"I'm sure you've all had an amazing day and you all feel so honored to be among the final chosen"
Noisy. Too noisy. I was thinking of a way to escape this place because ....I'm an elite now. I can come and go as I please now.
"And now to get your marking"
Wait what? Nobody ever told me anything about being marked
"Excuse me sir,can I skip that part because my skin is very delicate and sensitive"
Buy that lame excuse buy it!
"You must be Solace. I've heard a lot about you"
"I hope they were all good things"
"Now onto your request,I'm afraid we can't do that. You need this mark to be able to access places in this place and also for it to be easy for you to be found incase you get ummm lost during missions"he said leaving no room for any argument
Well jokes on them,because my skin will heal within a minute or two.
It started doing so when I turned seventeen.
Maybe it's because I tried commiting suicide six hundred and sixty six times .
I guess the shadows need me alive,so whenever I'd cut or jump or stab or take place pills it would either heal instantly or I'd find myself in the toilet puking what felt like my guts out.
"Okay who wants to go first"
The guys volunteered of course leaving Amalya , Solaria and I behind
"How did you do it?"
Solaria finally decided to speak
"Do what?"..
"How did you get selected"
"Why should I tell you huh".
"You must have cheated or through some connections because you couldn't have possibly entered with your own strengths heck you just came a month ago yet there are people who have been in the academy for years and yet they still didn't manage to get in"
"If that helps you sleep at night Solaria "
I sighed.
I don't know why but I just suddenly didn't have the energy to argue or put up with any bullshit right now.
I just wanted to get away from everyone right now and watch tv. Maybe I'd put that ' Survivor's show just to watch somebody suffer.
Yeah. That sounded like a great plan.
"You're the final person Solace. Then after you'd get shown to your various quarters . At exactly eight you will be escorted to the Elite's club where you will have your official welcoming party"
That made everyone excited. Everyone but me.
Fuck this shouldn't be happening.
A huge cloud of grief seemed to be weighing down on me and I felt as if someone was plucking out my heart and crushing it in the palm of their hands.
Fuck.
This only happened when someone who mattered to me died.
I don't know why but my eyes fogged over and a stray tear trickled down my cheek .
I quickly brushed it over and used my hair to cover my face
Breath in,breath out.
"Relax girl,it will only take a second"
I watched as they put the rod with a weird symbol into the fire and how it came out steaming red hot.
How the actual fuck did none of the others scream
"Relax"
I felt the heat before it got to my skin and then unimaginable pain .
I bit my tongue and drew abit of blood in the process.
However,gasps soon filled the room.
Yeah ,you guessed it. My skin healed immediately leaving no trace.
Shock was evident on everyone's faces . Well I guess the cat is out of the bag.
"Alright everyone apart from Solace follow me "
Though they were hesitant,they eventually left the room leaving me with the guy who put a fucking hot rod on my skin.
"I was told that you're a special little thing but I didn't know how special you were"
"No shit Sherlock"
"And she's got a sense of humor"
" Don't forget my ability of being able to kill you too"
"I like you,girl"he laughed.
"I can't say the same though,you burnt me!"
"Well you did heal quite nicely,look it didn't even leave a scar"
"Get to the main point,I want to go to my room"
"You are aware that you can't be placed with the others right?"
"Let me guess,I'm a big threat to them as well"
"It's just some precautions need to be taken,we wouldn't want your shadows strangling the others in their sleep"he joked.
But I didn't find it funny. As silly as it sounded ...
I just wanted to be accepted. Accepted as I am . For who I am. Just as I am. But I guess that that wasn't going to happen any time soon.
"Haha very funny"
A few men ,about four in total rushed in,all holding guns .
Great. I'm going to be escorted like a criminal.
What did that old man tell this people about me.
"Solace, we will escort you now to your quarters"
"Alright then ,take me away"
"We advice you to cooperate with us during this procedure"
"Too noisy"
Surprisingly,my 'quarters' was the exact replica of where I had currently stayed but there were about six other villas in total surrounding it.
I don't know if it was planned or not but my specific villa was in the middle of them all.
Talk about exaggerating .
As I entered,I felt as if I was being stared at which just happened to be the case.
Alaric.
My supposed bonded was staring more of glaring at me as if I had murdered his favorite pet or something.
I ignored him and made myself comfortable because,I kinda knew where everything was meant to be and for my clothes,apart from what I assumed to be uniforms, they got me what I'd call my comfort clothes.
I guess they were pretty observant with my likes and dislikes.
So after changing out of my attire,I did what I loved most ever since I got to this bizarre place.
I fell asleep.
But I regretted it after. I guess it's because the shadows were all around this place.
After watching souls getting tortured brutally in hell , I gradually gained consciousness at around nine.
Fuck I'm late.
I didn't bother changing out of my black sweats and tank top. I just grabbed a hoodie from the drawers and walked to the door only to find Alaric in all of his glory, sprawled out on the couch.
"Finally, the princess is awake"
"Kindly remain silent,you might end up getting dragged into the pits of hell where you'd endure never ending torture"
" I can see why your escorts were scared of waking you up"
"Get the fuck out of this house"
"Such a temper coming from a tiny female ,tsk tsk,is kind of amusing "
"Let's just go"
We both ignored each other and didn't bother speaking until we reached the venue.
The place was filled with loud music and the smell of cigarettes, alcohol and weed was in the air
"I thought y'all were morally upright" I snorted as I looked for a spot to sit
"Try not to get into too much trouble" and with that he walked away.
As I settled into a seat that was miraculously located in an isolated corner ,I let out a sigh.
Things were definitely going to become difficult and I needed to escape,and if it was possible,it needed to be tonight.
Just as I was finishing up my plan,a male approached me.
Judging from his physic ,the number of shadows and his cocky smile,he looked like he was in an advanced level
"Hey,I'm Nate and you must be.."
"Gay"