The Forbidden Blade

Chapter Twelve

Alara sits in front of me on the breakfast table as my brother sits in the middle. His eyes not leaving the newspaper he's reading.

I clear my throat trying to break the silence as I sip my coffee.

But has no effect as both of them stay silent.

"Uhm.. have you decided on a type of ring yet" Alonso finally speaks up

"No... I didn't know I was supposed to" Alara shrugs, going back to scooping up her scrambled eggs with her fork and knife

"What do you mean you didn't know, you're here to marry me aren't you?" Alonso presses his paper against the table

"So.. have you picked out a ring" Alara shoots back and all Alonso does is glare right back at her with his bright eyes

"I didn't think so.. so stop acting like I'm some slut that's dying to marry you and pick out a random ass ring" Alara abruptly stands up from the table and walks out of the dining hall

"What did you do" I don't wait to ask, he had to have done something this morning, cause Alara doesn't get pissed off so easily.

"You know what it doesn't matter cause I'm not dying to marry her either" Alonso grumbles off his seat and walks upstairs without any context

I sigh and put my coffee mug down.

I look at the time to see I have an hour and a half before I have to get back to campus which means I could talk to a friend real quick and figure out what happened.

***

I slowly walk through her door which was slightly open and spot her on the balcony.

" So what did he do" I sigh sitting next to Alara

"Nothin... why?" She mutters clearly pissed

"Cause it looked like you wanted to murder my brother a second ago" I chuckle as she leans her head on my shoulder

I guess me and Alara just started getting closer to each other that me playing with the ends of her hair felt normal,
She halts and stands up running her hands through her hair

"You're right I do want to murder him, I want to rip his heart out and stab it in till it turns into pulp" she growls pacing back and forth

I chuckle and throw my head back

"Why" I push

" You know what he did, I called Daniel over and Alonso saw and gave me this whole speech that I cant call guys over when I'm supposed to marry him in a few weeks.." She keeps pacing back and forth

"And do you wanna know what I caught him doing this morning!" She stops and looks at me with her bright eyes and red full lips that I really badly want to kiss as they're only inches apart from mine.

"Fooling around with a slut!" She exclaims

" he's so selfish! I can't have my best friend over cause he's a guy but he could fuck a slut! " she sits back down across from me as she plays with my arm and angrily traces my tattoos with her fingertips.
I loved when she got angry that she had to trace my tattoos to calm herself down.

"Daniel?" I echo

Oh!

That Daniel!

"The guy you were gonna murder the night we came over?" I raise my eyebrow and she nods

"It's complicated I grew up with the guy my aunt had him before she died, I hate him with all my guts but I do like his company " she goes on still playing with my arm while I kick my legs in front and play with the long strands of her hair.

I keep playing with the strands of her hair while she traces the tattoos on my arm.

I can't help but admire her sharp jawline, plump lips, and brightest eyes. I try looking away from them most of the time so I wouldn't remind myself of Astrella but sometimes I just can't help it. Looking into her eyes actually makes me feel warm as if I never lost the people I cared about.

" You can call him over if you want I'll talk to Alonso" I offer

Her face insatiately lights up

"Really?"

I nod with a smile

"Oh god... I love you Alex" she joyfully gleams jumping at me and wrapping her arms around my neck.

I feel her still and feel myself freeze as we both register what she just said.