"Ss… Steve?" Her voice sounded unfamiliar to her ears "Steve" Isabell repeated. She had definitely heard this name. It sounds like the name of a guy she has been friends with for years,
"Yes, Stefan Williams. Your best friend" He said casually as if this word wasn't breaking every nerve going to her brain. A wave of shivers passed down her spine every second he said his name
Steve…Steve…Steve
She couldn't grasp her emotions when the familiar name sounded completely unknown to her
"Funny," She said but her expressions never accompanied her words. Sebastian didn't say a word, he stared at her, his eyes already giving him the answer she was asking for "It's not funny you know" She laughed, still betraying the meaning behind her words. His lips never separated
"You are messing with me right?" She asked again and again, distress creeping into her voice "Mr. Lightwood" his expression stayed unmoved and it made the blood rush in her veins
"Are you not joking?" Her voice started to get angry "Are you not joking?" She yelled demanding an answer. Sebastian breathed deeply, his lips parted. "I am not," he said, Isabell sat up on the chair, her hands grabbing the edges of the black wooden table
"What the hell are you saying? Are you out of your mind?" She yelled throwing her tight fists on his table "Do you think him choosing Material arts in his report was a coincidence?" He said in a calm voice, staring down, Isabell went silent in a second
"What do you think, Isabell?" He asked
"Why are you linking two things with absolutely no connection? What do you want to say?" The hush stayed for some moments again and then he spoke "You are too smart to play with words like this, Isabell" Looking at the quiet Isabell he continued "After reading your report I assume you already know much about Lethal and being friends with Steve for years you may have seen scratches of knives all over his hands" She couldn't believe herself right at the moment, she didn't want to believe in her brain and that's why she blocked all of her thoughts from coming to her mind
"That's because Steve likes to ride a bike and" Isabell's eyes shined with the light coming from the ceiling "Steve- he has scars because fell off the bike sometimes"
"Do you believe that?"
"Of could I belie—" he cut in "Have you ever seen him riding a bike?"
Have you ever seen him riding a bike?
A voice knocked her mind but it wasn't Sebastian's nor did it belong to her but someone had asked her the same question in the past. Isabell ignored the voice in her head
Her heart stopped beating for a moment, Isabell already knew the answer but she couldn't say it out loud
"No, you haven't because he never rides a bike" Sebastian answered for her "But he is…" Her words were lost in a small drop of tears shedded by her eyes. "But He Is Lethal! The Damn psychopath of that club" Isabell tried to send her tears back, she tried to stop crying in front of Sebastian because he appeared furious looking at her but she couldn't absorb the information he just threw at her face.
"No… No…" Her ears were unable to listen to her own voice "No! No! No!" Her tears flowed from her eyes, one after the other and she was crying in front of him
Sebastian's brows clenched, eyes sharpened, he gazed at her with intensity "This is why I'm stopping you" he inhaled sharply "You can't bear one identity. How are you going to handle the danger you will put yourself in after getting yourself involved with them?" His words hung in the air, Her blurry vision couldn't see the anguished face of Sebastian right in front of her
"Ho- how do you know? How do yo-you know this?" Her words came out broken "It doesn't matter," He said in a firm voice, avoiding the eye contact with her
"Of course it matters" Her tears suddenly stopped "No, it doesn't" He repeated moving his face in a different direction
"Sebastian" She called, his head turned, stare moved to her face in an instant "How do you know?"
"I've done my research too" He finally replied but he never gave her a direct answer "Why? Why would you?" Isabell asked. She couldn't think of Sebastian presenting himself as working for social welfare, acting as if he cares about the others
"I don't need to tell you the reason" Chance of Sebastian being Knight just dropped but some of them are still there and Isabell's thoughts just think of it
He- he is making this all up. Yes, Isabell, he is barking nonsense because he wants me to stop so that Throne Of Demon will never be taken down and he can do whatever he wants without a hustle
This is what they do!
This is what they do!
Stopping everyone.
You can't break.
