NovelEnglishWe walk inside to a grand entrance and I am immediately wrapped in a hug. I can't see anything around the soft material covering my whole head, burying my face in a chest.
"You have no idea how good it is to see you. I thought we were all going to go crazy not being able to check in or see you at all this summer." Xander releasesfrom the stranglehold he has onand holdsout at arms distance, givinga once over clearly checking for lasting damage.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt"Xander, I'm okay." I pat his arm awkwardly, his tight grip on my shoulders making it difficult to do anything. "I promise Doc Sylvia and Doc Ganon patchedup and clearedfor training." He doesn't say anything, he just grabs my hand and dragsoff without a word to anyone around us. I guess he's my tour guide now. We traipse through the main halfway that could easily fit hundreds of people, like a banquet hall. But got no better look at it before he hadflying up the grand set of stairs to the balcony overlook. Just when I thought he was going to stop and showsomething exciting he turned another corner and started down a hallway that was dimmer than the entryway. We flew past doors and I thanked the Goddess for my endurance, no mere mortal would have been able to keep up with his pace.
"Where are we going, Xander? Are you trying to rip my arm off?" I went for a joke to see if I could get him to respond. Nothing.
We just kept moving. Like he was trying to get away from someone, he dodged in and out of hallways and doorways, up stairways and every other kind of 'ways' you could think of in the humongous maze.
We finally cto a stop in a little alcove in who knows what part of the castle. Then he spinsaround and grabs my shoulders again. "Who hurt you, Skylar? We want to know, now!" He looked a little deranged at the moment.
"Excuse you!" I shrugged him off. "Who is 'we?' And what makes you think I will answer to a demand like that? No friend asks a question like that. You have been hanging around Cameron, Dakota and Oliver a little too long, I think." I'm angry now. I was so excited to see my friend and the first thing he thought to askis who attackedover a month ago, he's just as bad as the guys.
I shake out of his grasp and turn to the window, wrapping my arms around myself to stifle the chill that just ran through me. It felt like the swall of separation that was betweenand the guys before I left shot up between Xander and I at that moment. I don't want to do this here. I'm a new me, I'm away from all of that for just a little while. I want to pretend that the whole situation doesn't exist. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath to calm my nerves and bring back my patience. He has been with the guys this whole time, I'm sure they have asked aboutor if he can get any info onfrom his parents. I don't want to be 'checked-up' on for my brother and his friends' benefits. I want someone to check in onbecause they want to see me.
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"Hey, don't be like that. We have all been terrified and no one would tell us anything, but that you were alive.
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