Chapter 18
I stood in front of the school, feeling nostalgic.
I know I probably should have gone home first but I don't think I'm ready to face them yet, they always have a way of ruining my mood and my resolve which is what I'm desperately trying to avoid.
I walked down the hallways and saw several new faces, well it's not like I'm familiar with the old ones.
I'm truly alone now, no Samiel to exchange tension filled glances with, no Sariel to annoy, no Saviel to avoid and no Satiel to fluster, the Night brothers have all left and I can't deny that I miss them all.
I have no clue why Saviel and Satiel left though, but I know that both of them are not here anymore because they are always waiting for me at the gate and it's lunch break now, still there's no sign of them. There's a bad feeling somewhere within me when I thought of Envy but I couldn't name why.
So I'm officially back to square one where I had no friends but of course my life will never be peaceful again.
'Is that not Ashton? I thought he was dead'. Someone exclaimed, drawing a few eyes to the table where I'm trying to eat peacefully and disappear quietly.
The whispers have been the same since morning.
Just like I had guessed, my parents had declared me dead after a year. My name has also been legally erased from the family records, which means I'm back to Wave Silver and not Ashton Royalle.
Every property of mine which was given to me by them has also been taken away, which is really not much, just a fully furnished penthouse and a sleek sexy car but I've never cared much about such luxuries, as long as I'm comfortable, then I'm content.
It makes things even easier, I don't have any obligation to them.
Something seems to be missing from my memory, probably a big chunk of it because I don't remember how I was kidnapped or where I had been kidnapped, it all seemed like a failed attempt because why else would I be free if I was kidnapped.
I don't even know how I have managed to disappear, I'm afraid I might be going crazy. I wouldn't even have believed I had gone missing if the whole school isn't gossiping about it.
But I still miss Samiel like crazy. I miss him so much. My heart won't stop hurting at the possibility of not seeing him again, I don't think I can bear the thought of him being away from me. I thought I could afford to let him go but not with the way my heart keeps aching at every thought of him.
I want to touch him, all over, inside out. The need is consuming and overwhelming.
I was coming out of the classroom when I bumped into someone.
His shoulder was drawn upwards, his dark blue eyes ran over me, lips in a permanent smirk, dark blue hair, a strange colour.
Another hot freshman, hopefully he's not related to Lust, well how could there be that many coincidences.
"Sayiel!". Someone shouted and my eyes widened in shock, not just because of the familiarity of the scene but because of the name too, Lust had mentioned it.
Why am I so unlucky? Who's this one now?
I made to turn around but he held me back by the arm.
"Hold up, don't leave yet". He smiled charmingly and I almost swooned, he's good looking to be honest, too gorgeous and that's objectively speaking.
He turned to the guy beside him,"Alastor, this is Ashton, the only guy that has been able to get our dear Lust obsessed".
The Alastor guy raised one of his eyebrows,"Really? The one that Envy mentioned during the last meeting which had made Lust seriously hurt the both of you".
Sayiel hummed looking amused rather than offended,"Bingo!".
"Ahh, he must be special then". Alastor stated and Sayiel agreed.
"Sorry for my manners, I am Sayiel… Night". He extended his hands and I shook it against my own better judgement, he looked delighted when I did.
He shook my hand for a little longer before we both pulled away.
"And this is Alastor". He further introduced gesturing at the guy beside him.
Alastor simply waved with a calming smile.
So far, so good. They seem to be on the normal side of the family.
They're not lusting over me, nor are they creeping me out, they both seemed and acted normal. Only the dark blue and orange hair is unusual but with the countless hoops on their ears, they looked like punk kids which means there's a high chance their hair has been dyed to look like that.
"I'd like us to be friends but there's no pressure, you can take your time to get to know us, also we will not withhold anything from you so if there's something you need to know, you can just ask us and we will gladly supply the information to you". He sounded sincere and I believed him almost without wasting a breath which was weird.
I remember that no matter how sincere Envy has been, I've never believed anything he said, I've always doubted his words and that's not because he doesn't sound sincere but because he sounded too sincere at times as if trying to convince me of his sincerity, sometimes if he sees that I'm not taking the bait, he will snap unconsciously before trying to compose himself.
There have been obvious cracks in his sincerity and I think that's mostly because I've never trusted him from day one which always pushed him beyond his limits.
I smiled,"Sure".
His lips widened,"Really?". His cute dimples on display.
He was radiating absolute confidence, probably borderline arrogance but I found it incredibly attractive.
Getting over Samiel might not be as hard as I thought, obviously I just needed a good replacement and one had come knocking before I could even request for an order.