Clara had no idea whether she should have slapped back Zoravec to tell him how it hurt to be insulted publicly. Or she should have accepted that she was better than both of them. The girl was confused about her further actions since what Jason just spouted made sense to her. Blake confessed to her that she was best one among them with weapons and that made Clara rethink.
She was taken aback by the realisation that the three of them had been a team in first place because of mutual benefits. Everything started to make sense for her that she was not a burden but the strongest one among them. However, Clara also figured out that Jason was a double faced snake.
The way he shifted his cannons from Blake towards her, and continued to manipulate all of them was so obvious now. Clara realised that he was just trying to split them all as Blake said. But his juggling opinion about all of them made it evident that he was not telling the truth. All of the nonsense he spouted was based on the speculations.
No wonder he could not derive a solid explanation for Zoravec since he had not displayed any kind of weakness. Whereas the moment when Blake flinched slightly it was the advent of the manipulation on his part. He gave the significant clue to Jason that he had the room for being swayed.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtAnd now that Clara had been dropping obvious hints to everyone that she was the weakest and easiest one. Jason had started targeting her once again so he could possibly stop them from winning the last round. After all, if he would not succeed there must be some penalty for the siblings to suffer too.
"I thought you were smart enough to see through their hideous faces. But I was wrong about you. Hah! You really are good for nothing, a wimp, a chicken who is hiding behind these two because she can't fight her own battles."
Jason came forward to distract the guys, as he chose the insulting words deliberately to ignite the rage in Clara.
"Such a cry baby!"
He leaned in and mocked her one more time when he saw Clara lowering her head. The girl clenched her fists making it evident for Jason that she was getting angry. However, Jason was not sure who would be the target of her anger. Although before she could react Blake and Zoravec took a few steps forward.
They both gritted their teeth as the two of them could not touch each other or be physical. And that was the core problem of task three, if the task involved any combat then Jason would not have listened to the bullshit calmly as he did. It was obvious that they had to refrain from harming each other physically.
"Don't you dare puke any more stinking frogs from your mouth! One more thing and we will rip off your tongue."
Zoravec threatened him while Blake nodded and stood shoulder to shoulder with him. Jason could not take it anymore, his patience had already ran out the way they both had been acting.
He snarled at them as his eyes glowed crimson, Jason was unable to cater their words now. Using his super speed he swirled and dashed behind them and approached Clara. Jason wrapped his arm around her neck and pulled her to create some distance. It all happened in just a few seconds which did not give any chance to Zoravec and Blake to react.
They turned around upon hearing Clara's grunting and her muffled screams. They both were taken aback by the sudden switch of the situation since it was highly unexpected for Jason to break the rules. However, Jessica did not seem to get involved in that mess, especially when Jason had significantly broken the rules. Thus she stood a bit away from the seemingly battlefield.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmZoravec had no clue why Jason suddenly switched between the whole thing. He was left dumbfounded with the way he held Clara tightly and closer to him. On the other hand, Blake began to panic since he could not risk approaching Jason recklessly. What if he did something stupid which put Clara's life in danger? What if he simply just killed her?
"You two sure talk so much. I will tell you how to stay quiet when a senior is here."
Jason snorted and gave a lopsided grin as he ensured to pull Clara even more. He deliberately applied pressure over her neck to suffocate Clara as she struggled to break free. Jason knew that upon seeing her slowly and painfully dying Zoravec and Blake would ask for forgiveness.
However, Zoravec was not going to give up just like that; instead he switched the whole citation and threatened Jason. Blake knew whatever Zoravec was saying was actually the truth since he also felt some prying eyes over them. He kept an eye on Jason's body language so he could potentially take the lead when he would stagger or his attention would get diverted.
"No, you can't do this. You and I both know that the authorities are watching over us. You would not harm her, you cannot kill her. Stop this nonsense."
Zoravec cautiously extended his arm and gestured to Clara to stay calm. He could potentially see her panicking but knew that it was of no use at that time.
Jason gritted his teeth as he did not expect such a threat and a blunt reply from them. He was well aware that they were being watched the whole time in every test. Even though there was no one around them in any task but all of them knew they were being evaluated. Zoravec had already seen through the secret of the narrow glass ceiling at the edges alongside the wooden one.
It was the space from where the authorities were keeping an eye on them in case anyone would fuck up. Just like Jason at that moment.