The Elders and Cadre slowly left the palace one by one after hiding Ashriel's ashes inside her room, where only a few people were allowed to enter. All of them went to where they wanted to go to grieve personally. Nathan refused to go
Nathan looked at Ashriel’s favorite ocean with the whole Cadre waiting for him below the small hill where he stands. The breeze that once felt so cool now felt so cold without Ashriel by their side. The ocean, the waves, the birds… everything was not what it used to be.All the feelings that words cannot describe are in Nathan’s heart now. His tears were unstoppable. “I want to see you….” He said with a voice that disappeared in the wind, hoping it would deliver his message to her. But he felt his heart sink when he realized it was impossible. His eyes caught a bird that flew freely, then he looked at the sunrays that started to shine. “You’re free now, Ash.” Another tear escaped from his eye, but he wiped it.&
Nathan sat on the bench beside the lake and gazed at the shining water with the moonlight. He saw a figure lumbering towards him on the shoulder of the road. It was a dark silhouette of a woman. A very familiar woman. She then sauntered and stopped a few miles from him.“What do you want?” Nathan asked with his usual code tone. The woman smiled, not fazed by his coldness towards her anymore.“Don’t be in denial. I bet you know it already, Nathan.” She started with a husky voice due to the cold breeze. “I received a letter from Zillianie through Olive, and I was totally fazed towards the message.”
"But why General?" Olive uttered in disbelief. "I want to join-" "Are you disobeying me now, Olive?" Olive stopped with Nathan's words. Olive gulped. "You are Ashriel's secretary, so while we are on the battlefield, you'll help Lady Venice manage the whole Empire," Nathan explained plainly. Ashriel would probably snicker if ever she heard Nathan's words. Olive cleared her throat and began at once. "Y-Yes, General," Olive mumbled and secretly crumpled her fist. How can she know their moves if she is ordered to stay at the Palace?
“Huh? Then why aren’t we contacting us?” Leon felt panic creeping his heart as he dialed Oriana’s number for the nth time. Again, no one responded. Oriana never breaks her words. She will always contact Leon or anyone from the Cadre if something is wrong.“I don’t like my hunch now,” Nathan whispered, biting his thumbnail and tapping Xieaniel’s laptop, trying to trace the helicopter. “She’s not too far from us.”“It’s still dark; I think we should find her. I’ll be big trouble if she loses track.” Xieaniel suggested, putting his laptop back in his bag. Nathan and Leon nodded, taking their own guns from their bags and wearing their masks. Xieaniel led the way, fol
"Dang it, I really can't find her!" Xieaniel slammed his hand on the wooden table angrily and slammed his laptop close. What he hated the most is failing, especially when it is about his family." Where the hell are you?" Leon seethed, biting his thumb nail. He tried to calm down, breathing in and out, but failed. " Crap it!" He picked the nearest glass and slammed it on the wall, shattering it to pieces. What if she was tortured? What if she was raped? No, what if she was killed?"Arrgh! Should we ask for backup forces and turn this freaking city upside down, Sir? I can contact my twin now." He added, full of fury. He knows how strong Oriana is, but he does not know her situation by now and he does not trust the Cadre. Leon will surely go berserk if ever something undesirable happens to her. “You can’t die.”
Leon kicked the door that swung back and forth and saw countless men lying lifelessly on the floor, soaked with their own blood. Some with distorted faces and some with disfigured bodies. He sighed deeply and looked at his colleagues who enjoyed beating the weaklings who tried to devour them.“You want to gargle with toilet water?” Nathan whispered to the man and pushed his face on the sink.“Blugh!” The man exclaimed when Nathan pulled his head away from the sink then buried it again. Natsuki laughed like a maniac and kicked his opponent’s ass, causing his opponent to groan and stagger back, holding his treasure painfully. “Argh!”“Want me to turn you into a hundred pounds of delicatessen meat?!” Natsuki shouted an
“300 joules!”“L-Lady-”“Do it!”“300 joules, clear.”“Clear!” Oriana’s body leaped for the third time then suddenly, there was a moment of silence. Venice’s tears leaked from her eyes followed by her sweat. “T-The vitals…” She whispered and released a deep sigh. “She’s back.”Spencer and the other people present released a heavy breathing of relief and felt their body slumped. But then, Spencer’s eyes became sharp. “How much torture did they did to her to experince cardias arrest?” He whispered, clutching his fist. &ldq
Her silky black hair flew along the breeze as she stood at the top of the hills, looking sharply at the overview of the Kingdom of Seiron with her deep black eyes.“It’s time.” She whispered in the air. “Your boat is about to sink.”She wore her blak mask and tied her long hair, but her eyes never left the overview of the Kingdom with one goal in mind: Finding Edom’s exact location.“Hey, who are you?” A man spoke from behind her, pointing a rifle at the back of her head. He spoke in Sei Language. She smirked and threw her hands in the air like a criminal surrendering.“I’m Siel, one of the new recruits.” Siel answered in Sei more aggressi