than an hour, she felt she was about to reach her limit. Grabbing her bag, she slung it

t a

here, Mis

lla, the class beauty and bully, and her crew. She made

Bella asked, folding her

hasn’t spoken to anyone since her first day i

ee what stuff she is made of.” She turned to Aurelia who

shut, but then, her father’s voice began to ring her ears, …Learn to ignore insults and walk away from trouble… she sighed; so much for trying to graduate from high school and get good grades. She walked past the school gate, ignoring the cluster of flashy cars that lined up to pick students from school. She walked down the busy road and after making sure she

ying to lighten the mood but t

greeted, dropping her bag

own to eat. Aurelia looked into her plate, nit surprised to see porridge

He knew his daughter so well and despite her usual expressionless face, he could tell w

remain

school today?”

out fine except I badly want to kick some people’s ass.”

, “look Aurelia, I told you before.

kids, and be a good mother.” She helped him finish it off, “But that doesn’t

ten.” Her fath

my hands, Dad. Ignore insults

spoon again, “I’m g

it to the kitchen but not without gulping down the glass of water her father had placed for her. It had been some sort of rule ever since she was a kid. She alw

arefully sitting beside her on the bed to avoid waking her. He pushed away the strands of hair on her face and sat there quietly watching her sleep until he probably developed a crane in hi

bowed his hea

y sofa in the room, his face

my Lord. There have been no signs. The

I didn’t come all the way to earth to hear

ipped a beat, “Fo

seal or do you have a reason w

my L

I return here next time and you give me t

he aura of the intruder. Only then did he lift up his head, heaving a big sigh of r