Flowers and Darkness

Chapter 27

"Alyanna said you wanted to speak to me?"
I jolted and I turned wide eyed to look at Henry.

"Henry...hi." My voice came out higher than I anticipated. Henry's eyebrow raised in question.

Since I spoke to Alyanna and Alex a week ago I'd avoided Henry at every chance. It wasn't very difficult. I'd barely seen Dean so social activities were out of the question, and my day consisted of either spending my time in my room or in the dining hall for my meals.

Now here he stood in a cream suit, staring at me and most probably questioning my bizarre behaviour.

Clearly Alyanna noticed what I was doing and was trying to speed up the process. I was meant to seduce Henry. It felt wrong, but did I have another choice?

"You wanted to speak to me?" He asked again after my long silence, leaning closer to me. His classic smile, inching wider.

I felt my cheeks redden. If my lack of speech made this awkward for him, he didn't let it show.

"Umm, right. Yes I did." I paused and bit my lip, looking around the dining room for any inspiration. My eyes drifted to the windows to the view of the garden. "Garden?"

"Garden?" He straightened up and turned to look out at the garden.

"Do you want to go for a walk?" I stood up and nodded my head to the door. "The weather's nice today. It would be a shame to waste it."

"This is hell. The weather is always nice." He cocked his head in amusement, his green eyes twinkling. "But I could stretch my legs. I have a lot of messages I need to deliver later today."

I made my way out the door. Silently glad I'd opted for a tight fitted black dress today with a low neckline.

"Messages huh? Who for?" I asked casually over my shoulder, awkwardly trying to sway my hips as a I walk.

He chuckled slightly. "My, my, my. Aren't you a nosey one?" He teased as he caught up to meet my pace.

"Dean." My face fell when I saw Dean walk through the door just as we were about to leave. "What are you doing here?"

He quirked an eyebrow at my words and I quickly slapped on a smile. "I'm so happy you're here."

"Hmm." He gave me a tight smile and looked over at Henry. "We have a matter to discuss in my office."

Henry's eyes shot over to Dean, his face had fallen like mine. He nodded in response, offering a gentle bow in the process. "Yes, shall we?"

He didn't offer me a second glance as he followed after Dean out of the room. As I watched them go, Dean looked at me from over his shoulder. His eyes were hard.

I felt a shiver down my spine and I just wanted to retreat back to my room and cry. In that one look I knew what it was to be scared. And really scared. He's never looked at me like that. Not me.

I turned around to go when I felt a rough hand at my shoulder. "Where do you think you're going?" I felt Deans hot breath on my ear, his mouth curving up to a smile on the base of my neck.

He pulled me with him as the three of walked over to his office. It was silent, just the clinking of our shoes filled the hallways. I was tempted to talk, but truth be told I was scared. I hadn't technically done anything yet about leaving. But could he sense it? Does he know?

I tried to slow the pace to prolong whatever we were walking into, but Dean realised what I was doing and pulled me along to hurry up.