The Devil's Duo

Chapter 2

The man cleared his throat and was most likely about to move on from the current program when he was interrupted by the sound of the main door to the hall room pushed open with little strength, he looked through his glasses ,his expression quite bored as every other head turned to look as well, some didn’t bother to look as the smell was quite in the air

The hybrid was here, the weakest of them all did really come to the entrance ceremony to take her place. Her smell blew across thro om and the murmurs stated again

“I was really hoping she wouldn’t show up”

“How daring of her, doesn’t she know she should just die already”

“Nobody wants you hear, Raya”

The murmur could have just been murmurs but there was no need as every shifter in the room could hear them including Raya who smiled sadly as she silently tried to close the hall door as silently as she could failing at it.

The man on the podium sighed bored and looking out ,he asked as the whole hall went silent

“Raya Corey?” The man asked

“Yes sir” Her mild voice rang out slightly among the crowd

“I suppose you know you have a speech to give. King’s orders” The man stated then added

“please come forward to the podium to give your speech”

Raya nodded mute and proceeded forward trying hard to shut out the critics and voices in her head, none of it was positive and this were really times he wished she wasn’t born apart from the time her stepfather tried to get her to hunt a lion

“I wish you were dead”

“I wish you were never born”

“we don’t want you here”

“Go away from our  land”

She managed a forced smile and there was little to no applause as she mounted the podium and the man stepped aside then she started

“Hello Everyone, I am Raya Corey….”

*****

During the whole confusion of this, Lukas had already come in ,taking notice of the straight black silky hair he had saw in a flash and only taking notice of the face when she started to give her speech 

She seemed a little above 18,she had the fairest of skins and looked  quite cute with her reading glasses on ,and there it was. The green eyes. Green eyes that mesmerized him and seemed to looked deeper into him or further than you

Yeah, it was her alright, and she was far more beautiful than he had seen, she almost seemed to melt his heart with the smile on her face that didn’t reached her eyes, it was quite evident to anyone who cared to notice and Lukas did take notice

Clapping slightly as she got down from the podium after giving a respectful bow ,Lukas thought

“Raya Corey huh?”

**

Raya arrived home late in the evening after the entrance ceremony that day with her eyes burning as she handed over the flowers in her hand to her stepfather, she coughed at multiple intervals but he didn’t give one thought to her burning hands as he grabbed the wolfsbane from her with a smirk

He knew what he had done.

Raya couldn’t hold back her tears when she got into the safety of her room as she screamed silently in pain

**

The next day ,a early Tuesday morning, A tired Raya who had been worked to the bones all night rested her head on her desk in the corner of the classroom

She was indifferent to the idea that it was quite obvious that she was being kept away from the rest of the class, deep down, it still seemed to affect her as to admit it to herself that she was actually lonely and would like a friend would be pathetic as she would never get that, at least not in this lifetime

She had come to class early to avoid meeting of her classmates on the way and tried to prevent any rising drama that way happen

The murmurs were the least of it as they never stopped then ,in came a man who looked like he was in his early 30’s ,he was looking quite too friendly for the class and Raya took notice of it

“Good morning, shifters and  witches alike” he said then looking in Raya’s direction he added

“and the others” He said, fixing his glasses

“It’s the first day of the week so we are going to start with the roll call, please keep quiet in your seats and listen” he added then opened a large registrar, calling out names he knew of

During this while, the other students didn’t hesitate to start muttering to themselves

“Hey, did you hear?”

“What?”

“That the prince is also going to be here”

“Seriously, wait, is he a shifter or a witch?”

“That I do not know. But it is rumored that he is mudane”  

“That definitely can’t be”

“I guess we will find out soon enough”

“hopefully” the whispers died down

**

“well I wonder just who they are talking about?” Lukas said to herself right before stepping into the classroom, by now all heads were turned to him staring in amazement  as it was quite obvious fro his dressing, down to the king’s ring on his hand the elegant way with which he carried himself

“I m not dreaming right?”

“Its really him?”

“The king’s adopted son, Lukas?”

“Yeah, its definitely him”

 “f**k, he is so hot with his blue eyes, I so want to kiss him”

“Could I be gay for this guy?” another muttered and a few people chuckled

“He doesn’t seem like he can hear us, can he?” another asked

“Hopefully not” they said as they stared at the prince of the kingdom standing before them with a smile ,uttering no word

The teacher’s smile had fallen by now as he called out

“Please everyone, take your seats, I will going over this one more time and if you are standing o hanging off a wall by then, you will be marked absent for the whole week” he concluded

There was a bit of a rush  as everyone tried back to their seats, each hoping Lukas would pitch his desk with them but he didn’t ,rather he took a seat in the front row but not before searching out where Raya was located, her head was still on the desk and she seemed not to care of what the others were saying or take notice of is presence in the room

“she can hear them right?, after all if I strain enough, I also can” He thought as he took his seat.

The teacher introduced himself as a witch called Vincent Griffith, a quarter witch who would be teaching some basics of magic for the first years that could practice magic. He took the attendance and a few scowled when Raya said a “present” in her usual mild voice while Lukas just answered “here” in some sort of elegant way that was well befitting of a prince

After the first class, Lukas took a deep breath and walked up to Raya ignoring tons of other people who wanted to hold a conversation with him

“Hello, I am Lukas Grey, and you?” He said extending a hand forwards

Raya looked up and He felt it. Again