“Hey, what are you doing?” she said, unruly. I would have loved to pin her to the wall again for that insolence and pick up where I left off.
“Could you please not make such a racket?” I remarked dryly, completely focused on opening the window without making much noise myself.
“What are you doing?” she asked, confused, but I didn’t have time to explain.
I snorted tensely.
Miles and David would be here any second. There was no time for explanations left. So, I did the next best thing, picked the girl up and looked once again into her frightened eyes.
“Get out of here and stay away from me and my family...” I began. “And don’t you dare spy on me and my brothers ever again.”
“Wait... What...? No!”
Before she could say anything, I threw her slight body through the open window out into the garden, into one of the many bushes.
“Hey! You ass...!” she shouted with a little too much noise, whereupon I quickly closed the window and hurried across the room to the door. The two of them were almost there.
If the girl were smart enough, she would abide by my words and keep her distance. At least, that’s what I hoped.
I opened the door and stepped into the hallway where Miles was leaning against the wall, and David was staring out the glassless columned window into an adjoining courtyard.
I was about to ask a question when Miles raised his hand with a grin.
“Whatever was going on in that little storage room, we don’t even want to know.”
David smirked.
I pressed my lips together and straightened my shirt.
They must have heard us.
“Was she at least AB?” Miles asked, and I looked at him warningly.
“Come on...” His gaze wandered to the door. “She’s still in there, isn’t she?”
He started for the door, but I stepped in front of him.
He patted me on the shoulders and turned away from me again. I walked over to the window to David.
“Did you get everything done like I told you?”
“Everything is ready.”
“Then let’s watch and enjoy,” I said, gleefully lifting the left corner of my mouth so they couldn’t see it.
Miles joined me at the window. “You should have seen the blonde witch’s face when she saw the long scratch mark on her car.”
Chapter 31
Bayla
The first thing I felt, even before I opened my eyes, was the sharp pain in my head. I blinked and immediately regretted it because the sunlight coming through the windows literally burned my eyes. Instantly, I curled up in the cozy blanket with a contorted face.
Why was I lying in bed at all? Didn’t I actually have a lecture with Prof...?
I sat myself up and looked around for Larissa, but neither she nor any of the other girls were here.
Shit! Why hadn’t she woken me up?
Blurry memories flashed through my mind.
Emely, the forest... Julian?
Confused, I shook my head, which I immediately regretted, because the pain became more intense. But I couldn’t lie here any longer. I felt as if I had spent several days in bed. Besides, a literature lecture was waiting for me.
I quickly looked for my cell phone on my desk, but gasped at the sight of the mess spread out in front of me.
What the...how had all the herbs, pill boxes, and rocks gotten there?
I carefully reached for a small brown fabric bag, but immediately put it down because it smelled so badly of lavender that it made me nauseous.
Whose stuff was all this?
The chaos in my head got worse.
This lavender bag...my memories...what had the others done that night? What had I done?
Confused, I kept searching for my phone until I finally found it among more colorful crystals, but somehow my battery was dead. I always charged it overnight, but strangely I had forgotten this time.
