Serena

Chapter 17

Serena's POV

All students are now standing outside by the edge of the seaside as Mr. Rhones had insisted we should do first thing in the morning as it will 'provide us a positive inner energy within' bla bla bla. I stand close to the edge feeling the light warmth of the early sunrise as the salty breeze swirls my hair back. There wasn't much to enjoy from the view from my point but judging from the endless cameras being used, I believe it is a nice sight to others.

Christ, the things they say in this school's society sickens me to the core and I am surely correct by witnessing the looks on Aaron and April's expressions. Their sour and confused expression withers out, the longer this nonsense spews out of the teacher.

"This morning we are to conduct a small experiment of collecting different area of the water by canoeing. You and your selected partner will be given some test tubes with caps. Now go change into your swim wears and meet at the far dock to the East in 20 minutes. Don't forget sunscreen!" The students have already scattered back into their houses before Mr. Rhones had finished his instructions.

"Finally, an opportunity for me to wear 1 of my 10 bikinis that I've brought." Kathy and Chloe squeals to each other jogging infront of me.

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"Amelia Amelia, Amelia!" Chloe chants on the sofa when she sees me exist my room in a black T-shirt and swimming shorts on. "Did you forget a bikini or what?"

I force a shy giggle then scratch the back of my neck, "No, no. Just insecure about my body these days, I been bloating a lot lately."

"Wished some other fatties build some 'insecurities' in their sense instead of you." Kathy laughs at her own repulsive comment then exists the front door first.

"So are we partners?" I try to sound nervous. Only for Chloe to stand from the sofa confidently, feeling her body down, "this bikini is for my man to see, so no." Then she tugs my hand out the door together.

As I receive some test tubes from the teachers, Aaron comes close behind me and laughs, "Never thought I'd see you as a loner, Princess."

"Says the one empty-handed." I walk towards the empty canoes.

"I'm not empty handed now." Aaron takes my hand dragging me towards an empty canoe. He holds my hand steady as I climb in with the tubes in my other hand.

"It's a shame you don't get to wear a nice bikini today." He pretends to be hurt and I could only hold a smile and roll my eyes, then he walks to the end of the canoe to push it off the sand.

"Don't pretend like we never went to the beach or pool party before, Aaron. What's there to be ashamed of?" I scoff, tugging and stretching my shirt.

"That was ages ago! When we were still kids. Micah and I are not way hotter, and you get to be our first viewer, princess."

"And you're became so popular with all the ladies. Just look at them ogling your body." I sigh then turn to face him from behind, his wearing dark sunglasses and his slight wet hair falling down his forehead. Aaron is always been popular everywhere he goes with his looks and flirty talk.

"Enjoying the view too, Princess?" He smirks in his usual cocky self as he forces his biceps and abs tenses up from pushing the canoe across the sand.

I gently place the tubes down on the floor and turn back to reach my hand out, "very" I playfully purr and run my hand down his chest to his abs and all the girls in the corner of my eyes either shyly squeal amongst each other or display an angry attitude. It's always been fun to tease girls who drools at the sight of my friends and elder brothers.

Just as we were about to laugh at their reactions my hand is suddenly snatched off of Aaron's body and then I was lifted off the canoe's seat. "Hey, what the fuck are you doing?" Aaron forgets the canoe and stands protectively, trying to reach for me.

My feet meets the ground for a second and so does my eyes recognize his face for that split moment. Then he ducks and wrap an arm around my thighs, scooping me up on his bare shoulder. "Getting a partner." Koen's voice calm yet a spark of anger still ignites through.

"I decline." I quickly refuse and try to slither my way out of his grip but he just turns and leave Aaron alone. But what I'm angry at most is that Aaron just stood there in the distance waving at me. "I swear to god, his going to get it when this camp is over." I angrily mutter under my breath unable to contain it. I'm taking this betrayal personal now, I won't forget this.

"I can walk, Koen. Put me down." I demand while hammering his back.
"You told me you wouldn't ogle men, Amelia." He still refuse to put me down as he walks to the far end of the seaside.
"No, I said I would think ab-" Koen cuts me off by surprise when his hand slap my ass.

He FUCKEN spank me?

"Talking back?" He threats in a low tone.
"I merely repeating what I had said." I argue at his unreasonable reply earning myself another 2 slaps.
"How dare you slap me." I hammer his back harder and dug my nails into his skin.
He then stops at an empty canoe that is so far from the rest of the students and teacher that they look like hazy blocks.
"You didn't just look at another man's body but you touch him." His voice angrier than before and I could feel his muscles growing tense.
"And what's that to you? Put me down." I squirm even harder but he just continues to spank me hard. So hard that it starts to send tingles throughout my legs and inner thighs.

This isn't fair. I can't use self defence here as someone might see me in action and even if I kill him without anyone seeing it's still suspicious that I was the last one to disappear with him.
I kick my legs then sink my teeth into the side of his neck, biting down as hard as I could until I can taste the metallic.

Koen stills for a moment then slowly lowers me into an end of the canoe, then he tightly grips my jaw between his hand making me face him, "Look or so much touch another man but me and you will get more than some spanks after I send him to the hospital. Am I fucking clear?"

I only stay silent and challenge him with my eyes. You're a nobody. And nobodies win against a Vespertine. He finally releases my face and pull us out towards the ocean.

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Koen's POV

Honestly, I rarely go out of my way to express myself but the second I saw her smiling and opening up to another man but me, I lost my fucking shit. This feeling.... like a fear of loosing my favourite possession. I don't like it.

I was standing in a crowd of girls endlessly asking to be my partner yet all I could hear was white noise over them and all my attention was on Amelia genuinely smiling and relax(?) next to some blond fucker that was also a home school student 'here to experience the school's life.'

Then my vision turned red when her hand reaches out to touch his bare skin. Fuck, I barely noticed that I had pushed through all the girls to stride over to their canoe. I instinctively pulled her hand off him and carried her away like some kind of fucking beast but that was the least of my worries.

"Koen? We don't have test tubes." She says in a bored tone as she always has been to me. Just why did she change when she was with this ...Noah?

"Is he your type?" I ask completely ignoring her excuse of wanting to do the stupid experiment but she just watches me row the canoe with a blank expression.