It was sometime past 9 p.m. on a Sunday, but with most students already done with their exams, they had gone home to begin their summer vacation. The building was, thus, a bit empty, which made the situation we were in even more apprehensive with the quietness surrounding us. Just us three with no one else to call for help.
Sebastian’s eyes had instantly zeroed in on the hand Ben placed on my shoulder earlier, and I could see his jaw visibly clench. He never liked Ben.
When he gazed back up, the look in his eyes drew my mind back to the same look Cassius had just before he slaughtered half of the villagers at that meeting. I felt Ben flinch away from me, putting some inches between us.
Looking at Sebastian now, I noticed something for the first time, the similarity between father and s
