The Shadow (Elites #1)

~PROLOGUE - 2~

8 years old Anamika~

"Dadddd, when are we going to reach Landon??" Anamika asked since she had been sitting in the plane for hours. " We are almost there princess. Just half an hour more."

Adhikansh Rai, Anamika's father replied.

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Author's Pov~

Anamika with her dad had come to Landon for a week and today was the last day. It was a small vacation for Anamika while her dad had to attend some meetings.

" Princess " Her dad called.

" Yes, papa " (dad)

" I have to go to the office to attend a meeting, will you stay here at the resort with the nanny while I go quickly and come back so that we can play before leaving for home?"

"Yep, can I play in the play area till then" little Anamika asked with eyes shining brightly with hope.

"Sure princess"

Anamika ran to go to the play area in the resort shouting in excitement while her nanny went behind her. Adhikansh smiled looking at her daughter and then left to attend the meeting.

In the play area, a 10-year-old boy was sitting with a straight face because that was the only expression he knew. Living in Russia he had come to London with his dad and uncle who had some business here.

A loud voice entered the noisy play area breaking his chain of thoughts.

He looked back to see a little girl with purple bows in her hair, in a lavender dress entering the play area super excited.

He tilted his head in confusion as to why she was so excited and happy, two feelings that were unknown to him. He turned and watched her play with the sand with her nanny.

As if feeling his eyes on her Anamika turned and looked at him before smiling widely and came running to him.

"Hi! My name is Anamika. what is your name?" She asked as if, if he told her his name she would gain all the joy of the world.

"Xane," He told her nevertheless.

"Will you play with me?" she asked.

"No"

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"Why..?" she whined.

Xane was taken aback as to why she was so desperate to play with him.

"Because I don't want to"

"Why?" she asked again.

"Because I don't feel like it"

"But why?" she asked almost sad.

Xane got uncomfortable seeing the sadness on her face as if he could not see her sad when she was so happy a few moments ago. He wanted to see her smile again and not having an answer to her question he decided to agree.

"Fine, what are we playing?"

"Let's play with the sand and build a big castle," she said.

"No, it would get my hands dirty."

"Then let's play on the swings."

"No, they have a lot of germs."

"Then what do you want to play?" she asked confused after he rejected everything she could think of.

"I-I don't know," Xane said as he had not thought of anything to play.

"Hmm, you look like the type who sits and talks in free time like old grumpy people," Anamika says before she sits down beside him and says "Let's talk then"

"No, I am not like old grumpy people," Xane said feeling judged and offended.

"Haha how old are you?" she asked

"10years"

"oh yep you're old"

"No, how old are you to think that I am old" Xane asked offended.

"8 years and you're a whole 2 years older than me so you're an oldy"

"What no I am just 2 years older, why would you say that"

"Hhahahahaah! Look I got you all hyped up," She exclaimed.

But this time Xane was too lost in her smile and the way her black eyes shined and almost closed as she laughed to feel offended and played and he realized she even smelled like lavenders.

The literal definition of a walking and talking lavender.

"Wowww, your eyes are really pretty" she exclaimed which brought him out of his trance.

"O-oh you are also very pretty," He said suddenly and later realized what he had said and got embraced and turned his face to the other side.

"Really! Thank you" She said and he looked at her but before any of them could say another word her nanny came and told Anamika that they needed to go back it had already been an hour and her dad was on the way.

At that exact moment, he felt very sore that her nanny was going to take her away.

Anamika turned to bid her goodbye-

"Will you come tomorrow too?" Xane asked suddenly wanting to see her again.

"No, I am going back to India, my home," She said.

And for the first time, Xane felt something weird in his chest as if he was almost sad he wouldn't be able to see her again, probably not ever. The thought intensified the feeling and he realized how much he hated this feeling. He didn't want to feel like this but it just wouldn't stop.

"Bye-bye," She said as she turned away to leave.

"Bye," He murmured as the feeling still did not stop.

Suddenly Anamika came running back and pecked his cheek

"I hope we will meet again and play together."

She said before she left.

He was taken aback as he kept his hand on his cheek where she had just pecked, feeling the area where her lip had just touched his skin, wanting, no needing to feel that feeling again. A new feeling bloomed in his chest and this one he liked as he decided that he would never forget her and that someday he would find her.

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Xane did not wash his face for the next 2 days until he was forced by his nanny.

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This is prologue 2. I hope you like it.

I apologize but the updates will be irregular as I have my board exams this year.