?MEILIN
REBORN?
( Battle for the heart and throne )
CHAPTER 20&21
By Authoress Rhema ?
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Nevaeh waved as Angie left her to go meet his friends, she smiled and turned around, searching for Gianna with her eyes.
Finally she found her sitting alone on a long bench, smiling as she watched the boys do their workout.
Nevaeh jogged over to sit beside her.
“Anna” she called but Gianna didn’t answer, she was busy looking at God knows what.
Nevaeh twitched her li-ps and traced her eyes then found that she was watching Zachary using the tre-admill.
“Seriously” Nevaeh sighed and Gianna looked at her with a scoff.
“Thought you alre-ady have a new best friend” she said jealousy.
“Are you jealous of Angie?” Nevaeh asked with a smile.
“No”
“Yes you are, you’re jealous”
“I’m not!!”
“Jealousy” Nevaeh poked her cheeks and Gianna slapped her hands off.
“Alright let’s leave that, I saw you looking at that scary devil just now” Nevaeh said, referring to Zachary who continued running.
“Hmm, he’s doing it so fast” she replied, pointing at his trademark mil, then she looked at Nevaeh.
“Why call him a devil?” She asked.
“Because anytime he looks at me, it looks like he’s planning to kill me,” Nevaeh replied and Gianna laughed.
“It’s too much comics and anime that caused this” she chuckled and stood up.
“Wanna work out too, let’s go show that guy that we are also strong” she said.
“Speaking for yourself?” Nevaeh smi-rked and Gianna re-moved her singlet.
She was left with her sports br@, Joggers and her sports canvas.
Her wai-stwas so tiny and small.
“I’m going to lift the weight ” she said and went to where the weights were kept.
She la-id on the bench and breathed before placing her hands on the weight.
She tried lifting it but it didn’t move.
She bit her li-ps and added more effort but nothing.
Someone came to use the bench beside her and it was none other than Angie.
He took the other weight carrier and began lifting it, steady by steady.
“Show off” she said in her mind.
“You know, try going for the smaller ones first,” he said.
Gianna didn’t reply to him ; she kept trying to lift the big weight.
“Just give it up, only strong guys like me can make use of that” he smi-rked.
She glared at him and stood up then walked to the yoga mat.
He followed her there.
“Can’t I do yoga in peace!!” She snapped.
“You can, I just nee-d to know why you’re angry with me. I thought you were a nice person. I mean you were the first person to talk to me” he replied.
“I might be nice but I get jealous, I’ll keep getting mad at you until you fail a question” she replied and left the mat then went to the trade mil.
The moment she stepped there Zachary looked at her and faced his front.
“Hi” she waved but no reply.
“Hey, remember me?” She asked, still no reply.
“Remember that girl you caught when she was about to fall from the staircase?” She asked again but still no reply.
“Huh?, Don’t you talk or are you… Are you dumb?” She asked.
Zachary stopped the machine and looked at her in anger.
“Stop talking to me” he replied and stepped out of it.
“That was rude!!” She scoffed and turned on her machine then began running.
Angie crea-sed his brows from where he was watching, he purposely didn’t go in there because he wanted to see Zachary’s reaction.
But Zachary’s reaction was normal, it was as if he didn’t know she was the chose-none.
“Maybe he isn’t supernatural like I thought but my guts keeps telling me that he’s strange, if he was a demon supernatural then I should have heard of him but I haven’t, just who is he?” He thought.
His thoughts got interrupted when someone pushed him from behind.
It was none other than Jett, he was looking at him with a glare.
“What do you want?” Angie asked.
“Heard you are more handsome than me” Jett replied.
“Am I not?” Angie asked and Jett crossed his arms.
“Not even a little,” he replied.
“Alright then, argue with your mirror” Angie shrugged and walked past him, knowingly b-umping shoulders with him.
Jett staggered as a result and Angie smi-rked.
*It looks like I didn’t add enough spice in your water* he said in his mind.
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The gym was alre-ady over, the boys were all in the locker room except for Zachary.
He was sitting on the stool outside the gym and going throu-gh his book.
He chose to use the locker room when all the guys are cleared because he doesn’t like noises on the norm.
“I’m getting really impatient, how can I get that girl to be alone with me?” He asked.
The book opened.
~You can br@inwash and make her follow you~
“And if I kill her, how would I know if she’s the one?” He asked.
~ you’ll feel the sign when that happens~
Gianna who was just coming out of the female locker room paused and ru-bb£d her eyes.
She’s not seeing double right, that book is opening by itself.
She immediately rushed over to him and he closed the book immediately.
“I saw what your book just did, can I borrow it?” She asked and before he could reply, she snatched it from him.
She re-ad the book title and looked at him.
“How to behave like a human, really?” She asked.
Zachary stood up and collected it from her but she moved her hands.
“What kind of genre is this?” She asked, going throu-gh it.
He made his eyes change to blue as he stared at her.
“Give it” he commanded and she stared at his face blankly.
