Just like the guys' past coming back to haunt them, so was mine. Another one of the people I trusted had turned their back on me. How could I have been so naïve with so many different people? Because I trusted and loved. I wouldn't change myself to suit others. I would still love but would also have to trust but verify.
"Who the hell is that?" Dash yelled and pointed at the object flying across the sky, a large crystal lance in his hand. The crystal glowed as he spun around Ashlynn. He thrust the lance forward, the clanging sound of it hit an invisible barrier and echoed across campus.
Ashlynn turned on the man anger in her eyes, her cackle filling the courtyard as she prepared to attack. Aurelius called her name, briefly gaining her attention. But Ashlynn's cunning was a force to be reckoned with. She turned away from Aurelius and gave her attacker her full attention.
"It's Matt, from our old guild." Braeden cast a spell at Ashlynn, trying to help Matt.