The House of Grey- Volume 2 by Collin Earl

Author:Collin Earl
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: SilverStone Books

Chapter 19- Pudding

“You’ve got to be kidding me. Mr. Gatt taught Damion?” The voice of Taris Green exploded across the table.

Monson and his friends nodded.

She sat back, a look of total astonishment across her features.

It was dinnertime, mere hours after the match between Cyann and Damion. An odd assortment of students was sitting at a table in a back corner of The GM’s massive cafeteria. Taris Green, Indigo Harrison, and their circles of friends sat chatting with Monson, Casey and Artorius, meriting frequent and furtive glances by envious upperclassmen.

Monson looked around at the peculiar collection of girls. How the heck did this happen? he thought.

Dinner that evening began normally enough. Monson, Artorius and Casey were discussing the match when Indigo and her friends overheard. Indigo switched tables right away, while the others, including Ignace Ikeco, waivered before eventually joining them. Taris made her appearance shortly thereafter, with Coren’s upper echelons of sophomore, junior and senior beauties in tow. Taris venturing into the main cafeteria at all was unusual enough, but eating with Monson and his friends was something else altogether. During the subsequent conversation, Monson discovered that she and many of her friends had not actually witnessed the match, being among the few who either did not receive the viral invite or just could not come. Whether this was the reason for Taris’ sudden excursion to the dining hall, he did not know and did not feel like asking.

The outcome of the big match produced many questions. The first and most intriguing had to be Mr. Gatt. How does a history teacher understand the mechanics of medieval fencing techniques? Movie stuntmen learned that stuff, not high school teachers. Furthermore, how would Damion know that Mr. Gatt had this skill when it came as such a surprise to everyone else? And why go through all the trouble?

Actually, they all knew the answer to this last question.

Cyann.

After all, she was absolutely gorgeous with her black hair and icy blue eyes. It was more than her outward appearance, however. She expressed an inner power, an unflinching, unassuming strength that boasted absolute control. Absolute confidence.

Absolute confidence, thought Monson. He thought back to their conversation right before the match. He remembered the unsettled rhythm of her walk, an unsure step, a wavering thought. Discordance… a great deal of discordance.

Monson shot a glance at Cyann, who sat two tables away eating alone with earphones on and her face in a book. Monson studied her for a moment as she subtly swayed to the music of her iPod. Monson had the distinct impression that her interest in the book was not as earnest as it seemed.

Artorius continued telling Indigo and her friends about their discovery of Damion’s instructor while Monson watched Cyann. There was a huffy silence to his left, but he looked on despite Taris’ passive-aggressive objections. Unexpectedly, Cyann glanced his way and caught him staring at her. A confused expression, the same one he witnessed right before her match, stretched across her face. A loud voice rang out from his left.

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