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Chapter 26

Lauren turned around, her face going pale.

Yeah bitch! You weren't expecting that were you?

"Hello Violet." She plastered a fake smile on her face, which I didn't return. Both of her copycats bowed their heads and shied away.

"I heard everything Lauren, so what is this about?" I crossed my arms, standing to my full height in front of her. It took her a few seconds to spit the rock since she was too busy thinking about me getting murdered by her own hands.

"You stole Eros away from me!" She screeched making me raise my eyebrows.

Stole Eros away from her? What is she talking about?

"Huh?" Some might laugh at my question but I seriously couldn't think of anything else to say. Lauren only seemed to turn even more red by my confusion.

"Eros and I were dating before you came! But you just had to ruin everything and stay here!" She clenched her fists, eyes twitching.

"You and him were dating?" My voice echoed through the hall.

If Lauren and Eros were dating then what if...

What if he still has feelings for her?

Fear crept into me. What if it turned out to be true?

"Yes we were but then you came." She spat, venom lacing her words. Her lips formed a smirk as she crossed her arms.

"But don't worry, I will have Eros back." It was my turn to clenchmy fists. Something inside of me flared.

"Ha! Have Eros back? Eros wasn't interested in you in the first place, you bitch. He was doing that out of pity." I took a step forward, bringing us nose to nose.

"Really? Then why did he ask me out?"

Keep calm Violet, don't kill her... yet.

"Because he wanted to make me jealous." Lauren's eyebrows shot up.

"If he wanted to make you jealous, why did he call me? He could have called any other girl," she said.

I hated to admit this but she was right. Why had he called her? Her in specific.

"Whatever Lauren. But be sure, Eros will never be yours 'cause he has his eyes on another girl, therefore if you want war, then so be it." I didn't want to waste my time on a senseless bitch like her, so I turned on my heels and walked in the opposite direction.

"I know Eros more than you do princess." She spat.

"I know that he will come running back to me at the end. After all, he will never be satisfied with a girl like you. I mean, look at you; so pale and fragile." My walking came to a halt.

She said what?!

I turned around, fury clouding my vision. My body was on fire and I could feel my fire powers surfacing. Lauren's face turned from pleased to dread.

"You little bitch!" I started shooting fire balls in her direction.

She started screaming, trying to dodge the balls of fire. I heard heavy footsteps coming this way and became aware of a presence behind me but paid it no mind. I was too angry to care if I was drawing a crowd. Lauren would pay for talking to me like that.

Once second Lauren was standing a few feet away from me and another she was thrown against a wall with a forceful thud. Was I satisfied with that?

No.

I extended my arm, fisting my hand while glaring daggers are Lauren. She put her hands on her neck, gasping for breath.

"Violet, stop now!" A distant voice yelled but I didn't stop.

It was until a very powerful force knocked me off my feet making my back collide with a wall that I released my hold on Lauren. I put my hand on my forehead trying to make the dizziness fade. I looked up, blinking rapidly seeing my uncle standing a few feet away from me with all of the guys behind him.

I'm in big trouble.

My uncle's face was red, full of furry and his fists were clenched. The guys, however, had a satisfied smirk on their faces except for Giovanni who had a neutral expression on his face and Eros who looked surprised.

"Eros, please help Lauren." My uncle instructed.

Eros did as my uncle said. He walked to Lauren, passing me an apologetic look and kneeled in front of Lauren helping her up.

"Thank you for helping me Prince Eros," she said, dramatically might I add.

"Violet, my office. Now!" Uncle Connor growled.

I got up, fixing my shirt and inwardly grumbled.

Great, just great!

Could this day get any worse?

"That was hot!" My head shot up and I found myself staring into Bryson's green orbs.

My scowl immediately turned into a grin. "I know, right?"

Bryson wrapped an arm around me and escorted me to my uncle's office.

"Well she deserved that. I heard the whole conversation and let's just say that I wanted to kick her ass." Both Bryson and I stopped walking. I quickly turned around, a big smile on my face and hugged Peter. Before he could hug me back, I pulled away and slapped his chest.

"Ow! What was that for?" He scowled rubbing his chest.

"I haven't seen you in forever, where have you been?" I felt like a mother scolding her little kid. I heard Bryson choking on his laughter.

"You shut up, I'm going to give you a piece of my mind later." I threw behind my shoulder, but did that make Bryson's laughter come to a stop?

No. He actually began laughing harder. What the-

I turned around glaring daggers at Bryson.

