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This was his type of girl, and I was far from it.

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I WALKED down the girl's hallway, my fist clenched in excitement, my head low as I tried to get to my room, my mind spinning in disbelief over what I had done, what I had accomplished.

It felt so good and yet my heart was thumping wildly from within me.

I knew he was far away from me, but I still couldn't risk looking back.

All I wanted to do was get to the safety of my room. Passing by random girls who walked the hallway, l rubbed my arm head low as if they would somehow sense what it was I had done until I was right in front of my door.

I wiggled the handle walked in, turned around, and closed it.

My forehead leaned against the door, holding a breath, my hand over my chest as I tried to regular my breathing.

"Good. You're here," a voice stated causing me to twirl around in surprise, my heart thundering within me, my face falling when I spotted Daya.

She sat on her bed, a book on her lap which she snapped closed, eyes on me as she got to her feet.

I closed my eyes momentarily, before staring at the ground.

I had forgotten about Daya. Dang it.

My mind fluttered back to what she had seen and how angry she was about Lucas, the argument they both had.

I pursed my lips momentarily,

"It's always the ones that look innocent that are the worst of them all. Not even Lira was bad," she grunted causing me to snap back at her.

Lira? They had been roommates?

Before I could contemplate this further, she continued as I watched her, folding her arms before me, and standing a few feet away from me in the center of the room.

She was fully dressed, her hair done as flawlessly as usual.

"I don't know what you did to Lucas, or what poison you've fed him about me, but I'll give you one more chance to redeem yourself-" she gritted out taking a step forward her green eyes shining with what I could only describe as both disgust and anger.

When she was right before me, her jaw clenched as her eyes pinned mine.

"Let me make one thing clear, Lucas is mine." she gritted out, "and there is no way in heaven, on earth, or even your little fantasies that he would ever be with someone like you." Her words were sharp and whilst I tried to let it not affect me, I couldn't help the part of me that agreed with her.

I mean why would Lucas Bowne be with me? I was..well me.

He didn't know who I truly was, so didn't even have my royalty status to that advantage.

All he could see was a plain, mute short girl with wild untamable curls, compared to the goddess of beauty that Daya Lawrence was.

I tried hard to be confident but it was a pretty hard thing to do when you were standing beside a girl who could be Victoria's secret model.

This was his type of girl, and I was far away from it.

"He's just whinnying that I'm busy now with the blood moon and the king's trials, and that's the only reason he even entertains the likes of you. I mean think about it," she chuckled amusement dancing in her eyes, " above all the girls on Kingsland, he chose to get closer to you- my roommate?" she laughed at this, "It's so obvious I can't believe you can be this fucking dumb. But I'll spell it out for you. He's doing all of this just wanted to grab my attention."

I paused at this, my breath hitching, as I swallowed.

I shouldn't be taking what she was saying to heart but once again I couldn't help it.

I often did wonder why above all the girls on Kingsland, he chose to make me, quote 'his bestie.'

He had been here for years.

The first student in Kingsland, There were typically hundreds of students both female and male that had been here before me, and suddenly he chose to be my friend just magically.

I felt my chest grow more hollow till I couldn't stop the sadness that soaked through, my eyes trailing to the ground.

"He did good, I'll give him that, because he's got my attention alright," she huffed, rolling her eyes momentarily, "which is why we're having this conversation and why I'm going to be gracious enough to give you one last chance." her gaze grew harsher-

"Stay away from Luca," she ordered with a straight face.

My eyes trailed up to her, trying to bury the hollow feeling within me as I wondered how on earth I had let myself get to this position.

"Oh, don't look at me like that," she sighed, straightening my shirt for me, "think of this as more of a favor. It's Lucas Bowne, you're bound to fall for him if you haven't already. And I know you're a smart girl, you know the girl he wishes was beside him whenever you are," she smirked, "It's all in the eyes."

My throat ran dry, and my fists tightened.

"Lucas is like a drug. Charming, despite his good looks and power alone, he's a gem." she continued, "which is why he's nice to everyone, but he only cares about a handful of people, to which he's undyingly loyal. What extent do you think he would go to get the woman he loves back?" she sighed shaking her head, "that's the problem with being too innocent," she huffed, "it just too easy to get ..used."

I held her victorious gaze and I knew that at that moment she had known how much damage she had managed to do.

I shook my head slowly, licking my dry lips as I looked at the ground, trying to stop the glossy waves from forming beneath my eyelashes.

"What was that?" she mocked.

I shook my head again, clenching my jaw. She turned around and grabbed my book from the place I had left it on the table, handing me the dangly sparkling pen-

"Please- go ahead," she smirked.

I looked at her for a moment before taking the open, and writing down a sentence. I handed the book back to her when I was done, swallowing lightly when she read through it.

"I don't care if you're just friends," she gritted out, eyes shining harshly on me, "after all," she began, her tone softer but more deadly, "I wonder what kind of friend would use someone the way he did to you."

My eyes shifted across the ground, rubbing my arm momentarily, now making up scenarios in my mind.

Mom said he might be using me as a rebound but now, I had another thought in my mind.

He might just be using me to get Daya's attention. I mean it was kind of weird why he wanted to be my friend that bad.

After all, what would attract Daya back to him more than if he dated her roommate who was considerably less attractive?

That would not only ruin her ego but send her into a frenzy to get back to him.

I mean if I dated someone and they left me for someone considerably more attractive, whilst I would be devastated, at least I could point at what part he had been seduced by, but it all falls apart when you realize you are better than the girls he's with now in every way- that's what makes girls mad with jealousy.

But even if somehow, these were not his true intentions the fact remained that's how things had panned out to be.

"Oh," she began causing my gaze to snap back up at her, her hands trailing the pages of my books, " your poems are quite interesting," she added, "tales of a certain blue-eyed boy," she chuckled, " your little crush on Harvest is cute," she grinned.

"However, I don't believe I have to warn you that if Lucas, AKA "Mr. Nice" could use you then Harvest-" she trailed off resounding in a dark chuckle,

"Well, he would simply break you," she walked past me, standing behind me, "be smart with your decisions from now till the end of your stay here on Kingsland- I don't consider you a threat- but trust me, I'm the last person you would want for an enemy."

I heard her footsteps move off, the door clicking open and then shutting closed and I released a small breath, walking back to my bed, solemnly.

Lying with my back facing the ceiling I stared up at it. I didn't know how I could feel on top of the world in one ridiculous second to the bottom of the barrow.

Just a naive girl, who had no idea how to handle herself.

I complicated my life all on my own. My biggest mistake was defying Gravis's order to stay low and incorporating my life between Harvest and Lucas.

I felt so stupid.

I turned over, feeling numb, tears flooding my eyes.

Just so stupid.

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She's mean...

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