CAN’T RUN FROM YOUR SHADOW : CHAPTERS 31 – 40
BY ANNY’S LIBRARY
“Payback time….” Emily grined mischievously, pulling the sik mask off her face, the tension between them rising as Amelia discovered it was one of Silver’s minions, someone else wants their nose broken?.
“How did you get Kimberley’s phone?” Amelia mutters, the fear weavering into thin air as she stood her ground.
“Kimberly is like a walking shadow these days, it was pretty easy” Emily grined, her eyes glistening with mischievousness as she steps into the cabin.
Amelia moved back a little, it’s a bad idea moving forward since she doesn’t know what Emily is up to.
“What do you want from me?” Amelia asked, trying not to let her emotions get into the way as her back finally hits the wooden wall behind her.
“Are you seriously asking that question?, You humiliated Silver in front of the whole school, heck!, You are the most trending topic right now, you really think you deserve all the attention!?” Emily sounded pained as she walked closer, the sinister glint lingering in her eyes.
“It’s not my fault your ‘Queen’ meddled in my way, I don’t look for trouble but when they come, I’m always ready, that’s just who I am and right now, you are crossing the line” Amelia pointed out, pushing her weight off the wall as both girls glared at each other, their noses touching at this point.
“You are nothing, you will always be nothing!” Emily nudged her, making Amelia stumble backwards a bit but Amelia quickly bounces back, crowding Emily’s space again.
“I’m not good with words, I love letting my actions speak, so bring it on….. bîtch” Amelia spat angrily.
“I’m going to make sure you regret ever crossing our paths” And with that Emily lurched forward, grabbing a fist full of Amelia’s hair as she made to smash it into the wooden wall but Amelia was quick enough to put both hands on the wall from preventing the hit as she ducks over Emily and grabbed her hair instead, smashing it hard across the wall.
Fúck!
Emily yelled as Amelia hits her head repeatedly on the wall, soon her blood covered her face and Amelia let’s go, breathing heavily as she watched her fall to the ground, her cries echoing endlessly.
Amelia stared at her hands, the blood of Emily on it as she staggered backwards, blood!, Oh no!…. A sudden movement made Amelia dropped instantly to her knees as a half empty bottle fell behind her.
What the fúck!, What’s in the bottle!?.
Emily used the opportunity to kick Amelia on the face and she loses her balance, falling to the ground as Emily standles her, pinning her neck to the ground, the blood from Emily’s face dripping on Amelia as she reached for the bottle.
Their grunts and struggling filled the air as Emily tried pouring the content of the what’s inside the bottle on Amelia’s face.
“Stay still and let me fúcking end you!” Emily grined mischievously, Amelia’s eyes widened as she used her free hand and grabbed the bottle, they both kept struggling and Amelia nudged Emily, coming ontop immediately.
Perfect!
“Don’t you dare!…..” Emily voiced out with bulging eyes as Amelia pinned her neck to the ground, squeezing it tightly as she she tried pushing the bottle on Emily’s face….. it’s acid, this fùcking bîtch wants to ruin Amelia’s face with acid!.
Emily couldn’t believe the strength of Amelia, she thought Amelia was weak but right now she’s struggling for her dear life as the bottle fell across the room, all the content pouring on the ground.
Shît!.
“You really think you are a match for me!?, Well try again!” Amelia yells, the demon slayer she’s been hiding in the deepest part of her finds it’s way out as she pounded her fist into Emily’s face.
Over and over and over and over again, her knuckles driving deep as blood goshed out of Emily’s face, the sudden charge of energy bursting deep down as only Emily’s cry for help filled the air.
“Don’t. You. Dare. Try. Me. Again!” With each word, Amelia landed a blow on Emily’s face, the first one becoming harder, by now, Emily could barely struggle as she raised her hand, hitting Amelia across the face and she stumbles off, falling to the other side of the ground.
“Damn you!” Emily groan, standing up as she managed to fiddle with the keys, opening the door as she dashed out, Amelia stood up instantly, rushing outside as she looks around but Emily is gone.
Hell no!.
“Fúck it!” Amelia kicks the air, her outfit smugged and ruined with blood as she stared at her hand, it’s covered in Emily’s blood, usually this should haunt her but it doesn’t.
