Third Person POV
The university stood exactly where it had stood yesterday.
Tall. Unmoving. Ordinary.
Noel stared at it from across the street. A week ago she had told Damien she was going in. Now she was here.
Everything had led them here. The messages, the files, the X, the trace, everything. The problem was it was not once but every single time.
A part of her wondered if that should have been obvious from the beginning.
The people behind Black Rose family knew too much. They knew where the Cassanos moved money, their operations, their schedules, even things they weren't supposed to know yet they didn't cause destruction, they only watched.
They left trails, and every trail pointed to the same place.
The university.
If that didn't scream come find me, then none of this made sense.
Noel slipped her hands into her pockets. The morning crowd moved around her. Students laughed, others rushed toward lectures.
Nobody paid her any attention, exactly how she wanted it.
Her registration documents identified her as Noel Wilson.
Nothing more. No Cassano, no connections, no spotlight. Just another student arriving late to the second semester.
At least on paper.
Noel looked at the main building one last time. The mastermind wanted something. Whether that was her, the Cassanos or something else entirely, she intended to find out.
She now knows they wanted her here but she was done asking why.
She would find that out herself and then end this game once and for all.
"Noel!"
She turned and immediately turned back and started walking away fast.
"Noel!" Luca jogged across the walkway and caught up to her.
"What are you doing?" he asked grabbing her hand stopping her from leaving.
"What part of I don't want to be associated with you at school didn't you get?" Noel asked, yanking her hand away.
"You know" Luca said, glancing around. "I still think this whole thing is ridiculous"
"Sadly dear Luca, this 'whole thing' is not influenced by your thoughts" Noel said preparing to leave but Luca grabbed her hand again.
"Luca" she said through clenched teeth.
"The new girl being associated with a famous somebody isn't a great thing for the girl, you're gonna draw attention to us" she continued noting some of the eyes already on them.
"It's already on us"
"Exactly so goodbye" Noel yanked her hand away again and turned to leave, but Luca still followed.
"Want me to show you around?" he asked.
"No"
"Well atleast let me tell you where your first class is" Noel stopped, since she really had no idea and having Luca tell her where it was would save her the pain of walking around looking for a class hidden in deep territory.
"Fine, but after that you don't know me" she gave him her class schedule.
"Oh, it's the K block, that building" Luca pointed toward one of the buildings.
YOU ARE READING
OUR BOND
AcakEver since Alessia, Noel's mother passed away it has never been the same. She doesn't get along with her father and it's been like that for the past years. He eventually gets tired of it and decides to send her to his brother-in law's place in Italy...
