[005] Chapter 9 - slim pickins

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"guess i'll end this life alone."
|| sabrina carpenter

Grayson

Makayla has been really secretive lately. Al she does is hang out with Potter, Weasley, my sister, and the Lupin siblings, mainly Louis. I wonder if it's because she's lying about He Who Must Not Be Named's return. She's upset that I can see through her. It's not that hard, now that I've seen all of her.

Her spending time with Louis is getting on my nerves. Before we got together, she hated him. Now they're friends? Louis and I used to be friends until I started liking Makayla and was less afraid to speak up about it. It's not my fault that he's a pussy. She's mine now.

I'm eating in the Great Hall when Mattheo tells me about something called the Dark Mark.

"It's something that all followers of my father get as an Oath of Loyalty to him," he says. "It's a badge of honor."

"Do you have it?" I ask.

He suddenly goes quiet, looking around the empty hall before murmuring, "None of us really had a choice..."

I perk up. He has it. A normal person would be scared, but I'm rather intrigued.

"How do I get it?"

He furrows his eyebrows as if it's a stupid question.

Turning to face forward, he clears his throat before he says, "You don't want it."

"Oh, but I do..." I say, my tone almost desperate. "Maybe Makayla will finally take me seriously."

"Or maybe she'll break up with you because you wanted this while she didn't."

I pause.

"She has it?" I ask. "Who else?"

"Jordyn, Jules, Kai, Preston, Theo, and me."

"Does Louis—"

"No," Mattheo says firmly. "Makayla has made it very clear that no one should find out until the time is right, which she's doing a swell job at, seeing as she's basically going against the Dark Lord in hte process of keeping her identity safe."

I have noticed that recently. She's speaking against Voldemort not returning. I can see how Voldemort wouldn't want that."

"How do I get the mark, Mattheo?" I ask.

He sighs. "Meet me at Hogsmeade after school."

I smile as he gets up and walks out. Hogsmeade after school, got it.

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