Deceiver's Throne

Chapter 2: Isabelle's Pov

*/AN this is what Isabelle's outfit looks like /*

The trees rattled a bit as a wind blew the intense smell of damp moss and the smell of rot and decay and his cologne like a wave through the air. I knew he was here before my eyes made contact with his. I knew his scent like the back of my hand. I knew him. 

As my legs start  walking the sound of the soggy leaves that were scattered all over the forest's floor crunch under my boots. This place really was something I had no desire to see again is what I thought as we all started walking through the stunk, and I use the word stunk since it stinks really, really bad. 

My eyes were planted on the forest floor, but I could sense him. I could feel him. My eyes rose and our eyes met. I could feel unease creep through my entire being as I blatantly gawked at him.  His left brow arched a bit and his eyes sought the opportunity to roam freely over my entire body.

Our eyes silently and slowly communicated through a language of unknown and for minutes we just silently stared at one another. 

As the minutes of tense silence went by Victoria once again thankfully broke the silence. "Are y'all done with whatever you are doing because it's getting award and weird, and we came here for a reason. So, Aires, Isabelle quit gawking at each other and start doing something like I don't know Aires, show us the damn shield or portal or whatever. We don't have a lot of time. "

Byron "Victoria is right, Isabelle your parents are going to look for you sooner or later and they have most probably alerted the authorities, so we have to get on with it. "

All of the sudden my friends took this as an opportunity to tell me all of their opinions and how this is a stupid idea and how we are going to get caught and we are going to get in trouble.

They are right.

The feeling of panic flooded me and my hold on my thoughts stopped as every negative outcome played before my eyes. I saw how the portal teared me limb to limb, I saw how my friends gets brutally murdered as soon as we enter the world of unknown. Slowly but surely small cracks of electricity started dancing beneath my skin flooded me and begged me to release it. My entire body throbbed. My head started ringing and a hum surrounded my chest.

I had to do something. Say something, this had to stop.

"Guys shut it! We have to do this, and you all know this. If you don't want to do this and you would rather go, then go. I won't stop you, but I am not going back unless I find the answers that I want. And thank you all so much for this useless arguing since we really needed another waste of time. So, stop complaining about everything and make your choice. I am not your mother so I don't have to listen to your unintellectual opinions. Make your choice because I wont do it for you. "

The words just came tumbling out of my mouth before I even knew what was happening, and everyone was shocked. The sparks of energy beneath me came to a halt almost as shocked at what I said as everyone else. 

The silence that came after my outburst was extremely suffocating and also didn't last very long, because for some random reason, Aires just started laughing. And I mean like full on laughing, like he has tears in his eyes now.

huh?

Sam "why are you laughing dipshit?"

"Yeah, what could possibly be so funny "

And as usual he gave me a snobby reply "You Isabelle seem, very calm and collected, as usual. And what makes you all think I am going to do anything before I get my money? "

My eyes drowned into his and just like our shades of brown and blue met again. 

After I grasped what was actually happening and ripped my eyes from his awful ones, I told Baron to get the money in the car. Which he thankfully did and then he also shoved it into Aires arms.

Those arms. His arms.

 He also proved that he doesn't trust us one bit and started to count the money.

You would also and you know it.

Once he knew every penny was there, he gave us another one of his polite replies "Alright calm down peanut, there was no need to shove it in my hands. Since I am doing all of you a favor and don't worry Byron I forgive you since I am well aware that you are a dog but there is no need to act like it."

He just called Byron a dog. I wanted so badly to burst out laughing but that would escalate the situation. And before I knew what was happening everyone was pulling Aires and Byron off of each other and telling Byron that he's an idiot and that we need Aires and that he can't just fight our only solution.