The visitor

"So you want to know who the special one is? You already know him but I will give you a few clues. Think, who do you think is closer than you know it?" Cecil began in a manipulating tone. "That someone...Your partner who has gone far away for the moment. That someone who you call your friend. That someone you two cherish since you got together. Do you still not know who he is, Hillary and Nicole?"

Nicole's mouth dropped open.

"This cannot be what I am thinking."

"Max..." Hillary said with wide eyes. "But how? He never for once told us."

 "So now you do accept that you know him. Isn't he also the one they call Shadow_Demon?" Cecil smirked with an eyebrow kept raised. 

 "He is," Hillary replied. 

"But then if Max is the so-called special one. What does that portray?" Nicole chipped in a question.