CHAPTER V: NERO

I woke up in an unfamiliar bed.

“Where am I?”

Everything is white, and there is a lot of some sort of herbs everywhere. The room is also covered with some weird smells of medications and chemicals.

“Certus esne id quod vidisti?” [“Are you sure that’s what you saw?”]

I glanced at the far corner of the room when I heard a voice, the voice of my father to be exact. He seems like talking to someone. Their voices are low, not wanting anyone to hear whatever they are talking about. I get off the bed slowly and carefully, making no sound, and moved closer to the curtain that is covering half of the room.

“Etiam, mi domine. Credo etiam id quod vidit Everleigh.” [“Yes, my lord. I believe that’s what Everleigh saw too.”]

My eyes widened at the hearing of Everleigh’s name.

“Sinistra oculus conversus alba et dextra collyrium—” [Her left eye turned white and her right eye—]

“Father.”

I was not able to stop myself to interrupt and carelessly swept the white curtain to face them. They wer