Chapter 24


    Chapter 0024


    ASHANTI’S POV.


    “The Delta suggested a duel between you and Alpha Reagan during training?” Tessa asks in a


    harsh. whisper as we both pick up our tes and cutleries from the pantry and put on our trays


    before joining the line of girls going to get their meals.


    It’s dinner time.


    “You needed to see the confident look on his face when he said it. I almost p**d my pants.”


    “But, I thought he liked you. Why then does he want to get you killed?” The line moves forward.


    There’s just three more people to go before it’s our turn to get food.


    “That’s something I know nothing of, but thank the goddess Alpha Reagan declined. He said I’m too


    fragile.


    That he might break me into pieces without even meaning it.”


    “And that is true!” It’s our turn to get served. Tessa, who is ahead of me, puts her te on the table


    and the cooks serve her meal. When it’s my turn, I do the same and then go to meet her again. As


    usual, some of the girls are giving us hateful res. Until now, I still have no idea why they hate


    us so much


    “She tried to kill her sister yesterday.” Gossip reaches my ears. I turn to look in the direction of the


    voice and I spot three girls sitting around a table, murmuring and ring at me.


    “She’s as evil as she looks.” The ginger haired girl adds.


    “I heard she was training with the Alpha at thebat training center this morning.”


    “He definitely kicked her a**. Alpha Reagan despises her!” I tear my gaze away from them and


    focus on finding an empty table where Tess and I can sit down to eat. I finally spot one north of the


    room.


    “Over there.” I signal and we both go there. Once settled, I start eating my food.


    “The girls keep gossiping about you.”


    “I noticed. However, I’ve decided not to pay any attention to their derogatoryments about me


    anymore. I have more important things to do.” I take a big bite of my chicken.


    “I’m happy to hear that. So tell me how your duel with Nelly went.” I drop my cutleries and put my


    hands together, grinning at her from ear to ear.


    “It was absolutely riveting! Nelly is such a great fighter and I swear I only won that many rounds by


    chance. She has more skills, more strength, more everything! And she is the sweetest soul. I’m


    sure to learn a lot from her in the days toe.” I exin with so much enthusiasm. She chuckles,


    shaking her head. “What?”


    “You have this glow in your eyes whenever you talk about your training sessions. You’re having a


    goodtime over there, aren’t you?”


    “I am, indeed.” I pick up my fork to ride on with my meal, but stop midway when I notice that the


    cafeteria has gone unusually silent. The girls have stopped talking to each other and when I look


    around, I notice everyone is looking at our table with horror filled eyes. My eyes flick from their


    burning gazes to the direction of the sounds of clicking heels on the tile floor. A strong feeling in my


    gutes to life when I see Alina marching towards my table with three girls behind her, one of


    them who happens to be my step-sister.


    Rhea has finally joined her crew.


    Interesting.


    I steel my spine as she stops before our table and takes a killer pose. I get a whiff of her expensive


    perfume which stings my nostrils, making me to crunch my nose.


    She smells like money and trouble.


    “Get on your feet and leave this table. I want to have my meal here.” Her cold orderes through.


    Tessa and I exchange confused nces before I turn to look at her again.


    “But there are other empty tables where you can sit.” I point out. A ridge forms between her


    eyebrows as she furrows them.


    She’s p**d.


    “Are you trying to tell me what to do?” She sneers. I calmly shake my head.


    “Not at all. I’m just saying it’s not nice to ask someone to leave their table in the middle of their meal


    just because you want to sit when there are other tables where you can sit and have your own


    meal.” The entire cafeteria is filled with the sound of shocking gasps from the other girls. They can’t


    believe I just spoke back to Alina.


    Even I cannot believe I just did that, but someone needs to put this girl in her ce sometimes.


    “Did you just talk back to me?” She lets out a bitter chuckle. “How dare you!” She sneers and angrily


    swipes my te of food off the table with one powerful move of her right hand. The tends on


    the ground together with its content that spills all over.


    The hall goes dead silent. I flick my gaze from the wasted food on the floor to her evil face. I feel


    anger wrapping itself around my fingers like I could fling it at her face. I feel it willing itself around


    my spine, nting itself in my stomach and shooting branches down my legs, up my arms, through


    my


    neck.


    It’s choking me.


    I want to rise up and give her a hot smack, but Tess grabs my hand under the table and silently


    urges me to stop. I turn to look at her and the warning look in her eyes disys all the bad things


    that would happen to me in this H a r m if I were to raise my hand against Alina right now.


    I force myself to calm down.


    “If the two of you do not vacate this table in the next ten seconds, I will leave bits of you, perfectly


    arranged outside your fathers’ houses!” Tessa and I quickly rise to our feet and step away from the


    table.This belongs to N?velDrama.Org: ?.


    “That wasn’t hard now, was it?” She takes my previously upied spot with a satisfied smirk on her


    lips. I stare at my food which has now be waste, on the floor. “And clean up your mess!”


    Without any hesitation, Tess and I pick up our empty tes on the floor and start cleaning the mess


    SHE made.


    Before I leave this H e m, I’ll make sure to teach this girl a lesson. Even if it’s just once.