It's nice to finally get to be in the same place as my brother for once. I was completely lost in thought when I slammed my shoulder into someone making a cloud of book pages.
"Omg, are you okay" a squeaky voice came from the floor
"Urm yeah I'm okay, are you?" I extended my hand to the petite brunette who was sprawled across the floor with what I now saw was a mess of broken textbooks
"Yeah" she took my hand "I'm so sorry"
"Why are you sorry" I furrowed my brow "I think I'm the one who walked into you" I quickly softened my facial expression when I noticed the look of fear on hers.
"I'm Saffron by the way" I held my hand out for the second time.
"I'm Dawn" She smiled shaking my hand "What organisation are..." her sentence trailed off.
"Don't worry, you don't need to be scared of me" I smiled "I'm not the important one" I laughed. I looked over her shoulder to where I left Theo and his friend, they were walking towards me and, I guess maybe, my new friend.
"Urm Dawn?" she looked up from collecting the pages from the floor
"Yes saffron"
"You need to stand up" she looked around and also noticed the boys approaching. She stood to attention almost as if she was meeting the royal family.
"Hello Sir" She bowed her head to my brother and Mattheo.
"Dawn you don't need to do that" I put my hand on her shoulder.
"Don't you know who they are" she whispered to me
"Yes that is my twin brother and his dumbass friend Matt" I stuck my tongue out at them.
"Twin brother" she stuttered "wait you're one of the Morelli twins" her jaw was practically on the floor. Me and Theo couldn't help but laugh, Mattheo looked dumbfounded like always.
"Yes I am" I managed to get out between giggles
"Nice to meet you, Dawn was it?" Theo smirked
"Wait that would make you..." she turned to Matt "Mattheo Romano" she almost chocked on her words when he nodded.
"Nice to meet you" He turned to me and Theo "So Saffron you seem to have a better idea of what this place is then me and your brother so fill us in?"
"That's not my job" I rolled my eyes at him "You have a meeting in the main entrance in 10 minutes that will explain everything." I waved towards the main building as I bent down to help pick up the scattered remains of Dawns books. She quickly followed suit and showed me where she was taking them.
I followed Dawn down many a winding corridor till we reached a large ornate set of double doors. I gave her a questioning look and all she did was smile softly and push the nearest door open. Behind the ancient looking entry way was a massive library. From the ceiling to the floor on both levels was covered in bookshelves. It was like something out of beauty and the beast.
"You okay there" Dawn chuckled watching me look up with my jaw on the floor.
"Pinch me," I met her gaze "I'm either dead or asleep" I mused following her up the spiral staircase to our left.
"I'm glad someone agrees." She seemed to always have her eyes on the floor "most of the people here only come into the library when a class requires it". I couldn't really say anything as it had been a long time since I had ever stepped into a library but now, well I couldn't see myself leaving it.
"So Urm," she shuffled her feet "Theo and Matt seem, nice?" I rolled my eyes and slumped into an armchair by the shelf she was putting her books onto.
"Yeah about as nice as a blister" I scoffed
"Do you and your brother not get along?" There was something about her that honestly made me not think twice about letting things slip.
"Oh don't get me wrong he's my brother and I love him but I'd rather not be part of the family" she knocked my feet off the small coffee table
"And Matt?" just the mention of his name made my blood boil.
"Oh you mean mr spoiled rich boy who has me and Theo do everything so he doesn't get his hands dirty" I covered my mouth realising that I shouldn't have said that about him in a public place.
"Don't worry I won't tell a soul" she made a cross gesture over her heart and smiled. Surprisingly I think I had actually made a friend, maybe even a real one, time will tell.
"What do you think of them?" I nudged the back of her leg with my foot.
"They aren't what I expected from the stories I've heard about them." She finally sat down in the armchair opposite me.
"Well I can assure you they can be the exact opposite to the stories you will have heard". I wasn't entirely lying to her; behind closed doors the boys weren't completely awful to be around but again I'm family.
Suddenly the double doors we just came through slammed open and a tall man walked into the library with a petite woman and a small army of guards. Following behind was my brother and Matt.
YOU ARE READING
The light in the dark
Teen FictionThrown into a whirlwind school meant to build them up to take over the criminal enterprise their father's have built will the trio find their own fate or accept the one laid out for them by those who came before?
