Chapter 20

  “I was ordered to come back to my cell,” she replied to the man’s query after preventing her to get through the alley leading to where she was imprisoned.

  “We have just received an order to send you to your station, Ma’am…”

  “Said who? Call Lux. He is the one who told me to head back here.”

  “The uppers, Ma’am.”

  She breathed in and nodded. She can’t ruin any of his plans.

  “Okay then,” she excused and hurriedly went back to their building.

  No matter how search she does, she can’t find anything that Lux have told her to look for. The sun is about to rise and sooner or later, in any minute, her teammates will be back not remembering what happened. She is running out of time.

  “Epharil?” Eulysis called.

  She hesitantly looked back. Doesn’t know whether to feel relieved or not. She cups his face to see those fine lines—most specially, his eye bags. She wrapped her arms around him when she has confirmed that it is really him.