“Why can’t I know where Thraia is, and why can’t I talk to her?” I asked Elliot. We are in the dining hall eating dinner. I had no other place to go inside this house but only the dining hall, receiving area, room, and terrace.
It’s been three days without seeing Reign inside this house and three days with Elliott being around with me in this house. It’s also been a month since Thraia last picked me up and taking me back to the room. I want to see and talk to her. I don’t know, but I was incredibly excited when I found out that Thraia also considered me her friend.
“Because that’s what Reign said,” says Elliott, and he snorted. I haven’t carved Elliott about the information anymore because when Reign’s name is mention, I’m sure I won’t get anything out of him.
I just kept eating. When we finished eating and rested, Elliot invited me to hang out on the terrace so I could breathe some fresh air. When we reached the balcony, I didn’t know a folding chair placed with a round glass table.
Was it already there back then, or just it is placed it now? I haven’t noticed since last month; I just hung out here again.
Elliott opened a folding chair, and he immediately placed it behind me, “Take a seat,” all the lights on the terrace are on, and I don’t know that it will be brighter than it could be the last time I was her. Which is the time I ran away.
“Thank you,” I said to Elliott and immediately sat down. I face the steel supporting this terrace while overlooking the shore. I remember how I ran away and ended up in a forest of towering trees.
I secretly gasp. Reign’s house is so big that I thought it consisted of the fourth floor because of the long staircase connecting my room. I felt Elliot open another chair again and immediately slumped to sit next to me.
“How well do you know Thraia?” I immediately asked when Elliott was already sitting beside me. He turned his eyes on me and then returned his eyes in front.
“Probably, when we were kids,” he answered, then position his legs into number four, “My mother lives in the village, and she’s one with the islanders,” I kept staring at Elliott. In fairness, he’s grave right now and doesn’t do weird things.
“My mother was an islander, and my dad was Reign’s mom’s younger brother,”
“Where are they now?” I intently asked. Elliot looked at me, but there was a pain in his eyes. Although I was not sure, I knew my question was painful for him, “I’m sorry. I didn’t know,” I recover my question from him when I realize why he reacted like that.
Elliott turned his eyes in front and shrugged his head, “It’s okay because I already accepted it for a long time. I’m just not used to talking about them, and this is also the first time anyone has mentioned them,” he said, but I can feel the pain in his voice.
I did not utter a word. I wanted to ask, but I restrained myself. I have said personally that human words are deceptive and addictive. I don’t know which of what Elliott said is the truth. Whether he is okay or still in pain, it would be better for him to open up voluntarily than to ask, lest he is offended by my question.
“They died the day my grandparents died,” I couldn’t take my eyes off Elliott. I also saw how his fists clenched. It hasn’t been long since his family passed away, and I can understand how he feels right now, “It just hurts because I’m not there on the day my grandparents and parents passed away. I was with Reign in Russia,” I thought Elliott was going to cry because his voice suddenly growled.
“How did they died?”
“Explosion,” Elliott turned his eyes on me. It was sparkling. I know he wanted to cry, but he can’t attempt to let his emotions out. I feel him, “The yacht where my grandparents riding back to this island exploded in the middle of the ocean. They are just back from visiting Reign’s younger brother in the Drein City,” I remember Thraia saying that Reign had a younger brother. I didn’t know that his brother was currently staying in Drein.
“Is the island takers behind those incidents?” Elliott shrugged.
“At first, the suspicion was the takers because it was Goriy’s mortal enemy, but Reign found out something else,” I wanted to ask about what Reign found out, but I kept my mouth shut.
“Then how did your parents died?” Elliott smiled bitterly and looked back to the front. I thought he wouldn’t give me an answer.
“Poison,” Elliott let out a deep sigh, “It’s a food poisoning same as what happened to you; that’s why Reign panicked when he knows that you’ve been poisoned,” I never asked again.
I didn’t know this was what happened to their family. This pain is what Reign and Elliot are going through. I want to ask more, but I don’t want to add to how Elliott feels because I feel like he’s going to cry anytime.
Elliott later took me to my room so I could rest. When he left, I immediately went in and went to bed. Countless things entered my mind, but I quickly fell asleep because I was tired the whole day.
***
I woke up because of the thirst I was feeling. I immediately got up. I just forgot to turn off the lights and change my clothes. It’s maybe because of tiredness and some days without having a proper sleep.
I immediately left the room and went downstairs. I feel like the light in this house is on all day and all night. When I got down, I went straight to the dining hall, and no one was there.
Fortunately, there was water on the long table. I don’t know where the kitchen is. Thraia and I had a tour, but I forgot. Sometimes, rust also visits my memory.
After drinking the water, I didn’t go back to my room because I no longer felt drowsy. I thought to ventilate, so I went down to the second floor and exited through the main door. The frigid air greeted me.
I forgot that I was wearing thin clothes. I didn’t mind the coldness hitting my body and roamed my eyes at the open place. I don’t know what time, but it seems like it’s already dawn. I hugged myself. I hope my sister is okay. How are Reign and Thraia?
A strong wind suddenly blew, causing me to tremble. I don’t know, but I suddenly felt nervous and felt like someone was walking behind me, so I turned around.
I saw nothing but a door and light left opened. I turned my gaze back to the front. Maybe, I imagined things, but I felt again that someone was walking towards me.
I no longer looked back and felt its movements as my chest pounded so hard. A moment later, it suddenly disappeared from my hearing. I was right; it’s just a hallucination.
I suddenly turned around. I was surprised to see someone in front of me. The person’s hands were raised in the air and holding an object. He suddenly moved his hands towards my face.
I couldn’t even react because the object hit my face hard and in a short period. I felt my body fall to the cold floor, and even before I lost my consciousness, I saw Sharmon standing with three prominent-bodied men, and she was smiling.
Before I knew it, I was already captivated by Sharmon’s deadly threat.