Like a vampire hungry for blood, he sank his face into Aragon's neck.
"No!!!!" Samara screamed horrifically, and the eyes of the rest of the disciples came wide too.
Aragon stayed still, and Orion's face remained in his neck for a minute before he raised it.
His face is back to normal, and his fangs are gone now.
"Did you just try to bite me? Bastard?" Aragon said unbelievably.
"I have no good left in me to do, but not biting you doesn't mean I changed, i only saved your blood for another day" Orion replied and started walking away.
Aragon got his sword immediately, and when he made to charge towards Orion...
"You know better than to come close to me with that, you'd end up getting wounded" Orion said without looking back till he went out of sight.
Aragon sighed, and his throat moved as he swallowed, remaining in his spot.
"Superior are you ok?" Samara stood and held his arms, checking him out. Her cheek is so red right now as a result of the slap she received from Orion.
"Are you worrying about me right now? You're hurt" he replied.
"No it doesn't hurt. You almost got hurt cos of me"Samara replied.
"Come with me" Aragon took her hand, leaving the assembly with her.
Agatha was coming out of the terrace with her father when she saw them, and she grumbled angrily immediately.
"She'd be the first person I'd kill, I hate her for always being around Superior Aragon" she muttered.
"That girl..." King Depp said, looking at Samara intently.
"What about her?" Agatha asked.
"Nothing, let's go" he replied, and she gave Samara another sour look before going out with her father.
"Wait... I'm not getting something, is Superior Orion a vampire?" Raven asked no one in particular.
He's still at the assembly with the rest.
"Vampire? Cut the crap" Krishna replied.
"But you saw what happened earlier, he almost drained Superior Aragon's blood and he grew fangs and...
"Can you stop talking about him before he comes here and rip out your heart?" Ceres rolled eyes.
"Practice has been cut short, I'm so happy" Echo stretched.
"What are we having for breakfast?" Merlin's voice made them turn in one direction at once.
"Merlin!" Echo shouted, rushing to hug him
"You're finally back! Your wound is healed!" She touched his belly, and he nodded, then she hugged him again
"I'm so happy you're back! I even got punished by Superior Aragon for wounding Agatha cos of you" she pouted
"Really?" He broke the hug.
"Yeah, she had to pick three bags of stones till daybreak, and she wasn't allowed to use her powers" Peony grinned.
"That must have been hard" Merlin said.
"But it's all good now! Let's go for breakfast before shower! The party is tonight too so we have a lot to do!" Echo giggled, and Merlin smiled as she pulled him away, out of the assembly.
"Those two" Raven shook his head.
"I need some food too" Krishna said and made to leave, but Ruthie grabbed his hand, bringing him back.
"Krishna are you mad at me? I don't remember doing anything bad" she said.
"Seriously? Last night at the library, You still don't remember?" Krishna replied calmly.
"Library? I didn't go to the library last night so I don't know what's going on"
"What!" Krishna frowned.
"Krishna I swear heaven and Earth that I didn't go to the library last night. I fell and got wounded on the knees and after Samara treated the knees, I went straight to my room and Peony even came to spend time with me, trust me Krishna" she said, and Krishna looked her in the eye.
"Believe me" she said gently.
Ceres started smiling again on her spot, but Raven suddenly pulled her out of the assembly, taking her to the back of the giant bell.
"What!" She broke free.
"It's you, right? You're the only one I know in this institute who's capable of stealing people's appearances" he said, and she smirked.
"So? What'd you do? Report me to the chiefs?"
"Ceres I'm not against you using your power, but using it on my best friend is totally out of it, are you insane?" He said angrily.
"I seriously don't have your time, Raven" she said and made to leave, but he grabbed her shoulders and threw her back to the bell concrete,.
"Ahh!" She gasped hurtfully, looking at Raven shockingly. His eyes are glowing.
Did he just... overpower her?
"Careful, sister" he muttered and left her, walking away from the bell.
Ceres held her chest, still resting on the concrete as she tried to calm herself.
"Raven's powers are active, why is he pretending?" She muttered.
*
INSTITUTE APOTHECARY*
Aragon took Samara to the old building a little bit far from the villa, and he walked straight to a shelf when they got in.
"Sit down, I'll get something for your face" he said, and she smiled as she sat, looking around.
It smells like herbs.
"The building is definitely old" she said.
"Yeah, it has been here even before Master Duran was born, one thousand years ago" he replied, and her eyes widened.
"Master Duran is an immortal?"
"What do you think?" He replied, finally getting a brown bottle of ointment.
"Meaning... Superior Orion is an immortal too?" She asked.
"No. He's just a cursed bastard who got what he deserved" he replied, taking his seat beside her.
"He's.... cursed?" She asked as he began opening the bottle.
"Why do you think he behaves like a madman? He caused the death of his brother, and he was cursed with loneliness. No human can make contact with him, the result is death" he replied and turned her face to himself.
He started applying the ointment on her red face with his fingers.
"But...he behaved like a vampire earlier. He almost drained you" she said.
"That's just one of his numerous mad personalities, he'd have drained my blood if he wanted to, but he'd never try that" he replied.
"Why?
"I was Astrid's best friend when he was alive" he replied.
"His brother?" She asked, and he nodded.
"But does that count with him? He doesn't seem like he has a heart" she replied, and he smiled, still rubbing the ointment on her face. The redness is lessening.
"He's Orion, maybe I know him better than anyone" he said, and she smiled too.
She wanted to talk, but she kept it off then gave his face her full attention, staring deeply at him as he rubbed her cheek gently.
Before she knew it, she started leaning in, and Aragon had to stop rubbing to look at her eyes.
She still didn't stop leaning in, so he held her shoulders gently, stopping her from leaning further.
"What are you doing?" He asked, and she blinked thrice before spranging up.
"Thanks for the ointment Superior! I'll see you around!" She bowed slightly and rushed out of the apothecary.
Aragon covered the ointment and began staring at the bottle, smiling as he did.