NOVEL WEB Chapter 133: Ripples
"Please… have mercy-"
SHING
Her arms flew off of her body, leaving her to scream and scream and scream and scream and scream until her head popped like a balloon. Blood sprayed everywhere, and just as I began to fall backward, the door to this dorm flung open.
"ARREST HIM! YOU ARE UNDER ARREST FOR THE MURDER OF EVELYN CRESTSPLITTER!" A voice yelled while government workers poured into the room, arresting the silhouette who finally revealed itself.
Cyrus.
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(Lothin POV)
"What? Seriously?" I responded as Sage finished informing me of what just happened. I had recently picked up her number after she walked up to me in the hall. I thought we were playing it low and avoiding talking to each other, but I guess some of the others had different ideas.
"Yeah… so I was calling everybody from our group to maybe meet up and attend his court hearing. It's completely up to you. I won't force you, but I think it would be in your best interest to come, especially since you have some kind of public connection to him…."
"There's no point if I- no, we already know how it's going to turn out. A court hearing where the opposing sides are two massive families… it would be in YOUR best interest not to attend that court hearing. It's going to be a blood bath… and I don't feel like getting caught in the crossfire.
"Ugh… you're such a pussy," Sage groaned over the phone, and as I clicked my tongue, I went to hang up the phone, which sat on my bed. Currently, I was changing into uniform as classes were in half an hour, but multitasking was one of my specialties. "Wait, don't hang up yet!"
"What? What more do you want to say? Invite the others, but I'm sure they're all thinking the same thing… also wouldn't it be suspicious if we showed up?"
"Oh, come off your fucking high horse. It's not that deep. Nobody is surveying you twenty-four-seven, so just stop being a pussy and at least come for his sentence. Wouldn't you like to know what he gets?"
"He won't be receiving anything 'cause the entire goddamn courthouse is gonna go up in flames! FLAMES!" I shouted before hanging up. I grabbed my phone and tossed it across the room. I didn't know why, but I felt so mad. I felt so angry. So full of rage that I couldn't stop grinding my teeth together. "FUCK! FINE!"
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(Elora POV)
"No way that asshole got caught! What'd he even do? Go fucking around in the city or something?!" I nearly laughed my ass off upon being informed Cyrus had been arrested. I mean, it wasn't too hard to see, but I didn't expect it to be so soon.
As I finished changing into my uniform, I took my phone, which was on speaker, and changed it to a personal mode, allowing me to place it against my ear. I needed to make sure whatever the reason was didn't get noted by the elven spies crawling around my room.
"He killed Evelyn Crestsplitter. And I'm sure you know the consequences of that," Sage muttered heavily through the phone. It was as if she already knew what was going to become of Cyrus now that he had killed a member of such an important and influential family.
"That's my boy right there!" I shouted, only continuing to laugh out loud while sitting on the edge of my bed. "So, what was the reason? Did they find out what exactly had happened that caused him to do that?"
"First of all, this is no laughing matter, and there is no room to joke. And from my perspective… she definitely deserved it."
"Okay, stop edging me. Just give it to me. What'd he do? Huh? What'd he do? I wanna know," I muttered excitedly, nearly jumping up and down. But for some strange reason, Sage hesitated again. She could only mutter a few words with a heavy heart.
"She tortured his siblings…."
"Oh…" I couldn't respond with any more than that. I didn't know much about them, but from my perspective, they were the only things keeping him sane. And it seems the monster's shell is slowly cracking, revealing its true nature and bloodlust… how exciting.
"So I was wondering if you wanted to come to the court hearing this afternoon. It's inside school hours, so you'll have to sneak out of class and off campus. I'm also sure the security will be increased heavily, so there is a higher risk of punishment…."
"I'll be there. I want to see just what will happen, especially since it's a fight between two massive families. I wonder if the Claydol family will even come to his aid, though…."
"Probably not… anyways, I'll catch you there, right?"
"Yeah, sure."
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(Unknown POV)
"Noah, did you hear what happened?"
"Yeah, I already heard," I muttered, freshly buzzing my white hair, which was getting a bit out of control. And as I finished fading it out myself, I jumped into the shower with Sage still on the phone.
"Then, will you be there this afternoon?"
"It's during school hours, no? I don't think I can since I got tons of people watching me… but I'll try my best. I want to see how the fight will go down between both families."
"Oh, the Boss also told us not to attend… but I didn't bother telling the others since they were solid in their stance. Lothin is probably not gonna go, but Elora will…. So, just make your independent decision. I know your family is still crawling all over the place."
"Thanks for the heads up. I'll think it over during class."
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(Asger POV)
It wasn't fair. It wasn't fucking fair that Cyrus got arrested when he was just defending us. She deserved to die. She deserved to get banished to the pits of hell for not only hurting me and my sisters but also manipulating and bribing, and fear-mongering our entire class.
As I bashed my fist against the wall, a nurse suddenly came in and stopped me, laying me back down in my bed and checking my injuries once again. Her eyes ran over me, pitying my injured state, which could hardly be brought back to normal before the intense injuries I sustained from that bitch.
"THAT FUCKING BITCH! I'LL SLAUGHTER! I'LL GO TO HELL MYSELF AND MAKE SURE SHE BURNS ENTERNALLY UNTIL- until… until… she…."
My brain was clouded with fog, causing me to collapse onto the bed. I noticed the nurse had gently gripped the back of my head and was inducing me to sleep with some kind of skill. I couldn't resist. It was too much… it was too…
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When I awoke once again, I found myself surrounded by Petra and Mari, who were very diverse. Mari was covered in bandages from head to toe, and thankfully her broken bones and limbs were set back into place… now it just took some time and more healing magic.
Petra, on the other hand, was completely fine. It seems after I was knocked out, Mari did an amazing job at protecting her, and I couldn't be any more happy. Petra had suffered from enough physical and mental trauma.
"You're awake-" Mari was suddenly cut off by Petra flying from her chair right beside my hospital bed and hugging me. She hugged me so tightly that I could hardly breathe, but I said absolutely nothing.
"I'm glad you're okay now," I smiled, stroking her hair as she sobbed into my neck. Mari meekly smiled, seemingly waiting for a good chance to inform me of something.
And eventually, Petra finally ripped herself off of me, tears staining her tender cheeks. Her eyes were now puffed up, and her nose was dripping with snot, but I was glad to see her release all of the pent-up emotions that had been building up.
"So, what is it that you want to tell me?"
"As you know, Cyrus has been arrested. It's unfortunate, but we can't do anything about it, but a woman came up to us. She said she was some kind of supervisor slash… ummm sponsor of the school and offered me a deal that I couldn't refuse."
"Don't tell me it was something stupid… please don't tell me it was something stupid. I'm begging you." Discover more stories at empire
"I've already thought it over… and in exchange for all of us becoming this new role in the school called Daggers, then she will help ease Cyrus' sentence. She also told us at the court hearing in a few hours, a massive fight may break out between the Cladol family and the Crestsplitter family. And as I took the deal, she will help Cyrus survive as much as she can."
"Is she trustworthy? How can you tell if she's spitting bullshit?"
"I had no other choice… it was too good of an offer not to take, so just believe for once and pray for the best."