Gwynriel Fanfic - I think I lost our bet

Chapter 6 : Pathetic

Chapter Synopsis : What actually had happened with Gwyn, what went so wrong? Find out now.

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“What’s wrong love?” Azriel forced her gaze to meet his strong one.

Gwyn had never noticed until that moment that his eyes weren’t dark brown, they were hazel. They had swirls of gold around his iris, and they were clear as day but clouded at the same time.

Gwyn could see her reflection in his eyes, I look pathetic, wasthe first thought that came in her mind.

Pathetic.

Gwyn still remembered the scolding she had gotten from Merill not more than 30 minutes ago.

Gwyn had simply been working, minding her own business peacefully while translating the thousand year old work for Merill’s journal.

She was exhausted. She knew it. She was tired from practicing in the morning and training till the evening. Cassian had taught her this new method that she still wasn’t able to grasp.

But finally, after 8 hours of training, she had mastered that technique. She felt proud at the moment, but the next second her body collapse, and she felt the exhaustion dawn on her.

She hadn’t felt the pain while training because she was too focused on it. But now that pain was throbbing through her body and threatened it to shut down.

Even now, Gwyn’s body was begging her to do the work in her bed, cause the hard wood of the chair was killing her ass, and she was sure that she was gonna get cramps.

Her head felt heavy. Rest. Her brain begged her.

But she knew that Merill was gonna

Gwyn knew the pain was not going to let her focus on the work she was doing. So she agreed with to her body’s demands and laid her head down on the table. The coolness of it comforting her.

Just for five minutes.

Gwyn was woken by Merill eating her ear off.

The moment she heard Merill’s voice, she stood up straight.

“OF COURE, OF COURSE the useless priestess would love to fall asleep. Why are you even working for me Gwyneth? I could find someone much more useful than you. Why are you even here, pretending to work? It’s not even 7pm and you’re falling asleep. I wish I could say I was disappointed but I never expected anything from you. You are a disgrace to this library. People work their arses off here. You don’t deserve to live here. Your room could be occupied by someone who actually deserves to and is hard working. Look at your head, your hair, do you not have any manners?”

Gwyn tried to speak, “Merill I’m really sorry, I was just really exhausted today and-”

Merill scoffed and interrupted, “Excuses! All excuses! It must be in your nymph heritage to not work and simply rest. But then it was bound to happen wasn’t it? You were a mistake, everyone knows that. No low life nymph was supposed to mingle with a high fae. Your grandmother was pathetic, your mother was pathetic, you are pathetic.”

Gwyn was taken aback. She felt tears prickling her eyes. She would not cry. She would not cry.

I am the rock against which the surface crashes, nothing can break me.

She chanted the phrase in her head like a mantra but it didn’t give her the courage that she needed. It didn’t give her the courage to speak as Merill slammed the table with her books and walked away.

Gwyn sprinted to her room like a little child and slammed the door behind her. Not being able to hold her tears anymore, she went straight to the bathroom and muffled her mouth with her hand as she cried.

A/N : Sorry for the late posting, I have my exams and I forgot