The Embrace of the Frostborn

Chapter 4

“The hell, Mrs. Kaiser!” I yell once I have myself balanced and floating in the water.

“Cuss at me, not her; it was I who asked her to bring you here.” Mr. Rector comes into the picture.

“Why?” one single word that represents all my questions.

“I asked you to keep your mind and soul in control of yourself. But you let your heart, your mind take over you. You keep doing this Sera, you give in to your agony and suffer. This satisfies Darren who lives in YOUR house, sits in YOUR throne and rejoices in YOUR suffering! he bursts.

“I told you; your emotions are your greatest weakness; they overrule your control over yourself time and again and you know the results!”

“a… am sorry, Mr. Rector. I was furious at Shabin for treating me like a kid. It won’t happen again; you have my word.” This seemed to cool his temper a bit as he smiled a little and gave me his hand. I dried up within seconds which wasn’t odd.

“Go home.” he whispered, leaving me frustrated again, what was this drama now?

Four days pass in a blur and I am back in school. The day dragged on and on and now here I am standing in front of the mirror of the girl"s room looking at my reflection, flushed cheek, pale face, fierce hair and a sharp scar on my chest that I hid using my concealer.

My thoughts about him are coursing through my veins but they have been under control ever since I was tossed into the lake.

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I am in the process of tying my shoe-laces after our running session when a gush of chill crosses me, it gives me goosebumps. His name crosses my mind with this sudden feeling -Krius. Just then someone taps my shoulder.

“Just a sec, please.” I say, ignoring the feeling and discarding it as a mirage, it must be Eric or someone else. I looked up and realized it wasn’t either of them. It was Kevin himself.

My temperature is dropping with each passing second.

“Hey Scarlett! Listen, I don’t know anyone other than you here. Monica’s not coming today and Natalie has been passive ever since we met, would you mind if I stick around?” And like this we spend the whole day together. Eating together, playing tic-tac-toe, studying, going about the school.

Coming back to reality I know Shabin will kill me if he comes to know what I have done. I really hope he will understand and cut me some slack.

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To be honest, I am nervous today. Nervous to know what is in there waiting to break me apart, to throw me back into the past which I have now, finally, suppressed. But I have to, so I am gonna enjoy this little moment of happiness and solace I have been granted right now.

I relax a little bit and let go of the clawing fear of something messing up beyond my control. He taps my shoulder, a gush of coolness rushes through my being. This somewhat confirms my doubts which makes me stiffen up. He taps again and I muster up all my courage to turn around. He hands me a chit.

“Scarlett,

Do you mind if I call you Star instead of Scar?

-Kevin”

OH MY GOD! This is not true, this can’t be. I reread it thrice and realize what I am reading is exactly what I read it the first time. But Kevin? How can this be even possible? Oh crap! This means that he"s awakening, he’s coming back. But wait! How can this happen? He can’t remember anything nor it works so fast, how is that possible? Has he already… No! This can’t be true Kevin cannot love me this is not what it is supposed to be. I need to speak to Shabin or Mr. Rector or Nat or anyone.

I spot Natalie standing in a corner on the ground floor in casuals, she must have used her charms to avoid being seen while sneaking in, I rush to her.

Nat smiles at me when sees me coming towards her. I can’t keep it to myself any longer so I grip her arm and drag her out of the school.

“Will you tell me what"s wrong? Why are you behaving like this, Sera? Did something happen again?” “A lot has happened, Nova.”

“What is it? Why did you drag me so ruthlessly? See it"s turned red!” She says as if she gives a damn, showing her arm “Oh, s**t! I’ve got your arm broken, I am so sorry, Nat.” I can’t help but sarcastically mock her. What I need to tell is way more important!

“I was upstairs and Kevin was seated behind me, we talked the whole day and just a few minutes ago he gave me a chit. This is something completely unexpected!” “What is it about?” her voice had an edge to it because of the suspense I was creating.

“Lemme read it to you”, “…Kevin.” “Wait, you just said Kevin wants to nickname you Star? Did I hear it wrong? Are you pointing out the possibility of this being our final chance? Scarlett, is this really our final chance? Is this the last time? Is this why we all feel different this time? Is this really the end of our suffering? Is this the loop hole we were all waiting for?” she asked, understanding my inner turmoil and voicing the same questions. She was furious, desperate. She was so restless that she held my shoulders and was shaking me as if she could shake questions out of me this way.

“I don’t know, Natalie. I didn’t even try a bit. I resolved that I’ll put an end to our suffering by never trying.” She calms down and tells me she knows why I thought that way and understands what I might be feeling because of all this.

I don’t have the heart to tell her that that"s not what I was thinking, it had more to it. My look gave it all away and she understood almost instantly what I was thinking.

“You think Moon might have made a mistake last time?” she asks, her eyes full of hope and fear.