"Which sovereign were you talking about?"
Arit ignored Maria's complaint and went straight to business. Maria sighed once more before getting herself off her knees and dusting off her skirt while explaining. Find adventures at mvl
"It's Luna, the goddess of moonlight. She's the head of the Moonlight Guild, and I heard that she usually ignores anything that has to do with the government. But for some reason, she agreed to join this investigation, and I have no idea why."
Arit bit her thumbnail in frustration as she tried to think of what a SOVEREIGN could be looking for in this school. No matter how serious the situation seemed, there was no reason for a SOVEREIGN to involve themselves like this. A murder in a random school should be the least of their concern.
'Is it because Mark is here? Maybe the government still suspects him, and they sent the sovereign in case Mark was the killer and they need to subdue him? No, they wouldn't allow Mark to roam freely if they still suspected him that much.
What is the point of endangering the lives of all the students in the school by allowing two sovereigns to move around freely in the same space when they could have just apprehended Mark at an earlier time without allowing him to come to school? I'm sure the government has written Mark off.'
Arit was thinking so hard that Maria could almost see the gears moving in her head. Arit started to run through all the possible reasons for Luna being here, but no matter how many scenarios she ran through, she couldn't come up with any plausible explanation. In fact, the only explanation she could think of seemed so far-fetched that it was just not possible.
But with the way things were now, Arit couldn't write anything off as impossible. There was only one possible explanation.
'Luna was here for personal reasons.'
A shadow of anger started to rise from somewhere deep inside Arit's chest as she thought about this. There was only one person who could draw someone like Luna to this school. Was Luna here because she wanted to get closer to Mark?
'If it is anything like that, then we are going to kill that bitch!'
Shut up, Queen. I'm trying to think.
Arit angrily shook her head as she tried to get the Queen to stay quiet, but the anger inside of her refused to calm down as the mere thought of Luna going after Mark made her heart beat furiously.
Maria gently raised her hand and spoke softly while slowly inching towards the door.
Maria noticed the confusion on Arit's face and immediately knew that even Arit did not know what Turner was really up to. Doesn't that mean that Turner could really be on to them? If he suspects Arit, that could easily lead back to Maria since Maria was the one who covered up most of Arit's involvement in the killing. Fuck, fuck, fuck! This was bad!
"Are we going to jail, Arit? I... I don't want him to find out about what happened–"
Arit quickly cut Maria off before she could say something stupid.
"He's not going to find out."
"But what if he does! If he finds out that you were the one that killed those two, then it could come back to me! I'll lose everything, and even my family will get involved! They could arrest me for being an accomplice and you could be sentenced to death! Hell, even Mark would also face consequences for being a part of this–Urk!"
Maria suddenly choked as Arit's hand lashed out and grabbed her by the throat! Maria felt her entire body shiver in terror as Arit's slit, poison-yellow eyes stared deep into her soul! Arit was holding her throat with so much force that Maria found it hard to take in any air at all!
"Grk! Arit!"
Maria grabbed Arit's arm and tried to pull her off, but there was nothing she could do as Arit's grip was like a metal bar! Arit's nails were digging into the side of Maria's neck and Maria felt one of the nails break the skin and draw blood. Arit brought Maria close so that their faces were almost touching and she seethed at her angrily.
"If you ever mention the KING's name again, I'll fucking kill you. I don't care what happens to me. I could go to prison, or even die. Your entire family could drown in the ocean and I wouldn't care; but if I hear you mention my King again, if I hear Mark's name from your mouth again, even if by accident, then the law will be the very least of your problems. Do you understand?"
"Grk!"
Maria tried to talk, but Arit's grip on her throat was too tight and she had to settle for forcing out a nod in desperation! Arit held Maria close for a few more seconds before she finally threw her back and Maria fell to the ground and started to cough loudly! She held her throat in pain and sucked in deep breaths to calm her racing heart!
'Oh god, she was really going to kill me! I can't breathe! I can't breathe!'
Maria quickly pulled out her inhaler from her skirt and tried to take in air, but she was too nervous, so her hands were shaking uncontrollably and the inhaler fell from her grasp and clattered to the floor. She tried reaching for it, but she couldn't get to it because of how much she was shaking.
Maria thought she was going to pass out right there, but she was shocked when Arit bent down and grabbed the inhaler before putting it in her mouth. Maria looked up at Arit and saw that Arit's eyes had gone back to normal. They were now their regular black again and Arit had a look of genuine worry on her face as she spoke up quickly.
"Breathe. Come on, please; just try to take a deep breath."