“Aren’t you going to invite us to come with you?” Dia asked.
“You... want to come... with me” Keenin processed.
“Good morning, Father.” He cracked a smile.
His father looked up from the papers he was holding, “It's noon.”
He cast a glance at Ryan. “You’re drunk.”
“Hungover.”
“Disappointing, as usual.”
“Doing my best.” Ryan bowed his head and smiled.
“What are you doing in our room?” Chantel whispered sternly in Daniel’s ear.
“Nothing much. I’m just looking to see if you have something interesting. You know, like money,” Daniel answered.
“Please sir.” Sora pleaded. “It would be prudent of you to release me.”
“But you wanted to be friends.” The man laughed louder and pulled her closer. “I always wanted a pretty friend. Grant me a song and a dance and I will be your friend forever.”
13 days later
Des looked thoughtful for a moment as she considered my question. “Now that I think of it, it is my last year, isn’t it?”
I smirked incredulously at her. “Oh, come on now. You’re going to tell me that you didn’t realize that? I’m sure it will be a relief not to have your bank account hemorrhaging every semester.”
“Yeah, I get it.” I interlocked our fingers tighter. “Feeling all the goddesses. Actually being present for that. It was... overwhelming. Learning how this all started. Finding out my purpose...”
“Samara,” Aryan called slowly. “That’s not your purpose. The curse is not your fate.”
“I would really appreciate it if you made efforts to help me instead of passing side comments.” He hissed.
“…Hm look at that,” she turned away from him, “pretty butterflies.”
"I'm sorry your highness, but you're the princess. It's just not safe for you to be alone.You are the King's daughter."
"You of all people should know that not many people agree with me here. I won't run from that, and will never deny him as my father, but... (She breathes for a moment.) I have a Father... A mother too, and a little brother. I may never know my parents but until I know for sure I can't rest until I know if he's out there...I can't forget that they loved me too. I can't possibly take the crown and not know for sure."
https://tapas.io/series/TOWA-RISING/ep2
(Unreleased chapter but catch up and start at Episode 1, find out how we got here) 
After a moment I asked, “Why do you have so little friends, Samara? Seriously. You secretly evil?”
“What?” she giggled as she gave me a funny look. “No. Or at least, I hope not. I just…” she sighed as she tried to find the right words. “I think people in Curio could sense that I was different.”
Hunter’s mint green eyes looked at me in shock before he bared his fangs and searched violently. “Come out here, witch!”
“No, I’m good. Thanks. But wow… Odessa! Who knew you were such a powerful seer!” she laughed, amused. “I can see why La Reina wants you. However, I think I’ve seen enough. Hunter,” she called him again, “Fetch, boy.”
“Good… I’m going to be so rich now that I will turn all of you in!” Marco was walking up to him, directing his wand at the mage in triumph.
“Ah, that’s a shame… Too bad you haven’t got smarter,” Darren smirked at him, which the music magic mage responded with a brow raised in confusion.
“Don’t. Just… Let’s just go.” I urged.
“You’re joking, right?” His amber eyes narrowed dangerously. “He’s LITERALLY trying to murder you and you want to host a pity party on his behalf?” Aryan leered at the Janus.
“Sorry?” I asked, confused. “For what?”
“For ghosting you last semester. I was kind of going through some stuff. It’s hard to explain…”
From my upcoming chapter-
“She says that, but she talks to them a lot,” Stephenson added. “She likes to talk about gross medical stuff until they get creeped out. What did that guy call you?”
“The grim butcher of this otherwise respectable team,” Linn recited proudly, “whose fascination with the macabre leaves proper citizens to question who should be allowed to handle such sensitive cases.”
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“Will we still be friends?”
“A grown-ass man asking a teenager if they’ll still be friends. It’s uncanny. You were always the wet noodle,” I chuckled. “I’m not going to get rid of you anytime soon.”
“Ooh, a power outage,” C.B happily remarked somewhere on his right, “We don’t usually have these.” Ron glanced around, waiting for his eyes to adjust to the new darkness. He could hear people moving around in eerie silence.
“How is this good-,” he was cut off as a light shined directly in his face.
They started celebrating and cheering as Makio already reached the stage where he said his first word.
“Is no one else surprised that a baby just talked?!” Atsuki exclaimed.
“He must be one of those American babies,” Fujio answered with pure confidence.
Atsuki stared blankly at his dad as he had no answer. He let out an exhale and started celebrating with the family instead. A new member of the family has arrived.
I leered openly at his threat. “Oh, I see. You’ve been talking to Kai, haven’t you? He’s convinced you that they’re in there, hasn’t he!?” I shouted, furious.
Colton seemed annoyed but his voice showed no sign of it. “I’ve heard Kai’s side of things, and I’ve decided to determine what this mortal goddess is capable of myself.”
“Really?” I chuckled, surprised. “I thought you would have been a chocolate kinda man.”
“Don’t get me wrong, there’s nothing wrong with chocolate, but strawberry has just enough—”
“Yes I hope we can achieve great things with our new partnership, I do hope you aren’t like your family. I have already had the displeasure of working with your parents General Arilius,” I say to them while shaking their hand back.
They laugh and sit back down gesturing for me to do the same. “You and I both general, as powerful as my family is I do hate them”.
“No, you don’t.” I shook my head.
“Yes, I do. I’m not stupid! Just because I don’t say anything doesn’t mean I don’t understand.” His hands curled and uncurled into a fist several times before he said, “You feel guilty because it was YOUR body that did the deed, but YOU did not consciously kill Nolan. YOU did not give yourself a curse that makes you go all psycho god-killer on aggressive assholes that come at you!” Aryan ran his fingers through his hair roughly—his frustration evident. “You can feel as bad as you want for all I care, but you are NOT allowed to think you deserve to be mistreated. Because you don’t deserve to get your ass kicked for something that was never your fault to begin with. And if this is something you’re gonna continue to think, then what in the World Below is the point of going on this damn quest?”
In an annoyed voice, Petite said, “Des, what kind of trouble are we in now?”
“Tempest,” I called, recognizing her superhero counterpart’s voice. “You have good timing.
This is between my two characters; Ada Winston and Hail Gibson.
"A-And besides, I have other friends besides you!" She said in a more tamed volume.
"Your notebook doesn't count and imaginary friends aren't real. Just face it, you have no other friends." Hail stated.
8 days later