Olivia couldn't take it anymore she needed to leave. Especially after facing the one person she didn't want to run into. Big round tears started to run down her face once she made eye contact with Eli. She felt her face flush and decided to flee instead of fight as Blair so proudly did.
She pushed herself through the 4 boys and ran out of the cafe. Blair had been poking her index finger into the slightly built boy's chest as she was attacking him with her words when she caught sight of Olivia running away.
Her hand instantly dropped to her side and she didn't know what to do. Autumn grabbed Blair's hand, walked up to Eli, swiftly knocked the book out of his hand, looked up at him, stared for a few seconds and finally decided flipped him off. She turned to Blair and squeezed her hand before they started their chase after Olivia. All Blair could do after were utter a few words of admiration to her friend "I love you Autumn" as the both rushed out of the cafe.
....
The young maidens spoke nervously to one another as they looked upon the eldest sister for guidance. The elder sister showed no expression on her face, she stood tall and unyielding as she looked upon the insect known as Norell.
Her eyes were cold, her head held high, her silver hair cascading like a waterfall over her shoulders down to her waist, while her flawless white skin glowed under the moon light. Never breaking the gaze from this man she spoke to the maidens "Young ones if this man's stories move your heart then I permit you to leave with him and meet his companions. You will live among them for 30 sunrises.
On the night of the next Harvest moon if you truly found love among his companions bring him back to me as I will give them a test to see if he is worthy of your love." The 3 maidens' eyes opened wide with excitement towards the elder sister's words "Be warned though that if the man you have chosen is not worthy he will die by my hands and you young ones will be forever be trapped as fairies of the spring." the 3 maidens started to shake with fear and were starting to back away from Norell.
Norell could not let this happen, he knew the type of people his companions were and was not going to let them escape. "Beautiful goddess, my friends know the harshness of the world outside of your realm and have prevailed time and time again. We all come from different parts of the world yet we found peace with each other's company.
I will be upfront with my friends when I introduce your sisters to them and warn them of the risk, if they choose to not peruse your sisters then I will protect them until I can personally return them safely to you."
"Do as you please. The choice to part from this realm is not mine to make but yours." she said courtly.
....
Olivia had her taken her blazer off, folded it neatly and placed it on top of her arms. She thought she could cheer herself up by coming to the park to listen to her favorite fairy tale but the story area had been infested with couples cuddling each other on top of picnic blankets.
The fairy tale of the 4 founders can only be heard twice a day 2 times a week and a lot of couples believed that if they were to take their lover's to the reading and confessed their undying love they too could live happily ever after as the founders did. Olivia could feel the burning sensation of her tears wanting to escape again. Not wanting to cause a scene she quietly got up and started walking towards the fountain as she quickly texted her friends her location.
It was almost already 5:00 p.m. and the drivers would be picking up the girls in an half an hour. Olivia sat on the bench that Eli had occupied earlier that day, she looked at the spot were she was standing this morning and realized he could clearly see herself ogling him. If he just look away from his book he would have seen her too.
Tears started to roll down her face again, she hugged her folded blazer and silently sobbed. A few minutes later Blair and Autumn ran up to her. Blair looking extremely exhausted while beads of sweat rolled down her face while Autumn looked refreshed and was ready to run another lap through the city.
"Why did you not answer the phone" Blair said in between gasps of air.
"...."
"Do you know how worried we were running around trying to find you!"
"...."
Blair sighed and sat down beside Olivia "Please stop crying and tell us what happened I don't know what to do when your this sad..." Blair threw her arms around the girl. Autumn looked downwards and hugged her head instead.
Neither girl wanting to let of the embrace until Olivia calmed down. Moments later Olivia placed her blazer on her lap and looked up at her friends, her eyes were puffy and red, her hair was a mess and her white blouse was stained from her drink. Olivia gave them a soft smile and whispered "They were jade green..."
.....
"So this is the girl that humiliated my little Laila. Loreley you did the right thing, mommy will take care of everything. Don't worry child I will get her to properly pay for her actions, go on now, go on and check up on your sister." she said sweetly.
"Yes mother." replied Loreley with a slight bow as she tried her best to hide her body's trembling.
As Loreley walked out of the room, her mother made a quick phone call as she sat herself down on along the window seat. "How can I be assistance to you today madam Masama."
"Carl I am going to send you a picture of a girl and I need you to investigate her completely. I want to know who she is, where she comes from and what her weaknesses are." she said in a cold commanding tone.
"Yes madam." he answered.
"And Carl, I want it in my hands by morning." she said coolly and she inspected her newly done manicure.
"... yes madam." Carl said slowly.
Click. "Oh little girl you touched my property, do forgive me for what will happen to you next." Agni Masama spoke to herself as she placed one finger on the window and slid it downward. A small wicked smile could be seen in the reflection on the window "So I hope you are prepared."
Her eyes grew wide as she made her hand travel towards the curtain. "Heh heh heh, this actually may be more than what I have ever dreamed of if you turn out to be 'HIS' child." she whispered hysterically as she yanked the red curtain downwards. The fabric piled up around her feet making it look like she was standing in a sea of blood.
What joy she felt as she imagined herself immersing herself in the role. She looked up and the ceiling and like a mad woman she let out a shrieking laughter that made everyone close by shrink back into a corner and tremble with fear.
"Oh yes... I will enjoy our little game of cat and mouse."