Celeste-

"See, that's your fucking issue, the only thing you care about is what everyone thinks of you and covering up your silly little dirty secret-"

And just like that, I heard a loud thump and the sound of someone dropping to the ground.

A shriek came from Latía as she fell and she began to cry. "Fuck you Judias, FUCK YOU!" she screamed as she got up and walked off

"No, Latía I'm sorry, No come back!"

What. The. Fuck.

"The fuck was that?" My thoughts exactly.

Chloe and I peeked around the corner to make sure no one was left behind, The hallway was clear and we were left alone to think about what we just heard.

Continuing she pondered "And what dirty little secret could make someone put their hands on a princess, well to be fair, the important ones don't really like her but her parents see powerful enough to do something."

"Probably wouldn't be worth it, his parents are the leader of North America of course, that's a full-blown war and I'm guessing whatever Judias' secret is is something they definitely want to keep as well."

"Yeah that's for sure, sounds like Latía is hoeing around again," She joked.

"Seems like he didn't care about it either, maybe he's In love with someone else or something." possibly.

"I mean I've heard men who are in marriages that are secretly in love with someone else take out their anger on their partner, I wouldn't be surprised if that was the case." Kinda felt sorry for her.

"Yeah, That reaction was ridiculously unnecessary, he cared about his secret more than his girlfriend cheating on him."

"We should get going now, it's getting kinda late." It was around 10pm by now and I was as tired as a motherfucker.

"Yeah let's get going, this place gets kinda creepy at night."

It sure did, they were nice enough to dim the lights for us when it got late, but instead of providing comfort it just made everything more scary. We arrived at our rooms in no time thankfully.

"Gonna fill Rain in on the princess gossip later,

i'll text you when I wake up. Goodnight Celeste, love you."

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"Goodnight Chloe, love you more sister."

And just like that, I was in my room again. I was starting to miss this place. I mustered up all the energy I had left to go into the shower quickly and change into my pyjamas. It was like 11pm by the time I was done. The academy had to allow us to start late again because I was too exhausted to even think about the next trial even if it didn't involve combat.

*Buzz buzz

Damn. I forgot I set those silly notifications to extra loud, I knew I was really tired and didn't wanna miss anything because I was asleep. I thought maybe they would make this challenge early to see our Harmea level while we were at a low psychic state. I dreaded the thought of that and prayed that I could get a few extra hours of sleep, it was only like 7am after all.

*Students, please rest your bodies and get some sleep, there will be no trial today. We understand that you have worked extraordinarily hard these past days and we would like to let you know that we appreciate the efforts from you all. The next challenge shall begin tomorrow, more information about the nature of the test will be given closer to the trial. Until then, make use of the range of facilities available for your enjoyment. Have an enjoyable day."

Ah, my prayers have been answered.

Buzz*

Chloe-"Hey girl did you hear the good news! we get to sleep more!"

her excitement radiated through the screen.

Celeste-"Yeah, never been so thankful in my life, not even on the other trial."

Chloe-"I really needed this, I couldn't really sleep last night I kept thinking about Judias and Latía, it's crazy what goes on behind closed doors. I even had a nightmare that he heard us and attacked us after, his eyes were black and shit; It was very hard to fall back asleep after that."

Celeste-"Mhm. there's definitely something about the whole situation that makes me so uneasy, it's like a flip just switched in him. He's never been known to be violent, while he is expected to be a ruthless ruler one day he was always more of the soft kind."

Chloe-"Yeah! so fucking soft, I remember that time in the press when he cried at a charity event for animals, he's done things like that many times. And it's not like he has anyone to perform fur in that way, being so emotional would be a negative thing if anything so he's definitely just like that."

Celeste-"Till now."

Chloe-"Mm, makes you really wonder what else is beneath his very polished layer."

Celeste-"It does indeed, it seems that there is more that lies beneath the surface. Think we're gonna uncover some 'dirty little secrets' while we're here?"

Chloe-"Hell yeah, we're irrelevant enough to sneak around but pretty enough to interfere without being completely blown off, I think we have this in the bag."

Celeste-"Now, now, let's not get ahead of ourselves here, these are powerful people we're messing with."

Chloe-"Ugh, don't be so boring, nothing is gonna happen to us, plus they can't just kill anyone they like for no reason they have people that need to believe they're safe under their control."

Eh, fair enough.

Celeste-"Still, we don't wanna get on anyone's bad side, plus they like to manipulate and buy their way through life, they're not like us so we can't expect the same morality as we have."

Chloe-"I guess you're right, imma still keep my eye on things though. Rain just said that they're all a bunch of assholes and that if they didn't create the stupid hierarchy that they can barely fulfil the expectations of then this wouldn't all be happening. Oh and also thinks that he's gay or something."

Celeste-"Well that's Rain for you." she was funny as fuck.

Chloe-"Yeah, imma go to sleep now though, I need to rest my body is exhausted. Night night Celeste."

Celeste-"Night, Chloe"