The Night Queen

Chapter 55

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2019, December
Philippines

THIRD PERSON'S POV

It was days after the Thanatos have fought for Rain's honor. Her death came upon all of B.A.N.G. and some wept, some are clearly head over the clouds for the B.A.N.G. Merlin, that despite all that happened, no one can stop it. For the Thanatos have witnessed something strange and mysterious yet worrisome. The man behind the cloak, the dagger with a rather bizzarely familiar crest.

All questions lead to who was that?

There's a sudden bang from the doorway, loud enough to get everyone in the room's attention. "You will not believe what I just found out!" Sophia came in with a slightly higher tone than her usual, still, high tone. Ace made a move with his black chess piece against Rude's white. "Is it true?" Sophia rushed to him as if she heard the worst news she'd ever heard in her lifetime. "You knew and you didn't tell me?"

"Was it necessary? Rude is engaged to Vivian," Xan summarizes in utter disappointment while writing on Duane's cast. "Correction, Vivian is engaged to Rude," Sophia said, clearly objecting to the said news. Everyone in the hospital room goes back to what they are doing and not giving a damn about it.

"Whatever. So, what are your plans?"

Rude, who's emersed in the game of mind, made no response. "The wedding is in two days! How can you be so calm? I can't believe that you're marrying that vixen, knowing so well how she treated Miss Rain."

The room went silent, not because of the realization that there is a wedding that will happen in two day's time but of the mentioned name. Finally, Rude looked at her with eyes so unimaginably cold. "Listen, Sophia. No one in this room can afford a wedding out of love. Keep that in mind."

Sophia was left dumbfounded. She met their defeates eyes and her cheeks flushed red as her anger strikes. "You are all sick!" She is outraged by the fact that her brothers have that mindset of a norm rather of free will, but more outraged as it was clear and can never not be true. She stormed out of the room. "Take it easy, Rude."

"Knowing full well that this was our destiny, if that is, is f—king outraging," Rude commented. "But I thought you are willing to wed her?" Hadrian supposed, waiting for an answer. Rude sighed but did not attempt to make a response.

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Sophia lays the bouquet of white tulips on the marble top of Rio's tomb. She's, in fact, with his brother Ace, who's in a cast. Despite the fact that they're not real siblings, knowing it full damn well, Ace treated her as one and so does she. And she knew well that they were adopted by Ruine yet the man has exceptionally never mistreated them, only the fact that Ace has to follow his orders related to his business but other than that, he was yet a man of words. He gave them shelter and everything.

Pin gave the address of where Rio was buried. He only found out after he was once have been there with Rain and it's the first time he ever saw her cry. Rain would've despise anyone to ever come to know the demise of his younger brother at such a young age. She secretly visits him every end of the month. For three days she would disappear and yet her company will never try to find her for she was not hiding, but rather consoling herself as she grieved and blamed herself for being unable to protect him.

They left after a while to visit their dearest brother, Levi. He's alive, as Ruine mentioned. He was kept away for that circumstance of Ace' unfortunate revenge. He was studying in Australia, and he knows his brother and sister, only not as familiar as when he was a mere child as he still does. Nonetheless, his ban from travelling abroad was lifted after Ruine found out about everything and he gave the address to Levi of where to find his siblings.