ruthless ~sebastian sallow x reader~

chapter 5~ work ethic

you had woke up late once more, meaning you had to wake up imelda at 8 to even get even close to the time your supposed to get there. you passed sebastian on the way to the exit. he tried to stop to talk to you but you ignored him and kept running.

you got there late as always. "late" harlows voice rang in your head. "sorry, thats my fault" you spoke up. "your will be pleased to hear, your no longer with me rookwood and i discussed that i should get tom and you should get rookwood" harlow spoke handing you a plate with toast. 

at this rate everything would be worse, but when rookwood laid eyes on you he saw the bruises, he saw the girls, he said harlow. "have you gone mental harlow?" rookwood asked "where is the boy rookwood" harlow asked. you pushed away the plate of toast only for tom to come up behind you and grab it. 

"they are off to this spot and then we will discuss our plans" rookwood spoke to harlow. you left with tom in a heartbeat. 

"so i guess that means i get the cronic abuser?" tom asked you. "what is rokwood like?" you asked him in return. "hes not horrible, ive seen worse from harlow. but honestly i think rookwood wanted you because he thinks your pretty" tom spoke with a goofy smile on his face. 

its nice to see he hadnt lost his sense of emotion yet, maybe harlow really was the reason you had such a shit time with everything. 

tom and you walked through the forest trying to get to the place. "thats why im not allowed in feldcroft anymore" you said telling him your story, "so let me get this straight your family owed harlow,harlow killed your younger brother. they traded you in to be debt free and your not allowed to see them or else some curse within you decides to go off?" tom asked. 

"yeah basically" you said with a laugh. "well since im friends with your brother, he talks about you all the time. says he misses you. told me to protect you" tom was smiling at you only making you smile. "aww shoot, stop" you said giggling elbowing his arm. "and trust me, i will protect you with my life" he said giving you a little bow making you laugh. 

your oldest brother always tried to treat you right since your family already often never paid attention to you. "trust me when i say this, rookwood has seen you fight, i dare say hes enchanted by you" tom laughed making you smile. 

for you this meant everything might change. but the more you talked with tom the more it got flirty, he was trying his hardest and it was flying over your head. "i mean its nothing really special honest to merlin, but it was probably one of the most loneliest days of my life" you spoke to him, you were already upset. the problem came when you were just shy of the feldcroft outskirts. 

"we have to take the long way" you said "one minute" tom spoke sending rookwood a letter. a detailed letter. when one came back he read it to you. "based upon the curse, its important to know crucio must be casted in order to fight her curse. keep her away from family at all costs and make it quick." he read it a little upset. 

"they put it in place so i wouldnt run off and see them. harlow said if i was good enough he would be able to lift it" you spoke with a little glimmer of hope. tom on the other hand was not very hopeful for you. you saw the 3 boys, they seem to follow you where ever you go. they were talking to anne. 

"i feel so bad for not being there" you spoke to tom, there was eyes on you like you were an outcast, you pretty much were at this point anyway. "my family house is up ahead we should go a different way" you spoke upset a whole mood flip from earlier. 

you walked right by the sallow house which sebastian took his looks in. you heard angry footsteps behind you making you walk faster. tom stood behind you walking backwards. "you cant protect her tom" fucking olive. "i can try my hardest" tom spoke turning around basically picking you up and running. "CURSED CHILD" thats all you heard leaving feldcroft.