Hidden Hearts

Chapter 37. Academy - Inside

AN: Warning!! There are a phew spoilers about First Kiss in here!! Read at your own risk ;)

The wood door opened and an older man entered the dim room.

Looking around himself he saw that he was the last of the elders to arrive to this reunion.

Mr. Duncan was already sitting in one of the wooden chairs displayed around the wood, round table localized in the corner of the room.

Mrs. Rose was standing by the only window in the place, looking out at the setting sun, watching intently as its rays shone one last time before disappearing behind the buildings around their location.

They were in an office building, in a floor where there were several medical clinics, dental clinics and others, located in central Charleston.

The room they were in was actually part of an academy's member clinic.

Approaching the table with heavy, tired steps, Mr. Bubbles fixed his tie and suit before sitting down with his back straight.

He might be exhausted, but he refused to slouch.

The door opened and in stepped a young man. He was tall, with dark hair hanging to his chin and dark eyes.

"Mr. Toma, I am so glad you could come and join us." Said Mr. Duncan.

The young man walked over to the table and sat down. Mrs. Rose merely nodded a greeting at him, a serene smile in her face that belied the wild streak she still had even at an older age.

"The pleasure is all mine. I am always glad to be of service to you all." Mr. Toma said seriously, with the confidence and authority in his tone of someone who was used to lead.

Mrs. Rose walked away from the window then and retrieved a thick folder which she brought back to the table before sitting down.

Opening the folder revealed a snap shot of a very beautiful young woman. She had dark green, shadowed eyes, chameleon hair and fair skin.

Mrs. Rose removed the photo and studied it for a minute before passing it on to her fellow elders.

Axel Toma didn't need to look at the photo to know who they were admiring at that moment. He and his team had spent the last few days watching her in the college, and he knew she was indeed a beauty.

His brothers were quite impressed with what they'd found about her.

He knew the elders would be too.

Mr. Bubbles, being the last one to view the photo, put it down and focused his attention on Axel, raising an eyebrow in silent question.

Axel smirked. He understood what the elder was asking. Yes, the male members of the academy were itching to meet the little Miss Sang Sorenson.

The birds were getting a little annoyed with the dogs, however. They whispered that the new girl was trouble.

Axel knew that Gabriel Coleman would cursed those girls to the seventh hell for calling his girl trouble, even if he did it himself, too. 

Mr. Duncan pulled her file to himself after Mrs. Rose was done reading it. The file contained information compiled by the Blackbourne Team, Dr. Roberts and a few others academy' members who had watched Sang and her team since she came back from Hell.

Their community was very impressed by her competency and resourcefulness. She'd been able to do what was expected of an academy team without any training and backing.