They came for her!.
If she hadn’t fought back then Emily would have succeeded in pouring that acid on her face.
She shouldn’t feel remorseful, not like she’s going to.
She rushed into the cabin, grabbing her phone from the ground as she stumbles outside, immediately the hazy scent of mint and bagermot filled her nostrils as Byron rushed towards her, he paused his movement as he got a few meters away.
Looking at her from head to toe as he tried comprehending the whole situation, her eyes are bruised from Emily’s nails, her whole hands are covered in blood and the slit on her gown is torn all the way up, exposing her perfect thighs.
She doesn’t move as he takes each step towards her, his eyes soley focused on her, her hair scattered all over the place, the blood stains all over her, her ragged breathing…… she looks so hot in strange kind of way, he never thought she’d be able to defend herself but…..that doesn’t mean anyone has the right to attack her.
The thought alone sends waves and waves of anger through his blood stream, he needs to find out who that person is and end his or her life immediately!.
“Byron….I got attacked” she mumbles as he got closer, standing in front of her as he cleans the blood stains on her face, how can someone so innocent and little be this tough?.
Small but mighty, innocent yet wild, sassy yet very bold and strong!……. she’s his perfect kind of woman, no doubt about that!.
He doesn’t need a soothsayer to tell him that she completely handled the whole situation, the triumph look on her face as she watched him wipe more blood stains off her, moving to her nose, her cheeks and stopping on her lips.
The same lips he can’t stop thinking about no matter how hard he tries.
“Who attacked you?” He asked as she saw him swallowed hard, the movement of his Adam’s apple going up and down, she can tell he’s trying to suppress his anger right now.
“Why do I have a feeling that you are going to kill the person?” She asked, reading through him immediately and her heart raced at that, did she just read his thoughts!?.
Byron is unreadable, you can’t tell what is going on in his head, it’s impossible but right now, she just did it.
“That’s because I’m going to kill the person, so spill, who was it?” He asked again, dropping his hands from her lips, the stains on her shoulder doesn’t go unnoticed as he wipes it off too.
“It’s Emily, please don’t go after her” Amelia retorted immediately and he hissed, looking down at her ripped outfit.
“I’m not making any promises” he deadpan, taking off his hoodie and wrapped it around her waist, her eyes never leaving his face as she watched him tuck her carefully, covering her exposed skin.
“Byr…… please don’t kill her” Amelia pleaded, it’s as if she’s seeing the thought of him figuring out the fastest way to get to Emily and send her to her marker. God!, She’s really reading his thoughts!.
He looks at her for a minute, trying to consider her pouting eyes but the thought of someone trying to hurt Amelia is sending waves of anger through his veins, it’s burning deep and damn him for not coming on time.
“I’m still going to teach her a lesson” he voiced out his face red with anger, grabbing her hand and pulling her along as they walked out of the premises of the cabin.
“Fair enough…” She mutters and he clutched onto her hands tighter, he badly wanted to scold her for not allowing him go with her but that could wait.
CAN’T RUN FROM YOUR SHADOW : CHAPTERS 31 – 40
Male’s Dorm
Byron’s Room
Amelia winced a little as she sits down on Byron’s bed, he’s squatting in front of her, applying antiseptic on the bruises that’s on her face, there are a few cuts too so he carefully placed a sticking plaster to the areas to protect and keep it away from dirts or irritants.
“You could have just taken me to the school nurse, you know?” She said as he finished and he shrugged his shoulders.
“It’s not that serious, I don’t see any reason why you should go there” he retorted and she raised her eyebrows.
“But you see different reasons why I should be here?” She asked, dropping both legs on the ground as she sits properly.
“Of course”
“Are you just being nice or is this one of your schemes to get back at me?”
“Why would you think that?”
“Because you are doing all these nice things just to make me feel bad about what happened to you in the past” she pointed out and his eyes darkened.
“Must you always talk about the past?” His fustration evident.
“Isn’t that why you are close to me?….to make me pay?”
“It’s funny how you think I care about the past”
“You don’t?….” She’s completely taken aback.
