(Annie's POV)

Just when I thought that returning to the life I used to live was as easy as it gets, with no problems or bad consequences from my actions in Ukraine to interfere with it, I figure out that he came after me.

Who is he? Honestly, I cannot tell you myself because I do not have any idea myself.

All I know about him is that he is an American who worked with my father in Ukraine, regrettably had sex with me and now, after I foiled their plans is now after me. But I guess it is my fault for not expecting something bad was gonna come of it all.

And now I'm stuck with the thoughts I had the night after he shagged me. All I felt was my soul breaking from remorse. I have a boyfriend that I was not loyal to and the thought of it all makes my day as shit as it can ever get. Just the thought alone.

But after I properly got back with the love of my life, those memories were suppressed. I nearly forgot about them and my time in Ukraine. The only sad thing on my mind was the passing of my mother. That was until I opened the door yesterday to be greeted with his face. At that instance, all those bad memories rushed back in.

The blissful illusion I was living was finally erased. The painful truth rushed back into my mind. The truth of the terrible deed that I have done. They surfaced in perfect clarity. They haunted me the instant I laid my eyes on that fiend. And I knew then that Eren learning the truth is unavoidable. Nothing but moments stood before that inevitable realization that his beloved cheated on him. And what a dreadful realization that would be.

I have no one on this earth but Eren. He is the one I can trust, I could give my heart to. But I had to blow it all away for one night of pleasure. I know for a fact that he would never do such a thing. He is loyal to everyone. He even asked me when I told him to sleep with his best friend, which I made him do. But deep down I know that it will never come close to what I did. And no matter how hard I'd try, It would never be enough.

I will break. I cannot withstand the weight of such a thing. The feeling of loneliness that I once felt for years would return. But worst of all, my credibility would become nothing in the eyes of the one that I love.

It is obvious. What will go down is pictured inside my head, up to the most minute detail. Every scenario, the aftermath, and how exactly this will end. It basically starts with Adrian.

Adrian will ask me for something I know naught about, and for not giving him what he wants... Eren will know. All the other details vary but are unimportant in the grand scheme of things. Some of them decide how the rest of my life will play out, others provide potential scenarios about when Eren will know, thus only serving the purpose of delaying the inevitable.

When I entered school with Sasha, I saw him. He saw me as well and even smirked at the sight of me. For some odd reason that reminded me of the smirk Eren used to give me when he had a prank wholly centered around me. With everything that was happening to me at the time, I started to long for those days. It was only me, Eren, and a feud of pranks and fights that spanned years and took most of our times. Eren schemed a prank, and I planned for revenge.

Suddenly two fingers snapped in front of my face, coming from my right. I looked in that direction only to see Sasha staring back at me in confusion. I could barely imagine the number of questions she had.

"I'll tell you at lunchtime. Now go to your class." I adjured.

After making my way inside the classroom, I sat at my usual place at the fourth row from the back. I prepared as usual for whatever the teacher was going to teach and waited for the class to start. But that's when I heard his voice. His sweet, angelic voice.

"Hey I honestly don't know what the last three weeks of this class have taught me, but I'm sure as hell not going to focus with you in front of me." He said.

"Oh yeah? Well, prepare yourself, Eren. Because when you return home I'll be teaching you everything from today all over again. That's if you don't avert your gaze from my back."

"Oh, trust me. I won't be focusing on anything but you."

And so the class started and I tried to focus as much as I can, not giving my rain any room to bring up sad memories and the future. And honestly, it was one of the very rare times where school actually does something good. A distraction.

How ironic. The teacher becoming what he does not want his students to be focusing on. Is it poetic? I can't tell. I don't have the eye for art, unlike Eren. Opposites do attract, I guess.

At lunchtime I met with Sasha. She waved me at a table. I didn't bother to bring food with me because I wasn't feeling like taking a bite out of anything.

But then my mood of complete boredom and little irritation completely changed to one of complete shock when Sasha said: "So this Adrian guy..."

"Wait you know of him?" I immediately asked.

