Follow Me To The Fire

PTE

went to my first

d Shantai in the cafeteria.

alive. Good to know. Thank y

on. A mail service sent our messages on

from both of them. They were not allo

tray on t

s. I wasn't

her fingers nervously. - How did it go w

n the Pantheon. - I lied

n this life. I was not proud to lie to t

ane and em

courting me. I think he has given up on killing me and now wants to dat

etter. Confronting the soul eater face to f

ottle of juic

it co

e door to the hall

could see nothing. Rajan loo

the demon's offspring a

He was entering the hall, determined. Qui

antai asked. - Teachers do no

Look at his murderous expression. I woul

ad a bad feeling. Don't look

e loo

started walkin

swallowe

ing this way. Don't mak

me. I thought he would say something, but he d

old his gaze. It was bl

- and everyone tensed up. What w

of his pocket was a flo

d. The act was unmistak

ced it on

announced, voice deep. - I

rned and w

peak at the same time,

gesture. The professor w

t the rose

d barely speak. - Did

llowe

see

doesn't want to kill you, he wants to

noticed that there was no surprise on m

act only confirmed

ssed her ar

ou not telli

*

YAN'S

t? - the prin

serious. Hands

I announced my off

ely called to the principal's office. Some student t

cted. Aryan pr

purplish. He was certainly

mart to yell at a soldier w

very inappropriat

eon rule books, looked for precedents, and sought guidance from the Guardian Council. There is no explicit rule that prohibits a te

hers will not feel comfor

eyebrow, cold. His ex

. I don't give a shit ab

sat back in his chair.

ment to celibacy. Do you kno

his throat

, I k

carefully? The consequences for

up my mind. - He sniffed, feeling a warm spark

ld lose his position as captain. He could still be in the Hidden Guard, of course, but i

really changed the

e brilliant career for a fledgling. You, of all people... Such a responsible and committed man. It w

wer. Aryan didn't usual

ears of glory, director. I have known evil and war up close. I have given up all my

m shudder. It wa

ling interest. But day by day

ame to his senses, he was already following the girl

le. Two bosses guided by rea

barras

d this relationship. I don't support the decision, but

... - Aryan looked away, somber. - He didn't give

even speak her

lf. How did he manage to fall in

iate. Mortifying

waiting for her answer. He had already been tortured

was unb

him terribly vulnerable. He felt his heart in tatters. Exposed,

was in the hands of a 22-year

ector r

your, uh, love is consummated, you will need to step down. I am s

l, I'm withdrawing.

or looked at him with pity

odded a

ry, a hand ran through his

as an insane decision - but his

hips were always vicarious. One-night stands. He did this on purpose, because he always knew where he

afford to fall in love. A woma

" was made of a more intricate raw m

hat's what

He knew that soon he would have to follow celibacy. So h

ive of

s, unt

shut his eyes. He wanted to know every detail of her life. The obsession started when she

her directly, so he tried to reach her through the

a - Kali's ex-girlfriend. A corrosive jealousy burned in his chest. It was irrationa

er mouth has kissed th

infuria

out her. He even thought about mentoring the brat

come down to

ks. But the Pantheon had no internet. The stupid human habit was missing now. With

Kali's family archives. It was not

rminally ill grandmother. Poor chi

randmother. She did volunteer work and he watched her from a

, the income w

w that this would expose him, but what was th

were like a thousan

He could live like a soldier for the rest of his life, and he would still be fine. The

bottle of rum and drank through the n

The anesthesia that made him

s anguish. The obsessive thought

ing about the gi

him addicted, and a captain had to hold total control

full glass. He leaned back and closed his

cock was throbbing

peated to himself. Don't thi

omething that immedia

of being

ught about him. Did she suppose he

y gi

n't believe he had already threatened her with death. He

e chaos, Aryan had

elt fear in h

." How would he show her that he was not a threat? That h

urious. A son of Shikram in l

d surely be consequences. But Ary

d have to respond to his wooin

ld lose his career, but g

lo

d be broken into a thousand pieces. Aryan

him to a dark place of hatred and hurt? What if he bec

he girl held the fate of a beast in her hands. She had

o pay to see the worst