“No!, I don’t care about the past!, I care about you!” He lashed out and the remaining words died down in her throat as she stared at him, he sighed deeply, standing up and walking towards his reading space.
Did he just admitted that he cares about her?.
She watched as he sits down, placing his head on the table and she suddenly felt bad, he’s frustrated, and it’s her fault.
“Byron….” She calls out but he doesn’t respond, a sudden pang of disappointment washing through her as she slowly stands up and walked towards him.
“I’m sorry” she whispered, leaning forward as she placed her hands on his back, she felt his body tense under her touch and a small smile played on her lips.
He’s such a big baby around her, funny how he turns into a fire breathing dragon in front of others.
She shouldn’t act like a jerk when all he does is to show her that he can be human too, he’s trying his best to work on his rigid behavior, and she can feel him lossening up for her, it’s something he has never done before.
“I hate it when you talk about the past, you really think you would still be alive if I’m holding onto it?” His question throws her off guard as he raised his head from the table.
Thinking about it now, he’s right, he would have killed her a long time ago of he still held grudges against her.
“What made you change your mind?, Why didn’t you kîll me?” She asked and he pulled her swiftly onto his lap, adjusting her weight as she strandles him, each legs on the sides. She can feel his hands all over her.
It’s a feeling she hates that she loves so much.
“Why would I kill someone who didn’t hesitate to risk her life for me?” He asked and her face furrowed in confusion.
Wait what?
“What are you talking about?” She asked and his right hand caress her cheek while his left hand layed on her waist, his thumb tracing gentle, feather-like circles over her skin.
“When I said you owed me, I was lying, I’m the one who owing you and in return I vow to protect you from any harm” he said but that only made her more confused.
He owes her?.
“Why?…..” She trails off.
“Because you were once my protector….” The words left his mouth and her jaw almost dropped.
Wait, wait…… what’s is he talking about?.
How did she protect him?.
Who did she protect him from? and how did she risk her life for him!?.
Different thoughts raced her mind as he kissed the top of her surgical scar through the little fabric of clothing covering it. His eyes burning with this sudden possessiveness and need to keep her to himself.
“I owe you my life and it’s just unfortunate that I lost her in the process, it’s not your fault.” Byron’s voice dropped into a whisper as he hugged her to himself, his face buried in her chest and she slowly dived her long fingers into his hair, caressing it.
Who did he lost in the process?
CAN’T RUN FROM YOUR SHADOW : CHAPTERS 31 – 40
Silver’s Room
The door barged open as Emily stumbled in, her face completely covered in plasters as Lorey was the first person to gasp, jumping from Silver’s bed, scrambling towards Emily.
“Oh my God!, It didn’t work!?” Lorey asked as she grabbed Emily’s shoulders, checking out her batterd face.
“NO, IT DIDN’T WORK!” Emily yelled at Lorey, pushing her off as she slowly made her way towards the bed, flopping on it.
Ouch!, Ouch!, Ouch!……. her whole body is hurting right now.
Lorey stood confused as Silver steps out of the bathroom and her smile faded as she saw Emily’s face, it looks like she got pounded with a kitchen pistol.
“Emily, what happened to your face?, Don’t tell me Amelia did this to you?” Silver asked, her feet numbed to the ground.
A loud scoff came from Emily as she pulled out some aspirin, her whole head is breathing in pains right now.
“Who else would have done it?, Aren’t you the one that sent me to beat her up and ruin her face?” Emily asked with a glare.
“Well yeah……” Silver trails off.
“Well it didn’t work!, She almost killed me!” Emily yelled again, this time a tear slipping down as she wipes it off, she has never been this humiliated in her entire life.
“Wait, are you saying she actually powed your face?, I thought she was weak?” Lorey asked and Emily throws a pillow at her in anger.
“She’s not weak!, I swear I wasn’t expecting her to beat me up like this, she almost poured the acid on my face, I almost died today!” Emily lamented, laying her head on the bed as she groans in pains.
Silver couldn’t believe her ears, wait, so her plan didn’t work?, Well staring at Emily right now just proved that going after Amelia physically was a really bad idea.
“Well, we can’t just give up yet, Lorey…..”
