Emily Jackson
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Music Recommendation: Unfaithful piano variation- Jan A.P. Kaczmarek — Julie sat in front of one of the chairs in front of the mirrors while Ms. Piper prepped her face before applying the makeup. The girls who were helping the other students go on the stage turned to look at them with curiosity. "Would you like me to work on Julianne's makeup, Ms. Piper?" asked one of the girl's who finished one girl's makeup and hair. "That's fine. The gown that she will be wearing is of a different colour…-
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The following morning was the second day of the Annual Celebration of Veteris and the day held the same amount of excitement as the first day, or maybe more. When the clock struck nine in the morning, the speakers turned on, either to make announcements or for the music to be played to keep up the mood of the celebration. Julie was in her dorm, drying her hair after a head bath. It would be a lie if she said that she wasn't nervous about this evening. All these days she had performed the rehearsal in…
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Roman watched Julie as if she was the only person in the entire room, and there was nothing there that could distract and divert his attention to something else. There was fascination in her eyes, a smile on her lips and her eyes fixed on the students who rehearsed at the centre of the stage. It was good to see the innocence in her was still intact, but the question was for how long it would be before it would shed away once reality would come to appear in front of her. He had tried to spend most of…
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Note- Chapter under edit . Caleb sat on the stairs of the boy's Dormitorium, playing with a stick by hitting it on the wall and watching the ends of it turn into small pieces and fall on the ground. A loud yawn escaped from his mouth, still sleepy since he had barely slept last night. While he was waiting for his other friends to come and join him, he noticed the senior coming from the opposite direction. Caleb took a quick look at his watch, wondering where Roman had been until now. Since the day…
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Julie stared at Simon, feeling a trickle of worry run down her mind. The red-haired boy stared back at her with a serious expression on his face. For a moment, she came to believe that Roman was really being expelled from Veteris as he kept getting into trouble with other students, and his reputation was only getting worse with every passing day. And she would have immediately rushed to the Boy's Dormitorium. But then she realized that if Roman was being kicked out, he would meet her before leaving…
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Julie's hands turned cold, and her lips parted, but no words came out of it. She was too stunned. It was because she hadn't expected this. Aunt Sarah's eyes had narrowed, her face filled with shock. But the worst thing for Julie was the person who stood next to her. Julie's uncle stood there, staring at her in disappointment in his eyes, and shifted to look at Roman, the boy who was going to kiss his niece before his eyes went back to look at her. Both her uncle and aunt looked at Roman as if he was…
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Julie stared at Roman, who continued to eat his meal until nothing was left on his plate. As she had spent her time staring at him, she had barely eaten anything from her plate. It seemed like he enjoyed his meal until the very last bite. Roman's two fingers swiped on the plate. While doing that, his eyes met hers, and for a moment, it felt as if everything around them stopped, except for the slow movement of his hand. The scene in front of her was erotic as he brought his hand to his mouth, and his…
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The entire night, Julie didn't get a wink of sleep. Not just because of her father, who had escaped from the so-called asylum, but also because of what Roman had told her before leaving the dorm. She patted her cheeks while staring at her reflection in the mirror. "Look at you all flustered by his words. Control, Julie. Control," Julie spoke to herself, a sigh escaping from her lips. Julie knew Roman had said it only because he knew she would end up thinking about him the whole night. But then she…
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Caleb rubbed his hands that had earlier been tied with rope. Julie looked at him with a suspicious look in her eyes. Roman said that he had already spoken to Caleb last night and had sorted the matter. At least, that was what she hoped it to be. She noticed Caleb quickly starting to walk away from there without sparing another word or look as if he had some important work. "Do you think we can trust him?" asked Julie, watching Caleb's legs moving as fast as they could. "Mm," responded Roman,…
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She stared at the trees which had spread far ahead of them, her eyebrows slightly knitted and her lips set in a thin line. Did her mother hide something from her when she was alive? She was scared to accept Roman's words because the tragic event made sense with what he said to her. Julie asked Roman, "Is it bad to have this ability?" "It depends on how you want to perceive it," responded Roman, his eyes not leaving her as if she would disappear in thin air if he looked away from her. "Years ago,…
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