Chapter 3 - A Silent Killing

In the absence of her desk mate, Emmy's class went well. When she returned, found Mike gawking at the door of her room. Emmy stood there motionlessly to see what he is up to. When Mike saw her staring at him, he recognized her as their new class nerd.

"May I ask why you are here? This is the VIP floor and commoners like you are not supposed to be here." Mike gave his alluring smile and raised his eyebrows to scan the nerd opposite him. But to his disappointment, neither the girl didn't fall for his enticing handsomeness nor did she give any response to his question. Emmy stood there glaring at him but with the entry of Adonis, her mood wavered a bit. The Adonis Alex leaning on the door to her room chuckled and said "Brother Mike, please give way to my roommate".

"YOUR ROOM????"Emmy was losing her control and shoved Mike aside. When she tried to enter her room, Alex stood in front of her not allowing her to go inside. He pushed her to the door frame and looked straight into her eyes while his both hands resting over her shoulders. "From this moment, either you can move out from this room or share it with me."

Mike was sure that this idea will work as no one plucked up the courage to fight with them and no girl in their college dared to mingle with his almighty brother. He was drowning in his own fantasy with his chest held up in pride when he heard the sound of a tight slap.

The next scene which Mike saw made his heart miss a few beats. After slapping Alex, Emmy was rubbing her hand" This is for touching me with your filthy hands, this is my room, a place allocated only for me. I won't budge even if you are the almighty prince of the Salian family".

"You know me! It is interesting to know that but this time you actually crossed my limit. I will make sure that you will come begging me to stop." Alex replied rubbing his cheek which had red shade clearing showing the intensity of that slap.

Emmy pushed Alex away entering the room and threw all the things which were not hers outside. Some items went out of the door while a few things went out of the window. Standing outside the room, Mike was on the verge of crying whereas Alex was finding the little lass cute, who was acting like a tornado inside the room, destroying Mike's belongings.

Yes! Mike's belongings.

Mike had been the one to show interest to share the room with Emmy, but who knew that Alex would come at the right time to tease the girl which made her go mad and violently thrash everything out of the room.

"Brother, I am sorry but I cannot move forward with the task which you gave me. This girl is not ordinary. When she glares, I feel weakened like my body is suppressed with a heavy force." Mike started to blabber picking all his items on the floor.

Emmy cleaned her room and came out locking the door behind her. She looked at the wailing Mike and deadpan Alex. "Please, don't come knocking for trouble. This room is special for me and I don't like anyone intruding to my private space." After saying her piece, Emmy walked out of the corridor.

Watching her back going farther and farther away, Alex viciously raised his eyebrows "This is the second slap that I have received in my life. For this one, I will kill her bit by bit and she won't even know when she died. Mirandrian, you watch her from onwards".

The childish Mike who was kneeling on the floor picking the broken items, suddenly transformed into a rigid man because his brother, only called his family name when the killer mode is on. He knew this time his brother was really angry. This was the second time he seeing Alex like this as the first time; Mike couldn't even dare to recollect those memories of the past.

The little girl walked aimlessly through the corridor and reached the lakeside near the graveyard. Emmy sat on the bench looking at the setting sun but her mind started to visualize Alex, his golden-brown eyes, sharp eyebrows, and flushed cheeks. A part of her mind was telling her to stop getting close to him and another part was asking her to say sorry for the slap which she did send across his cheek.

The sun was long gone, and the sky greeted with a carpet of shining stars, Emmy sat there throwing pebbles on to the lake and watching the ripples on the water. Her heart wavered but she wasn't the dumb, soft-hearted girl of the past. Now she had no one to look after her and her strong pillars of support vanished a year ago starting her nightmarish life.

"I hope to find the answers to my questions here because this place is where all it started. Dad! I remember you saying about the benefactor, who saved you and mom from those dominant family guards, was from here."Emmy gazed at the stars with tears falling from her eyes.

That day she lost everything, her family, her memories, and herself. With just one day, she became an orphan with a huge weight of guilt crushing her heart as she didn't know those people who attacked her family and killed her parents on their cliff-top manor.. Only a name was in her mind when she woke up "Salian".