The Silver Knife

Chapter 9

Sansa caught up with Lilith next day while they were heading down for breakfast. Lilith had barely gotten sleep last night for she had been twisting and turning in her bed out of hunger and by morning, she was completely famished. Eden had sped off before her, and she didn't blame him. Aiden wasn't anywhere to be seen either and she figured that he was probably already at the Hall.

"Hey, Lilith. You look tired." Sansa said walking beside her. Lilith just nodded and stifled a yawn. Sansa looked at her, she wasn't usually looking that exhausted and for some reason it bothered her to a great extent.

"Lilith, what have you been doing?" She asked.

"Oh nothing, just had some planning last day." Lilith replied, totally not in the mood for small talk. She hoped Sansa would catch on the hint, but unfortunately for Lilith, the Gods had decided to put her patience to the test.

"Huh, just planning cannot make someone so tired. What were you doing?" Sansa prodded the question again.

'Oh nothing just hope I wasn't plotting your death.' Lilith thought, extremely vexed at her prying. "Just planning Sansa, I was with Professor Treble, Eden and-"

"Speaking of Eden where is he?" Sansa interrupted.

'Definitely having a better time than I am.' Lilith thought and she was surprised that she hadn't actually spoken that out loud. Instead she turned to Sansa and shrugged. Laurina, who was perched on Lilith's shoulder, practically wanted to burn Sansa that very moment and would have done so, hadn't it been for the strict rules about harming other students.

Sansa looked at Lilith curiously. "Are you sure you are telling me everything?" She asked again.

"No I am not telling you everything Sansa, would you like to hear the part where you die?" Lilith said turning and facing Sansa fully this time. Her usual calm eyes were filled with fury and her aura pulsed around her. Sansa cowered low as Lilith took deep breaths to calm herself down from the raging fire inside herself. The devil was already counselling her to unleash the rage but this time she decided to listen to the angel. Once in the Hall, Lilith drowned a glass of water first before starting to eat, clearly signaling that she wouldn't want to be messed with today.

"Who was that girl bothering you?" Aiden said as he sat down beside Lilith. 

"Sansa Maignes." Eden answered for Lilith. He settled down beside Aiden and Nova jumped up softly onto the table beside Laurina and Aiden's hawk, Orion. 

"Ah well she looks scared." Aiden noticed as Sansa quickly ducked out of Lilith's gaze. Lilith drank her strong coffee to wake herself up completely. Melea sat on the other side of Lilith and resumed her eating. 

"Well, I heard what happened. From the fae....her name is Allura by the way." Melea said making Lilith and Eden look up at her and Aiden freeze in the middle of picking his cereals with his spoon. "No need to worry, Allura is just a friend of mine....she was only talking about Laurina." Melea added with a giggle.

"I appreciate her friendliness but I would also appreciate it if she would keep her toe within the line in matters concerning my familiar." Lilith said suddenly, causing Melea to almost choke on her juice. 'And also her nose out of my business.' Lilith thought, but then shook her head trying to get rid of all the dark thoughts flooding her brain. Dealing with a overly observant to-be Stewardess with a dragon that looked innocently chaotic was one thing, but having a fae fawning over her dragon was something completely different and she didn't want to make a mess of things as they already were.

Melea looked at Lilith as if she had gone mad. "Whoa ok.... she just wants to be friends I think." She said reassuringly.

"Yes, I understand and appreciate that. But I would like to have her quit fawning over Laurina all the same." She stated simply.