Zayde's Point of View
I have been avoiding everyone as far as possible after the meeting. My mother kept wanting to talk about tonight, Jason kept bringing her up, Jack kept glaring at me and even my father reminded me about the party, as if I would forget.
Not wanting to think about anything involving her, I made my way to the in-house gym.
I ran on the treadmill first, but my mind kept wondering... To Chloe... To Arkan and the Council... The key that we still know nothing about. Frustration kept building in me and I realized I needed to do something other than running to work out the frustration. So, I strapped my knuckles and decided to take my frustrations out on the punching bag.
The first one did not hold up, causing me to stop and clean up the sand before hanging a new bag. I
