Novel & Cerita Claudia Phantomhive

The air felt tight, pulled too thin. Claudia was already at her station. Her laptop was open, and there were multiple windows pulled up on the screen, each one showing the same headline in slightly different language. She did not look up when we walked in. She just pointed to the monitor and said, quietly, “You need to see this.” I stepped closer, and my eyes landed on the video.

“She disappeared after a startup was drained of half a million dollars. Her associates never found her. Investigators gave up after a year.” “That’s very unfortunate,” Clara replied, unfazed. “But I assure you, that has nothing to do with me.” Jeremy’s voice turned cold. “I don’t believe you.” Clara’s smile finally wavered. “Why Empire Hub?” Leah asked. “What are you doing here, really?” Clara took a deep breath. Then, in a move that surprised both of them, she reached into her purse slowly and pulled out a small silver flash drive. “This will explain everything,” she said, placing it on the table.

“How about you? Have you been mating intensely lately?” Luka exhaled harshly with her face blushed. “We have but we have failed producing the eggs…” She looked at Miller. “The weather is not on our side and I couldn’t find any chemistry yet…” she murmured and turned her face to Marquise who inhaled to hear about her confession. In the Duville’s house, Claudia at sudden jolted from her seat. She felt her whole body was shocked by electricity and she should be alert with a coming vision.

Julia sticks out her hand for me to shake, and I do so before turning to Claudia. "This is the client Claudia Kendrick, she's the one you'll be needing to impress today" I tell her by way of introduction. Claudia flushes and shakes hands with Julia before she shows us inside. I allow Claudia to go first and hang back with Amelia, who grasps my hand in both of hers and sticks close by my side.

he reminded her reassuringly. “I'm not human,” she said; a weird, hollow note to her voice. “Then what am I?” “You're a cambion,” Paoli said simply. She scowled at him, unfamiliar with the term. “A cambion,” he explained. “Is what Lillu is. A mixture of human and demon blood. They're like snowflakes, with no two alike.” He said it like it should be a source of pride. “You're saying I'm half demon?” she demanded incredulously.

He stood up and walked to where he used to out his books, he took a small but old looking book and came back to where he was sitting, next to me. "I read it in this book , there is a certain theory which say that people might have ghost clones, these clones looks and dresses exactly like the original you and they can do anything you can do. Sometimes if you are lucky you can have a good clone but if you are unlucky you are likely to have a bad and evil clone , which means you are unlucky because yours is evil" he explained. His explanation shocked me , i have never heard such things and I've never believed in ghost theories.

Cold. My mind was racin⁠g. Mr. Henderson.⁠ The pharmacist. D⁠ead.⁠ Claudia hadn’t jus⁠t threatened me. She’d given me a n‌ew name. A new th⁠read to pu⁠ll.‌ She’d thought she was showing me how deep the ho⁠le went, to scare me. Instead, sh‍e⁠’d shown me⁠ where to l⁠ook next.

She gave a sly wink, as if she was doing me a favor. I scoffed and let out a sharp laugh. “I’d rather lick every inch of this filthy archive floor than partner with a snake like you, Claudia. But please, enjoy your reading. I hear there are plenty of books here that help with mental instability.” I turned, ready to walk away—but of course, the devil wasn’t done. “Tut-tut,” Claudia clicked her tongue. “What a pretty sharp mouth you have. I'm offering you a deal, Cassandra. If you help me spy on Adriano… I’ll reward you handsomely.”

“Consider this a preview of what Emerald Horizon Ventures can offer.” She opened the box, her expression unreadable as she examined the pendant. For a moment, she said nothing, her fingers lightly tracing the emerald. “This is… impressive,” she finally said. “And you’re telling me there’s more where this came from?” “Much more. But only for those who see the value in exclusivity.” Claudia’s lips curved into a small smile. “I think we should talk.” My lips began to curve into a small smile too. Phase one, secured.