✓ Unchain: The Sacred Curse (FULL STORY IN GOODNOVEL)

Chapter 5: A Sorry Won't Heal the Scars

Chapter 5: A Sorry Won't Heal the Scars

AU ELITES, a group that consists of the ten richest and most powerful families in the whole Stoneheart Kingdom.

The ten families are the ones sponsoring scholarships to everyone who wanted to study, especially magic, but couldn't enroll in any school because of financial problems. That is also the reason why never in her life she thought of fighting back or revenging even after everything that the bullies, especially the student council members, did to her. Although she is not capable, at least she never thought of harming them because of her gratefulness. Thinking that way makes her feel like an ingrate.

However, this scene is quite unexpected. Why is the school's third prince extending his hand and offering it as if he is ready to support her to stand? What the heck is happening?

Crostelia was dumbfounded and stared at the hand that was reaching out for a few minutes without moving or doing anything besides from breathing and staring intently at the fair hands of the man that looked as if it was from a woman. His hand looks so smooth as if it never experienced any roughness. His fingers look clean, neat and thin like they were a few white candles you could definitely see lit at a church at the back.

Because of that unexpected action, noise started to rise from the onlookers as if a swarm of bees disturbed in their house. Everyone who is present talked to their friends beside them and criticized the young lady about her ungratefulness towards their prince—especially the women who crazily admired Liev.

However, Crostelia heard none of them as she was busy assessing despite the fear inside her heart: should she accept his hand or not?

If she accepted it, everyone would get mad at her for being closer to their prince. If she did not accept it, she thought everyone would become even madder at her because: who is she to reject a member of Au Elites? Who is she to decline the great Liev's offer?

She is nothing but a loser. Whatever choice she would choose, she would still end up gathering hate anyway so she should just choose the one that would bring a smile to her lips.

"Uh... Thank you," she said with her head down as she accepted Liev's hand that immediately pulled her up to stand.

Like the first time they met, the guy covered her body with his jacket again. However, this time, the difference is, she is now aware and could see the things around her. She wanted to give the jacket back because of her piling up fear and embarrassment but she immediately shut up when the guy whispered something to her ear.

"Don't. Your upper uniform is wet," he said to her that she didn't immediately understand.

She was already wet so why wouldn't he take his jacket back before she could ruin it with the liquid that they threw to her?

Crostelia roamed her eyes around in expectation to understand whatever Liev was saying.

Her questions immediately flew away when she saw what he was talking about.

Her eyes widened as soon as her sight looked down and saw the state that she is currently in. Her white blouse is soaked in red that it is already sticking to the bare parts of her skin. An unintentional gasp escaped from her mouth as her face lost all its color because of shock. Things do not look good. Her undergarments are already seen through!

She didn't want the same thing that happened during the first time she saw the twins again to be repeated so she swallowed her embarrassment towards Liev as she properly wore his jacket before she zipped the zipper up to the neckline so that no part of her wet upper body would be shown.

"So, care to tell us what happened?" she heard Liev said that made her raise her head.

With a bright smile, Emily answered, "Nothing serious. She just tripped."