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Mirna was frozen. A brat said the name of her son as if she knew something and the next instant, she pounced on Meraki to grab him by the neck. A black shield appeared and threw Mirna towards the wall. He walked towards Mirna emitting a terrifying aura to placate those who dared to interfere in the fight.

-Madame, it certainly affects you to hear the name of her son but, I ask you to think coldly that if you hurt us, you will lose the only track towards him. It is best to repeat a mantra or say a prayer to appease the anger for now. I assure you that we will give you what you want on a silver platter-

-You...-

Meraki reached out with his left arm and a japamala unfolded. Mirna saw the rosary and turned her gaze to her wrist. She also wore a rosary and a distant memory was presented. She sighed for a moment and noticed that they were reaching for her hand to help her up.

-Where should we go so that they give me what I want.-

A smile appeared on Meraki's face and he extended her hand, guiding her to a red portal that opened in the middle of the room. The group prepared to leave.

-How can they make such a portal? Are you a supreme sorceress? - August couldn't think clearly

-No! Mirna we don't know who they are or what they're up to. The Nest can't have that much power like this ...- Marceline refused to let Mirna go

-We are not from the nest or from any of the affiliates. We work independently, so please stay away - Darius pushed Marceline aside

-Then we will go with her. Not crazy will we let the best sorceress in the world go with some strangers- August took the initiative to go

-Whatever. Then don't blame us if you look like idiots in the middle of this. My companions will escort you- Meraki pointed to the portal and urged them to cross it

They all cross and the last one is Darius. He says goodbye making the portal turn black. Meraki delicately takes Mirna's hand so she can accompany him to the other side.

- Don't worry, your comrades are safe. They only went ahead of the meeting, when you are calmer we will go to see them-

They finish crossing and the portal disappears.

**

Chaos had come back to Orsys. Six bombs had been detonated simultaneously inside Argus station. People screamed and ran in terror for help. More than twenty fire crews arrived trying to put out the fire and rescue the surviving victims.

Jubina Castro, vice president of Belcher's Company, urgently called Rusalka to come back from her family vacation. The answer from the other side was not what she expected; A week ago, the Valastro family had taken the ferry to Verdix to vacation and celebrate the birthday of Rusalka's grandchildren, but she ended up in bed with pneumonia and was unable to move her to attend the disaster in Argus. To further ruin the situation, Dolph and Khristof had a boat accident that caused them to break some bones, leaving Jubina adrift.

The frustration grew more at the unexpected call from Rusalka, who furiously insulted her and ordered her to solve the disaster in any way to avoid wasting time. She put all available funds in Jubina's hands to speed up the rebuilding before her return, otherwise Rusalka would fire her from the position.

Rusalka and her family hoped that this scenario would curb Jubina's wishes to want to annihilate the Valastro family for a time. Without the Valastro name, the Transport Union and PepperMint were just mere sports clubs. Financial aid was another factor that gave confidence when contracting with international entities.

Jubina wanted to take advantage of that vacation to take over the business, but an explosion, she left her hands tied. She was an active member of Bubblegum, she handled information and money at her whim so she believed that she could take over the leadership of the Valastro sooner or later to benefit Bubblegum.

All the employees were sent home without pay until further notice and more than one was fired amid Jubina's fury. What she did not expect is that they took it as a vacation and would go away until Rusalka returned to impose order, since the union only obeyed orders from its leader. This was the only way that employees could go and see their deceased without being so obvious. The Valastros had played the same trick and were heading to the Gray Strip with the help of the Brotherhood.

Konstantine was another who joined the holiday charade by taking the train to Krim two days earlier. The excuse of not having a train station would delay his return to Orsys for a while.

The news and newspaper headlines had branded the news as terrorism and openly accused the Nest and Sahmar's foreign forces of being the bombers. The tabloid newspapers showed absurd and hilarious photos and made fun of the kings for being absent, of the Valastro for trusting Jubina and the nest for resentful terrorists, they took advantage of them by inventing nonsense stories to sell more.

**

In the office of the editor-in-chief of the most famous tabloids, Spectrum and Nevada, a woman was laughing at the news that would be published the next day. Berlin Villegas was a najara known for spreading false rumors in order to obtain easy money from the sale of her newspapers. Nobody took her seriously in the mafia circles and less in the information guilds for the simple fact of getting news from under the stones without any support.

Or that's what she wanted them to believe. Berlin knew more than she seemed. She had the gift of the oracle and could visualize each event several years in advance, with such precision that even she was amazed. She camouflaged the news in such a way that only certain people understood the message to be conveyed. The irony, the mockery and the occasional stupidity of her gave the characteristic and satirical touch to her newspapers. From clandestine romances, through questionable homicides and even senseless conspiracies, she made her famous among the poor who came to believe everything that was published.

The headlines of it were prophecies and since no one was interested, they dismissed it. The only group that took everything about her seriously were the Ersa, who sometimes came to her to get rid of her doubts in certain matters.

Years ago she had a prophetic dream about the birth of the first prince, this would be the cause of the fall of the reign of the Orsys and she soon published it as: "Prince Kenton is a monster? The kings refuse to present it. What is the queen hiding behind the door? Perhaps it will be the dignity of Espin or something more macabre? The ducal family exposed. 5 page special "

She waited for someone to notice her and run to reprimand her, but since no one showed up, she left the matter. A year ago, she had a dream, rather a nightmare that lasted more than 12 hours. She had dreamed of Kenton, but he was already dead and in his place someone had taken possession of his body. A being so abominable and out of this world that she was paralyzed with fear and after that she went to another site, where she could see the Ersas on a distant island plotting a war against Sahmar. She was going back and forth between the different kingdoms and in each and every one there were things in common: they were all preparing for a world war and the commander who led such a war effort was the chaotic being that lay in the body of the late Kenton.

Finally, she arrived at a castle, she visualized a boy assembling models and he turned to smile at her. He greeted her and told her that they would visit her soon to talk quietly. Her fright made her wake up, it was the first time she had interacted with someone and that began to excite her. Her dream would come true in a few months and she only had to wait for the visit of those terrifying beings.