Bound

19. Library confrontations

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"Amara, are you alright?", Serena asked her.

"Uh yes, don't worry, I'm fine", Amara murmured.

She sighed softly as she felt the nervous and worried gazes of her friends on her again, "Seriously guys, I'm fine. You all don't need to worry so much. I'm sure everything must be alright by now", Amara insisted.

"No, Amara, you're wrong. My cousin is dangerous. He doesn't forgive easily. I can't forget the look on his face, he looked so angry. I thought he was going to beat that boy up bloody if Allister had not intervened when he did", Serena shuddered.

Amara stiffened when she remembered Valerio's rage. She didn't want to think about it. Amara knew how unforgiving Valerio was rumoured to be. But to witness something like it so closely had shaken her. More often, whenever something extreme was about to go down between the boys, Damien and Allister would send her away which meant that she didn't have a clue about what their extensive punishments really entailed.

"What were you even thinking when you tried to stop Valerio and his gang Amara? You know that no one is allowed to interfere when they are punishing someone. Just like how we cannot interfere when Allister and his friends punish someone", Emma asked her curiously.

"No one was going to do anything to stop them, I could see it. Infact most everyone were anticipating to watch the boy being thrown in the lake. I couldn't just wait there and see it happen. Any other punishment but not the lake.... ", Amara admitted.

"For a few seconds there I thought that Valerio was going to let that guy go but then he changed his mind so suddenly, it was scary to watch it", Emma muttered.

Serena sighed. "Valerio doesn't let the people he wants to punish get away at any costs. Back at home, even if the mansion staff or the guards make a small mistake and Valerio is the incharge of dealing with it, he makes sure that they have learnt their lesson. Sometimes I think that everyone is more scared of Valerio than they are of my father. Especially since before he left for Germany", Serena said.

"Can we not talk about it please?", Amara whispered. She didn't want to think or talk about Valerio. Whenever she did ,his furious eyes flashed before her, making her heart jump in nervousness.

"Let's just forget about it. It's nothing new that we saw", Emma replied as she flipped a page of the book she was reading, but she was wrong. Amara had never seen this side of Valerio before, only heard about the rumours and what Damien usually told her.

Following suit, Serena also opened the books and started reading, jotting down points in her notebook.

The girls were in the library sitting in a secluded corner, away from the intruding stares of the other students.

They continued to work in silence for some time when suddenly they were disturbed by the presence of Silvano, Alexander and Gino coming and sitting down comfortably in the empty seats at their table.

"What are you doing here Silvano? Go away! We are busy here", Serena spoke to his twin, annoyed at the disturbance.

"Hello to you to sister!", Silvano replied, rolling his eyes, causing the other boys to snigger in amusement.

"Gosh, can we not get two minutes of peace here", Emma muttered staring disdainfuly at Gino.

"Why don't you run back complaining to your daddy?",Gino replied back coldly.