Free Elysium's Love Triangle by Aoife Metcalfe Page A

distinctive green eyes.
    I wake up, completely speechless.
    “Did you like it?” he asks hopefully .  “It was just a few thoughts I had.”
    I assure him that I loved it, and kiss him just to prove it.
    Then I tell him to go asleep.  I want to show him something.
    Eventually he does fall asleep.
    He looks so calm in sleeping , the complete opposite to earlier.
    I put my hand on his head.
    I giggle.
    He is going to like this dream.
    In it we do all kinds of naughty things I couldn’t even mention to you.
    I just let my imagination run free.
    Eventually he wakes up, “And I thought you were an innocent girl!”
    I find myself giggling again.
    Tonight has been pretty awesome.
    He thinks the same.
    I know by the way he is looking at me.
    *
    The next morning is Sunday and it’s quiet around the school.
    Well , mostly.
    All the Arachne s are up.  Nate has called an emergency meeting.
    We all convene in the gym.
    It isn’t good news, our leader announces.
    He got a letter from Rejon yesterday.
    There are a few gasps; this is not an average occurrence.
    Daniel looks worried, so does Angelica.
    Nate has bags under his eyes.   He didn’t sleep a lot last night.
    He reads out the letter to us.  It is his opinion that we all deserve to know the contents.
    It goes like this,
     
    Dear Weaklings
     
    Many nights I have stayed up wondering why you wouldn’t join my army.
    We are lovely people, you know, behaving how Arachne s should.
    I don’t know why you insist on acting like humans.
     
    When you refused to join me, in my quest against the Mayrons, it annoyed me.
     
    I got a tad ‘upset’.
    Then I got angry.
     
    Therefore I have decided that my vendetta against the Mayrons is dated.
    They don’t fight back.  They are no fun.
     
    My new vendetta is against you.
     
    I shall destroy you all at will.
     
    Regards
    Rejon.
     
    P.S. You Weaklings should have joined my army.
    It’s too late now.  You’ve already hurt my feelings.
     
    There is sheer panic when Nate finishes reading.
    I’ve never seen collective fear just spike like this.
    It’s practically glowing in the air, blue and red.
    Daniel grabs my hand.
    He promises that he won’t let Rejon hurt me.
    Honestly, I’m more worried about my boyfriend than myself.  Rejon didn’t send me a personalized message after all.
    When the place quietens down Daniel tells Nate about this message.
    Nate asks did anyone else get one addressed specifically to them.
    No one did.
    Now I am really worried about my boyfriend.
    Nate asks whether Daniel has been tracking Rejon recently.
    He is trying to figure out why Rejon is targeting Daniel specifically.
    I am beginning to wonder that too.
    “Have you done anything to annoy him recently?”  Nate asks my boyfriend.
    Daniel answers that he doesn’t know who Rejon is.  It is therefore impossible for him to know if he has annoyed him.
    This is a good point.
    Nate just sighs.
    He wants us all to focus on this issue now.
    Day and night we are to be vigilante, on the lookout for clues.
    If we meet anyone who we even suspect of being a Cezer we are to tell him.
    If someone looks at us funny, if someone talks to us funny, if someone acts funny, he wants to know about it.
    It doesn’t even matter if it’s another member of this group.
    He wants to know everything that any of us are thinking about this. 
    At all times.
    A few people look uncomfortable now.  They all know that Rejon could be here with us now, pretending to be one of our own. 
    He could have an informer either, I think to myself.
    This way he wouldn’t need to physically be here at all.
    I look around, disliking the fact that I have to suspect everyone.
    Nate says that we must begin hunting Cezers, the way they are now hunting us.
    This is the only way for us to survive the onslaught that is coming.
    We cannot let the evil side of our species prosper.
    The Cezers have declared war on us.
    We are the ones who must come out of this war alive.
    Otherwise the