The Heiress of the Sistrum

Chapter 3

I woke up the next morning at 6:00 am. Feeling wide awake. Claire was still sleeping, I was being careful not to wake her up. I got dressed in the bathroom in a pair of black yoga pants and a fuchsia loose tank top and my running shoes.
I liked going on a run at dawn or the early morning, it usually clears my mind. The castle was awfully quiet, everybody was apparently still sleeping. I went to the edge of the trees and started jogging. I was also into parkour so I climbed a few trees and did some back flips to remain flexible.

After an hour, I went back to my dorm but I couldn't shake the feeling of being followed or watched. Although I saw no one around me.
I took a shower and got dressed in a pair of light washed skinny jeans, a burdundy long sleeved top with a pair of dark brown combat boots.
When I got out of the bathroom Claire was up.
"How long have you been up?" Claire asked.
"For about two hours" I shrugged
"Well someone is an early bird" she said, I laughed at her comment.
Once Claire got dressed, we were ready to head for breakfast. As we were about to leave, the door opened revealing our third roommate.
She had platinum blonde hair, that was cut into a long bob, she had piercing blue eyes and pale skin. Her eyes where lined with heavy black eyeliner which looked good on her.

She stared at us for a second before Claire spoke intoducing herself.
"Hi, I'm Claire" she said cheerfully, "and I'm Adele" I said calmy.
"Nice too meet you guys, My name is Valerie" she said in a monotone.
"So we were heading for breakfast, Want to come with us?" I offered.
She nodded her head and all three of us headed for breakfast. As we were walking I thought how different we were from each other. Each one of us had her own thing, I could only hope those differences only bring us closer.

The dinning haul was as same as lunch time yesterday. Only this time we sat in the table next to the mysterious trio after Claire begged us to. She said that Mr. Dark can't talk to me if he doesn't know I exist, I tried telling her that I didn't care if he knows me or not but she wouldn't take No for an answer.

After spending a little amount of time with Valerie, she finally warmed up to us. She was cold in the beginning but slowly started to open up which teaches you to never judge a book by its cover.
We chatted while having breakfast,
"Why are these guys staring at us?" Valerie stated
"What! What guys?" I said confused.
"Those three over there" she said pointing to the mysterious trio.
Claire turned her head to look at them but they looked away.
"They are probably in love with us" Claire said jokingly.
We laughed at her comment and continued our breakfast. We decided that we would later go to town to explore it amd do some food shopping.

It was about 3 O'clock when we decided to explore the tiny town.
It was really small so you could never get lost there. We went walking in the highway for 30 minutes but it was still light so it was okay. We entered a small vintage looking café. We ordered three cappuccinos to drink. The café was a decent size, the tables and chairs were diffrent from each other which gave it a boho vibe. There was a small wooden stage where the participants could sing on during karaoke nights. Sadly we couldn't stay for long as the sun will nearly set, so we had to get back before it was dark since we didn't have a car.
We decided we could book a taxi for another day  so we could spend the evening at town and attend the karaoke night at the café.

When we returned back to our dorm, I told the girls that I'll head to the library. I wanted to read a bit about the myth of the Sistrum.
I descended the stairs and walked in the corridors until I reached the library. I checked in with the librarian, she was an old lady in her sixties, her blonde hair started turning white but she still looked full of life. I searched for a couple of books in the myths section and then headed to my assigned desk to skim through them.
I was so engrossed in one of the books that I didn't notice that someone sat in the desk next to me for a couple of minutes now, I look up and I see that it is Mr. Dark. I honestly don't know why I call him that.
I try to see what he's reading with out him noticing me, and I see that he's reading a book about ancients musical instruments. Does he know about the Sistrum, I thought.

I wanted to start a conversation with him but I didn't know how, my thoughts were cut by someone taping on my shoulder.
I look up and see Mr. Dark looking at me.
"Yes" I say
"Hello, I'm Derek Kingston" Mr. Dark said with a small almost invisible smile.
"I'm Adele..." I stopped then continued "Zachary"

"So I see you know about the Sistrum" he said.
"Yes, I asked professor Albert about it when I arrived" I said in a small voice.
I normally wasn't like that, I didn't feel conscious in front of a boy or man this case, but something about him just made me a bit careful I guess.

"Not alot of people know about it" he explained.

"Oh" was all I said, I honestly didn't know what to respond with.

"Why did he tell you?" He said in a low scary voice.

"Why do you care?" I said feeling more courageous.

"I don't, I just want to know what's special about you that made him tell you" He said coldly.

I felt hurt, I don't know why but I did.

I looked him in the eye and his features finally hit me. I didn't pay much attention to them but now I do.
His had a slightly tanner skin than me, he had bluish green greay eyes, I honestly define what were their colour. He had dark brown hair almost black and his pink lips were pressed in a thin line. He had a nice thin well maintained stubble. In one word Handsome.

"You didn't answer my question" he said in irritation.

"Why are you so interested in this Sistrum anyway, and why are so curious about why I know?" I said angrily.

He was taken aback by my anger but quickly collected himself to seem unfazed.

"It's not your business" He said

"Well, it's not your business to know why I know" I said a bit loud for being in a library but no one said anything.
I grabbed the books and returned them to their shelves and left without looking at him.

Who does he think he is? The king.
He had no right to treat me this way, I planned on not telling Claire or Valerie about this little incident because then I'll have to tell them about the Sistrum and I didn't want to tell them as they will question me.

It was 10 now, I didn't realise I spent so much time at the library. I went back to the dorm and slept after saying goodnight to Claire and Valerie.

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I hope you guys enjoyed this chspter as well. Thanks for reading. Xoxo

~Merna