His Broken Angel's Dying Secret

His Broken Angel's Dying Secret

Zhi Yao

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I was a ghost haunting the halls of Port Sterling High, pretending to be alive. My only goal was to live like a normal teenager, even as the cancer eating me from the inside was a secret I guarded with my life. Then the school's resident psycho, Bishop Dalton, decided I was his to protect. He mistook my chemo-induced weakness for fragility and my nausea for nerves. He fought my battles, took detention for me, and glared at anyone who looked at me wrong, ready to tear the world apart for me. He was trying to save me from the monsters he understood, never guessing the real monster was in my own blood. Then one day, he saw it: the horrific, black-and-purple bruise on my arm from a blown IV. The fury in his eyes was terrifying. He was ready to kill whoever had dared to touch me. He grabbed my wrist, his voice shaking as he demanded a name. "Who did this to you?" I couldn't tell him the truth. The pity would have been a sentence worse than death. So I looked that beautiful, broken boy in the eye and gave him a lie far more cruel. "I did it to myself," I whispered, letting the tears fall. I watched the fire in his soul die out, replaced by a devastating pity. I had saved my secret, but in doing so, I had just become the tragedy he would try to fix.

His Broken Angel's Dying Secret Chapter 1 1

The heavy rubber doors of the yellow school bus folded open with a loud hiss.

Claire Hansen stepped down onto the concrete of the Port Sterling High parking lot.

The crisp autumn wind hit her instantly. She shivered and pulled the edges of her oversized knit sweater tightly across her chest.

She used the motion of adjusting her heavy backpack to press the heel of her hand hard against her stomach.

A dull, throbbing ache radiated behind her ribs.

She swallowed hard. The metallic taste of the anti-cancer medication she took that morning rose in the back of her throat.

She forced the nausea down. She could not throw up on her first day.

Claire caught her reflection in the dark glass of the bus window. She paused.

She checked her cheeks in the reflection. She had carefully blended a soft, subtle layer of peach blush across her cheekbones. It was just enough artificial color to successfully hide the dead, translucent pallor of her skin without drawing any unwanted attention to her face.

She took a slow, shallow breath. She forced the corners of her mouth up into a sweet, harmless smile.

She turned and walked toward the loud, crowded brick building.

The main hallway was a chaotic tunnel of slamming metal locker doors and shouting teenagers.

Claire kept her head down and her smile fixed. She pushed through the crowd until she found the main office.

The secretary behind the desk took one look at her transfer papers and smiled warmly.

"Straight A's across the board," the secretary said, handing over a printed schedule and a locker combination. "We love having model students like you at Port Sterling, Claire."

"Thank you," Claire said softly.

She turned to leave. A sudden wave of dizziness hit the back of her skull.

Her vision blurred for a fraction of a second. She reached out and gripped the wooden doorframe to steady herself.

She waited for the hallway to stop spinning. Then she let go and walked to her locker.

Her fingers trembled slightly from weakness as she spun the metal dial. The lock clicked, but the old door stuck.

A girl with bright blonde hair leaned over and smacked the top of the locker with the base of her palm. The door popped open.

"You have to hit it right on the hinge," the girl said. "I'm Willow Carpenter."

"Claire," she replied, placing her notebooks inside.

Willow immediately launched into a rapid-fire breakdown of the school's social hierarchy. She pointed out the football players, the cheerleaders, and the kids to avoid.

The loud, shrill sound of the warning bell cut Willow off mid-sentence.

"I have to get to AP Literature," Claire said.

She navigated the crowded halls until she found room 204.

Claire pushed the wooden door open. The loud chatter inside the classroom died instantly.

Every head turned to look at her.

Mr. Cecil York, an older man with a gray beard, stood at the front of the room. He motioned for her to stand next to his podium.

"Class, this is our new transfer student, Claire Hansen," Mr. York announced.

The boys stared at her with obvious interest. The girls looked her up and down with sharp, calculating eyes.

Claire kept her hands folded in front of her. She maintained her perfect, quiet smile.

Mr. York scanned the room for an empty desk. His eyes landed on the very back corner of the classroom.

A boy in a black leather jacket sat there. He was slumped forward, his head resting on his crossed arms on the desk.

He radiated a dark, hostile energy. The desks immediately surrounding him were pushed slightly away, creating a visible dead zone.

Mr. York cleared his throat. He pointed to the single empty chair right next to the boy.

"Take the seat next to Mr. Dalton," York instructed.

A collective, sharp intake of breath echoed through the room.

A few rows away, Willow caught Claire's eye. Willow shook her head frantically and mouthed the word 'no'.

Claire pretended not to see her. She kept her steps even and steady as she walked down the aisle toward the back corner.

She pulled the metal chair out. She tried to be quiet, but the legs scraped against the linoleum floor.

She sat down and placed her heavy backpack on the floor.

The slight noise was enough. The boy slowly lifted his head from his arms.

Bishop Dalton turned his face toward her.

His jaw was clenched tight. His dark eyes were cold, sharp, and filled with a violent irritation at being disturbed.

He stared at her like she was a disease.

Claire did not look away. She met his brutal gaze head-on.

"Hi," she whispered.

Bishop blinked. A flicker of surprise crossed his features. No one ever looked him directly in the eye.

A boy sitting in the row ahead of them, Jax Adler, turned around.

"Hey, new girl," Jax whispered harshly. "Stay away from the psycho."

Bishop let out a low, humorless scoff. He didn't say a word to Claire.

He simply turned his head, dropped his face back onto his arms, and gave her the back of his head.

Claire opened her notebook.

Another sharp, twisting cramp hit her stomach.

She bit down hard on the inside of her cheek until she tasted copper. She gripped her plastic pen so tightly her knuckles turned bone-white, using all her strength to hide the violent trembling in her hands.

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“I was a ghost haunting the halls of Port Sterling High, pretending to be alive. My only goal was to live like a normal teenager, even as the cancer eating me from the inside was a secret I guarded with my life. Then the school's resident psycho, Bishop Dalton, decided I was his to protect. He mistook my chemo-induced weakness for fragility and my nausea for nerves. He fought my battles, took detention for me, and glared at anyone who looked at me wrong, ready to tear the world apart for me. He was trying to save me from the monsters he understood, never guessing the real monster was in my own blood. Then one day, he saw it: the horrific, black-and-purple bruise on my arm from a blown IV. The fury in his eyes was terrifying. He was ready to kill whoever had dared to touch me. He grabbed my wrist, his voice shaking as he demanded a name. "Who did this to you?" I couldn't tell him the truth. The pity would have been a sentence worse than death. So I looked that beautiful, broken boy in the eye and gave him a lie far more cruel. "I did it to myself," I whispered, letting the tears fall. I watched the fire in his soul die out, replaced by a devastating pity. I had saved my secret, but in doing so, I had just become the tragedy he would try to fix.”
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