Star Crossed

Otherside of midnight

Hilal woke up with her head a little hungover but overall feeling much better from yesterday. She remembered feeling feverish after she got soaked in rain yesterday running away from Leon's house. She laid down in bed in hopes to feel a bit better after changing her clothes but after that what happened? She tried to recall her memories but everything is kind of hazy to her. She remembered dreaming about someone taking Mehmet from her and also someone comforting her. Who was that? Someone must have taken care of her cause she has a cotton nightgown on her which she didn't wear when she went to sleep yesterday. A flash of a memory of her apologizing to Leon came to her mind and him telling her it's okay but that surely must be one of her dreams right? Surely Leon wasn't at her home right? Hilal begin to wonder to herself.

At that time, she heard a noise from the kitchen. Someone is there. Feeling curious, Hilal get up from the bed and slowly walked towards the kitchen. What she saw simultaneously surprised and disappointed her a little bit. Surprised cause he is the last person she expected and disappointed cause he is not the one she was subconsciously hoping to see.

Ali Kemal was standing in front of the kitchen, heating up something on the stove. He smiled when he saw her approaching and greeted her.

"Good Morning Hilal. How are you feeling?"

"I'm well, thank you. When did you get here?"

"I arrived in the morning. You were still sleeping I assumed so I used the spare key to enter. I didn't want to disturb you. I hope you don't mind."

"No, it's okay."

"I heat up the soup that you cooked. Let's have some breakfast."

"Sure, I'll go freshen up."

Hilal replied to Ali Kemal and went to the bathroom to wash. So Ali Kemal was not here last night. So who cooked the soup? It was definitely not her that much she knew. Someone was here last night taking care of her but who? Was it Nurse Ayse? Was it Leon? If it was Leon, why did he come? And why did he left without talking to her? Hilal kept wondering to herself.

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Leon was pacing in his house restlessly. Ever since the morning when he found out that Hilal was the Eskorian spy, nothing makes sense anymore. She was the women who healed him, who sang away his nightmares, who calmed his panic attacks, who came alive in his arms. But she was the same women who shot him too, who almost killed him. Things just didn't add up.

Was it all planned? Was he only one of her pawns? Was he fooled by her so completely? Leon keeps asking this questions to himself. Then his eyes landed upon the file the soldier gave him the previous day. He opened it and the first thing he saw was a picture of a guy, the other Eskorian spy.

He remembered the guy clearly. He was the same one that gave Hilal flowers. The one he saw with her in front of her house. And the remaining doubt vanished from Leon's mind. Hilal is indeed the spy. But he needs to ask her some questions. He needs to know whatever they had between them, was it all a lie?

Leon made up his mind and get out of his house. It's time he should get the answers to his questions.

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"Hilal, I found out the exact locations of the plans for you. I know they have gave you a deadline from the headquarters," Ali Kemal told to Hilal after they finished breakfast.

"Thank you but you shouldn't have," Hilal said to him gratefully.

"Of course I should. The sooner you complete this mission the sooner we can start our new life," He said excitedly to Hilal.