The Princess & The Jerk (Fifth Book of "Fire and Ice" Series)

CH.7: The dark path is not that dark and scary

Dear All,

Finally I able to post the new chapter of "The Princess & The Jerk" and I won't say much, aside that this one is quite long, to which you are already all used, but better to say it anyway 😊

I really hope you will enjoy it because it will bring us deeper into the book, reading more important episodes and having two turning points of the story, you will see and understand which ones while reading it. Let me know what you then think of it with you fabulous and amazing comments!

I am happy to see more readers are actually following and interested in this story, and I will never stop repeating how grateful I am for your support and love given to all of my works, thank you very much.

A banner which might give you an idea of the chapter and also, a song I found fitting in here and in general for the story. I would like to dedicate this chapter to all of you and in particular to Mint75 as a big and sincere thank you for following all of my stories and for you lovely comments, and because you made Sharon very happy, by knowing she has a fan in you ^^

Ah, I think the quote for this chapter really suits Sergey and his current situation and, when I first read it, I totally loved it, finding it true.

Enjoy it!

"Love me when I least deserve it, because that's when I really need it," Swedish Proverb

SERGEY POV:

We had just spent a couple of hours in that place for brats without families and well, it had been quite the punch in my guts in a way, a much needed wake-up cold shower; I was amazed how at ease Viola was with all of them and how they pretty much adored her. Two small girls literally ran to her the moment we stepped inside and, if it weren't for me standing behind Viola, they would have knocked her down. They ran to us and hugged her as if she had been their older sister or something like that, laughing and smiling obviously happy the fairy weirdo was with them and, I will never forget the radiant smile she had on her face. It struck me so much I hadn't been able to speak for about a minute.

Viola had said it would be better to go there together as it was my first time, so I picked her up from her house and we drove there. She introduced me to the staff and explained I would be helping out, thankfully avoiding saying why I was helping or whatever happened with me. It seemed obvious they trusted her, asking me only a few routine questions and making me sign a couple of papers. From what I gathered, also her freakish brother and their parents visited the place and apparently, the Taylor family sponsored this and other similar structures. I knew their father was a well-known surgeon, but I wasn't sure about their mother.

The time there passed quickly and we most spent it together getting to know all the kids there and some of them had such an empty look in their eyes that I will never forget; yeah, they might have been treated nicely there and given all the care and such, but it wasn't the same as if having a family or anyone you could consider as such. Most of them eyed me somehow warily, not exactly feeling at ease and nothing strange there, as I had never exactly clicked with brats in general, but Viola definitely did and, by the end of the time spent there, a couple of them had somehow warmed up to me. One of them asked me when I would visit again and when I replied in a couple of days or so, he smiled somehow happily.

That also struck me quite a lot.

However, in school Viola and I hadn't made much progress and we still had to start working on that stupid Halloween party, not to mention, we basically never talked to each other, aside a quick nod as to greet one another. I was still a bit stuck in my place and trying to find the way out, because it wasn't as easy as I believed, both fear and guilt still nagging at me, not to mention the discussions I had with my father. He wasn't yet satisfied of course, saying my attitude hadn't improved much and well, what the fuck did he expect? That I could say a couple of magic stupid words and all would get sorted out? Argh...he was beyond annoying and, when he once mentioned Sasha, I saw red and the argument went down to shit.