I was good as half dead being the victim of vengeful murderers who stalked around in my high school. They were there, their motives remained the same, but being someone who knew them, I was hopeless. It was as if I knew all the cheaters on an exam, or the culprits in a crime scene. Yet I couldn’t do anything but zip my lips and hope not to die by the end.
Sharing the same air, classroom, the same school as Ryu and Emerald felt like I was playing with my death. I was strolling through the door, whistling like I wasn’t almost killed a few days ago, and sat at my desk nonchalantly. I continued to see them as part of the kingdom rather than criminals of an unrealistic energy force…for about a minute before I broke out into a cold sweat.
Caspian hadn’t spoken to either while I was there, and
