this small detail. Why should it matter which friend!
He’s standing doser to me now as he waits for me to
“Abigail…” I want to t#1 him mare; I want to say to him that she’s the only friend that I have now and that the two people closest to me betrayed me. But I don’t need to say these things everyone in school already knows, and even he asked me if i still loved Bryan. He already knows, i know this;
but I still want to tell him more. I want to open up to him,
and I want to hear his responses. I’m slightly crazy; I know
that, and he may already know this as well.
He steps back after hearing my response. Til have the
guard see you out after you get changed. Goodbye, Amiera.”
I don’t have a chance to protest before he bolts out of
the room. It seems as though he’s trying his best to get me to leave. I’m suddenly reminded of the last time he did this to
leve. I’m suddenly reminded of the last time he did ihis to
1. me. The time I liked his client without hiki pemikian.
Today he was trying to get away from me once mori.
Why did he keep doing this? Why did he
vi sem
ested in me, only to push me out a few minutes later?
I spin the dar in my hand over and over again. I’d finally found her; after years of searching, she was finally
within my grasp
But I don’t feel the sense of accomplishment was
haping to feel. My emotions manage to surprise me even
more than she does.
Why did I feel the need to protect her today? My primary
mission was to guide her towards the candle; it was a simple
test: The burning sensation would have stopped on its own
even without my interference, it would have taken a long
time, but it still would have stopped.
So then why did I rush to help her?
Every time I close my eyes, I hear her screams; I’ve
listened to cries before, but none has ever managed to flip
my insides as hers did.
“Fuck” i slam the knife down onto the wooden table
and mumble some more as I get up.
I thought that I was more prepared for her arrival than
They dont know that I’m here.”
Why did those words impres me much should not
Chure that her penis didn’t know that he was in my home,
walso shouldn’t care that she didn’t live here tonight with
Did she even get home safelyt Should have allowed
her out?
‘Why do you look se stressed out?”
Tlook up, and Lizzie is standing a few feet away from me. Was so bottled up in my thoughts that I didn’t realize
her presence?
“I’m not.” I’m afraid I have to disagree with her. “What brings you here?
She crosses her arms over her chest and frowns at me.
“When do lever need a reason to visit you?”
I shrug my shoulders. “It’s just late that’s all.”
“So, did you get any closer to the girl that you suspect?
Is she the flaming whisperer?”
I should have known that Lizzie would be restless the
moment she learned that I suspected someone.
I’m surprised that I didn’t even have to think twice
about lying to her
“No?” she asks.
ite
“No.” i cantum
I was
ready to telanjabout her…All, nint
So tell me then, Adam, what was that girl doing here
Her question throws off–guard. How did she know that invited Amirahie tonight?
“What are you talking about?’ lask waiting for the confirmation that she was indeed speaking about Amiera.
“Brenda sent me this picture of the two of you during movie night. How wsi not even invited?”
****g Brenda. Of course, it had to be that irritating
woman.
“T’m just trying to screw with Bryan. That’s all. I’m doine
it as a favor to Ashton, nothing else.”
i know she won’t believe the lie, but it was still better
than telling her what happened today,
I couldn’t let anyone find out about Amiera, not now.
I would reveal the truth when the time was right.
“I don’t mean to pry.” Abigail says the moment I step
into the vehicle. “But what’s up with your hair, and where is
the outfit you went in there with? Did rain manage to fall
inside the house? is it as spooky in there as everyone says?”
I wake mynd, “it’s slot nicer than expected. The
rumars are all lies. And my hair i staking we because of
HEIL incident. Els a long story.”
We have the whole night before your driver came for
vau in the morning. I mean, is sleep that important?
What will Abigail think of me after tell her the Aria
would judge me, call me crazy, along with other words. But Abigail was nothing like Aria.
“I don’t know where to start. Everything was fine until he walked me to the library.”
“I thought you went there to watch a movie?” she asks.
“Why were you in the library?”
I sigh, “it was a herror movie, and I hate those kind. So
Adam noticed and walked with me to the library. Their
library is beautiful, by the way. It’s enormous, and there are
many statues amongst other cool things. One of them
happened to be a gold candle. I’ve never seen anything like it
before. But when I touched it, something strange happened. My body felt like it was on fire. My entire body, not just the
part I touched it with. Adam saw that I was in discomfort.
and he carried me to his shower. And he soaked me from
head to toe… To help with the pain.”
