Running away from someone who gets off on vulnerability isn’t the smartest thing to do.
He’d chase me. Hell. I’m sure the psycho would enjoy it, too.
Who’ll come out victorious?
Yeah. Not me.
So instead of flight, I choose to fight.
I lift my chin, calling all the courage I have left.
But the moment I meet his gaze, most of that courage falters. The thing about Aiden? He’s so well-put-together.
Perfect face.
Perfect body.
Perfect style.
He doesn’t even wear the tie on most days, and it still looks like the school’s uniform was tailored for his firm, muscular body.
His entire appearance is another asset he uses to intimidate.
To charm.
To screw everyone over.
I even fell for that charm the first day I met him. From afar, he looked like a God. Up close, he’s nothing more than a monster.
Since he choked me in front of the entire school and announced he’d destroy me, I realised that his entire look is a façade.
The only thing I see is the void in his steel eyes.
The hate.
The black rage.
I don’t understand how no one else notices it. Either they’re too far gone under his spell or they simply don’t care.
That’s what it means to be king, isn’t it? He can be corrupt all he wants. Hell, he can order a war that will slaughter half the nation and starve the other half, and the ones who remain alive will still chant ‘Long live the king.’
It’s not out of love. No. It’s out of fear.
People naturally gravitate towards power and in RES, Aiden is IT.
Last year, his older cousin, Levi King, ruled and now that he graduated, RES belongs to the youngest of the two kings.
“You ran away from school yesterday,” he says matter-of-factly.
“I didn’t run away. I had a family emergency.” I would’ve patted myself if I could. That lie came out perfect.
Shoving a hand in his pocket, he studies me up and down. His gaze lingers on my left breast as if he’s trying to burn a hole through my shirt.
It takes everything in me not to cross my arms over my chest.
His attention finally slides back to my face. “I think you’re lying, Frozen. I think you were pushed to your limits so you took the easy way out.”
“Guess what, Aiden? I don’t care what you think.”