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I felt rather self-conscious about my chosen outfit when I left the bathroom I hadn’t noticed how dressed up Mila hen she had first arrived Mila earing a beautiful floor length sky blue summer dress She had her hair tied up into a bun and two little gold earrings hung froht, not watch horse races"

"Stop it!" She laughed "It’s fine C’ht, and she’s first"

We walked over to the guardian block where the angels take their classes I marvelled at its size It wasn’t exactly a ‘block,’ it was an auditoriu one at that

A lot of students were already there, including Raina She glared at lare deepen

Mila and I ed to find a small row of seats at the front of the auditoriu with Tay in the uardians stretched around them Almost as soon as I sat down, Eli sawback to normal between us Within a one minute time span, Eli and I had made eye contact at least five times Every ti around my stoht the whistle to his soft but firm lips and blew It looked like Sa her dark curls into a tight bun Everyone cleared the fighting space and her opponent stepped forward The guy was huge, he was just as tall as Eli, if not taller, and he ns of fear or doubt, instead her eyes were fierce and ready Eli blew the whistle again and the co to watch as they danced around each other, punching here and kicking there, everyone flinched and cringed every tith and speed, no wonder vaels

The match was over quicker than I had anticipated and the results were round, giving her the victory We clapped, cheered and chanted her name

"Zavion Forster," announced Eli, "verses Leonardo DeLanzy" He blew his whistle and the el," I said to Mila

"He isn’t," said the voice nextonto Rylan

"I just can’t seem to stay away froly

"Zavion is a god"

"What? Then why is he fighting and taking guardian angel tests?"

"Wow, you really don’t know anything about our way of life Gods are trained to fight as well Zavion filled in for a sick angel"

"What about goddesses?" I asked, eagerly

"Goddesses aren’t ht" Rylan chuckled "They’re too precious"

Too precious? I hadn’t experienced so much sexism before in my life until I came here Goddesses were put on a pedestal We were the saods in every way The only difference was that ere fe down a va here?" interrupted a faave Tay a dirty look and then nodded goodbye to ood until you chased offto, not socializing," Tay countered

I ignored his coht," he said quietly "Things have been a little rushed; I’m sure Mr Aleksandrov will come speak to you at soet on with htered by the one person trying to kill me"

I was bitter I’d like to think that after the whole situation with Hank, that Mr Aleksandrov and Tay actually cared, but I got the feeling they didn’t I was alive and in the safety of the school; as far as they were concerned, the whole incident should be forgotten Little did they know that every time I closestare I picture his cold laugh and scary snarl Thinking about Hankhard I tried to cal a panic attack? It felt like the roo throughhotter and hotter

"Ruby, are you okay?" asked Mila

"I- I don’t know I can’t breathe I’ h my stomach

"Eli!" called Mila

Within seconds Eli was at ?"

"She can’t breathe"

"A a panic attack; we need to get you outside"

Eli wrapped his arbut I couldn’t, I tried with every urge in e Eli scooped me up and carriedthat I was the one that would be talked about today, once again

As soon as the cool air hit s The oxygen swooped in so fast I thoughtto pop like a balloon Eli carried ainst the tree

"I need you to breathe slowly In, out, in, out," he said, coachingand breathing beca over

"Are you okay?" they asked, al to take her for a walk Zavion, tell Tay he’s going to have to referee the rest of the exam"

"Tay left just after you took Ruby outside"

Confusion crossed Eli’s face "Okay, the clipboard is on the ground, where Ruby was sitting Give it to Guardian Sera and tell her to take over"

He nodded in agreeet to my feet and we sloalked towards the sports oval

"What happened?"

"I don’t knoas thinking about that night with Hank and then I started panicking and getting hot"

"That night is over, you beat Hank You were better than hihtmares are still fresh in your e You are untouchable The more you think about it, the more these panic attacks will reoccur"

His words echoed through my mind, untouchable? Safe? Then how come I didn’t feel safe? In the pit of ht," he began, interruptinglike it didn’t happen, I should apologize It rong of e of you"

"You didn’t take advantage of ives ally

"Now that I have apologized, I want to put it behind us and forget about it," he continued, as if I never said anything

"Fine"

The walk back to the auditoriuht No words were spoken and no glances were spared

The fights were still going; twoit out in an intense brawl They did high kicks, low kicks, rolls and flips I envied the way they moved If I had skills like that, I’d hunt Hank down and take hi where I was earlier, at the far end of the auditorium I walked up to them and sat down