The Silver Veil

Chapter 2

"Room no. 25, second floor, B division." Front Receptionist said with a polite smile, she was a mid-age woman with a bit of silver hair.

Zayn nod in her direction and took the paper from her and submitted the one that was needed. He left the office with his luggage by his side and started walking in the direction he was told to.

He looked at the paper, it was a university map and a rules booklet. He flipped a few pages and started reading them. As he walked through the hall, he got a few glances now and then. He didn't mind them tho unless they come and talk to him.

He strolls through the corridor, reading the rules, pulling his luggage with him, and not minding the world around him. Once he took a final turn and entered the hallway of rooms, he closed the book and looked carefully at the room numbers. So, he wouldn't miss his room.

Soon he was standing in front of his room. Room no. 25, was at the end of the hallway. The door was colored with a plain bland brown with a sunflower printed on its right side. Zayn led his stuff beside the door, putting his duffle bag down with his side backpack, and put the keys in the lock.

Just as the door made a click sound to let him know it's unlocked, someone approached him. They put their hand on his shoulder and the first thought that comes to Zayn mind was to punch the shit out of the guy who touch him, to twist their hand around their back and kick them on their knees and tell them to never touch him again but to have a decent reputation, Zayn didn't do anything, he just simply turns around to look, who it is and what they want.

It was a guy nearly his age who approached him, he had a smile on his face, brunette hair with blue eyes. Arms covered in tattoos and a tank top covering his torso, black ripped jeans.

"Hey, so you are new here right? I'm Louis I live next door. There is a party tonight if you want to come, you are welcome."  Louis said with a bright smile and a thick English accent.

"Zayn, I'll think about the party" Zayn just shortly replied and turn around to open the door, when the guy again started talking.

"You need any help? I am free right now!"

"No thanks!" Zayn kept it short and quickly picked up his stuff, not really in the mood to get interrupted again. As he close the door on Louis's face, he let a sign-out.

He could still hear the guy outside the door speaking. "I'll see you tonight then. I'll wait for you. We have good alcohol and weeds. If you are interested" with that he left.

Zayn heard footsteps fading away and he took a long breath, signing out. Just then his phone started ringing. He answered the call and started walking around the room to have a room tour.

"How did it want?"

"It was alright, I took care of everything that was needed. I'll be there in 10 min" The guy on the other side informed. Zayn cut the call without a second word.

Zayn looked around the room in the meantime, touching and examining the room since it gonna be his room for the next few years. He made sure to hide a few micro-cameras with inbuilt mikes in his room for personal safety.

After setting up the cameras he looked around the room to make sure they are not too visible for an outsider. Next, he open his duffel bag and took his MacBook pro out to set up his security system. And logging into his office's security system to make sure everything is okay there too.

When he checked and made sure everything was okay, he took a sigh of relief, while checking some emails, replying to a few, and deleting the needed ones.

Zayn was pulled out of his thoughts when he heard a knock on his door. He knew who it was, cause the knocking held a pattern, after 3 knocks, the door opened and reviled a guy, with board shoulder, build-up body, brown hair, and puppy brown eyes.

He could be passed on as a tough, bad boy someone you should never mess with but his smile said otherwise. The guy walked towards Zayn and took a seat on the couch, across from Zayn.

"Before you ask, everything went well. The payment is already done, they have already received their package. Jacob is dealing with the westside business and Joshua his twin is dealing with the north side. The other two parts are under my control and yes I can handle it on my own. The legal business is being handled by the boss. Wait before you interrupt me let me inform you. It was his own decision, so he won't miss you. Your bike and car both are parked in the collages parking lot. Here is the key and there is a party tonight down the hall. We are going and that's final."The guy said in one go without a stop.

He took the water bottles that were laying on the couch, apparently left by Zayn in the meantime. He gulped down the water and looked around the room. Zayn studied his expression for a few minutes and then nodes to let him know he is up for the party.

" You did a great job on hiding the camera. If I didn't know I wouldn't have spotted them." The guy replied while placing the bottle on the table. Zayn stood up from his sitting position and started walking in the direction of the camera.

"If you can tell them, then anyone else can do that too Liam," Zayn replied with a frown and thought about replacing the cameras, Liam shakes his head in disapproval.

"Come on Zayn, you know it's my job to find out these things, and I already knew that they were placed somewhere in the room and it at the latest took me 5 minutes to find out. Which is rear, since you always say that I am perfect in my job." Liam reasons and Zayn nods in understanding while both looked around the small dorm room.

It had a nice bedroom with a small kitchen and bathroom. The whole dorm room had a nice pastel yellow color, since the color looked fresh, Zayn knew this room was customized just for him and if it wasn't already confirmed the sunflower picture on his door surely confirms that it's was personally chosen by his dad.

A small smile tagged on his smile, while Liam made sure there were no loopholes in the room or any hidden camera other than there's.

After analyzing the whole room and being satisfied, they both left for the party Liam was talking about but not before Liam reminded Zayn. "Don't forget to ring him."

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I know you guys wouldn't believe that the prologue and first chapter of this book were written in May 2021. I was so happy while writing this book back then but after everything happened it all just went down. Finally, after trying to pull me together I wrote the third chapter of this book in September that even half. And now in November, I completed it.

It's so stupid. Hehe.

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Published on 4, Jan 2022