GUARDIAN|M.LANGDON

PART 3|18 MONTHS

-18 MONTHS LATER~

I lay draped on the couch, listening to the song, the same song it's been for 18 fucking months, I had noticed things others couldn't, Timothy and Emily sneaking off, Ms mead seeming around every corner, hope... lost

Ms venable said we had food for 18 months, well, yeah- it had now been the time

I make my way to the table for breakfast as Ms venable stands up

"I have an announcement, this will be our last breakfast" I hear everyone groan and commotion arises, I stay quiet, I learnt that if things want to go smoothly, it's best to shut up, that said I can escape to my room most days, if I am not told to work, I could take joy in doing my hair now or read the books, anything to make it better

I even got along really well with Mallory, I even told her how I wasn't meant to be here, I trusted her, and I think the feeling was mutual
It felt like a kindred friendship, as if from another time, or maybe we knew eachother in another life
But that's impossible if course, I think being here too long made me dream of exciting things, or the boredom gave me a creative imagination

But I'm brought back to earth when I hear an alarm blaring

Perimeter alert

Ms venable looks shocked as we all shut up, a perimeter alert? Probably the most exciting thing to happen to us since being here, no matter how dangerous

Arguably at this point, should we even be living? Is this living? We've been stuck here eating cubes, humanity was dead, the earth in ruin
Why were we staying alive anyway?

The wicked witch leaves to go check it out and I hear everyone start to converse again, I take it as my chance to make my way back to my room, fed up of everything and do what I do best- to take a nap

Dear me- Wake me up when I feel alive

-TIME SKIP-

I feel a light tap on my shoulder, waking me up slowly

"Eve, you need to get down to the library, Ms venables orders" I look to see Mallory sitting beside me and I get up, giving myself a minute to wake up and nod to her, she smiles as she slowly gets up and leaves, no doubt to make her way to the library

She didn't tell me what was wrong, but, I've learnt to trust Mallory, so I get up and go

I try to walk slowly out my room, trying to go to the library but being half delirious and tired I think I ended up going the wrong way, and my eyes are greeted with a young man- and ms venable

He had been announcing something clearly important to the witch, and I felt a pull towards him, I simply couldn't resist looking at him, he was-captivating

I've never been the type of girl to gawk at people, I liked to keep my head down- even 18 months here I never even thought of anything like that, and same in my life before- but I just couldn't help it

He had long blonde hair and brows seemed to be constantly angry, with bright eyes and a tall stature, I couldn't help but stare- I don't think I'd ever met a man like him

As I tried to backtrack away he looked at me, strangely- he had the same look towards me, almost surprised- his eyes wide and his mouth parted as he stared in my direction, his stare quite daunting, which made me cower
I've never had anyone ever really look at me, but the man before me seemed only focused on me

Ms venable seemed to catch on to his stare- and unfortunately also turned around to look at me, her ever so threatening daggers towards me as she smiled thinly

"Evelyn Langdon, don't you know it's rude to eavesdrop?" I dart my eyes down as I nod, stammering

"I'm sorry, I went the wrong way" I tried to reason, but she just scoffs, my eyes fell to the man beside her- once again a different kind of shock on his face
One of disbelief!

"You've been here 18 months Evelyn, I think you'd know-" she goes to scold me more but the man interrupts

"Are you this demeaning to all your residents, Wilhemina?" His voice booms, formal and assertive
Wilhemina? I'd never heard venables name here in 18 months, but he calls her it on first meeting- he must be important

I couldn't see her face but I imagined the sadistic look on her face
"Only the useless Greys" a lump forms in my throat- she did like to target Mallory a lot, after all

I felt like I could see the mans jaw tighten, why had he been so annoyed? Again, a stupid imagination, but he seemed to keep staring at me
So much so that, even if he wasn't, his presence made me finally look away, despite the interruption he continued his speech- even whilst I was there

"I've been assigned to evaluate the people here, and select the ones most worthy of survival, I could take all of you..." I look up and he looks directly to me almost as if he were explaining it to me instead, I furrow my brows and look away again

"Or none of you, those who make it live, those who don't, end up like my horses"

A shiver runs through my spine at his morbid sentence as I try to walk away- finding the entrance I came from
But I feel an unfamiliar grip on my arm, I turn to see that it's the man, I look at him in awe and we both say nothing

The silence was almost deafening, how long had it been of him holding my arm?

"Can you let go, please?" I reply shakily, my mouth staying parted, I had two questions;
what was he doing?
And why was he doing it?

He seems to fall out of a trance, i could've sworn I saw him shaking his head as he lets go, I watch as he leaves first and I let out a heavy breath I didn't know I was holding

Turns out I had one question;
Who was he?