Abigail stops the car immediately and turns to me with
“So let me get this straight, you were not only in Adam’s
room but also in his shower?”
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as lost
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to know more than he’s telling
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was him. It’s his touch that apped the pain i’m mat vure
what the water did. I just knew that the water would have no
Hect without him there.
Abigail don’t
more question when we ruch
her home, and I’m gratatul for that. I didn’t wait to talk
about it anymore. I was tired and needed it. Even though
the pain was one, the memory of it was still there. What if
that had happened when Adam was not around? Who would
have helped me?
And was it even the candle that caused that reaction?
Would it happen again?
There were so many questions that I wished I had the
jump onto the bid Abipall had sprund some even on ferme san dalewly drift away into a dupsip with the imates of Adamclose to me
The next day, the driver balready waiting for me when i wake up. Il say a quick goodbye to Abigail and am already hame before I know it.
I can’t stop the feeling of guilt from lying to my parents. I’m so scared that they somehow found out the truth of where I was last night. Still, I put on a brave face and walked inta the palace
“What happened to your clothes, Amiera?” My mother adiks me, she lacks highly suspicious, and I can’t blame her. It
wasn’t like I went to a pool party…More like a shower party
inside Adam’s bathroom. She also doesn’t know that i
changed outfits three times after i left the hou.
Oh lord, can’t forget about that incident?
You can never forget about that; you know that it’s
something that would scar you for the rest of your life.
Adam’s touch was everything a woman would want from a
man. He was everything a woman would wish for, il now
why women threw themselves at him like that. If I’mni honest,
Talways knew why women warted him; I didn’t need last
night to show that to me
“I wasn’t paying attention while eating, and some food
te
Lait it by
. She will turn it to me in school. She was
kind enough to lend me this
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My mother hans hereyes. ”
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Abigail bare. You only verhad Bryan and A
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don’t know if it was a good idea for me to let you le last night. Something feels of about you. I kraw my child, and i feel like you’re lying to me about something.”
Taigh, mother, you have nothing to worry about. Abigail is a sweetheart; so far, she is nothing like Bryan and Aria. They are the ones you should be worried about me spending time with. Those two almost destroyed my life. I
trusted them with all my heart; I gave them both my trust,
and they broke it without a care in the world about my
feelings. I understand that you have a duty towards your
kingdom, but sometimes I wish you could be a mother to me
for once. For once, can’t you think about my leelings and
not that of the kingdom?”
Her eyes look both surprised and sad at my question. I didn’t want everto ask my mother to choose between me and our kingdom. I understood how being a royal meant that
my life would be different from any ordinary person’s.
I’ve just been having a crazy month; things were
happening that I never thought it would have ever happened
to me. First I lost both my best friend and boyfriend. Then I
wily thalicember
myself in lenalidam more
than once. Now, this happened w
hi, amething ihali
have no how to explain. Alliknew was the this was not normal at all. My body should not have had up the war
that it did, that has never happy to me and in my life before. Even though it w ound crazy, that candlahad
Something to do with it.
And how is it possible that Adam has the power to heal my pain? That should not be passible;lve never heard of anything like that before.
There is also the way that Adam looked at me before left. It was almost as though he was looking at a diferent person. I feel as though he knew something that I didn’t.
But that was insane. What could he know about me that
even I didn’t know?
“Go to your room and get some rest,” my mother
whispers. “We will continue this conversation another time.”
I nad and walk away with all of these questions still on
my mind. I drop myself onto the bed the moment that
enter my room. My cheeks are burning with the memory of
Adam’s hands sliding down my body. I’ve had moments with Bryan, but nothing ever felt like that before. I have no idea
why it has to be Adam to both set me on fire and cool me
down all at the same time.
I want to ask him so many questions, but I’m scared. He
I want to ask him so many questions, but I‘m scared. He
turned me down earlier when I tried asking just one
question. Maybe I saw things that were not even there. It‘s
possible; I tend to overthink things.
Maybe there is nothing to worry about. Only time will
tell.