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Heartless
Immortal ?
{Cold as ice and dark hearted…}
Written by Ibrahim Gift
Chapter twenty
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“We can’t be out of the academy for long, I don’t feel comfortable leaving it.”, He said and she nodded.
Harley gave directions and they got to the amusement park.
Harley looked around and tears filled her eyes, the memories she spent with her parents came flashing back.
“Are you okay?”, He asked noticing her change in Expression.
“Yes let’s go.”, She said and they came out of the car.
***
“Let’s try this.”, She said excitedly and this time around Cyrus was already frustrated.
He was into these types of things and we was being forced to do it.
He even wondered how she was happy fun cos it making him sick.
They kept playing different games and challenge until Harley got tired.
“Let’s buy ice-cream.”, She said dragging Cyrus there.
“Pay for it.”, She said.
“I don’t have any more money left, I didn’t bring much.”, He whispered to her.
“What? Who comes to a date without much money?”, She whispered back.
“I didn’t know that you would spend this much.”, He whispered back.
“Mister look there.”, Harley said to the man and he looked at the direction she was pointing at.
“Run.”, She said and they both ran away.
“Thief!!!”, They heard the man screaming behind them and that made them burst into laughter as they ran off.
This was her first time seeing Cyrus laugh so hard.
“Let’s go back now, it’s getting late.”, He said as they got to the car.
“Thank you for agreeing to come with me.”, She said.
“So are we dating now? I don’t want you calling your ex, your boyfriend.”, He said and she nodded.
“Yes.”, She answered and he hugged her happily.
“I am your boyfriend now.”, He said and she chuckled.
*
As they were heading back, Harley asked him to stop.
She liked the view of the beach from afar.
“Are you okay?”, He asked her again and this time she couldn’t control her tears.
“I miss my parents so much — I wish they didn’t die — I wish I was able to save them.”, She said as tears rolled down.
“My superpower is just useless if I can’t use it well, I couldn’t even do anything to save them.”, She said.
“The amusement park reminded me about them so much and I miss them very much.”, She said sniffing.
“You are blaming yourself for nothing— it wasn’t as if they died because of you, I’m sure you tried your best.”, He said and she somehow felt better.
“Don’t you miss your parents?”, She asked and his face become cold.
“I don’t have any parents, let’s head back… It’s late.”, He said as he headed towards the car.
“I’m sorry for bringing it up.”, She apologized but he said nothing.
“It’s late, you should go back to your room.”, He said and didn’t even wait for her reply before walking away.
Harley just sighed, did she make a mistake by asking him about his parents?
“I wonder when he will trust me to tell me about his past.”, She said.
As she walked back to her dorm, she saw someone wearing a hoodie walking suspiciously.
“Hey who are you?”, She asked and the person turned.
“Alex?”
“Where are you coming from?”, She asked and he just scratched his head.
“I left the academy to see my parents.”, He replied and she just found it odd.
“But if you had taken permission, you would have been allowed and besides you are the closest to Cyrus.”, She said.
“I learnt that my mom was sick and I wanted to heal her, taking permission from lord Cyrus will only take time and he wouldn’t want me to go alone because it is dangerous.”, He said.
“Promise me that you won’t tell him that you saw me.”, He said and somehow Harley didn’t want to make sure promise.
“Ok I won’t but it is better you inform him next time.”, She said.
“What about you?”, He asked.
Harley thought if telling him that she went on a date with lord Cyrus but she just changed her mind.
“I just wanted to sneak of the academy for once, I wanted to go partying but I changed my mind remembering how those girls ended up when they were caught by Magnus.”, She lied and Alex seem to buy the lie.
“You shouldn’t leave also, Magnus is on your neck, you shouldn’t just leave anyhow.”, He said and she nodded.
“I will get going on.”, She said and he nodded.
“That was close.” He said sighed.
“Can Alex be the spy? But he can’t betray Cyrus right? What if he really is betraying him?”, Harley wondered as she went towards her room.
***
Alex paced around his room worried. He knew he was doing the wrong thing by betraying Cyrus but he has no choice.
All those times, he wanted to protect cyrus, he was being sincere but now Magnus is forcing him to poison him since he’s the only one closer to him.
Alex has a been a spy from the beginning, he came into the academy because Magnus asked him to but after getting to know Cyrus, he started thinking twice.
He looked at poisonous pill that Magnus had given him and sighed.
Magnus had carefully planned this.
Alex had informed him that Cyrus had created a bond with Harley and so he asked him to make sure Cyrus doesn’t kill her.
Everything was Magnus plan, he has ember to join to get her out of the way of their love.
Alex isn’t a demon, he wasn’t given any demonic power or else he would be easily caught, he is just working for Magnus.
When Alex noticed that Cyrus shared out of Harley’s pain, he didn’t want to tell Magnus but Magnus will surely know if he is hiding something.
“I’m sorry lord Cyrus — I really am, I am no different from the people who caused you so much pain but I just want to protect my family from Magnus.”, He thought as he stood in front of Cyrus’ room crying.
“What? Do you want to leave this academy this night? You can’t, till tomorrow.”, Cyrus said opening his door.
He was finally it hard to sleep as usual but then he suspected someone to be Infront of his door and he was right.
“I — just just miss my family.”, He shuttered.
“Stop behaving like a child, I am not in the mood for conversations.”, He said and closed the door.
“I am sorry lord Cyrus, I really hope you forgive me.”
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I guess most of you are right … Alex is the spy after all.
He has been a spy for the beginning.?
Well I must say that — Cyrus fell for Magnus and Alex trap.?
What do you think will happen now? He was asked to poison Cyrus ?
