Chapter 25 The Ploy

• Aires' POV
• I sat alone in the basketball court, school hour is over but I am not in a hurry to go back home, I had told the principal that I needed to do extra time reading in the school, so she had permitted me to stay in the school after instructing me to make sure that I lock up when I am done, my mind is flooded with different questions, I lay alone in the basketball court and stared at the amulet in my hand, I wonder what it stands for, I placed it around my neck, then taking out the little penknife I had put earlier in my bag, I slit my palm and watched blood ooze out, it didn't heal on its own, slowly, I removed the amulet from around my neck and watched as the injury closed up and I didn't feel an ounce of pain anymore, what could this mean? Who gave me the amulet? I think it's time I talked to mother about how I got the amulet and to understand why my injuries would get healed on their own, I need to keep wearing the amulet, I do not want to get injured one day and everyone would be watching my injuries heal on their own, I shook my head, they would definitely see me as a freak, the thought of that left a bitter taste in my mouth, I felt like pouring water on my head, perhaps, it might help to cool it off, I stood up and ambled to the tap that was just behind the school library and immediately felt cooler after pouring the water on my head, I was about to leave when I heard a strange noise, what could that be? I stopped to listen and there it was again, who would still be in the school by this time? I walked towards the library, where I thought I heard the sound but I couldn't hear it anymore, perhaps, my mind is so frayed up right now that I have started to hear things when there's nothing to hear, I turned to leave and head the sound once more, someone was definitely hitting the library door, who could it be? I walked towards the library and saw it was closed with the key on the lock, seems like someone has been locked in, I carefully turned the lock and to my utmost surprise, I found Daisy, her eyes were puffy and red, I sign that she had been crying,
• "What the hell are you doing here?" Instead of answering, she fell on me and wrapped her arms around me, sobbing uncontrollably