“Woah, woah, woah, Silver, don’t even think about sending me to go after her, you see what she did to Emily and I still love my face intact ” Lorey cuts Silver short as she crossed her hands over her chest.
“Well, Emily?…..” Silver faced Emily and she flipped her off with the middle finger.
“Are you crazy!, You see how badly I’m hurting right now and you are still talking about going back?……I don’t want to have anything to do with Amelia ever again!” Emily yelled, laying down again.
“Lorey, come on, you see what she did to my nose?” Silver faced Lorey.
“Exactly, and if I decide to go after her maybe I’m going to end up in a wheelchair so no, I’m not going after her” Lorey finalized and immediately left Silver’s room.
“Cowards…” Silver clenched her fists, the awful smell of defeat lingering in the air.
Emily is a very strong lady and for the fact that Amelia was able to beat the hell out of her proves that Lorey is right, who knows what is going to happen to the next person who goes after her again?.
But that doesn’t mean the battle is over, Amelia can’t take everything away from her, she’d break her first.
CAN’T RUN FROM YOUR SHADOW : CHAPTERS 31 – 40
Cafeteria
“And then what happened?” Roxy asked as the girls sat Amelia in the middle, all their attention on her except Mia who sat across the other side of the table, her eyes on her phone while she listened to their conversation at the same time.
Amelia laughed, she left Byron’s room some hours after he practically slept while laying his head on her chest, when he woke up, he made them attend a few classes before she head for the cafeteria while he went for practice.
“And then, I flipped her over and pinned her down to the ground, grabbing the bottle containing acid and aiming it for her face……” Amelia trails and Maya giggled while clapping her hands together.
“You really did that?” Maya asked with wide eyes.
“Yeah I did, but the bottle fell off my hands due to our struggling and I did the next thing that I’m very good at…” Amelia paused as she looks at the girls, Kimberly’s attention is also on her.
“What did you do?” Kimberly asked, leaning forward.
“I punched the living day lights out of her stupid bîtchy face, she was lucky enough to escape my grip or else, I would have made sure she landed in the hospital” Amelia pointed out and Roxy grined, giving her a high five while Maya just looked with her mouth wide open.
“I’m short of words…” Maya mutters.
“I just wished I was there to take a video of what happened” Mia muttered, her eyes guled to her phone.
“Me too…..” Roxy pouted, finally focused on her food.
“I’m so sorry, Melia, I had no idea she took my phone, I realized I left it on the table after class, I’m pretty sure that’s when she took it” Kimberly mutters and Amelia taps her shoulders.
“It’s okay, at least I didn’t get hurt, I’m pretty sure none of them will ever bother me again” Amelia said, feeling giddy as she leaned into the chair.
The rest of the girls nods in agreement as a particular student from Roxy’s department waved at them immediately she stepped into the cafeteria, Amelia, Maya and Kimberly were taken aback by it but Roxy just kept looking at her as she approached them.
“Why is she coming towards us?” Maya whispered to Amelia, the akward looks on their faces as she got closer.
“I don’t know, I usually see her around but she has never talked to me before” Amelia muttered silenty to Maya.
“Her name is Octavia Spencer, she’s an English student and I’ve actually talked to her before” Kimberly mutters as Roxy buried her face in her food.
Amelia noticed the sudden change in Roxy’s mood as Octavia finally got to them, her pretty smile welcoming the girls.
“Hey girls” Octavia grined, immediately sitting besides Roxy and Roxy shifted slightly, creating a small distance between them.
“Sup Octavia?…. what goes on?” Kimberly asked with a smile and Octavia returned the smile.
“I have been looking for you all over the place, I need to talk to you about my project, I’m still stuck” she pouted as Amelia and Maya watched them, Mia completely oblivious of her surroundings.
“I thought you were working with Roxy?” Kimberly asked, taking a gentle sip from the water in front of her.
The small smile on Octavia’s face almost vanished.
“S… she got ahead of me” Octavia tried maintaining her smile as Roxy shifted uncomfortably on her seat.
“Alright, I will see you once I’m done eating” Kimberly assured and Octavia smiles brightly.
