The Lamonts (24)

CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR

After the chaotic events that had rolled out the previous week, School and life returned back to normal; well, normal as it could get in an all gifted school for students and teachers with powers and abilities.

"morning ivy…" Charlie greeted her best friend with a blinding smile on her face, ivy on the other hand let out a yawn, returning the greetings back to her.

"did you not get enough sleep last night?" Charlie questioned her, taking note of the shadows underneath her eyes.

"…it's nothing, you know our midterm assessing is around the corner…I just thought to clear up some doubts I've been having in a few areas…" she brought up her hand to cover up the series of yawns that kept escaping her mouth. She was both tired and hungry that the yawns just kept getting bigger and bigger…soon enough, Charlie joined her.

"s…stop that…you know when you yawn…I also….get the yawnies…" she pouted as tears pooled in her eyes due to the amount of yawning she had done.Unable to control herself, Ivy laughed out and Charlie joined her.

"let's hurry before we are late for miss Edna's English class…" Charlie reminded as she picked up her pace.

"ugh…English…we speak it all the time, but yet passing it takes the grace of God…" ivy groaned, taking smaller strides than Charlie, put still somehow keeping up with her…

"if you ask me, who will I ask?" she shrugged, indirectly agreeing to the words of her friend.

As the two made their way to class, xerxes appeared besides ivy, dropping an arm around her shoulder and placing a kiss on the side of her head gaining the attention from the passing students who couldn't hide their curiosity.

His open display of affections turned her cheeks slightly rosy in color. Charlie who had witnessed this took it as her cue to give the couple space.

"Morning xerxes…I'll wait for you in class vivi…" she said as she continued to walk ahead, ivy gave her best friend a nod as she watched her go. She turned to xerxes who didn't even bother to look back at her; acting as if he hadn't done anything.

Feeling her intense gaze on him, xerxes asked."what?"

"what was that for?" she questioned him. This dating thing was new to her, so receiving a kiss from him out of the blue…in broad daylight was something new to her. She can't lie that she didn't like it…but still..

"do I need a particular reason to kiss my girlfriend…?" he looked at her with a scrutinising gaze and she blinked."i-" she was about to say something when he interrupted her.

"or is it that, that kiss wasn't enough for you?" his brow slightly arched up as a sly smirk hanged off the corner of his lips as he slid his hand down the length of her back and gently grope her bottom. Ivy's eyes widened in shock as she glared at him…

"are you nuts?! Someone could see us!" she scolded him in a hushed tone with a small tint of blush dusting her cheeks, but xerxes couldn't care less about the others. Never had never will. The smirk on his face only widened as he listened to her.

"so you prefer we do it somewhere more…private…" he completely misinterpreted her words again as he gave her bottom another squeeze. Unlike the first one which had been intended to tease her, this one was more…intentional.Ivy halted her steps as she drew in a sharp breath and the blood in her neck rushed up to her cheeks. Xerxes chuckled then added."why are you so embarrassed You've already spent the night in my room…twice…"He was nowhere subtle when he said that and his voice was loud enough to draw the attention of their classmates who had initially been noisy, but quite down after they heard what xerxes said about ivy.ivy on the other hand had her eyes wide as saucers and her cheeks blood red.Putting her face down to avoid the questioning eyes from the class members, she took hurried steps to her sit and sat down without looking up.Meanwhile xerxes strolled into the classroom with a smug grin on his face that almost looked nonexistent. He was satisfied with the reaction he had gotten from her, who knew ivy was so easily flustered by things like this?.

On the other side of the world, far on a desolate island an iron fortress sat atop of the highest point, dangerously close to a cliff. A dark and depressing place that never seemed to get any sunshine, just below the fortress, the grounds were heavily surrounded with thick and lush vegetation making it easy for a person to get lost if they weren't careful.The walls that surrounded the fortress were tall and thick.

Securely guarded day in and day out by the best equipped villains who have pledged their loyalty to their masters, the Lamont's.Without the proper clearance from the superior authorities or an invitation into the Lamont estate/ fortress, nobody gets in and nobody gets out.

And even if a person did get in, rarely do they get out, but off course if they did get in, they would be tortured then questioned, which is the moral conduct of the Lamont's, pain first, questions later.Ultimately all those who have been questioned meet their inevitable end and untimely demise.

Then their corpses are dragged off into the woods to be mangled and then devoured by the beast that inhabit the place or thrown off the sides of the cliff into the waters below to be feasted on by the sharks..I'm pretty sure by now you've gotten an idea on what kind of family the Lamont's were. Speaking of family.

In the dimly lit corridors of the Lamont estate, the soft tapping of expensive leather walking on the red rug that extended down to either ends of the corridors echoed. With each step taken a radiant and raw aura of intimidating command followed.The two heavy doors were swung open by the guards and the person walked into a space that looked nothing less to a throne room. Ironically a dark throne stood tall at the further end of the room

On the throne sat a man, sharply dressed in the most expensive of silk fabrics. He wore a white shirt and an ox blood coloured vest, black pants and clean leather shoes to match. His hands had a black glove on it as he sat down with a scrutinising look on his face and an air of arrogance swirling in those dull gray eyes of his. This man was no other but the father of Leah.

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A/N: forgive me for the long wait🙏

school has been unforgiving lately.

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