Captured (Mass Release Day 2)

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Zuriel was daydreaming about his wife when Helena barged into the room without knocking. "Uncle?" she asks, "What are you doing?"

He quickly snaps out of his daydream, feeling a little embarrassed. "Oh, just stretching my hand," he says casually.

She looks at him with a confused face, the inner ends of her eyebrows preaching for the ceiling. "Oh, okay," she says, clearly not suspecting a thing. "I just want to ask you if we'll train before leaving."

"We'll train on our way." He's smiling too much. "And please knock next time."

"Oh, sorry," she apologizes with a quick laugh. "I'll make sure to do that next time."

Zuriel nods, grateful that she didn't pick up on what he was doing. As she leaves and closes the door, he can't help but chuckle to himself.

"Well, that was a close call," he thinks to himself. "Good thing Helena is so innocent!" He chuckles nervously. A single sweat dripping from the side of his face.