Chapter 4
“Remember what we’ve told you. You must behave yourself; many eyes will be on you today.” My mother
warns me.
We’d been on a two-week break, and now it was back to school. I didn’t want to attend after knowing that
everyone knew exactly what went down between Bryan and me. It didn’t help that he and Aria were the
more popr ones; everyone here would side with them. Just like always, I’ll be an outcast that people
gossiped about.
I nod, ” yes, mother, ” I say as I exit the limousine.
I keep my head low when I walk through the front entrance; I know that eyes are on me without looking
up; I can feel it. The noisy corridor grows quiet, and now all that’s left are hushed whispers, gossips
about me; I knew that much.
When entering the ssroom, Aria and Bryan are already there, and they’re seated to the front. Aria
looks up at me, and there isn’t the slightest bit of remorse on her face. Theck of empathy only adds to
my pain and fuels my anger.
How could she be okay with this? How is it that I considered both of them so much when they barely
cared for me?
I take a seat next to one of the quiet girls in the ss; she barely ever said anything, even when the
teachers called on her. That was the best option for me; anyone else would ask too many questions or
make fun of me.
“Okay, ss, today we will be discussing more on the ming whisperer.”
The ming whisperer. I’ve been hearing about her my entire life. She was supposedly born amongst us
fire whisperers and could be any one of us. I know for a fact that she couldn’t be me; I was the only one
of my kind that still couldn’t create fire.
No matter how hard I tried and no matter how many extra sses I went to, there still was no hope for
me. I’ve never given up trying, but it did get tiring at times.
Sometimes I thought that the ming whisperer was nothing but a myth, just like stories about the dark
whisperers being the doom of us all. Adam and his family never did anything to harm anyone as far as I
knew; they were just a bit intimidating, and because of that, people feared them.
Not everyone feared them, though; the girls at my school went crazy over them. Even more so than they
did for Bryan.
“As you know, one of our greatest legends is that of our great ming whisperer. She’s prophesied to
save us all from darkness like no other. Every year we host the fairy fire ritual in hopes of finding her.
This year’s ritual will take ce this Sunday, and every single one of you must attend.” Miss Phillis
informs us.
Did she mean all of us? I knew all of the teachers wouldn’t see the point of me being there.
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My eyes go to Bryan and Aria, who are suddenly big on public disy of their feelings for one another.
Aria is ying with his hair, and I’m surprised that Miss Phillis is doing nothing to stop them. We were still
in ss, after all.
“Ignore them.”
I glimpse to the side of me, surprised that the girl next to me had spoken. I believe her name was Abigail.
“What they did to you is unforgivable. They will receive their karma; you continue doing you and ignore
them.”
I open my mouth to speak but am suddenly distracted.
The door flies open, and all of the women in the ss sigh contentedly. I follow their gazes and am not
surprised to see Adam there.
Adam.
Adam.
Adam.
I wince at the haunting whispers in my head. I’ve had them ever since the day I’d turn eighteen.
Whenever Adam was in the same room as me, the whispers start and suddenly disappear out of
nowhere.
I can’t exin what it is, and I don’t dare tell anyone about it, either. They would think that something was
wrong with me, and everyone around me already had the worst things to say about me; I didn’t need
anything else to add to it.
His eyes somehow cross the room to me, and just like that, I can no longer breathe. I can no longer hear
what the teacher is saying, and everyone around me disappears. There is this fire flowing around me,
and Adam is the center of its attention. It wants to rush to him, and I can’t tell if it’s to embrace or harm
him.
His eyes are zing but not with fire, with dangerous darkness that makes my body shiver.
“Amiera!”
I blink twice and realize that I’m back in the ssroom, and all eyes are on me. Adam has already
reached his seat, and unlike everyone else, he is not looking at me but staring hard at the board.
The teacher is looking at me, and I know that I’m screwed. How long was she calling my name for, and
how long did I zone out?
“What is your answer?”
I frown, “can you please repeat the question?” I ask her.
She shakes her head in disappointment, “please pay more attention in ss; you already know that you
need all the help that you can get. You’re the only one in ss that’s behind. Work harder, and you might
be able to dig within yourself and bring out that fire. I don’t want to have another meeting with your
parents over this.”
There are giggles throughout the room, and I can’t help but feel so alone. Usually, I will have Bryan or
Aria next to me, but today, they have also joined the others that didn’t like me or rather liked to make fun
of me.
The room grows quiet when Ashton walks in next; everyone knows there is no bad blood between him
and Bryan.
I couldn’t understand why Aria would choose to ruin what she had with him over Bryan, who was already
dating me, her best friend.
Ashton was beloved by many of the women in school, even more so than Bryan. And as far as I knew,
Aria loved every bit of attention, so why did she settle for Bryan?
Ashton takes a seat next to his brother at the very back of the ssroom. I try not to roll my eyes as
some of the girls move their seats so that they could get closer to both of them.
Abigail sighs, “I just want this ss to be over with.”
I nod, “I agree with you.”
I’m still surprised that she’s speaking to me, but I am grateful to have someone here that doesn’t seem to
dislike me.