The Unshadowed | Book 1 |

Chapter 12 ~ Fly Like a Bird, Swim Like a Fish

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~ Derevne, Armenia ~

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Cydtin stood alone on top of a business building. For once, he wasn't wearing a suit. A burgundy long sleeve shirt was hidden underneath a cream cardigan sweater. Black pants and stylish black men's dress shoes kept a formal touch, since Cydtin rarely wore entirely casual clothing.

His short black hair was dusted with snowflakes as they fell atop the snow that already carpeted the city. Even though it was freezing cold outside and people were bundled up in coats, hats, gloves, scarves, and boots, Cydtin was as warm as the toast he had for breakfast. There was no sun this morning, the sky just a greyish blue hue.

His wings were stretched out as if poised for flight, though his body stood perfectly still and showed no intentions of flying just yet. He looked as if he owned the city. In a way, he did.

Shortly after becoming an irangel, Cydtin took over the Elite Plaza Business Center in Yerevan by forcing his former boss to give up his office and hand the position over to him. He fired his own boss and became the new boss, mind controlling his former superiors and coworkers into submission.

His former boss was now stuck working a low wage job as a fast food employee, having been forced into that position through Cydtin's manipulation, persuasion, and influence, compelling the fast food restaurant owner and managers to keep him hired there until his retirement.

All his fancy cars and wealth were taken away by Cydtin, who distributed it out as random acts of kindness, going in various stores and restaurants and giving out wads of his money to random workers and employees working minimum wage jobs. He purposely sought out good honest, hard working people who looked like they could use a better car and had given his former boss's cars to them for free, all the cars paid off, even including free money for insurance.

Cydtin hated his former boss and felt no remorse for what he had done to him. Yeprem Inguilizian was the kind of boss who picked favorites and paid no attention to the rest. He constantly undermined Cydtin, making him feel excluded in company affairs. Cydtin had overindulged in work, working hard to become the model employee Yeprem wanted. He worked at a firm handling company affairs in the city of Derevne before he was transferred to become the manager in development of business infrastructure at the Elite Plaza Business Center. Though Cydtin was a manager, Yeprem treated Cydtin like he was beneath him, simply because of his age and how young he looked. He constantly referred to him as "fresh faced" and called him demeaning names, trying to devalue him, even though Cydtin had plenty of job experience and was a dedicated, responsible employee.

When Cydtin first started working for the Elite Plaza Business Center, he was enchanted by the futuristic looking building and its amenities. The Elite Plaza Business Center had a sky bar called Moziac and a great looking parking garage. It also had a pool and water fountains.

Cydtin tried going out with a few of his female coworkers, but none of them went further than a few dates. He had very little friends and kept to himself most of the time, though he was a sociable person and knew how to talk to people.

At work he would get things done ahead of schedule, finishing his work duties in advance before the deadline. He pushed himself hard, seeking to get recognized for his work. His boss had called him an overachiever, saying he cared too much about work in a department that was considered unimportant. That fired up Cydtin, who yelled at Yeprem, saying, "Who does all your work for you? You just sit in your office, barely doing anything, while I'm the one working my ass off to get those stupid reports done before the next deadline! If it weren't for me, your entire business infrastructure would be a mess!"