Chapter Seven

To encounter Sebastian directly for the first time ever, Isabell needed some breaths. She walked to the ground between the buildings of Law and Business when she saw someone. That blond guy strolled in the hallway as a king walking on a rampage. Isabell would hate to admit it but despite not inheriting privilege from his father, an aura of natural authority surrounds Jade, making everyone afraid of him.

 "I really wish the lectures finished early today just like yesterday" Zoe announced with a small jump" She was small and standing in between two six-foot guys she looks even smaller.

I can fit you in my hand, Isabell remember how Xavier used to describe her

"Can't be bothered by it, Arine has a class late in the evening today and I am going to confess" Jade said sliding a purple box out of his pocket "You said the same yesterday and a day before it I can't even could how many days in the month you say it, Jade" said Zoe tightening her small eyes "Well, all I know is that she has one today and I'm going to purpose her today, okay?" Jade looked confident

   "You have been saying this for the last five months and I can't see any Luck for you, Jade" Xavier injected words with a pinch of toxin in them and Isabell couldn't help but laughed at him "You guys are supposed to reply with 'you can do it' or something. Like what the heck have I done to deserve you both?" Jade rolled his eyes at them

    "Brother" Xavier said placing a stiff hand over Jade's shoulder "May your proposal be met with the utmost success. Wishing you the very best as you—"

"Shut up, Zavy" Xavier continued holding his laughter back "As you prepare yourself to present your precious feelings to the person of desire and–" Jade flung Xavier's hand away, "I told you to shut up" His attack didn't stop Xavier from living his moments of peace "And I hope only the good for you, for the twentieth time that you are making the effort of proposing her, I wish you never fail to do it all over again and–" a kick met his leg and the attack this time was stronger, making Xavier bend and check for any bleeding

"Keep your mouth shut, you idiot," Jade said striding away from them, "You think he will have luck today?" Xavier leaned towards Zoe "Absolutely" She stared at the walking Jade "Not" Both of them burst into laughter before running towards him

"Wait, Jade" Zoe called but he didn't stop. "Okay Okay" Xavier jumped onto his shoulder wrapping his hand around his neck 'I was just kidding, you will get her one day" Both of them stared at Zoe trying not to laugh out loud "Dran you both!" Jade yelled in annoyance

Isabell hated Jade and she didn't need a reason. He was twice found with drugs and Xavier never listened when she told him to leave Jade.

Suddenly, Isabell felt like she was forgetting an important thing and when she traced herself back to why she was in here, she remembered

Bastarian's office

She said to herself and ran

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One, two, three, four, five. She could count to a thousand if her hand continued to lift and fall from the door of the office which said Sebastian Lightwood

Twenty-two, twenty- She could swear she had a lot of time to stand in there and count but she stopped at the order of her inner self. She breathed in and breathed out.

Go in! And her hands finally got the confidence to knock on the door "Come in" She heard him saying and without even knowing the reason her heart started to lose its rhythm at his bottomless voice. Isabell slowly opened the door and entered and the cadence was destroyed entirely

        His office looked as if a million bats had a battle of black blood in there. His chair, the table, the couches, the lamp, the cabins, the bookshelves, and even the cover of his file were black. If it wasn't for the rules he could have painted the white walls black too. Isabell took some small steps toward his tablet darting her eyes at the the darkness all around her.

 The university didn't possess a dress code for professors yet he always wore that black coat over a white shirt and a matching black necktie. Sebastian was wearing square glasses and according to his power, he had taken the oxygen. Isabell couldn't breathe but one of the reasons for it could be her glimpsing at him swaying his veiny hands over piles of papers

"You- you called me"

She said a sentence and her eyes stayed at his hands. Sebastian nodded his head up and down

"You're not going to do it"

He glided the report towards the other edge of the table near Isabell.

