Earth Is Mine

Chapter 10

I try to keep my breath steady as I leave the tent with Commander Rigel and Joon by my side. I can't understand what just happened. 

First Lucian plagued me with guilt then he angered me till I was ready to boil over like the burning rocks lining the surface of this planet. 

Now I'm left with this deepened curiosity and void because he isn't around me anymore. 

My skin is prickled with irritation, face burning like it's been set on fire and I don't remember the last time I felt this..this alive. 

I swallow hard, realising how I shut down after escaping from Pluto. I had a brief moment of happiness when I first reached Earth but that was quickly extinguished by Lazarus and that useless deputy director Maximus. 

I shut down again after that, my heart nothing but a black void filled with regret. 

Our argument has sparked a buzz of electricity down my spine and now my heart is beating with a desire to fight with him again. 

I catch the culprit who has caused this weird mixture of feelings walk into the tent next to the one we were just in.

The rebels have prepared a space for Lucian's mini brigade to have a meal with the rest of us. I walk into the tent and look up at the white flowers that have been strewn across the top four corners. They stick out like a sore thumb against the plain green. 

"That was not there before," Catori mutters dryly when she joins me. 

"The flowers?" 

She points at a young red haired girl standing by the refreshments, who's eyes are fixed on Lucian as he converses with his squad members. Two other girls who look just as young join her, their gazes starry eyed and one of them holds a bunch of white flowers in her hands. 

He has a fan club already?

I roll my eyes feeling annoyed with him and the flowers and everything. 

Cat chuckles at my reaction and someone pulls her away for a chat. I walk over to the table, my shawl now wrapped around my head even though most of the people here already know who I am. 

I pile up my plate and turn around to look for Joon but he is busy talking to the older man who escorted us to our tents previously, Hugo. I walk over to an empty bench and take a seat, ignoring the curious stares from a few Plutonians who stand around me. 

All of them know who I am but no one says a word. They've all seen the way Lucian reacted to me and I have a feeling no one wants to piss off their leader by conversing with the one person he hates the most on this planet. 

I don't realise that I have stabbed a piece of meat with my fork till a delicate voice interrupts me from my thoughts. 

"This seat taken?" 

I nearly choke on the food in my mouth when I look up to see Luna standing with a plate in hand. 

I shake my head more vigorously than I would have liked and she sits down next to me, earning more stares from the people around us. 

She fiddles with her food, her slim fingers curving around her spoon as she stirs the contents in her bowl. 

"Is it good?" She asks me and it takes me a minute to register that she is talking about my food. 

I nod, feeling nervous and apprehensive for some reason. Luna reminds me of those beautiful girls in the slave quarters, the ones everyone wanted to be friends with. Her smile is delicate and her long hair has been braided down her back.