"Cursed Abyss," She said, looking at him, checking for his reaction and he gave her the reaction. Sebastian's eyes widened, brows lifted in surprise as she said the two words "What about it?" He asked. It's obvious from his reaction, Isabell., Knight will know about his damn festival
"It's on Saturday night" his unmoved eyes told her that he already knew that "I'm going there and then I will confirm it myself" Sebastian sat up his mouth open sucking the oxygen "In your wildest imaginations," He said "What?" She laughed at his words, Sebastian didn't respond to her but leaned back to the chair "You can't stop me," She said and laughed again, nervously
"Yes, I can" Her soaked eyes were dry and now only anger was rolling in them "No, you cannot and why the hell do you even think I'll listen to you" Her fuming eyes stared at him and he never seemed to mind "You will have to"
"Do you get paid to get on my nerves, Mr. Bastarian?" Sebastian sucked the air "Isabell' he breathed for one more time "You are not going to that party. It's up to you whether you consider it a threat or advice" Isabell ground her teeth and in a blink, she was up from her chair
"I don't believe what you just said about Steve and I need to confirm everything with my own eyes. You can't— you can never stop me, you got no right to do it and I swear I'm never going to listen to you, Mr. Bastari—"
"SHUT UP, ISABELL!"
Sebastian stood up from his chair sounding like a thunderstorm. Her entire body reacted to the thunder
"You know exactly how dangerous it is and NO I won't let you go in there" His voice went from a bolt to calm in a flash "Stop acting like you care about me" Standing in front of him she gazed at him with firmness
"Maybe I do, maybe I don't. Either way, that's not something important to discuss" Her eyes lost some firmness at his words. Was Sebastian trying to care for her? Isabel didn't allow herself to even think of it in tha way
"You think you can stop me?" She asked
"I know I can" he replied but Isabell couldn't spot tye confidence in his words
"But why the hell do you even think I'll listen to you?" Isabell never got a reply from him "I'm going to go, it doesn't matter how many times you bark at me" Sebastian rubbed his forehead vigorously, his expression yelling that if it was someone else in place of Isabell, Sebastian would have beaten that person up to death "Do you not believe what I just said?" His voice hardened "Why in the world do you think I believe you" Isabell laughed "No, Mr. Bastarian. I certainly do not believe in you" His fingers curled into a tight punch "Why don't you ever listen to me?" He wrapped the fingers over his eyes, squeezing his temple hard, disappointment visible on his face "It's not about listening to you. It's about a best friend of mine, it's about a person I've spent every day since the first day i ccaneto this university. It's about Steve." Her voice seems to thicken the air "Do you not believe me?" Sebastian asked for one more time "No, I don't," Her answer stayed the same. Sebastian ran a hand through his perfectly combed hair in anger and they were ruffled now "What will it take for me to make you believe?" He asked, she never answered "What do you want me to do, Isabell?" He asked again
"You don't have to do anything neither am I going to stop no matter what you do" His hands stopped near the roots of the hair, trying hard to untie them from the base
She was defiant and Sebastian knew that much of it till now "Okay, Isabell. Okay" His hand fell to the back of his neck, he dropped back to his chair and so did she. He drew a long breath in "We will go."
We? We are meant to be two people, one of them is obviously me and the second could be the one saying it
"We?" She just answered herself but still had the urge to ask "I'm going with you. End of discussion"
"Why would you go with me?" She asked "I said end of discussion, Isabell"
Isabell didn't particularly have a problem with that except that his chance of being Knight or having any sort of connection with Throne Of Demon almost vanished
"Okay" She answered straightly to him but he was still staring at her with fire in his eyes, breathing heavily as if he had encountered a war.
A little relief took its place on Isabell's face, it was from winning a battle from Sebastian Lightwood.
"Rebellious," He whispered in silence.
"Same goes for you" The relief boosted
"You hate peace, don't you?" Sebastian asked
"I feel the exact same for you" There was nothing that could let them hold a conversation without taunting each other every single moment.
"You are unbelievable,"
"Same—" Isabell was about to complete her last taunt when the bell of her phone rang with messages
Ashley: SoS!
Ashley: Your twin is on fire
Ashley: Got in a fight with
Ashley: A junior from Commerce
Ashley: In the Ground between Law and Business
Ashley: Come fast!
Ashley: or they gonna break some bones
Her face went pale in a second after reading the message. Sebastian sat up on his chair. Isabell's eyes stretched, and terror roamed all around her face "What happened?" Sebastian asked, a change of reaction occurred in an instant at his face.
