Carnivals: Claimed By The Deranged Alpha Prince [BL]
Chapter 127: Safe Space

Chapter 127: Safe Space

Jules’ pov

On alighting the taxi, I felt drained like a zombie as I made my way into the large compound. A few students were scattered around doing different things.

I felt a pang of jealousy inside of me. I could bet that the rest of the students didn’t have things to worry about aside dumb things like crushes and how popular they are. Compared to me who’s always involved in ond crisis or the other.

Even though I strongly believed that the witch didn’t make it, I still kept on hoping that they had been right and that she’s currently receiving treatment.

I kept my head lowered as I walked, determined to not run into anyone I know or anyone wanting to start unnecessary shit with me, because should that happen, I’d literally end up bursting into tears in a single go.

Just like I hoped, I didn’t encounter anyone. Not kai, not Xander, not the omega who told me he’d send me a text of when he’d like us to meet, not my friends, not the bunch of omegas I met back at the... well, except Elio who jogged towards me as soon as he sighted me.

"Hey there, what’s up?"

I tried forcing a smile on but I had a feeling it looked like a grimace instead.

"I’m good, what about you?" I asked, eyes darting around because I didn’t want to meet his eyes. I’ve only had a few encounters with Elio, but it felt like he knew me on a deeper level than Taylor who I’ve spent ages with.

He remained silent, eyes searching my face, which kept making me squirm. Not being able to take it any longer, I was about to tell him I needed to go do something up in my room, but then he finally spoke.

"Do you want a hug?"

I blinked in surprise at the question. That’s something I wasn’t sure I’ve been asked before, which was why it suddenly felt like I was under a spotlight.

"Or, would you prefer I hold your hand? It just feels like you need comforting, and before you say anything, you know that I won’t judge you." He continued and I sniffed once before glancing down at me hands. I didn’t realize it had began to shake until right now.

Elio held out a hand and I hesitated for a moment before slipping mine into his warm one. He wrapped his fingers around mine firmly and squeezed a little, mskikg the urge to cry increase inside of me.

"Want me to walk you to your room?" He asked and I cleared my throat and blinked a bunch of times to push back the urge to cry.

"You don’t have to, you’re probably busy..."

He shook his head firmly. "I’m not. I was only talking to those boys because I was bored. I miss filming like I usually do back in school. Now I have nothing to do." He responded and I remembered the thing with his videos. His only fans. He never brought it up after that day and I thought he was mad at me at first that I didn’t agree to film with him, but that was clearly not the case.

We began to walk together after that. He remained silent, he didn’t ask any questions, and I appreciated that so much. During the elevator ride, he only kept squeezing my fingers every now and then in silent assurance.

When we got to my door, he finally dropped my hand.

"You’re gonna be okay, right?" He asked softly and I sniffed before nodding. A lump was in my throat and I swallowed it down before clearing my throat.

"Thank you so much, Elio." I called out and he flashed me a warm smile before turning around and heading back for the elevator.

I spent a few moments catching my breath outside the door before gently knocking on it.

It got opened after a few seconds and Blaze peered down at me, concern etched across his face as he tilted my head up.

"What’s wrong, bunny? Did something happen?"

I sniffed and shook my head and then when I tried to speak, all that came out was a pathetic sob.

I didn’t register what happened after that, but I felt myself being tugged into the dorm, and into a warm, strong chest and I finally broke down as I clutched his shirt tight.

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Once I managed to stop crying, I recounted the entire thing that happened to him, nestled in his arms on one of the couches.

"Bunny, you don’t have to listen to him, okay? We both know what happened to that witch tonight, but I don’t want you to blame yourself for it because you believed she knew the risks before agreeing to it." His voice was soft as he spoke, soothing all my insides and I felt warm everywhere.

"Remember what I told you about that dream? Your powers are definitely gonna get unlocked one day, just not this way, so don’t attempt this process again, okay? And besides, you’re perfect this way to me, you do not need your powers to make me see you as perfect or stronger or anything like that." He continued and I felt my heart vibrate with so much emotion and I threw my arms around his shoulders and hugged him tightly.

Offloading everything had made me feel lighter and better. I was still feeling so much guilt but at least now I have someone to talk about all of this with. It felt extremely nice to have and trust him without holding anything back, and once again, I don’t regret doing the opposite of what Andrian adviced me to do.

Blaze gently pulled me out of the hug and then he framed my face. I pressed my cheek into his warm palm because I couldn’t get enough.

"This Andrian though... did you say he arrived right before you got killed?" He suddenly asked and I blinked as I nodded in response.

"How did he know exactly what was happening that night?" He continued and I blinked again as my heart slowed to a stop.

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