Under The Shadows

Meeting the unexpected

"So, Aiden? Where are we going? Which school I mean?" I ask him trying to make a conversation while I am secretly admiring the car! A boring person I am, I know.

"The Fairbanks North Star Borough School District" he replies with a tight smile on his lips.

I quickly search for the school.

The Fairbanks North Star Borough School District is a public school district based in Fairbanks, Alaska (USA). With a student enrollment of slightly over 14,000, it is the state's second largest public school district which encompasses an area of 7,361 square miles (19,060 km2), which is roughly equal to the size of Rhode Island, Delaware, and Connecticut combined, or to the state of Israel. Okay, and this is where I am going to be for a long period of time.

As we near the parking lot I notice Aiden taking a sharp breath. "Kiara, I told you before, I am telling you again, anything goes wrong, you come straight to me" as he says so, I notice his eyes glowing again.

"I will. For sure"

"Let's get you in there," he says politely.

As we get off from the car, I feel everyone's eye on me. I keep my head down, trying my best not to look at anyone.

"We have to go meet the Principal first." He tells me.

We get into the Principal's office. The principal, I must say was a very good looking woman. Unlike my mother, she was wearing a long gown and a hat. She looks old but still is young. Is that even possible?

"Good Morning ma'am!"

"Hello, Kiara." She has a very deep voice, it felt like an echo in a cave.

"I am very glad that you gave me the opportunity to join this sch..."

"Here is your schedule and I guess Aiden will be walking you to your class?" it sounded more like a question rather than a statement.

"Yes," Aiden replies giving his head a nod before I could say anything.

"Well then, proceed to your class and have a wonderful day Kiara."

"Thank yo..."

"And before you go, remember, you are not in Boston. And not everything will be the same as it had been there."

What was that supposed to mean? Is that her eye glowing? Everyone has glowing eyes here then? What is going on here?

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We move in the hallways as Aiden is explaining to me where to go after which class. We have art and history class together. That's perfect. I see everyone looking at me curiously but I chose to ignore them. As I am exploring the environment through my eyes, I see him.

His eyes, contrasting the glowing eyes I had appeared before, is pitch black. His jawline sharp like a blade with his long nose bridge and perfectly shaped nose underneath. His eyebrows questioningly rising up at me and his lips with the faded smile he must have had before our eyes met. And his skin, so smooth looking and so white, he appears so pale than me  as I was the palest one in my class while in Boston.

I feel so different after seeing him. Different emotions whirling in his eyes, looking at me so deeply, I felt he touched my soul. Right there right then!

As my eyes travel down, I find him muscular and well built, but not like Aiden. He is wearing a black blazer, inside which he has a thin looking white vest and tight black jeans below with black combat boots. He is tall. A lot taller than I am. I inhale my breath as I feel his eyes on me. He looks like he has been cut out and shaped from porcelain. I feel my heart blooming in happiness. Why?? I don't have an answer.

"Kiara, that's Zacharias. You better stay away from him and the group."

Aiden says and as I turn to look at Aiden, I find him glaring Zacharias with his eyes glowing so blue it almost looked like green!

"What group?" I ask him.

"Zacharias, Leander, Zasper, Abbarane, and Cadenza. They are in the group. Zasper and Abbarane and also Leander and Cadenza are...are like a...thing"

I look back. And I see them. Leander is less muscular than Zacharias and Zasper but is the tallest one. Abbarane and Cadenza are breathtakingly beautiful. But they all are pale like Zacharias. I am totally unable to take my eyes off of him. Breathtaking would be an understatement.

"And you hate them?" I ask Aiden.

"They are..umm...from a different group. Let's not waste our time here, let me take you to your calculus class first."

I feel he is avoiding my question but I preferred not to push him further. We just met properly and he is doing a lot for me. As we move, I feel a pair of eye on me, I turn to look back, but the whole group is gone!

Aiden leads me to Professor Leonard's class, which is my calculus class. As I enter, I feel everyone's eye on me. I take the first seat I find without looking.

Slowly, I turn my head and at the corner of the seat next to mine. I see someone.

He is sitting there, his eyes searching for something, or say he is sniffing for something. And after he turns, his eyes land on me.

He catches his breath and that is visible. He is more like surprised to see me. Like Aiden, he has his eyes glowing, but it's golden actually. He is blinking his eye as if he is trying to control himself and he is shutting them tight. As he opens them again, he has the greyest eyes with a tint of golden and blue that I feel drowning in them. Wait, did his eye just change the color? I shudder.

Like Zacharias, his jawline is sharp and he has clenched his teeth, I don't know why. He suddenly stands up, staring at me so hard I feel something in my stomach. He has a dark blue cardigan on, with a light orange t-shirt which is hugging his body so well that I can see his broad chest and his hard stomach from here along with dark blue jeans, and a combat boot. Isn't he feeling cold?

Unlike Zacharias though, he is not pale. He is smoking hot, I am telling you. Two hot men, on the same day. Very hard to handle.

He is coming towards me. Smiling and faintly exposing his canines at me.

Oh my god. What am I into?

"Hello"

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