After the frightening encounter, my dreams of him resurfaced. It haunted me for weeks. How could he wield such power even from afar? Eventually, I managed to push it to the back of my mind, thanks to the excitement of the new school year. With school set to resume and me about to enter SS2, I was looking forward to officially holding a post in the second term. That night, I woke up to finish a romance novel I had started earlier. I'm a sucker for romance novels, and this one, titled "When Lightning Strikes," had me imagining Oliver and me as the protagonists. I was thrilled to finish it, but then I heard a sound, it was a conversation between my parents. Normally, I’d leave them to it, but this time, I decided to eavesdrop. “I pity him,” my dad said. “He hardly shows his emotions, and h

