The Crystal 2 by Jones M (reading cloud ebooks .txt) 📕

us after we had exposed her evil self to the world.

"Are you joking? I would rather have a group of erwiches attack me than be near that bitch," Harry commented, and I nodded in agreement.

"Look. I have no other idea. Emery could join you and serve as your secret bodyguard for a while. She may hate all of us, but I doubt she will try to pull off anything when you guys are on tour. Chances are that she will maintain any conversations you may have with her as short as possible. Also, don't anger her. Selena did that, and you know what happened."

Poor Selena. Even though she had been beaten, I was glad that she alive. But seeing that we may all have to consider involving her in the tour...

"Guys, do you agree to this?" Erick asked.

"Fine," Selena replied, earning shocked looks from the rest of us.

"What?" she asked with furrowed eyebrows. "Guys, we have no other option. It's either her or facing erwiches ourselves when we are busy with work."

As much as I hated to admit it, Selena was right. We needed Emery more than ever. I just hoped she wouldn't cause trouble for us.

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Third person's P.O.V

The King had gone to talk to Emery. They were outside her house, talking about what he had discussed with Selena and the Ordinary Brothers.

"No," Emery replied without a single thought.

"What?" Erick asked in disbelief.

"You heard me. Are you even serious? I went through hell because of them, and you are expecting me to just bow my head and say yes like a bitch in heat?"

Erick was silently revolted by the words Emery spoke.

"Emery, please--"

"No, your Majesty," Emery replied. "I refuse to do that."

"Emery!" Ashley got out of the house, interrupting the ongoing conversation.

"Your Majesty," Ashley bowed before Erick, earning a roll of the eyes from Emery.

"Could I speak to her for a moment?" Ashley said with a fake smile towards Erick. Emery was confused. Before she could speak, Ashley forcefully took her into the house. The king stood outside the house for about five minutes before Emery got out.

"Fine. I will do it."

The king was surprised. He actually did not expect Emery to go through with his requests. He had a feeling Ashley convinced her to do so, and he was glad the blonde girl was around.

"Conditions?" Erick did not want a repeat of the previous week.

"A new expensive laptop... you know what? No more conditions. I already have everything I need. When am I expected to be there?"

"We'll send a guard to tell you and help you with the rest of the details tomorrow," Erick replied.

"Okay. Bye bye now," Emery said as she turned to head towards her home. Erick remained outside the house after Emery had closed the door behind her, pondering over what had just happened in the past seconds.

He was still surprised that Emery had accepted his request. Other than that, he hoped that nothing bad would happen on Selena and the boys' tour. 

Soon, he turned to head for his castle.

 

 

CHAPTER FIVE

Logan's P.O.V

The tour had resumed after the few days that followed. It had even continued in the United States on the previous day. The only change was that Selena would be joining us.

It had been unexpectedly easy. Selena had a talk with our manager about merging her tour with ours. Simon found it to be an excellent idea for more publicity, and so he allowed it. 

After another day of performing in front of our fans, the guys, Selena and I booked a stay at a hotel in New York. The night was quickly approaching. Since we weren't busy with tour stuff, everyone was excited and worried at the same time. 

Our excitement was brought on by the fact that we were scheduled to perform in Canada on the next day. However, we were also worried about erwiches attacking, and Emery.

She was supposed to be there on the previous day, but she hadn't come. Everyone had a mixture of emotions, both angry and relieved that she had not arrived. Erick had told us that she would be there, but it would be bad on Emery's part if she didn't show up. She was expected to be the one dealing with any erwich attacks that we would face on tour. 

She wasn't around, and that left us all worrying about erwiches.

"Logan!" Liam called out to me. The guys and I were in the dining room area of the large hotel suite we had booked, including the lovely Bianca. She was still Zane's girlfriend. She had been with us ever since Liam was in the accident. She was caring and supportive during that hard time, and I saw Zane love her even more.

"Yes?" I asked Liam, approaching him at the island in the room. 

"You do know that we are going to another city for our tour tomorrow, don't you?" Liam asked.

"Yes," I replied.

"Then why haven't you packed yet?"

My eyes widened. I then turned away from Liam, going to do what I had forgotten when a knock sounded at the door. For a moment, I believed everyone was not in the room.

I looked around the room, noticing that everyone was there, even Selena.

So who could it be?

I walked towards the door, expecting it to be Trevor or one of our bodyguards. Once I opened the door, I tensed.

It was Emery.

A mixture of emotions swirled through me. What I mostly felt at the moment was shock. 

Everyone was expecting Emery not to show up because she didn't when the tour had commenced. Seeing that she had come...

