“Boss, you’re here…”Evie turned to her side where the pedestrian entrance to the university was and saw both Richard and James standing there, as if waiting.“Why are you guys still there? Why didn’t you go in?”“We want to wait for you here,” they answered plainly.She was perplexed. She didn’t know what to say. She clearly didn’t want them to suffer for her, but they were just too cute and acted like her real lackeys. She didn’t know why she deserved such treatment, though. She could not really remember their past interactions, and she doubted if that gloomy Evely treated them correctly.“Fine, let’s go inside, then,” she said, and all three of them went to the gate.Altair University was not as strict to its students. They could go in and out anytime they wanted using their passes. However, not just anybody could enter the school on normal days. One had to be a student, a faculty member, or staff at the school in order to enter.Today, however, was a special day. It’s an open scho
“Hi! Is Kyle Simmons here? I’m his cousin. He said he will help us look around.”Richard asked in a very friendly manner, and Wilson returned his smile.“You’re Richard?” he asked back, and when the other nodded, he pointed at the seats next to the booth. “Kyle already told us about you the other day. Just sit there and wait a bit. He will be here in a while.”“Thanks,” Richard said, and the three followed his invitation and sat on the plastic chairs on the side.Wilson returned to his group and helped them attach photos of the different places the club members had been to.Actually, Kyle, Richard’s cousin, was not a member of the hiking club. He’s a member of the urban exploration team. But since the number of people were not many, and the members of the hiker’s club weren’t a lot as well, their club and the Hikers’ Club shared a booth. It was such a coincidence, but a very good coincidence on their part.The three sat quietly as they watched the people get busy. They did not offer h
“That damn bitch sure knew how to fight.”In a dimly lit place where the normally raucous sounds of cars were very muted as the road was quite a distance away, a huge patch of soil showed clear disturbance. Surrounding it were five young and middle aged men who looked like local gangsters with their burly bodies.“Are you sure she’s dead?” one of them asked as he flinched and raised his hand to touch the corner of his mouth which was bleeding.All five of them were obviously roughened up. It was as if they had just gotten out of a huge fistfight. Not only were their clothes in disarray and torn in some places, injuries also littered their skin which still mostly bled.“She’s dead. If she’s not yet dead, then she will be. The bitch’s six feet under now, isn’t she?”The snarky remark was welcomed by grunts of approval from the rest. All of them seemed to have suffered greatly and were
She was in a very cold and dark place, but there was no pain. Surprisingly she was numb— so numb that she couldn’t feel her body at all.Was this… death?She opened her eyes— or at least she thought she did as she could not feel anything at all. However, whether opened or closed, she could not see anything aside from the infinite abyss where she seemed to remain drifting for nobody knew how long.For the moment, her mind was so foggy that she could not remember a lot of things, like who she was and how she got there. All she ever knew was that she had died— perished in battle.Huh? Battle? What… battle?But before she could think further, a wave of fatigue engulfed her,
“No… How could this be…”Evie was in a panic. She raised a hand to slap herself hard.Pain…Even her vision blurred a little when she hit herself. Regardless that she did not wish to be where she was, she could not fool herself that everything was just a dream. She was really there, in Evely’s world, occupying Evely’s body. Also, time really did turn back.She could remember seeing this place not just from Evely’s memories but hers as well. She had seen this place in the mirror when her celestial twin was kidnapped.Evely was having her usual milk tea at the café when she suddenly felt dizzy and lost consciousness. She woke up in this place with the kidnappers
“This is my assistant, Ralph Hall…”Inside the car, aside from the young man, there was another one who looked a bit older and less… flamboyant.Yes, Evely’s neighbor was a bit more colorful than his friend. Now that she’s sitting next to him, she noticed that he was wearing a rose colored suit. It contrasted well against the other man’s black ensemble.Evie had no idea how to call the young man. She searched her memory for a word that people used to address strangers, and recalled what the kidnappers called her earlier.“Er… Boss.”The young man and the assistant were dumbfounded for several seconds before the young man let out a chuckle.
As if on cue, blood trickled from her head injury to her face, and a shriek sounded from the side as Evely’s stepmother could not contain herself and ran towards the father and daughter with panic on her face.“Francis! Evely is bleeding! Quick! Let’s bring her to the hospital!”Her loud cry snapped Francis out of his trance and quickly carried Evie in his arms.“Grab my keys!” he ordered his wife, before running towards the garage where there were few metal carriages parked. But Evie had no time to appreciate them.Evie wanted to protest, saying that she’s okay but the couple seemed to be in so much panic that they did not listen to her.Soon, her stepmother who was still
Hampton Hills was one of the most luxurious and exclusive subdivisions in the country, built under the very famous Rockefeller Group. Most of the homeowners chose to live in the place, not only because of the superb security but also because of the status of living there. Businessmen who were very conscious of their reputations made sure to grab at least one of the houses available for sale.The entire exclusive subdivision looked like a small version of a picturesque French town. In it were three different types of houses. The normal houses that were situated near the entrance gate, were designed to look similar to twentieth century houses in Paris. Their façade was mostly covered with white plaster with wooden beams and stones as foundation.The next types of houses like where the Hunt family lived, was a larger type of French villa more popularly call