[ BOOK THREE ]
Ryan Mikaelson has spent his entire life hearing stories about his family and their past. The infamous Original family. The villains of the supernatural world. His world. But now, it's his turn to make his own mark.
Now a student at...
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CHAPTER THIRTY
Since When Do You Speak Japanese?
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HARSH SMACKS sounded across the empty gym as the morning sun shone through the windows. Ryan faced one of the few punching bags available to the students to use whenever they pleased. A pair of padded, fingerless gloves covered his hands as he knuckles connected with the cloth material.
His talk with Lizzie the night before gave him a new pep in his step, so to speak. Ryan would not be skipping up and down the hallways any time soon, but he did decide to stop moping about things out of his control. More importantly, about a girl who did not care about him.
Sweat clung to Ryan's forehead as he proceeded to land punch after punch to the sand filled bag hung from the ceiling. His new outlook on life meant that he needed to take better care of himself, which included releasing all his pent up energy to help calm his racing mind. It would help clear up his jumbled thoughts.
"Hey, Ryan."
Ryan paused, breathing hard as he dropped his arms. He turned to find Rafael and Landon at the entrance of the gym. Not the two people he expected to see bright and early on a Friday morning. Actually, he did not expect to see Rafael for a while. The boy just transformed back into a human less than twelve hours earlier. Ryan figured he would at least sleep for a day or two. He found himself tired after a few hours in wolf form. He could not even fathom being one for months on end.
"Raf, Landon. What're you two doing up so early?" Ryan questioned as he began to pull the gloves from his hands.
"I guess we can ask you the same thing," Landon replied, walking further into the gym.
Ryan huffed and tossed his gloves down onto the ground beside the punching bag. "Hilarious." He faced the two boys and asked, "is there a reason why you're bothering me?"
Rafael sighed, glancing toward his foster brother to give him a sharp look, before he looked back to the Mikaelson in front of him. "We thought you could tell us more about that girl. Uh, Hope. Landon said that you said she was your cousin."
Ryan should have seen that coming. Of course Rafael and Landon would want to know more about Hope, considering they no longer remembered that they knew her. And, she did help Rafael turn back into his human form. Although, he knew that Hope did not want anyone to learn that she had been the one to jump into Malivore.
"Afraid I can't do that," Ryan told them and started for the gym's exit.
"Wha – what? Why not?" Rafael exclaimed, following after him.