"Emery!" I shouted her name in an attempt to act sweet towards her, silently signaling to everyone in the room that she was the one at the door. I felt everyone behind me tense and move about.

Emery looked different. Apart from her dyed black curly hair, what stood out were her irises. Instead of the usual brown, they looked ocean-blue.

I felt nerved just looking at her. 

"Don't even bother with the pleasantries. I would say it is good to see you again, Logan, but I would be lying. If you may," she said, motioning for me to move out of the way. I did, giving her space to enter the room. 

I turned my attention to the people behind me, seeing that everyone was tense as they looked at Emery.

"Hi guys!" Emery greeted with a smile, getting no response.

"Bianca," she addressed Zane's girlfriend whose reply was a glare.

"Great! Now that we've caught up with our lives," Emery said with sarcasm, "I would like to ask for a favor from you guys."

"Emery..." Selena trailed off with a warning. Emery rolled her eyes with a smile.

"Relax. I'm just asking all of us to be civil. I wouldn't want us to disagree on... umm, a number of things during this tour. If I'm correct, I'll be with you guys for the month, and then I'll be out of your hair. Let us all try to not cause any drama towards each other. Also, I would like to get your tour info and be told about changes within the subject."

"I could email you a list," Liam said, and Emery nodded with a smile.

I looked at Liam in shock.

The way he had spoken to Emery was calm and sincere. Out of all the responses I expected from him, that was not one of them. It was as if he had forgotten Emery had knocked him with a car.

"See? No trouble. Now, if you'll excuse me--"

"Where are you going?"

Emery went to leave the suite when I called out to her. She looked at me as if I had grown another head.

"To my suite, silly!" then she laughed.

"Oh. You thought I..." she trailed off. "Oh no. 

No.

No, no, no, no, no, no...

No.

No way am I going to share a hotel suite with you guys."

"But you're supposed to be with us nearby," Ethan pointed out with a frown.

"Don't worry, Ethan. I booked the suite next door. The only thing that will be separating us is the wall," Emery said. "Good night! By the way, I heard there was a tour bus involved. Am I wrong?"

"No, there is," Liam answered. Emery turned to look at the floor. She muttered 'Damn it!' before turning to face us with a fake smile.

"Okay. You'll just email me that too. Have a good night!" with that, Emery left the room, leaving most of us shocked by her sudden arrival.

"Okay, so she came," Selena stated the obvious.

"What the hell is that bitch doing here?" Bianca shouted at all of us with a raged expression.

I wanted to hit myself on the head at the moment.

The guys, Selena and I had forgotten about Bianca when we all made the decision of Emery joining us on tour. I had no idea of what either of us would tell her.

"She is here to make an apology," Harry lied, and Bianca could see through it.

"What?" she asked with raised eyebrows. "Okay, tell me if I am wrong. But didn't she try to kill Liam seven months ago? And didn't she try to make me look bad in front of you guys?"

"She is here for publicity," I explained. It was an obvious lie, but Bianca didn't know that.

"Oh! Okay," with that, Bianca dropped the subject and headed towards one of the rooms in the suite. We all sighed in relief.

Her quick dismissal of the subject surprised me.

"Thanks, Logan," Zane said, and I shrugged.

"If you guys don't mind, I have an email to type," Liam said as he walked towards his room in the suite.

"Isn't anyone else worried that Emery might kill us in our sleep?" Ethan asked, and the rest of us tensed in fear.

 

Emery's P.O.V

Just like I told the boys, I had booked a suite right next to theirs. It was smaller, but it was spacious for me.

I dragged my two suitcases inside, grumbling about how I was back with the people who had ruined my life.

I closed the door behind me, moving towards the dining room of the suite. It was quiet.

I felt lonely all of a sudden.

I tried not to think too much about it as I recalled the talk I had with Ashley before I accepted Erick's request. I obviously didn't want to go on tour again with the boys because of all the crap I had gone through on my first one.

Ashley ignored that reason when I told her, mentioning the bitch who ruined my life. 

That was all I needed to say yes to go on tour with the boys again. 

Selena would be joining us, and I had no idea of what to feel about that. It didn't matter because I was planning to execute my revenge on Bianca. For that to work, I had to be secretive and shorten any talk I would have with everyone. If possible, I could just ignore them altogether.

I chose to change my clothes before ordering room service. Afterward, I went to bed.

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My phone's alarm annoyed me as it rang loudly with that irritating tone I had set. I turned it off as I got up before preparing myself for the day. I went through my morning routine within an hour.

I looked at my phone, checking the email Liam had sent me hours ago. On that day, we were supposed to get a flight to Toronto, Canada. Despite the events that