“Something is wrong with your eyes, it’s blue” she replied and he blinked.
*She’s not afraid* he thought.
That was the eyes he used to look at people that made them shudder in fear, but this shorty here is actually not afraid.
“Give me the book” he frowned.
“No” she raised her hands up.
“I’ll give it to you if you answer my questions,” she replied.
Zachary stared at her from head to toes, is she racing her hands up for him not to take his book??
That shorthand??
“I think I’m the one wasting time” he muttered and his eyes almost began changing to red.
“Zach!!” Someone called and he immediately stopped.
He turned back to see Colton coming.
“You’re still out here won’t you change?” He asked.
Zachary faced his front back but Gianna had alre-ady ran away with his book.
“Damnit!” He cursed.
He should have killed her but he was wasting time or wait! He was not it was Colton that caused it.
“The locker room is free, I’ll have a shower now if I were you because you can only get water at the male’s bathroom the water supply in the hostels has been locked” Colton said.
“I’ve heard you” Zachary replied and Colton nodded then left.
Zachary looked around but that human girl was nowhere to be found.
“That short earthling, when I see you next time I’ll kill you but you’re not my target for now” he muttered then looked left and right if anyone was looking.
When he didn’t see anyone, he disappeared.
Angie became invisible immediately.
He made himself invisible so he could follow Zachary around and he heard Zachary talking about killing the chose-none.
What is bugging him now is that Zachary does not know that Gianna is the chose-none, he thinks she’s someone else but who??
“I have to find out before he turns this Earth into something else but where did he come from exactly?” He asked himself then looked left and right.
Seeing that no one was watching, he disappeared.
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G&N ROOM**
The door kicked open and Gianna stepped in with Zachary’s book on her face.
“Anna where were you, look what I….
Nevaeh paused and frowned.
“What are you doing with that book, I thought your mom told you to stop using your money to buy novels?” She scolded.
“It’s not mine,” Gianna replied.
“Really?” Nevaeh asked in a tone that said she didn’t believe her one bit.
“Hmm, I stole it from that new guy,” she replied.
“Angie?”
“No. The other one that you are afraid of,” she replied.
Nevaeh g@sped and covered her mouth with her palms.
“What if he comes here to take it, he’s so scary” she said fearfully.
“What are you even afraid of, he doesn’t look scary to me” Gianna shrugged.
“That’s because you are too naive, hurry up and return it back before he….
A knock sounded at the door and Nevaeh g@sped.
“It’s him, I’m in the bathroom” she said and rushed to lock herself in the bathroom.
Gianna chuckled and stopped up.
“Nevaeh Zung you’re a coward!You can fight and hit guys but when you see a stronger one you chicken out!!” She yelled and walked to the door.
She opened it and it was a girl.
“Hi,” the girl waved.
“Hello” Gianna waved too.
“The electricity supply burnt my girly curly so I thought I could borrow yours since we stay next to each other” she said, pointing to her room that was beside Gianna’s room.
“Oh okay” Gianna smiled and rushed in, she searched her wardrobe and brou-ght out her girly curls.
She handed it to the girl and the girl let out a thankful smile.
“Thanks I’ll return it tomorrow” she thanked Gianna and rushed to her room.
Gianna smiled, she wanted to close the door but the book flew off from her hands.
She g@sped in surprise as she stared at it before shaking her head back to earth.
“Hey where do you think you’re going, come back here!!” She chased after it.
Luckily no one was outside to see what was happening.
The book flew down the stairs and Gianna chased after it.
It flew past the gym and she still chased after it.
“This is annoying!!” She tried jumping and catching it but it kept flying higher.
Finally the book got to the male locker room and hit the door.
Zachary immediately opened it and the moment he did that the book entered along with Gianna who b-umped into his ba-re che-st.
That’s right, he was shirtless.
She stared at his che-st and her gaze fell on the dragon tattoo.
“Tattoo” she smiled and brou-ght her hands to tou-chit but he caught her hands and used it to pu-ll her closer to him.
Their nose almost to-uched.
“I want to kill you,” he said.
“But….” She asked, starting into his eyes as if he was saying ru-bbish.
“I will just leave you for now, if you cross my path again I will kill you” he replied and pu-lled away.
He held her by the head and pushed her out of the bathroom then locked the door.
“Hey!!” She yelled and began hitting the door.
“How dare you push me away like that, is that how to handle girls in your street?” She asked and scoffed when there was no reply.
She slowly left the door and began leaving the locker room, walking like a zombie that didn’t have any stamina.
“What now?” She asked herself then an idea popped up in her head and she smiled.
“No one is here, I can sneak out to the booksto-re and re-ad their novel” she muttered.
She giggled to herself and immediately rushed out of the school.
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Nevaeh came out of the bathroom when she didn’t hear any more noise.
“Anna?Where did she go? Did he kidnap her?” She asked herself as she stepped out fearfully.
“Anna is right, I’m a coward when I see bigger guys I run now he has carried her,I better go find her and save her” she said and rushed out of the room.
