Rejected And Forsaken
Chapter 29

Carol pov.

I trained like I never did and ignored David for most of the time. I hated it. I hated ignoring him. My heart ached but I must force myself to forget these pointless emotions. I just had to. It was a good thing that David had bonded with Nolan and Evan. And I was grateful for Kat and Elle. At least both of us had someone else to hangout with.

When it was time for Mrs. Cosmo’s class, David sat in his regular spot while I sat on mine. Kat and the others woouldn’t attend this class. Which meant I didn’t have a choice except to face him. At least Mrs. Cosmo was strict enough to forbid us from engaging with each other in any kind of conversation. Mrs. Cosmo’s dull and monotonous voice made me feel just half present in the class. The open window where I caught a glimpse of the dreamy night sky was way interesting. How would it feel to stroll outside under the stars with the person you love? How sweet would it be to have a candle lit dinner? I just know that it would be magical. I smiled to myself dreamily, and let my imagination go free. How sweet would it be if I could choose what I wanted in life? I wonder how it would feel to live in the human world. Certainly, it would be different from his place. I closed my eyes, a silly smile still lingering on my lips.

“Your royal Highness, princess Carol!”

I snapped out of my day dream and saw Mrs. Cosmo glaring at my from above her spectacles. “What are you smiling at young princess?” her frustration was pretty clear in the tone of her voice.

“Here we are discussing the last and one of the most crucial chapter. How to recognise your beloved. And you are interested in staring in to the open space. And perhaps dream about some nonsense.” Though she didn’t scream, she did make sure that she sounded pissed off. But, when doesn’t she, anyway?

I sighed. “I am sorry Mrs. Cosmo. It won’t happen again.” I murmured and started to fiddle with the corners of the pages of my book, a habit that I have developed since childhood when I am completely uninterested. I heard something about feeling sparks or tingles when the skin touched. And some thing about palpitations of the heart. And feeling attached and attracted. And wanting to spend time together. And after marking, we could feel each other’s emotions to some extent.

Hearing all of these was annoying for me. I felt uneasy at the thought of feeling all of that towards someone other than David. Suddenly, my memories of the weird dream I saw came back. The palpitations, the feelings of getting attracted and attached. The way I suddenly felt too hot…… All of that was in it. But it cannot be him. So what was that I felt for him? Wasn’t it called love?

Yes. Love. In my dream he did ask me to say that I loved him. I sneaked a glance at him, who seemed to be interested in what was being taught in the class. He kept his arms crossed over the table and kept his gaze fixed on Mrs. Cosmo. I looked away before he realised that I was staring at him.

“Ok fine. That is it. I hope our princess have heard something about today’s lesson. And since your royal Highness is going to turn eighteen next week, I hope you will replace your beloved then and be fully prepared to be our queen.” Mrs. Cosmo sounded oddly excited. “It was a delight to get the opportunity to teach you for the recent years. I wish you all the best.” She turned towards David and looked daggers in his direction. I saw her pause her lips. Perhaps she was contemplating whether she should say something. I saw her mouth open and close. But she didn’t say anything. But finally, after standing up from he chair, she scowled at David, who was preparing to leave the class.

“Human! Why don’t you come to your senses and go back to your world soon. We don’t need a weakling here. Or better still, why don’t you become our b***d bag.” She sneered before collecting her belongings.

I couldn’t believe my ears. She had the audacity to say that? And in my presence? Yes. Mrs. Cosmo was not a pleasant person. Yes, she is a hard nut to crack. Yes, she can be really rude. But never in her years of teaching me have I heard her say such mean words at anyone. I stared at her with my mouth wide open, in utter shock. Her rapid actions only suggested that she was in a hurry to leave. But right before she left, she just had to make one more comment.

“The law should change. It should be made legal for us to take human b***d slaves. After all humans are lower class, filthy and worthless creatures!” she hissed at him.

I just snapped. I banged on my desk with force making a lot of noise that startled the old teacher who was clutching her books to her chest. She looked at me shocked and furrowed her eyebrows at me. She tried to give the ‘look’ but, my anger had already surfaced. I glared at the woman who had been teaching me for the past couple of years. I think she saw how infuriated I was, her arrogance and pride have seemed to have left the room without her.

“How could you say that? What authority do you have to comment on the law? You have no jurisdiction over what had just said!” I was shaking in anger, but being trained to be the future queen meant that I was taught how to deliver the message without loosing myself to anger. However, I made sure that this time, I use my royal power, which was unique to us. That power would make anyone beneath us submit. I glared angrily at Mrs. Cosmo and raised a trembling finger at her.

“And how dare you say such a thing at my friend! Apologize right now!” I ordered. To my surprise, I sounded fierce and powerful. Powerful enough for the self centred Mrs. Cosmo to become completely speechless. Her mouth was agape, with no sound coming out of it. But all what I felt was seething anger. I didn’t care if she would piss herself out of fear, what she just said at David was unacceptable.

She looked at David, this time her gaze was some how soft and it was obvious that she was regretting what she had just said. Perhaps not because she believed that she was wrong to say that, but because she was now in trouble. Being on the bad side of a royal would not be something anyone would want to do. Specially if that person is directly related to the throne. She averted her gaze before whispering a weak “sorry” which was barely audible.

“Louder! Apparently, you disrespect was way louder than that.” I hissed.

She cleared her throat. “I am sorry.” She said. I am sure she just had gathered all the courage she could muster just to say that.

“May I leave your highness?”

Wow. Now she was asking for my permission? I nodded softly and she hastened to leave the class, her heels clicking in the same annoying manner as she left.

“Mrs. Cosmo.” I called just before she was able to step out of the door. She stopped dead on her tracks and took a moment to look at me with fear filled eyes. Did I scare her?

“We don’t accept racism here. Just remember that.” I warned, to which she nodded meekly and scurried away. It was a good thing that this was the last class that I had to attend and I would no longer have to face her daily. She just enraged me, and now, I have a good reason to hate her.

“Wow. That was cool.” David’s voice felt like music to my ears. It was water to my fire. My anger quickly dissipated as my head snapped towards him. He was smirking at me, just like he did in my dream and my breathing hitched. Oh no!

He stood up from his seat and walked slowly at me. His gaze burnt deep into mine and all what I could do was hold on to my chair with all my might. He halted a small distance away from me. There, it was happening. I felt as if I was being sucked into another world, where only me and him existed. Those enchanting blue orbs surely was engrossing.

But he just smiled genuinely. He just stood there for a while before saying anything.

“You looked so hot when you gave away those orders.” He said. Then, he turned around and walked towards the exit.

Huh? I looked hot? I couldn’t muster up any courage to reply, even to thank him for the compliment. I just stared at him when he walked out leaving me alone. But a small smile made its way to my lips.

He thought I was hot! That’s great! I giggled and practically hopped my way out. What a way to end my studies!