"What's so funny?" I snapped but Bryson just shook his head. Rolling my eyes, I turned my attention back to Peter.

"So?"

"First, we have to go to your uncle's office before he blows up, then we'll talk." I nodded. Peter was probably right, I didn't want to know what my uncle would do if we make him wait even more.

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"You cannot go attacking students Violet! It is unacceptable! Do you know what would happen if the press knew about this?" He yelled making me shrink back in my seat.

Here I was, in my uncle's office, getting yelled at for beating that bitch's ass and trust me, being in my place now didn't feel so good. My uncle had been ranting the same lines over and over again for the last fifteen minutes.

"Do you know what would happen if anyone found about this?"

"You're a princess, you can't go on and attack people just like that!"

The thing was, my uncle didn't even let me explain what happened between Lauren and I. He just jumped to conclusions because we had 'issues' between us.

But to think of it, even if he asked me the reason behind me attacking her, I couldn't just tell him that we were fighting over Eros. It would be ... kind of embarrassing.

"Are you listening to me Violet? This is serious!" Uncle Connor's voice snapped me out of my thoughts. I nodded looking at him.

He sighed running his hand through his blonde hair.

"Darling, please understand-"

"Uncle Connor, I understand. I know you're saying this because you care for me." I sent him a carefree smile in hope to brighten up his mood.

And it worked.

He wrapped an arm around my shoulders and kissed me at the top of my head.

"You remind me of your father. Stubborn and hot headed." He chuckled pulling away. I smiled half heartedly and stood up. It was time for me to go, the guys were waiting for me outside.

"See you later Uncle." He sat behind his desk and nodded.

"Violet, before you go -" I stopped dead in my tracks and turned around.

"Never mind, now is not the right time." I heard him sigh. I frowned but nodded and left the office.

What did my uncle want to say?

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"So what happened in there?" Peter asked.

"Well, you know. My uncle said that it was wrong to attack Lauren like that since I'm a princess." I made quotation marks with my fingers around the word princess.

"So he didn't tell you- Owe!" Bryson punched Peter on the arm.

"Shut up you dipshit!" Bryson hissed lowly, making me narrow my eyes.

"Tell me what?"

Both of them remained silent, Peter looked at the ground, shuffling from one foot to another while Bryson looked anywhere but at my face. Something was definitely up.

"Guys, tell me what?" I pressed.

"You're uncle has called an emergency meeting the other day. A lot of kidnapping and killing has been happening in the witch kingdom. My dad was talking to your uncle the other day, they've been suspecting that the demons are behind this entire chaos." Bryson explained.

My eyes widened.

"Demons?"

"Yes Demons, and if this continues and it turns out that Eros's father is behind all of this, there's a big possibility that witches and demons will fall into war all over again." He said.

Everything went silent after that. If Eros's father is behind everything then...

What if Eros knew about this?

No, it can't be true. Eros would never do something like that.

"Fucking asshole, you know she loves Eros! Why did you say that?" Peter whispered under his breath, his head down.

"Well excuse me for telling the truth!" Bryson replied. Peter coughed making me look at him.

"You look troubled, we'll give you some time alone." He gave me a small smile before walking away, Bryson by his side.

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Could Eros have known this all along?

I refused to believe that.

But what if it turns out to be true?

I'd have to ask him first. I didn't want to draw conclusions like that.

I sighed.

"Having trouble with your boyfriend?" I turned around and was surprised to see Giovanni standing there. Before I could reply, Giovanni started talking again.

"I mean, I wouldn't be surprised since Eros is stupid prick." I narrowed my eyes and stood up.

"Eros is not a prick Gio!" I looked at the ground remembering what happened that night.

"Are you still mad at me?" I asked. From the corner of my eyes, I saw him shrug.

"No, not really. I mean, yeah I was mad at first but I got over it. I'm not that dumb to hold grudges against someone who is as important as my sister." I inwardly smiled.

Aw! That was really sweet of him.

"And I'm really sorry. I was hurt, mad and stupid." He sighed.

I searched his eyes for any hint of lies but grinned when I found none. I took a few steps forward and hugged him.

I pulled away and rubbed my neck.

"Well considering that I was -"

My phone beeping interrupted me. I glanced down at it and saw that I had received a message.

"Just a sec." The number wasn't showing, however, I still opened the message.

Still think he's yours?

And below was a picture that made my heart ache.

Eros... in a lip lock with Lauren.

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