After they dried themselves off and wrapped themselves in the fluffy terry towels, Pareios sat on the chair in the shower and pulled her onto his lap. He clasped her for a long time and buried his face in her damp hair. Aurelia snuggled up against his strong shoulders and didn't want to let the moment end when she felt something like peace in his arms. It amazed her that feelings for Pareios were strong enough to rival those for her counterpart, at least for now. Her mind vaguely understood that her only option to influence her emotions was through her actions.If she kept her distance from Dante and refused to get to know him better, she might be able to prevent the connection with him from becoming so strong that it overshadowed that with Pareios, even if she could not forget Dante. If she broke off contact with Pareios, the reverse would occur.So it was up to her to make a decision. A decision that she neither wanted to nor could make, neither today nor in the futu

Pareios accompanied them to the wing of the bunker where prisoners were locked in cell-like rooms. A small chamber was always attached to these rooms, from which the suspect could be observed and wiretapped. The whole way there was a deafening silence between them and although they walked next to each other, it felt like something separated them that was threatening to get bigger and bigger. She didn't know what to do about it, wishing she could just rewrite her story.But that wouldn't happen. The devastating storm of their fate had them all firmly under control, carried them on a journey into unknown realms. Without return. Similar to a moment that had passed and could not be experienced twice. How quickly the past accumulated, piled up behind her as every second of her life passed inexorably. Suddenly she felt anxiety. The spark of a doubt that this could all be too big, too complex for her. But since she could not escape her future, this worry did not lead to a rethink. O

How did he know about your sister?""Why does he even know anything about me?" Replied Aurelia Pareios, while the three of them went to Viktor's apartment, where her team had set up a temporary command center. As discussed, Viktor had sent his family to Ezekiel and Velvet on the Baltic Sea, so they were undisturbed in the small family's apartment."He may have heard it in Hegedun circles." Speculated the older of the two, but when they arrived the conversation broke off because the others also had to be informed of the latest events. That is why they had postponed further discussions about their lack of ignorance until they were complete, in order not to have to chew through everything twice.The rest of their team was troubled when they heard what had happened and the sight of Aurelia also contributed to his. While her colleagues discussed what her new disability might mean, Aurelia cleaned herself in the bathroom and borrowed a top from Meredia. Pareios also r

She woke up suddenly in the middle of the night. At least she felt it was quite late, although in the dim light that fell through the frosted glass pane into the bathroom, she couldn't find a clue of the time. In addition, the sight of said sliding door instantly gave her a memory of the previous day, and for a twisted moment she saw the large square of glass lying on the floor, shattered, felt the heat that had prevailed. A bad conscience flooded her mind, her soul.My God, how was she ever going to face Pareios again?As a reflex she wanted to suppress this thought, a look beside her showed that Dante was still deeply asleep. His eyes twitched under his lids in REM sleep, his breathing was slow and shallow. Looking at him brought a warm glow to her. The affection for him had intensified, had become a part of her heart that swayed back and forth as if drunk between guilt and love, happiness and despair. The chaos made her dizzy. But at the same time she w

Even with combined forces, they could not open the steel door. It was not for nothing that it was the most secure room in the whole bunker. In addition to their dismay that it had become their prison by surprise, the question arose who had made sure that they never got out of here."Markus!" Viktor spat at the metal. They all shared his fears and immediately checked their cell phones. No signal. Aiden tried the computers one by one, but everyone was dead. Soon they ran out of ideas on how to get out of this situation. Hour after hour passed as they puzzled over the reason why they had been arrested and the suspicion arose that it had something to do with the stones . They had been the only and sole concern of this issue lately, so it had to be related to that. But what was going on out there that they weren't supposed to see? "Ok, let's think, what do we know?" Viktor started a brainstorming session. They had already spent too much time puzzling around and were g