CHAPTER 47: THE GOOD AND BAD PART.

The silence was catastrophic.

And Theo wasn’t done.

She gagged even more, pouring everything into his mouth. Sylas had frozen completely, every muscle in his body locked.

Then, he slowly pulled back, his expression like stone. Water and some else ran from his chin, and thankfully the running shower quickly washed it off, but it didn’t remove the taste from his tongue.

Or the puke that had managed to roll down his throat already.

And now, he would never forget what it tastes like.

Theo blinked blearily at him, slurring, "I didn’t mean--"

"You’re never drinking again," He cut her off.

To make it worse, she giggled, "I only had one drink, maybe two,"

He was about to say something when she gagged again, and his eyes widened. In seconds, he had her bent over the toilet to let out everything there was. He gently patted her back as she threw up, till she was done.

Then, he helped her up, threw a towel around her chest and they left the bathroom.

He led her back to bed, and she listened this time and obediently let him put her to bed. Every now and then, he would cast a suspicious look at her because he felt it was too good to be true.

Even though she had gotten the shower, he just didn’t believe she would easily go to bed.

"Get some sleep," He said as he finished tucking her in, "I should be back in a few hours. Don’t leave this bed, you understand?"

She didn’t say anything. She just kept staring at the ceiling with a dazed expression.

Sylas sighed, and stood up to leave when she suddenly gasped, realisation dawning on her, "I kissed you...,"

He gave her a long, deadpan look, "More like you assaulted me,"

She giggled again, "Serves you right,"

He shook his head in dismay, "Close your eyes and go to sleep,"

"What if I need you?" She asked.

"I’ll be back before you need me," he assured.

She smiled, "Alright. Bye, Professor,"

Once he stepped out of the room, he erased his presence and watched her from the slight opening of the door.

At first, she kept murmuring to herself and was trying to catch imaginary objects above her head. It felt like forever before she finally dropped her hand and closed her eyes.

Then, he left the house.

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When Theo didn’t show up to class, Liam was now pretty sure that something was wrong. They had the first two classes with their homeroom teacher, and after that, Liam skipped the rest of class to begin searching for her.

He returned to last night’s retreat venue and began from there, searching for her using his scent. He regretted not leaving with her and succumbing to his anger instead last night, and now there was a bruise on his face to show for that.

Liam began sniffing, till he picked up the faint scent of pine lingering in the air. Then, he began tracing the scent.

He left Ashwood retreat, walking up the paths that led to their dorm. He was sure that she must have been here last night.

Until the pine scent suddenly changed to an intoxicating Jasmine.

Liam took a pause, confused. The pine had definitely been overwhelmed by the sudden jasmine scent, even though the Jasmine was also very faint.

When he tried to continue tracing that scent, it suddenly disappeared. It was as if Theo had been here, then she had vanished all of a sudden.

It wasn’t right. It didn’t make sense.

"Did he get kidnapped by a shadow monster or something?" Liam murmured to himself, looking around to see if he could find any more clues.

That was when he caught sight of a bushy path by the side. The road that led directly to the Raven Spire path, taking you straight to the Hallow forest.

Did Thad...?

No way.

"He was drunk," Liam mumbled again, "Maybe he wandered...," As the thought settled, horror filled his eyes and he swallowed tightly.

He had no other choice but to head to the Commandant’s office and report a missing person. As he took a step forward, he heard movement by the bushes and snapped his head at the location, ready to snap.

Zeke walked out of the bushes, hands buried in his pockets with the most laid-back expression on his face.

Liam wondered if Zeke had also been searching for and had come to the same conclusion as him.

"Did you find him?"

Zeke threw him a sharp look, "I didn’t realise I was looking for anybody,"

Liam frowned. That punk!

From a corner, Sylas watched the two boys. He waited till Zeke had left the vicinity before he stepped out of the corner, just enough for Liam to see him.

"Professor," Liam called immediately.

Good.

Liam approached Sylas, his brows thrown together with worry, "Thaddeus Douglas is missing,"

"Has it been twenty-four hours since you last saw him?" Sylas asked.

"No, but...,"

"I’ll declare him missing when it’s been twenty- four hours since he was last seen. For now, get back to class!"

"But...,"

"Twenty-four hours, Sinclair!"

Liam looked like he had a lot to say, but he snapped his jaw locked and started to walk away.

"Liammmm!!!" A familiar voice yelled from his left.

Liam sucked in a breath of relief, whirling at the direction of the voice.

Sylas softly gritted his teeth before he also turned, hoping his ears had deceived him or he was beginning to hear things.

But his ears were working perfectly fine.

As he turned back, he saw her stumbling out of a path between two buildings, still swaying on her feet.

The good part was that she was in male form again.

Bad part? She was out of bed and wearing his clothes.

"Where the hell have you been?" Liam crossed over to her immediately, gripping her shoulders tightly. There was no doubt that his nose instantly picked up the scent clinging to her skin, coming from the shirt she was wearing, "Is that...," Liam’s eyes narrowed, and he glanced back at Sylas suspiciously.

Just then, Aurelius also stepped out of the path between the buildings.

Liam glared at him.

"We need to find Eric," Theo said, palming Liam’s face and forcing it back to look at her, "We need to find Eric, Liam,"