She didn't reply to him but ran towards the door. Sebastian stood up, his eyes looking at worried Isabell and he follow her
Running towards the ground a large crowd welcomed them the center of which was Xavier, blood dripping from his lips, knuckles turned red, hand still clenched into a punch. In front of him was a tall and muscular guy, his hair blond ending with a mullet at his neck. The guy looked double the size of him but Xavier still managed to make his cheeks bleed. Jade was barely managing to grab both of the hands of the guys to assist Xavier in hitting, his own body shaking to Xavier's punch when he hit the boy. Zoe was yelling at both of them to stop but they didn't listen to her screams
Moving through the thick crowd Isabell managed to cross it.
"Brother!"
"Zavy"
Both of the words had the same meaning for Isabell but she said only one of them. Isabell's face moved in the direction of the other voice "Arine" She said silently, Isabell stared at Arine and she stared back at her in shock. Xavier stopped after hearing the shout of her sister and the same for Jade as he heard Arine calling the guy in front of him, her brother
Jade was not holding the arms of the commerce guy, he had ditched Xavier because the enemy had now become someone he was planning to call brother-in-law. He froze at his place.
"Arine," he said but she never looked at him
"Arine," The guy said "What are you doing, Max?" She yelled walking forward to her younger brother. Isabell had also taken some steps towards them
"Arine," Jade called, stepping between them, her eyes gazed at Jade, but she didn't reply. Jade moved closer "Listen to me—"
Max smashed his hand into the back of Jade causing him to tremble upon his feet "WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING?" He yelled at Jade
"I- I—" his words cracked
"GET THE WAY HELL OUT OF HERE!" Xavier shouted his eyes fuming with a sudden attack of anger "I TOLD YOU TO STAY AWAY FROM ME!" Their shouts escalated the tension in the air "Then you should stop messing with us, You freaking piece of shit!" Isabell had never seen her brother like this. Despite being careless Xavier never caused any problem in the context of getting himself in a fight ever and right now she was witnessing something like this for the first time. "You should stop making me get involved, You scumbag" A fist from the boy flew to Xavier's nose, his head yanked backward, and warm blood rushed through his nose.
"YOU FREAKING BASTARD"
Xavier's thumb tightened over his fingers, and his fist swung back before it bolted forward making the head of Max its target. Max stumbled, his steps moved him in the opposite direction, and in a couple of seconds he was back on his legsMax took his turn and delivered a blow at his cheekbone, they started to throw fists at each other again regardless of their sisters witnessing it
"Zavy, Stop!" Isabell's scream didn't reach his ears and she decided to go between them.
As she took one step forward she felt a large hand wrapping around her wrist, it pulled her hand back telling her to stop, and Isabell retreated her step on command.
Sebastian walked forward. Xavier held Max by his collar and Jade wasn't helping him now, he was all alone. Bruises filled their faces but they persisted in their fight without relenting.
Xavier was about to push Max one more time from his bleeding hand when Sebastian grasped his arm. Xavier was so powerful just a minute ago but now he was unable to even move his hand
"Who the hell are you?" Xavier yelled at his face
"Do you think beating your juniors makes you look cool?" Sebastian injected into Xavier's annoyance, he stated at him
"What the hell did you just say?" Xavier released the collar of Max's shirt "You're presenting yourself as a clown to everyone in here" Sebastian added with a smirk. Xavier's eyes widened, shoulder stiffened over the words he just heard, his free hand lifted, crossing it over the other Xavier punched Sebastian in his lips making him lose his balance
Isabell was too stunned to speak, her vision blurred, and she unknowingly fell a step back. Her face was almost numb while Xavier had an expression of pride on his
Xavier moved towards Max again ready to throw another punch. Sebastian stood straight, wiping the blood off his lips with his thumb and then he smirked
"Try fighting me, Kid!" Sebastian shouted as his fingers collided into a tight fist launching an enormous punch at his face, Xavier's body couldn't manage to bear the huge pressure and his legs collapsed on the ground. For a solid moment he seemed unable to proceed "WHO THE HELL ARE YOU? He didn't get a response to his yell, "I ASKED WHO THE HELL ARE YOU?" He repeatedly tried to stand
"A professor from the Department of Law,"
someone said and Xavier's feet trembled back to the ground.