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Chapter 36

"Time goes on even when we do not"

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"Rise and shine, sleepyheads" Tristian's voice startled me awake.

I flinched at his presence. For a second there I thought I was looking at myself, our resemblance exceptionally eerie.

Tristian titled his head to the side, his smirk frozen on his face while watching my every move.

Or rather, how Canton nuzzled his face against my neck sleepily, an unconscious action that must have driven Tristian insane.

I rubbed my thumb against my eye, my morning already destroyed by this rude awakening.

"We don't have all day, Cant."

Canton mumbled something under his breath.

"Why don't you have all day?"

Tristian rolled his eyes at me and replied without sparing me a simple glance. "because I'm positive Canton has a meeting with the Teals tonight, White. That means that the whole night is cancelled."

A frown replaced my sleepiness. "And how do you know about the meeting?"

He finally looked at me. "Word has spread." Tristian's smirk was long gone. The expression on his face caused shivers all over my body, making it hard to ignore this uneasiness I suddenly felt.

This odd pang in my heart.

I do not like this feeling. Something's wrong.

Canton exhaled through his nose and slowly opened his eyes.

He looked at me first, a tiny smile threatening to appear on his face.

But it fell completely when his eyes met Tristian.

He let an exhausted groan out and cursed a bit under his breath.

"Great. You're up. I'm heading to the lab. Don't be late." Tristian begun walking towards the door.

"We won't." I said and watched how he froze on his spot.

He turned around to face me. "We?"

"I have to say. I'm kind of curious as to how you guys are working on this cure, so from now on, I will be joining the team. Isn't that exciting?"

Tristian looked slightly taken aback at first but it didn't take long for his evil grin to get plastered all over his face again. "I'll see you both in a bit, then". He said and left the room in a hurry.

I glanced at Canton. "Something's wrong with Tristian"

Canton hummed sleepily. "I could name a lots of things that could possibly be wrong with Tristian" he mumbled, his voice hoarse.

"No.." I begun fidgeting a bit. "He looked in a hurry and he acted weird. And he didn't seem to mind that I would join you"

"Maybe he doesn't mind." Canton shrugged.

"I have a bad feeling. A really bad feeling"

"I have this same bad feeling ever since he arrived. He is a bad feeling himself. He screams bad feeling. There's nothing we can do about it. Stop overthinking and let's get this done and over with." Canton's calm demeanor made me feel calmer as well.

But not calm enough.

This sinking feeling won't go away.

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We walked inside Tristian's lab, hand in hand.

I looked and felt powerful having the king of Ink Blood hold my hand in his.