~ Green Valley - Arizona ~ Early at 6 am, Rose woke up with a slight headache. "Hugh" she grunted, yawning as she was standing up. "It's dawn already," she said with a low voice, while walking into the bathroom to refresh and take her bath cause she was emotionally stressed out. She moved toward the bathroom mirror, trying to wash her face in the sink. After washing her face for a few minutes, she raised her head, grab her towel, and started scrubbing her face with it. She then looked straight into the mirror to check her face when she noticed some dark holes under her eyes. "Sigh" she moaned while closing her eyes. "I haven't been hearing from Jon for the past three weeks now and I have no idea where he could have been or what he is doing. Gosh!" she said, worriedly. Even though she has been trying to convince herself that she has moved on and she doesn't care about Jon again, she knew she still cares for him, she still couldn't get his image off her head every day. Even in her sle
Rose got out of her pink Mercedes Benz in front of a beautiful mansion, walking straight into the mansion compound. A lot of maids and servants could be seen moving up and down, carrying out their daily responsibilities. As she was moving toward the maids, they all stop what they were doing and started welcoming her with a lively expression on their faces. "Hello young miss" "You're welcome home young miss" "Wow! Young Miss is back after so many years of her being out of the city" "Shh... That is none of your business, I'm just happy that young miss is back" someone replied. "Yes, yes, yes, I'm happy too. I'm happy." They all started whispering among themselves but Rose still heard their voices even though it was not easy to hear. Suddenly an older man in a suit with a white hand glove walked up to Rose with a bright smile on his face. "Young miss you're finally back, what a pleasant surprise. Mr. and Madam will be happy to see you; in fact, madam won't stop talking about you all
"Rose, is everything ok?" Her mother asked when she noticed the sad expression on her daughter's face. Rose realized that she has let her emotions out and it has been shown on her face, then she quickly hide it. "I'm good Mom, you don't have to worry," she said, with a natural face but her father saw through her facade."Rose you know you can tell us anything, if something is bothering you you can tell us about it and let us know, after all, we are your parent and your happiness is our happiness, we must protect and guide you," her father said. "Yes baby, you don't have to always endure or shoulder everything all by yourself dear, let us help you." her mother added. ['Sob' 'Sob'] Rose started tearing up when she saw how her parents were getting worried and their love for her. "Don't cry, dear" her mother said, moving closer to sit beside her while giving her hugs, trying to console her little girl. "You can tell us now ok?" she said and her father nodded, clearly waiting anxiousl
"10.2km remaining for us to arrive at the city gate, sir," one of the sailors of the ship said. Alex smiled and replied "Ok, slow down the ship's speed, the city's formation will detect us as soon as we are closer to the city, and if we move at top speed, they are gonna see us as intruders and try to take us down. We are not ready to battle a whole underwater civilization, are we?" Alex said, trying to caution the sailor. "Very well sir" the sailor replied and the ship began to slow down and started moving at a slow pace. 15 minutes later, they got closer to the magnificent city of Atlantica that look like a giant flood dragon, souring into the nine heavens. The city wall stands as a magnificent and formidable structure, encircling the heart of the underwater city with a majestic sight. It was crafted from a combination of resilient materials found in the depths of the Ocean. Rising from the ocean floor, the city wall extends upward, its height rivaling the grandest towers of Atl
"Even though we Atlanteans tolerate humans in our great realm, that doesn't give them the audacity to be making impudent assumptions," Adrian Maris said with a cocky face."I wonder who asked him now?" someone whispered among the crowd of people. "His arrogance knows no bounds," another person said slowly. "Don't you know the Maris noble family? They are all full of themselves" "I see...!" Both the Atlanteans and the humans started whispering among themselves. "Next?" A grim voice was suddenly heard from the front of the line and the next person quickly moved to the front of the guard. "50 thousand ordinary Seastones to enter the city," the guard with the stern voice said with an emotionless face. "What???" "50 thousand ordinary Seastones?" "This is fucking daylight robbery" The people at the front of the gate started complaining in a loud voice, clearly against the high cost of entry into the city."I could eat my fills and even feed 5 grown men with 20 thousand ordinary
~ Earth. Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin's house ~ Rose and her parents wore grim looks while they were listening to what Rose was saying. "But I have a suspect" Rose suddenly said with a cold face and both her parent asked in unison;"Who is it?" Rose took a deep breath, looked at her parents, and said, "I met a guy named Alex when Jon and I had a misunderstanding and I thought Alex was everything a lady could ever wish for, unknown to me, that was nothing but a facade. He was handsome and hot but not as much as Jon. We got together pretty well as friends but not until I had a terrible dream about him." she said. "And what's the dream about?" Mr. Benjamin asked curiously. "He was a leader of a very strange secret organization and he was ruthless. It was as if I'm seeing the real side of him and I was scared. It felt so real." Rose said with a pale face. "Oh darling, dreams ain't meant to be trusted most times you know, you don't have to worry yourself about that." Mr. Benjamin said while
~ The next day ~ "Ugh… agh!"Rose woke up with a slight headache, her eyes swollen and red. It was evident that she didn't get a good sleep last night. "I couldn't get enough sleep last night, argh…" she muttered irritably and stood up from her bed, going straight into the bathroom to freshen up. Ten minutes later, she came out and checked her phone. [6:30 am] I have to quickly take my bath and meet this person that told me to meet her at the Heavenly Palace Restaurant. "I wonder who it was and how she knew about Jon or even my number," Rose mumbled skeptically. "Should I call the police or something? Should I tell my Dad about it? No, no one can kidnap me in Heavenly Palace Restaurant, after all, I will have to go alone and find out what this person is up to." she said with resolution and immediately went inside the bathroom. 'KNOCK! KNOCK!' Rose's door room was knocked and Rose immediately yelled from inside the bathroom. "Who is there?" "It's me, darling" Mrs. Benjamin's v
~ Atlantica ~ Alex and his group moved closer to the guard at the front of the city's gate. "50 thousand ordinary Seastones to enter into the city." The guard said. Alex nodded and dropped two Earthsea Stones for the guard. "Here! You can have this." Alex said while looking at the stunned guard. "Oh…yeah, yeah, you can go inside the city now. Welcome to our world." The guard bowed slightly and made way for Alex and his entourage. But what happened threw everyone, both the few humans and the Atlanteans into a frenzy. "What? He just dropped two Earthstones?" a beautiful Atlantean lady exclaimed in surprise. "Oh, my God! Who is he?" another person asked in amazement. "Those must be very influential humans in the human world for them to be able to get their hands on many Earthsea stones like that." another person said. ******The guard looked at Alex and his groups as they entered the main gate with a smile but his smiles suddenly turned shrewd and he turned to the second guard b