THE ALPHA’S ADDICTION

Emma grinned as she watched the variety of emotions display on Draco’s face. The latter was of course puzzled as to why she had insulted him without an inch of fear. He was bamboozled.

“What did you say?” He asked, stepping closer to her, his fists clenched tight, and his face masked with fury, and a little pinch of surprise, more like amazement.

“You want to die?” He queried, with a sardonic smile on his face.

“We will see who dies first.” Emma uttered with a smirk which seemed to have infuriated Draco, because in the next second, he was lunging for her neck, but then, his mission was cut off by an invisible force which threw him far away from her.

“What took you guys so long?” She asked, as a smile widened on her lips.

“We were eating.” Prescott said, with a shrug. Leila was beside him.

Emma scoffed.

Trust Prescott to remind her that he had eaten her breakfast. But that wasn’t a case for tonight. Now, she was grateful that he had saved them. He and Leila.

She had seen the both of them through the spaces created by some rows of plants and trees, behind Draco, and her so-much-beating heart had returned to its normal cadence, after they had signaled her to keep quiet by putting their thumb on their lips.

Allowing Leila to hold a still-sleepy Lily, she balked as she remembered one side of the equation that she had forgotten.

The fat bulky guy!

“Prescott…there was another one…” She was saying and turning at the same time, dumbstruck the next minute when she saw a guy holding up the bulky one who she had been trying to point out to the squirrel.

What was he doing here? She thought, her mouth agape, thoroughly flabbergasted, as she stared at the familiar male.

“Daniel…??” She croaked out, her eyes widening the more as she put the pieces together.

“You are Lily’s brother?” She inquired, shaking her head in unbelief.

“You know my brother?” She heard Leila ask.Content property of NôvelDra/ma.Org.

Why hadn’t she known? She thought.

‘Well because there isn’t only one Daniel in the whole world?’ Her mind teased.

But this wasn’t actually funny.

If Daniel was Lily’s brother, does that mean he was a wizard?

Gosh! He had been lying to her all this time.

“Emma…I can explain…” She heard him say as their gazes met, but she wasn’t really listening. She needed to think. She needed space. Was everyone around her fake? Was her family fake? Has she been living a lie? Was everyone just looking out for her, including Amelia? Was Amelia really her sister? Who was she? Did she even know herself?

Everything was falling part. She needed to find answers.

And only Zipfarah would give her that. There was no way the queen wouldn’t had known that Daniel had been with her before her father had sent her here. It had all being a ploy. She thought, remembering the days that the former would disappear from school, citing family problems that he wouldn’t even talk about. Had he even meant what he had told her the last time before he had disappeared? Not that it mattered now, or that she cared. She was curious. Curious and angry.

She had been naive. She had been fucking naive!

She had been spied on her whole life!

But for what?!

What was it about her that made her some kind of experimental figure? Why was everyone after her?

She needed to get answers, and then, she needed to go home.

Home?

“Oh shit!” She muttered, sinking her fingers inside her hair as she remembered that tomorrow was Derek’s birthday. She should have been with him today.

She had to go. She concluded, spinning around on her heel, about to walk away, when Prescott blocked her way.

“What are you doing, squirrel? Get the hell out of my way.” She gritted out, clenching and unclenching her fists, wishing she had some super power to vamoose out of here.

“You have to let him explain.” It said, stretching out two hands sideways, as if he couldn’t just set up a blockage before her, or knock her out.

“Well, I don’t want to. Are you gonna force me to listen… squirri squirrel?” She taunted, bending down a bit to sneer at him.

“Don’t call me that.” Prescott stated, not liking her tune one bit.

“I will call you whatever I want, squiii…” She said, before standing to her full height, about to make another move when he barred her again.

“Don’t make me do this.” Prescott said to her, imploring the usage of the mind path.

“Do whatever you what, dumbo.” She replied, through the same mind path, daring him.

She swiveled at a great speed, when she felt a tap on her shoulder.

Knowing who it already was, she lifted her hand, not wasting anytime, and landed a hot slap on his face.

“Hey!” She heard Leila shout, and scoffed.

“Don’t touch me again.” She stated, pointing at him.

“Emma…” He called, trying to get close to her again.

But before he could do so, a force pushed him far away from her.

She turned around, a bit happy, when she saw that it had come from Prescott.

“Hey Prescott…whose side are you on?!” Leila shouted, obviously annoyed at seeing her brother being thrown all the way back. She would have done something if she wasn’t trying to wake her twin sister up. The latter seemed to be pulled in by some kind of magic. So, she was trying to break its hold on her twin by a wakening spell. So far, she thought that it was working.

“I’m always on the winning side.” Prescott replied with a shrug, and Leila gnashed her teeth.

“Wait, till we are back home.” She said to him through the mind path, but the squirrel pretended like she hadn’t said anything.

“Emma, you have to let us explain and clarify ourselves.” He mentioned rather, as he shifted his gaze to Emma.