But you could have said that in the room, it's not like you haven't insulted me in front of the entire class ever before, Bastarian "May I ask the reason, Sir?" Unlike her screaming brain her voice was low. Sebastian couldn't have realized how much her hands were shivering as if in no time she will be shot dead only by his words "Because I don't like it" Isabell stared at him for moments and then she chuckled at his answer. Her breaths were normal and her heart was playing smoothly. Isabell didn't seem to be afraid of Sebastian "This is not a reason, Mr. Lightwood" Sebastian rolled a pen in between his fingers and never said a word in reply to her not even when she stood there, staring at him in anger

"That's not a reason, Sir" She repeated and he repeated his actions leaving her annoyed

"Okay, fine" she pinched a corner of her report "I'll go to Mr. Conner and I know he will never deny it or let you reject it without a reason" Sebastian put his pen over the table, his eyes looked directly at her

"He can't do anything" Her thoughts cut in you are not supposed to talk about your teachers like this, no matter how good you are. Isabell told herself and she already knew "I'm your instructor and no one but I can accept or reject your report" Sebastian was never lying and Isabell could have thought of it like that too but his crookedness made Isabell more aggravated "You are not the instructor" she informed him "You are just substituting him for three months, Mr. Bastarian" Isabell did realize how she just called him and so did Sebastian when he arched a brow at her in shock at how casually she cursed at him

     "You are not getting your report back" he bent forward to the table snatching the papers from her pinched fingers "And you're not going to do this case as well" he confirmed to her, ruining all the chances. Isabell blinked at her empty fingers and then at Sebastian "But Why?" She threw her palms on his table trying to pressure him but her palms were too small to make anyone feel pressured let alone Sebastian Lightwood

   "Because I don't like it" or because you could really have some type of connection with Throne Of Demon, maybe you could be a drug addict too. Maybe you really have taken Risperidone or in the rarest case and the most obvious one right now, you could be The Knight.

But Isabell wasn't definitely going to get a direct answer from him

"Mr. Lightwood" she just paused for a breath but Sebastian didn't seem to have the time "I have a meeting to attend and I would really appreciate it if you leave my office now, Isabell," he said piling those dozen files over his table "I'm not leaving" she announced. Sebastian removed his glasses and put it into the table, he slipped a hand in his pockets "Okay then here are the keys" he put the keys over the table "Turn off the air conditioning and lights before you go" He got up from his chair, he walked forward and stopped just beside Isabell. Her eyes were moving with him with a speechlessly surprised expression.

"But I- But this no-no. It's" her brain malfunctioned

   "But you can stay if you want or leave if you want" One of the reasons why her annoyance was peaking right in the moment was no matter how much she tried to raise her feet just to look a little taller, her toes were failing her every second, miserably "Fine! I'll go" she said after a long pause "But I am going to talk to Mr. Conner about it. Let me see how much you respect him and what will you do if he allows me to do this case" Isabell expected something in her favor from him or maybe an okay answer yet again it was The Sebastian Lightwood

"Suit yourself" two words, not really the words with a beneficial meaning to her, was all she got from him.

   There wasn't much she could do so Isabell left his office angry and irritated. That could be his actual talent, making people angry and irritated

As she left the office, Isabell received a message from Steve saying We'll be leaving first, see you tomorrow, ditching wasn't really a term to define this because she thought Steve might had good ideas to calm Ashley down

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         Three days in a row Isabell found her house calm "Zavy isn't back yet?" She asked Lowren sitting on a couch in the living room "I received a message from him that he is going to set this girl up with his friend," She said "It must be Jade," Even her voice frowned saying his name from it. She frowned again eating the slice of Apple her mother just passed to her "That's what he said" Lowren replied "I have some work to do. I had lunch at the university" Or she could have said, I've got more important things to do than filling my belly when my stomach feels awful

"Okay, Bella. But take these fruits with you" Lowren passed the plate to her which she grabbed without insisting and in an instant, she was in her room

       There were so many expressions on her face but prominently, it was guilt "I didn't use her name in the report" Isabell said as soon as she stepped into her room as if she had been dying to say those words to make her feel better

"She is my biggest guilt and it's true I didn't use her name on purpose because I'll be disgusted with myself more than I really am but maybe, I guess maybe I know a way to make up for it a little" She was just giving herself false hopes to make herself feel a little better. After all, when it was about Emily, Isabell used every trick to avoid it and that was the simplest reason for avoiding the usage of her name. The amount of hate she had for herself because of Emily, could kill her without the need for a weapon

Isabell started her recorder for the day

"Tuning in, March 22nd. I'm going to start where I left off yesterday. Emily" she breath "Emily was a girl of spirit, even though she wasn't even twenty at the time but everything she did and the way she talked was like a fully grown adult. Emily was unbelievably rich and that is why The Knight got her into the trap, unlike other kids she wanted to stop her addiction at every cost, and the first step she decided was the toughest to take the Throne Of Demon down. I was never confident about it but Emily said it was the only way we could make it work because rejection to them would have serious consequences; assault brutality, sexual assault, or death at worst. Emily knew everything but she still decided to find a way to reveal those pathetic humans to the world and all she needed was my help. I assured her to do everything in my power to assist her with this and- I forgot to tell her a very import- important thing. I NEVER HAVE THAT POWER"

