Chapter 16 A story
Chapter 16 A story
Maelis Ardent POV
I could hear a door closing. I slowly opened my eyes and noticed I was in an unfamiliar place again.
‘I could not have died right, I said my mind as I tried to look around.
“Ms? You’re awake, wait, I will call Mr Allard!” A woman’s voice said, and I quickly recognised it as the maid who was in Lucien’s other house.
“Wait, ugh”, I said as I tried to lift my arm and stop her. “Where are we? What happened?” I ask her.
“After what happened on the other, Mr Allard moved us to another place, a safer one.” The maid said. “Don’t worry, Ms It’s safe here now, no one will know this place.” The maid said. “My name is Alice, by the way, if you need anything you just ask me.” She added.
“What do you mean, no one will know this place?” As I tried to move my body.
“I heard them say that we’re on a private island, no one is allowed in, and no one is allowed out. Well, aside form Mr. Allard and his friends.” She explain,
I felt like my world just suddenly got even more crushed. I dropped my head on the pillow again and pressed my eyes closed. I could feel my body ache as I lay in bed. This is going to be rough, even more.
“I will inform Mr Allard first,” Alice said and went out of the room. Just after a minute, the door opened again, and Lucien, with one other man, went inside.
“How are you feeling?” Lucien, as he stood beside my bed, and the other man checked my IV
“I’m fine. Did you know who sent that package?” I asked him, and he shook his head.
“We’re still working on it, but one of the men said his name is Francios.” He said
I frown and try to think if I know someone with that name who would really have the guts to send a bomb to an Allard house.
“Just don’t get up, your body still needs recovering.” The other man said, and I just nodded. “Don’t make her move,” he said and looked at Lucien, who also nodded before the man left.
“Lucien, I know I owe you for catching the bastards that killed my friend. But I really need to leave, I…I have to go.” I said, but his face just stayed emotionless. “Please, I can’t just stay here,” I said, but she just turned around, and I heard him sigh.
“After a week, when you’re all recovered. I’ll let you go, but there is a condition.” He said, and I felt like everything just got better, and I nodded my head.
“Yes, anything,” I said.
“Where would you even go? You said they will kill you.” He asks.
“I have somewhere where I can cool down for a while,” I said.
“The condition I want from you, “ He said, and I looked at him as he turned around. “You will report on everything that La Vida will do, huge or small. I want to know everything.” He said and nodded.
‘Damn it, what would I even report to you when I’m not even part of that stupid organisation?’
“I will, I promised,” I said to assure him.
After our conversation, Lucien just left the room, and I sighed in relief. I’m finally able to see my family again. But one thought can’t escape my mind, who the hell is Francios? Why, how did he know about me?
I’VE BEEN IN bed for like five days now, Lucien won’t even let me leave the room, even though I've told him over and over again that I’m already fine. I felt like I was losing my mind. When he leaves the house, the only way I was able to sneak out of the room is by.
I stood up, looked at the window, and saw Lucien walking out with his friend behind him, while a helicopter was waiting at a distance. This is where you will really know their power. How can someone own an island and be picked up by helicopter anytime he wants, right?
When I was young, my father would also tell me all about the different organization that works in the underground world, just like the Arcana’s where we are part of, but the Velatrium is one of the stories that left a mark on me.
As soon as I saw Lucien leave, I walked out of the room discreetly and went into the room where Lucien stays. As I walk in, I look everywhere, but not even one picture can be seen in his office. But one thing caught my attention, a golden brooch with diamonds on his table with the Velatrium’s symbol.
“Per silentium regnamus”, I read the words engraved at the back of the brooch that is in Latin.
‘Through silence, we reign.’
“What are you doing here?” A voice from behind almost made me jump out of my feet, it’s Terron the Doctor.
“I …I was bored, I took the chance to look around when I saw him leave,” I explained.
“Lucien can be a pain in the ass, but he just looks out for you.” He said, and I nodded. “That their family symbol, I heard you read it. You know Latin?” He asked and nodded.
“A little,” I answer and walk towards the shelve looking around. “Are the stories about them true?” I ask.
“What story?” He asks, I look at him and walk towards him and place the broach on her hand.
“When I was kind my father told me the story about Velatrium, like how they are trained. It’s my first time encountering one, and I don’t know if that is true.” I said, and he nodded and sat in a chair.
“What kind of story did he tell you?” He asks.
“He said that they locked them, they torture them, but it’s the torture that will inflict them pain”, I said. I could see how his face slowly lose his smile. “He said they are tortured with silence, is it true? Did that happen to him, too?” And he smiled and looked me in the eyes,
“I guess your dad has some good source, not everyone knew that, He said and stood up and walked towards me. “Are you really the person you said you are?”