"Haha! So that confirms it! You do know him!" She blurred out her words.

"What?" I asked out of confusion.

"Basically I've done some snooping around and I've found that he's called Adrian and that he knows you. That's basically all I know." Sasha explained.

"Oh... Well yes, I know him. But I wish I didn't, honestly." I stated.

"Why? He seems like a hot dude." Sasha opined.

"Yea well appearances can be deceiving." I replied.

"Oh yea? What's gotten you so uncomfortable about him all of a sudden?" She asked.

"Honestly... I don't want to talk about him." I replied.

"Sure thing..."

After school, I made my way to the roof where I could sit alone without any interruption. I wanted to be left to my thoughts, and where else is better than the roof of a high-school where no one will expect to find me.

I sat on the ground, with my back laid against the fence. The quiet was very liberating and I could not ask for anything but. I needed the time to think for myself with fresh air in a place like this. Especially since it is one of my favorite locations.

My mind started replaying those dreaded thoughts all over again, but it was not like I wasn't intending on that to happen. I wanted to get lost in thought. To focus on what I've done. And maybe even try to think of a solution that might end up resulting in the best case scenario for whenever Eren learns the truth.

I kept thinking and thinking, revising ideas in my head and trying to get a clear picture of what would realistically happen. But my train of thoughts was cut short when the door to the roof opened, snapping me back to reality and making me hunt to my feet.

"Oh Annie..." The dreaded voice of Adrian sang my name. And his sight was even worse.

He approached me menacingly. And I knew that I should not escape him and make the situation more complicated so I stood my ground, courageous and ready for the worst.

"Hello beautiful." He said as soon as he got as close as he can get. He stared at me with the eyes of a viper, ready to bite its prey.

"I told you time and time again. I do not know who and where they are. Just leave me be." I said in a cold tone.

"Maybe you are right. And maybe you are not. But at least you still have means to contact them. Am I right?" He asked.

"No. I don't. Just lea-" before I could finish he cut me off.

"Don't you lie to me..." He said menacingly as he pinned me to the fence, with his hand clenching my throat.

"Why... Don't you... Believe me..."

"I know when someone lies desperately. But you, you take it to a whole new level. Can't you come up with a legitimate excuse? Seriously?"

"If I knew where they were... I would've contacted them and went to their location to oversee the cure..." I stated.

"Lies... You know... And you will take me there, or I will make sure you and your mother share a grave!"

The second he said that I became overwhelmed with rage. I immediately crystallized my fist and punched him in the face, prompting him to release me. I then punched him in the gut before kicking him in the crotch and then in the face.

When he fell on the ground I sat on his chest and started punching him repeatedly with two fists of crystal and fury.

"Never! Speak! Of! My! MOTHER!" I yelled every word with a punch. Then I got off of him and walked to the door, leaving him all alone on the roof.

When I made it out of the school grounds I got a call from Reiner.

"Hey Annie. It's... Been a while. How are you?" He asked.

"I'm good. But the question is, why aren't you here?" I asked.

"Yea well, Bert and I are doing some family business... Well that's mostly me but Bert is here helping me sort things out. Nothing too bad, just a few disputes. Nothing to worry about. We'll be with you tomorrow, or Thursday at most."

"Okay then. Listen I gotta go. I'll call you later, okay?"

Then I made my way to my place, and while doing that I tried to contact Jad by the phone number he gave me but all my attempts were to no avail. He never answered. And I assume that has to do with him either changing his number or not using the phone at the time.

I can safely assume that, knowing that I get updates on the cure in the form of e-mails. That's when the idea of contacting him through e-mail game up, but then I suddenly remembered that every e-mail had a text at the bottom informing me not to contact it.

"Oh man... What am I supposed to do now?" I asked myself.

Suddenly I got a text message from an unknown number. It said: Meet me at your house.

My heart rate increased dramatically. I felt an overwhelming emotion of happiness and at the same time one of worry and anxiety. But I suppressed the latter emotions and made my way to my house, expecting either Jad himself or one of his subordinates.