“Thanks, Kim, you are the best!” Octavia goshed, before standing up and walking towards her own table where her friends were seated.
“Wow, she’s really beautiful” Maya shrugged her shoulders, stating the obvious.
“I know right?” Mia muttered, finally looking up from her phone and her eyes landed on Octavia, she’s smiling and chattering with her friends.
“Roxy, are you okay?” Amelia touched Roxy and she slowly lifted her head from it’s bending position, Kim, Maya and Mia staring at her with a questioning look.
“I’m fine….” She mutters and Amelia narrows her gaze at her before looking away.
“I have practice once I’m out of here” Amelia announced.
“Mia and I have study session, the exams are close by, I can’t afford to graduate college with a pass…. ewwww” Maya cringed.
Kimberly eyes were fixed on Roxy, her eyes following her vision and it landed on…. Octavia?.
Even though the girls weren’t paying attention, Kimberly can’t stop looking at the akward and uneasy look on Roxy’s face as she stared at the girl with the beautiful black hair….. Octavia.
CAN’T RUN FROM YOUR SHADOW : CHAPTERS 31 – 40
Field
Amelia groaned as she interlocks her legs with that of a fellow team member and she falls heavily on the ground, her whole body arched as she rolled on her back, breathing heavily.
This is the second time she’s falling.
“Are you okay?” Her coach approached her hurriedly as she stood up, she looks tired.
“I’m fine…” She mutters, dusting her body.
“You should take a break for the day, if there’s anything bothering you, feel free to tell me” her coach offered and Amelia smiles.
“I’m fine, I will just call it a day” she waved him off and he nods, she walked towards the rails and grabbed her bag when she spotted Byron sitting down at the top of the railing, his calculative eyes roaming over her.
She shakes her head, as she walked towards him.
“Byron, I thought you left?” she asked and he stood up, his glorious height towering her’s.
“I couldn’t leave without you” he pointed out and she chuckles.
“You really need to stop acting creppy” she said and he leads the way towards the hallway, she’s going to her locker room to change.
“I’m creppy?, Well that means my surprise for you will just have to wait then” he said and she looks at him with disbelieve.
“You have a surprise for me?, Where is it?” She clutched onto the side of his mid arm and he looks down at her.
“It’s not in school, besides, you called me creppy so no more surprises” he announced as he dust her hands off him and she blocked his path.
“You are big meanie, as anyone ever told you that?” She asked and he leaned forward, bending down to her level.
“You just did”
“What will I have to do to make you change your mind?”
“You really want to go there?, What makes you think you can do anything to change my mind?”
“Because I can, just tell me and I will do it”
“Oh really?”
“Yes, really”
“Kiss me….”
“What!?” She backed away from him immediately and he lifts his eyebrows.
“What?, I thought you said you would do anything?” He asked, a devilshly smile on his face.
She simply stared at him wordlessly and he chuckled, moving closer to her as he taps her head like a baby.
“You are so cute when you look flushed and lost for words, finally I’m able to shut you up this time” he said with a smirk, walking away from her and straight for his locker room.
“Stupid idiot” she mutters silently, cussing under her breath as she walked to the track’s team locker room.
She had known Byron to be a cunning bastard and she hated the fact that he got her when she least expected, she should have known he was going to mess with her.
He has a surprise for her?.
What a joke?, Maybe he’s just kidding, Byron may be a little bit nice to her, but there’s no way he would out of his way to surprise her.
That’s absurd and she shouldn’t even think about it much.
A few minutes later she was done and got a call from her Aunt. A small smile plastered on her face as she walked out of the hallway and stood outside.
“She’s definitely going to yell at me for missing her call” Amelia mutters as she made to call her Aunt when she spotted Elzra’s bike. She frowned upon seeing it and in no time, he’s stepping out of the hallway as well and their eyes met.
The cast on his hand is still there, his movement paused for a minute.
“Beautiful?, There you are, I’ve been looking all over the place for you” he smiled at her and a sudden pang of irritation hits the pit of her stomach as she tucks her phone away, glaring at him.
“First off, don’t ever call me beautiful again and what the fúck do you want from me”
CAN’T RUN FROM YOUR SHADOW : CHAPTERS 31 – 40
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