The recording ended similarly to the previous one. Day after day the fate was the same for it. Isabell couldn't continue and she fell to the floor tears were already in her eyes, the anger made her nails dig into her hand and her entire body jolted with sobs. Even though her lips were sealed she still pressed her mouth with her hands which were still hurting each other with cruel attacks. She tried to breath, it was useless. She laid her head on the wall, tears silently streaming down her cheeks. She closed her eyes, Isabell looked devastated

The sun started to go down as evening reached but Isabell was still on the floor. She forgot all the assignments she had to start and even about Ashley which was one of the most important things in her to-do list of the day and it just all vanished. She heard a knock at her door. Isabell lifted her head

Xavier appeared at the door, as soon as he stepped in the room his eyes enlarged at Isabell sitting on the floor, her hair messy, and teary eyes made his face anxious "Izzy" he called walking to her, Isabell didn't look up. Xavier slowly took a seat on the floor along with her "What happened?" He asked slowly. Isabell didn't respond, she wiped her tears and adjusted her hair in a quick bun "How was your day?" She asked, faking a smile and telling him tha they were not going to talk about it.

"It was amazing" Xavier got what her puffy eyes just tried to say "You know what happened to Jade today?" Isabell wasn't happy to hear his name but it was better than having a conversation about her condition,

    "What?" She tried to sound excited "He went to propose to this girl again- Arine and I swear I have forgotten the count of how many times" Xavier moved his back forward "You know what she said to him this time" She raised her brows asking what "So, Jade took her to a fancy cafe, basically booked the entire room for her and that rich kid spent a hell lot of money to get the room decorated" he sounded interested to Isabell "I and Zoe trailed the teo of them and we literally watched everything- all the drama from the window" Xavier is barely keeping his laughter in "Jade did the entire speech, I can bet he hired a writer for it but the heck! That girl, she said" Xavier put on a serious face, and he cleared his throat imitating he was that girl

"I have told you so many times. I don't like you and I don't want to get involved with you in any way. I'm sorry for this but I can't accept your proposal and I would really appreciate it if you stop stalking me, Mr. Hilton"

As soon as he finished both of the twins cracked out loud, "Sh- she called him that?" Isabell could hardly speak now "Exactly" Xavier lost his balance and fell on the floor making Isabell laugh harder "He is crazy," Isabell said "I know right poor kid" and they laughed again and without saying a word for a long time they just laughed

"By the way" Xavier sit up "I heard about some new monstrous professor from your department" The laughter and even the smile left her face at Xavier's words

 "Yeah, Bastarian," she said with a sigh "What did you just say?" Xavier asked half confused and half shocked "Oh, it's a nickname I mean hatename" Xavier still stared at her not sure what to say or what she just said "See" Isabell curled fingers of both of her hands "His name is Sebastian and he is a bastard" he slowly moved his head up and down, understanding the geometry from her hands "So, Bastar from bastard" she shook her one hand 'and ian from Sebastian" she collided both of her hands "It's a shipname- I mean hatename" she finished

"So you are cursing a professor" he broke it into simpler words

"Not a PROFESSOR!" She yelled making her brother scared "He is just a three-year-elder guy who is just taking lectures for three months" She breathed out "That a professor" Xavier said "No!" Isabell shouted in his ear and Xavier's body jerked again at her wild screams "Is he really as screwed as the rumors?"

"Oh you don't even want to hear about it, Zavy. He is unbearably bad" She said "No? Really?" He was surprised "Exactly and I—" her brain suddenly yanked

"Oh No I forgot to message Mr. Conner" Isabell said, searching for her phone which was nowhere around her "Oh, okay" He stood up along with her. Isabell walked to her bed and picked up the phone from it

Their discussion was over as Isabell just realized how much work she had pending. Xavier moved to the door and as soon as he opened it some unfamiliar words stopped his feet

"Thank you" Isabell smiled widely and genuinely at her brother "It's okay" Xavier was confused to reply and his words made Isabell smile again, and he left.

Her fingers tab on the screen of her cell phone quickly

Isabell: Good evening Mr. Conner. I hope you are doing well. I was wondering if there is any chance I can visit your house tomorrow. I've something to discuss