FORTIFIED

Chapter Three

Adriel felt rays of sunlight on her face.

Her eyes fluttered open as she slowly woke up.

"What happened?" Adriel groaned, rubbing her eyes.

Her roommates were very much awake and ready for class. Adriel rubbed her eyes, trying to stay awake.

"Hey sleepyhead, you're gonna be late for class." Becky chirped facing the mirror.

She was applying the last touches of her make up.

"What happened last night?" Adriel asked again. Static filled her ears and she could feel a headache coming on.

"That I'd like to know babe," Victoria said looking at her like she's just lost her marbles. She looked at Adriel's wild mane of hair and shook her head with a sigh before going back to what she was doing.

"You were mumbling the weirdest sh*t last night before passing out on your bed," Lucky said from her bed distracted yet again by her phone.

Adriel saw that Lucky's outfit entailed the usual jean jacket and trousers.

Becky loved gowns a lot and Victoria loved her designer tops and assorted trousers. Brown was her favourite colour.

"Never seen anything like it. Where were you last night?" Becky asked getting her bag from her bed, her bed was in disarray as it always was before class.

And at that very important question, she tried to rack her head for an answer but could find none. It was as if all her memories from last night were wiped clean.

"God, I can't remember. It's like I have a massive hangover, but I wasn't at any party, at least not at anyone I can remember." It was so strange.

Why couldn't she remember? All she saw was their sympathetic looks. Victoria tsked,

"You've gotta be careful hon. Call us when you need to. Don't wander off on an adventure on your own. These parts of the campus aren't safe."

Adriel nodded before starting off in thought.

Why did it feel like she's heard those words before?

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Adriel only stared on at the board, not listening to a word the lecturer said. Her mind had been a jumbled mess, since that morning.

She chewed absentmindedly on her lower lip trying to remember what she didn't even remember forgetting.

The lecturer dismissed them and she hurriedly packed her books and went in search of Cassey, maybe she'll have an idea about what happened last night. But Adriel looked everywhere and still couldn't find her. She was nowhere to be found.

She called her cell but she still wouldn't pick up. Adriel sighed. Great.

She would have to go to her dorm. Tulip it is.

She walked on the slightly longer path to the dorm just a few meters away from hers.

She needed to hurry through. There would be a curfew that day. A fresher had been found dead in the woods early that morning. Adriel shivered.

Hearing about death had always had that effect on her.

There had been a few cases of murder on campus in the past but the culprits still hadn't been caught, even till now.