AFIRE: fight for the Earth begins✓

25.2 AIJA

The story so far:

---- Aija is a Volunteer at the Pristine School at Innermost. She works along with Zuri and Ze, who are her friends. Aija witnesses a strange event one night – light emanating from Rez's body. The kidnapper is after her soul, next, but he leaves her alive and goes away. Another man finds her, he wants to take her somewhere else - Aija though wary of him agrees. Aija learns of the existence of the aliens – the Ytai. Also, about the R'ies and H'eon, Harvesting and Àvo from Etrie. Etrie tells her that the man, who Harvested Rez (Thieron), will now go after her. He tells her that the spy/kidnapper's name is Luka. Etrie asks her to work along with him. Aija agrees to work along with Etrie on Harvest Stopping Missions.

---- Thieron kidnaps Aija. She finds out that Nala works for Thieron. Ze, who was following her to rescue her, gets captured along with her. Thieron binds Aija to himself. Luka asks Aija not to talk of Zuri to Nala, especially in front of Thieron. She agrees for Zuri's sake. Thieron and Aija go to the Open. They meet Alton Ivar. Thieron finds Aija is out of the room and when he goes to find her, he sees that Dhor-Wo has found her. He gets her back to the room, furious. When they go to see Var-Inu, the Ytai man asks to see her. And, then, he tells Thieron to take her to get the Avo. They are attacked by a Savage. He manages to stop it. Var-Inu burns it. Aija asks if he is really Ah'n. He tells that he is Ah'n.

---- Xan speaks to Aija. He tells her what happened to him.

---- Zuri is having a hard time with both Aija and Ze missing. She finds Iyler at Aija's apartment and confronts her about not being form the Secures. Etrie informs them about the bond Thieron has with Aija. It makes getting them back all the more complicated. Zuri is invited to Aija's parents' home. She accepts the offer and goes. Zuri sees that Aija's family is ostentatiously rich. She and her brother Rei talk and he asks Zuri if Aija really was happy. She says yes. 

---- Aija confronts Thieron about he being Ah'n. he agrees that he is and tells he has done it to keep the attention off himself in case things go sour.

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****25.2 - Aija****

Dinner was quiet. 

Luka wasn't there, and she kept looking out for him. Luka seemed genuinely friendly. She almost believed him when he said he would protect her. He sounded truthful, but he was Ytai and a part of H'eon. He killed humans. How would he protect her? 

After dinner, she followed Ze into the study. 

"Where do you think you're going?" Thieron asked.

 "Where I want to," she announced. 

"Go to your room. Now." 

"And, what if I don't?" she questioned, turning around. 

Thieron looked angry. His calm from before had melted. "Room. Now," he said through clenched teeth. 

She stood her ground, unwilling to lose to him. His last bit of patience crumbled, and he moved towards her. She decided it wasn't worth the trouble and made her way upstairs. To her dismay, Thieron followed her. 

As she went into the room, he stood at the door and said, "Don't test my patience. Just because we don't harm you doesn't mean you can do whatever you want. You do as I say." 

He left, closing the door behind him. 

Aija huffed as she sat on the bed. Alone in the room – it was driving her mad. There were days when Thieron spoke nothing to her and days when he seemed calm and friendly. She didn't understand him. And she knew that just because he was a little warm, it didn't mean he would hesitate to kill her. She knew he had planned something; he was only waiting for the right time.