She got out and began searching the whole compound.
She searched the park and the gym.
She searched the hall, the cafeteria, the school fun lounge.
But she didn’t find her.
“Anna” she called and looked up.
“It remains the boys hostel” she muttered and breathed before going there.
The first room she went to was Jett’s room, she kicked the door open as she entered.
Jett who was pla-ying games with Colton immediately looked up thinking it was Zachary but it was Nevaeh.
“Flat a*s” he called.
“Where’s Gianna?” She asked.
“Why would I know that?” He asked back.
“Is she here or not?” She asked again.
“No” Colton replied and she went out.
She went to the next room and kicked it open, what followed next was a loud scream.
“Ouch!!”
When she kicked the door, it actually hit Elvis who was about to go out.
“Oops” she muttered.
“Why did you do that?” He asked and Nevaeh scratched her head.
“Sorry I was looking for my friend but it seems like she’s not here” she replied and slowly closed the door then opened it back.
“Is that Angie?” She asked when she saw him sitting on the b£d and opening his eyes.
“Is he okay?” She asked, wanting to move inside but Elvis blocked her way.
“Can you just go, no one is allowed to disturb his high.. I mean Angie” he blinked.
“Oh” Nevaeh nodded and slowly stepped out with a smile.
She closed the door and walked out.
She came out of the boys hostel with a sigh, just where Gianna ran off too.
“Where else could she have gone too or did she?…”
Just as she was about to reason, she b-umped into him.
He was coming opposite her.
“Oh no” she g@sped silently.
Zachary’s eyes darkened as he stared at her.
Finally the girl he has been looking for is here, alone, alive and intact.
He began moving closer to her while she began shifting backwards.
“What do you..want from me?” She asked fearfully.
His face showed no emotions as he moved closer to her then his eyes began turning red.
“Your… Your eyes” she said fearfully but he didn’t mind.
“Who the hell are you?” She asked, still moving back.
“Find the answer in your afterlife” he replied and she turned around and began running immediately.
Zachary raised his hands up and a strong for-ce pushed out of it, it went straight to Nevaeh and began dragging her towards him.
She tried struggling but it seemed like her b©dy was tied together.
She finally got to him and he held her ne-ck ti-ght, squee-zing it ha-rd, really ha-rd.
Her feet up in the air, her hands were struggling to push his hand off her ne-ck but the boy didn’t bulge.
As seconds pas-sed, he added more pressure to it that blood was coming out of her mouth alre-ady.
She shut her eyes ti-ght then opened it and a teardrop fell from it.
“Pl… ease” she managed to speak but he added more pressure to it.
More tears fell from her eyes, her legs kept dangling, her hands kept trying to push his hands off but nothing.
Nothing was working, the more she struggled the more he added more pressure.
“Anna, I’m sorry” she muttered before her hands dropped and her eyes closed.
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BOOKSto-re**
Gianna walked inside the booksto-re again but couldn’t find the cashier.
“Where is she?” She muttered and looked left and right.
It looks like no one was there, that means she’s free, she’s free to do whatever she wants.
She jugged to the bookshelf immediately and took the book.
“Dear book, how I wish I have the money to buy you but I don’t, don’t worry I’ll still re-ad you” she smiled and began opening the book.
“What chapter did I stop at, I think it’s chapter one hundred and… No two hundred and, oh there it is” she smiled when she saw her current chapter.
She stopped after they had crowned Xia Chuyun as the crown princess. She brou-ght out her phone with full determination that she’ll take the picture of all the chapters this time.
She went to her camera roll and began snapping the pictures of each chapter.
Twenty minutes had pas-sed by and she was still on business not knowing that the door had opened and the cashier had alre-ady come back in.
The casher crea-sed her brows and walked to her then dropped at her front but the novel freak still didn’t notice this.
“What do you think you’re doing?” The casher flared up.
Gianna’s phone fell from her hands and she looked up fearfully.
“Oh no” she muttered.
“What the hell do you think you’re doing?” The cashier asked again.
Gianna didn’t know what to say, she kept blinking as she stared at her.
“I… I … It’s not what you think” she lied.
“What do I think then?” The cashier crossed her arms.
“I.. look a thief” Gianna yelled and the cashier turned back, she used that opportunity to begin running immediately.
“That little br@t!” The cashier seethed and chased after her.
She got outside but Gianna had gotten a bit far.
“Don’t let her get away, she’s a thief!!” The cashier shouted and young men selling in the small shops at the corner of the street all came out and began chasing after her.
Gianna’s heart kept beating fast as she kept running, she was short but her legs began moving fast today.
Unluckily for her, her shoelace got loose and she tripped on it… Again!!
She fell down and her face landed ha-rdon the ground, when she raised her head she felt blood dripping out of it.
It feels like she was going to pas-s out, she wishes to pas-s out but it seems like it didn’t want to happen this time.
Slowly she raised her hands to tou-chher head and her white palms were covered with her blood.
“What have I gotten myself into?” she whispered silently.
TBC