Many Fishes

Alex looked at the book before him and studied the possible formations that are simple and easy to assimilate. This is the second day and twelfth hour since he embarked on the journey to form a new formation that would serve as a backup plan.

How could he be such a fool to have thought he should wave Selena's beautiful plan off? Maybe he was wrong to have thought her idea was too simple to go with. All the same, he shouldn't rely on her plan alone. As simple as it seemed, it felt like it would actually work. Moreover, he doesn't trust her that much to rely on just her plan.

He has eaten just a little and only locked himself up in the drawing room. He checked the time and realized it was now midnight. He had skipped lunch and dinner. He had been cooped up in that room for hours to even notice the time was far spent.

He heard someone knock on the door slightly.

"Come in." He called, rubbing his hands against his eyes.

"Hey." He heard a soft voice call and he never would have thought