Clentine:
I had to wear the costu because when I tried to complain, Ms. Lenora told the train was about to arrive and they could not make a new one for . As for my old one, it had already been torn to shreds.
Once I put on the costu, I felt like I was not going on a mission to slay the monsters, but a mission to do sothing reckless. As soon as I stepped out, I noticed Sebastian’s eyes widen in surprise. Mira and Renee also whistled.
"Co on, guys," I groaned tiredly.
"You got a banging body," Renee said, patting my back.
When I arrived at the train station, I realized the others had co in a separate car this ti. Because of the constant arguing and fighting between crusaders, I guessed it had been decided that for now all the squads would be kept separate.
That was when I stepped onto the platform and my eyes landed on Oriana. She wore an all-black bodysuit with black leather pants. She did not look happy about it, especially when her gaze t mine. She was easy to read at this point. She liked my outfit more.
However, the n around us gasped loudly.
"So the hot one goes to the red team?" Jack joked, high-fiving Nate, while Joshua’s eyes swept over from head to toe.
I did not even want to look at my crusaders, but my eyes landed on them anyway. Zian had his eyebrows raised, his body leaned to the side, arms crossed over his chest as he chuckled and examined .
Then there were my mates, ex-mates. Their expressions were serious and their eyes were fixed on my face instead of my body like the others. Troy looked uneasy.
The train arrived, and I mistakenly tried to step into the black squad’s carriage until Mira pulled back.
"Watch out, you’re entering the wrong squad," Oriana hissed, trying to hit with her shoulder. But Mira was quick to shove her instead, making Oriana trip and fall on her butt.
"What is wrong with you?" Oriana complained.
"Well, soone would think that after getting slapped and humiliated so badly, you’d stay quiet. But I guess you’re just shaless like that," Renee remarked, taking to the red carriage.
"What did you just say?" I heard Oriana shout from her carriage, but the voices soon faded.
Once I entered our carriage, I was surprised. Sothing felt different about it, but I couldn’t figure out what until the doors closed. Renee pointed at to check under the bench.
I reached down and touched the bottom. There was a bag. I pulled it out and noticed there were weapons inside.
"What is that?" I asked Renee.
"Ms. Lenora usually leaves sothing for us under there," she explained. "Sotis there are refreshnts, and this ti, I guess it’s the weapons."
"Nice," Mira said. "It’s good not to go rushing around trying to look for weapons right away."
I was lost.
"Does Miss Rue know about it?" I asked. The three of them shook their heads.
"Maybe not. Ms. Lenora abuses her power sotis, but I guess it’s for the better. It’s not like it hurts us," Sebastian added.
"Anyway, we can share it with the rest of the squads," Mira suggested.
I kept staring at the five knives, and a smile spread across my lips.
"If it’s okay, I’ll keep two—well, one for and one for soone else. Is that alright?" I asked, hoping they’d agree. I already knew I’d give one to Ian in a heartbeat.
"Yeah, sure," they replied casually. They seed so relaxed about everything that it actually worried for them.
We arrived at the station, and it seed like the train was already about to leave because it started making a loud noise. We had to get out imdiately.
Once we were outside, I caught the sll of sothing burning in the air. The atmosphere felt darker that day before my eyes landed on Zian. I noticed he was sneaking away, and I really didn’t want anyone to notice him. I wanted him gone so that Ian could co back. Once he left, I was sure Ian would return.
However, at this point, we had to go find the man. The problem was, the man could be anywhere.
"We’re not supposed to find him. He’ll find us. Don’t worry," Yorick called as I rushed off with my squadmates.
However, I didn’t stop to respond.
"I’m pretty sure the red team will win this ti," Jack remarked tiredly, probably hinting that I was in their team now.
The confidence everyone had in made feel stronger again. So much had happened since the vacations began that my confidence had drained, but thankfully, I was starting to feel like myself again or even more than before.
Whenever I was in the North, I felt like myself. I tried not to tell anyone because they would freak out, but part of wanted to stay in the North now.
"No, no, no, we don’t," I muttered, shaking my head and reminding myself not to think about it. That was what I was doing, fighting against my own awareness.
We wandered around all day and fought a few fleshmingos. By the ti we returned to the safe place, the mansion in Fleshmingo Town, it seed everyone else was already there.
When I stepped inside, my eyes imdiately searched for for Ian, but he wasn’t there. I knew if Zian had let him in, Ian would have co to find . He was capable of it. So where was he?
"Can I have a word with you?" Haiden’s voice startled when he appeared suddenly from behind. I turned to him and noticed my squadmates quietly leaving the room.
This ti, we had decided to let each squad stay in one room together. But once he arrived, my squadmates were kind enough to give us a mont alone.
In a soft and calm tone, Haiden urged, "I need your help."
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